Abstract Minutes and reports of annual meetings and committees, financial reports, membership lists, circular letters, surveys, pamphlets, articles, scrapbook and photographs. Also, material concerning forest fires, pest damage and control, and legislation affecting the forest industry, the "Keep New York Green" Committee and use of wood as fuel during World War I. Includes Arthur B. Recknagel papers (formerly collection #1891). Monthly reports, minutes, printed material, and a transcript of an...

Scope and content Correspondence, reports, surveys, and other records concerning the cooperative's office administration, forest and watershed management, logging and forest products marketing, forest research, and economics. Also, correspondence files of several farms, forests and lumber associations in New York State; certificate of incorporation and bylaws; bonds, bankbooks, and cancelled check books; and tracings, blueprints, and sketch plans of forest areas worked by the cooperative. Also, bylaws and...

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Account books and other financial records of the New York State College of Forestry, especially records relating to the management of the College Forest.

Scope and content Correspondence of Bernhard Eduard Fernow concerning forestry, job recommendations, articles and a book Fernow was having published, the acquisition of material for the N.Y.S. College of Forestry, and advice on forestry technique. Includes correspondence between Fernow and various parties, especially newspapermen, inquiring into the management of Cornell property in the Adirondacks, 1900-1902; correspondence between Fernow and President Snyder of Michigan State Agricultural College (later...

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Utica Daily Press, Feb. 23, 1885, with a long article on the organizational meeting of the New York State Forestry Association, including a letter from Andrew Dickson White commending the purpose of the meeting and expressing his regrets at not being able to attend.

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Includes graduate research papers for thesis entitled "A Comparison of Forests at the Time of European Settlement and During 1981 in an Area Surrounding Keuka Lake, New York." Includes drafts, photocopies of original land surveys (1788-1827) of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase, annotated U.S. Geological Survey maps, recently published soil surveys of Steuben and Schuyler counties, field notes, and articles from 19th and early 20th century concerning the Keuka Lake area.