Scope and Contents
Business correspondence, articles, speeches, and the manuscripts of Brown's book, Our Forest Heritage: a History of Forestry and Recreation in New Hampshire (1958), forestry studies, and Congressional bills. Includes papers relating to the Brown Company of Berlin, New Hampshire (manufacturer of paper products, chemicals, and other wood-using products), the American Forestry Association, New Hampshire Disaster Emergency Council, New Hampshire Forestry Commission, North East Forest Research Council, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, Society of American Foresters, and the Timber Lands Mutual Insurance Company.
Dates
- 1907-1958
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Henry I. Baldwin, 1967.
Arrangement
Arranged in three series: I. Correspondence. II. Topical Files. III. Manuscripts.
Extent
6 Linear Feet (20 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Business correspondence, articles, speeches, and the manuscripts of Brown's book, Our Forest Heritage: a History of Forestry and Recreation in New Hampshire (1958), forestry studies, and Congressional bills. Includes papers relating to the Brown Company of Berlin, New Hampshire (manufacturer of paper products, chemicals, and other wood-using products), the American Forestry Association, New Hampshire Disaster Emergency Council, New Hampshire Forestry Commission, North East Forest Research Council, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, Society of American Foresters, and the Timber Lands Mutual Insurance Company.
Biographical / Historical
Chairman of the New Hampshire Forestry and Recreation Commission, 1910-1952; active in various forestry organizations in the 1930s; author.
- Allen, E. T. (Edward Tyson), 1875-1942
- Ayres, Philip W. (Philip Wheelock), 1861-1945
- Bean, E. A.
- Braman, R. A.
- Brown, William Robinson, 1875-1955
- Businessmen
- Butler, Ovid, 1880-
- Collingwood, G. H. (George Harris), 1890-1958
- Conservation of natural resources
- Dana, Samuel Trask, 1883-1978
- De Carteret, S. L.
- Downman, R. H.
- Environmental protection
- Foresters
- Forests and forestry
- Foster, John H. (John Harold), 1880-1956
- Greeley, William Buckhout, 1879-1955
- Gregory, H. S.
- Hall, William Leroy, 1847-
- Hollis, Allen
- Hosmer, Ralph S. (Ralph Sheldon), 1874-1963
- Long, Robert Alexander, 1850-1934
- New England
- New Hampshire -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
- New Hampshire. Forestry and Recreation Commission
- Pack, Charles Lathrop, 1857-1937
- Potter, Albert Franklin, 1859-
- Pratt, George D. (George Dupont), 1869-1935
- Rathbun, Lawrence A.
- Ridsdale, P. S.
- Sterling, Ernest Albert, 1878-
- Tennant, Emerson D.
- World War, 1914-1918
- Title
- Guide to the William Robinson Brown Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by William E. Brown, Jr.
- Date
- June 1985
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
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Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
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New Haven, CT 06511