Research: Topics: Environment: Preliminary Guide to Environmental Sources

Preliminary Guide to Environmental Sources

Historical Records Repositories in New York State

State University of New York. College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Syracuse, NY

• Brown, Nelson C. Papers, 1913-1943.
  6 cubic ft.
  

  Acting Dean of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, 1929-1930; professor of forest utilization at the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, 1912-1951.

  Correspondence, including letters of other professors and administrators, papers, reports, and a few blueprints, 1914-1943, concerning courses, equipment, and speakers at the college; the American Forestry Association; consultation work; and the pulp and paper industry. Included are letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1943, discussing tree plantings at Hyde Park and elsewhere; and a scrapbook of memorabilia from a European trip, 1913.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. College history collection, 1915-1985.
  6 cubic ft.
  

  Materials pertaining to the College's 50th anniversary include manuscript and typescript chapters by faculty members on the history of the college, 1959-1960; minutes of the 50th Anniversary Committee, 1957-1961; and correspondence, press releases, speeches, programs, and photographs from anniversary events, 1960-1961. Materials collected by Professor Terence J. Hoverter include obituaries, handbooks, reports, laws, and correspondence concerning Hugh P. Baker, F. Franklin Moon, William L. Bray, Henry P. Brown, Nelson C. Brown, Ruby Howe, Joseph Illick, E.F. McCarthy, Hardy L. Shirley, and Eleanor Church, 1915-1959. Other items include addresses and technical papers presented in honor of the 50th anniversary, 1961; song books, 1936 and 1946; biographical reports on the Classes of 1923 and 1925, 1965-1978; and miscellaneous and programs, 1918-1979. Oral history interviews prepared for the college's 75th anniversary, 1983-1985, include those with Howard Miller, Raymond W. Benson, William M. Harlow, LeRoy W. Stegeman, Richard J. Patrick, William L. Webb, Edwin C. Jahn, Daniel M. Spada, Stewart C. Morey, Ernest Buff, Chris Smith, Julius Kahn, and Earl Stone, Jr.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Curriculum records, 1951-1982.
  5 linear ft.
  

  Course descriptions, academic plans, program proposals, and program guides, 1951-1975; minutes, memos, and documents of college faculty in preparation for evaluation visits by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and MSA reports, 1961-1982.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Faculty records and publications, 1916-1980.
  18.8 linear ft.
  

  Minutes and bylaws of faculty meetings, 1963-1975; and books, articles, bibliographies, and pamphlets by faculty members, 1916-1980.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Photograph collection, 1914-1985.
  12 cubic ft., 14 linear ft.
  

  Prints, negatives, and glass plates of the college, classes, faculty, students, college events, the Ranger's School, forest stations, trees, and other forestry subjects, including a series on trees, plantings, and camps taken by the Department of Forestry Extension, 1914-1935, and a series taken by William Anderson, Ray Bower, and J.S. Illick for the Department of Forest Management, 1926-1935.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Publications, 1911-1985.
  42.5 linear ft.
  

  Bulletins, leaflets, technical reports, brochures, and bibliographies on forestry and environmental topics, 1911-1985; THE NEWSLETTER, issued by the New York State College of Forestry, 1916-1945, and a successor newsletter, ESF, 1972-1985; THE KNOTHOLE, student newspaper, 1954-1985; study guide, FORESTER'S REVIEW BOOK, 1934-1938; CAMP LOG, 1915-1938, yearbook of summer camp students; college yearbook, EMPIRE FORESTER, 1915-1984; college catalogs, bulletins, course announcements, directories, and handbooks, 1916-1985; listings of graduate theses and degree recipients, 1954-1982; and WHO'S WHO AT ESF consisting of photographs and biographies of faculty and professional staff, 1980-1981.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Student papers, 1915-1978
  6.0 cubic ft.
  

  Research papers submitted as part of course requirements, primarily on forestry, some illustrated with maps and photographs, 1915-1978; student engineer field books, 1920-1923; and notebook of Ashbel F. Hough, 1920-1922.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Adirondack Ecological Center. Records, 1972-1982.
  .3 cubic ft.
  

