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Bowers family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1194
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence, notes, and reports on politics in Connecticut and New Hampshire during the Reconstruction Era, forestry and timber lands, and Yale alumni activities in Washington, D.C., plus a small collection of autograph letters and clipped signatures.

Dates: 1859-1910

John Shaw Boyce papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 756
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, reports, and research material almost exclusively devoted to John Boyce's work on wood and wood diseases. About a third of the papers relate to Boyce's work on the use of wood in airplanes during World War I.

Dates: 1918-1964

Hugh Picken Brady papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 878
Abstract:

The papers include material on the Yale School of Forestry and other Yale related interests and miscellaneous records relating to Hugh Picken Brady's lumbering activities, including the records of his own and other lumber companies. The papers relating to the Yale School of Forestry include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, printed matter and memorabilia for the period 1954-1967.

Dates: 1927-1967, bulk 1954-1967

Ralph Clement Bryant papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 877
Abstract:

Photographs, negatives, and postcards showing logging and lumbering operations in the United States, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, Sweden and Switzerland.

Dates: 1897-1939

Henry Solon Graves papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 249
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, diaries, notes, photographs, and other papers relating to the personal life and professional career of Henry Solon Graves. The collection documents Graves' academic and administrative career, his professional writings and activities, and his service during World War I as a forestry engineer in France.

Dates: 1877-1952

Austin Foster Hawes papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 637
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, photographs, and newspaper clippings, which document Austin Hawes's student life, his career as state forester of Connecticut, his controversial retirement from that position, and his travels in Central and South America. Also included are papers concerning his European travels, his job as state forester of Vermont, and as professor of history at the University of Vermont. Correspondents include Henry Graves and Gifford Pinchot.

Dates: 1880-1968

William Kent family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 309
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, writings, topical files, biographical files, scrapbooks, and other material relating to William Kent's businesses, political activities, and family. The papers document his activities as a municipal reformer in Chicago and Northern California; his interests in conservation, recreation, and public control of water power; his campaigns for election to Congress; his service in the U.S. House of Representatives and on the U.S. Tariff Commission; and his...
Dates: 1768-1961

School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, records

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Call Number: RU 41
Abstract: The records consist of class materials and student papers from courses taught at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (School of Forestry prior to 1972) by Edward A. Bowers, Herman H. Chapman, B. E. Fernow, Henry Solon Graves, Gifford Pinchot, and Charles A. Walker. Also included are clippings, biographical notes, letters, publications, and photographs concerning the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and its faculty; publications and talks of Carl E. Ostrom,...
Dates: 1905-2006

School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, records concerning the industrial forestry seminar

 Collection
Call Number: RU 44
Abstract:

The records consist of papers and materials from seminars and files from seminar instructors documenting the Industrial Forestry Seminar conducted by the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (called the School of Forestry prior to 1972).

Dates: 1955-1979

School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, records of the dean

 Collection
Call Number: RU 40
Abstract: The records consist of correspondence, subject files, financial records, committee files, minutes, reports, and related materials documenting the activities of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (called the School of Forestry prior to 1972). Topics include governance, curriculum, budgets and fund-raising, buildings and properties, camps and experiment stations, research programs, students, personnel, alumni relations, and relations with governmental and forestry...
Dates: 1900-2010

School of Forestry, Yale University, records of training camps

 Collection
Call Number: RU 43
Abstract:

The records consist of clippings, records, scrapbooks, and photographs which document the students and operations of the Yale School of Forestry's (called the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies after 1972) training camps.

Dates: 1901-1962

Paul Bigelow Sears papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 663
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence; writings; topical research files; minutes, agendas, and other organizational papers; and teaching files, which document Paul Bigelow Sear's career as an educator, conservationist, author, and spokesman for the environment. The papers focus on Sears's activities on behalf of professional scientific organizations and civic groups interested in conservation, such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Ecological Society of America,...
Dates: 1910-1969