  Regional campus located in Newcomb, N.Y.
  Brochures, booklets, maps, and reports.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Alumni Association. Publications, 1914-1984.
  2 cubic ft.
  

  Alumni NEWSLETTER, 1914-1984; alumni directories, 1931-1976; autobiography by Raymond W. Benson, 1980; an account of an automobile trip from Syracuse to California compiled from original journal entries, 1925; and reminiscences, 1975-1976, by John S. Edwards, Roy C. Brundage, and R. Earl Jones.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Applied Forestry Research Institute. Records, 1969-1979.
  4.8 linear ft.
  

  Newsletters, reports, notes, and briefs, 1969-1979; and correspondence, survey forms, maps, and reports from a research project conducted by R. Nyland and W. Gabriel, 1969-1971.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Board of Trustees. Records, 1938-1982.
  11 linear ft.
  

  Minutes and reports, 1944-1979; minutes and reports of the Executive Committee, 1946-1969; annual reports on the college, 1938-1972; and reports of the Dean, 1953-1969.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. New York State Ranger School. Records, 1926-1984.
  5 linear ft.
  

  ALUMNI NEWS, 1926-1983; student yearbooks, 1978-1984; miscellaneous programs, brochures, directories, catalogs, and bulletins.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Office Community Relations. News releases, 1956-1974.
  2.5 cubic ft.
  

  Releases issued by Ron Cochran concerning appointments, conferences, publications, student and faculty achievements, exhibits, and other college news.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Office of the President. Records, 1970-1985.
  3 linear ft.
  

  Plans, reports, and proposals, 1970-1985.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Program Affairs. Publications, 1926-1983.
  11 linear ft.
  

  Proceedings and papers from conferences and symposiums on such topics as forest protection, land use, soils, chemicals, logging safety, timber supply, wood anatomy, and environmental issues, 1926-1983.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. School of Biology, Chemistry and Ecology. Records, 1950-1979.
  1.5 linear ft.
  

  Handbooks, monographs, program guides, and symposium and conference publications.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. School of Continuing Education. Records, 1968-1985.
  1 linear ft.
  

  Conference proceedings on tropical hardwoods, urban forestry, highspeed headrigs, 1968-1973; brochures and course announcements, 1983-1985.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. School of Environmental and Resource Engineering. Records, 1944-1976.
  3.8 linear ft.
  

  Manual on fundamental plane surveying, conference publications, and research reports of the Empire State Paper Research Institute, 1944-1976.

• College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Wood Utilization Service. Publications, 1967-1983.
  1 linear ft.
  

  Marketing bulletin, 1967-1979, and newsletter, 1972-1983.
  Subject: Forest products industry. Forest products.

• Littlefield, Edward W. Papers, 1885-1967, 1914-1967(bulk)
  2 cubic ft.
  

  Forest pathologist, and assistant commissioner of land and forests of the New York State Conservation Department; lecturer at the College in 1964.

  Correspondence, bulletins, newsletters, reports, proceedings, clippings, brochures, photographs, and articles concerning the Adirondack forest preserve, the lumber industry, the Northway Road, and other related topics; includes the 1885 report of the New York State Forest Commission.

• Maughs, Sharon J. Papers, 1955-1962.
  .3 linear ft.
  

  New York State Conservation Commissioner, 1956-1958. Memos, statements, speeches, 1955-1962; management survey of the New York Conservation Department, 1957; and typescript report on the Division of Lands and Forests, New York State Conservation Department, 1955.

• Moon, F. Franklin, d. 1929. Correspondence, 1917-1928.
  11 cubic ft.
  

  Dean of the college, 1920-1929.
  Correspondence from prospective students, graduates seeking jobs, and former students serving in the military, 1917-1918, and correspondence concerning the college administration, reforestation, and students, 1921-1928.

• Natural Resources Council of Onondaga County. Records, 1947-1975.
  1.2 cubic ft.
  

  Correspondence, minutes, resolutions, press releases, reports, bulletins, and clippings pertaining to New York State waterways, the Barge Canal, conservation of natural resources, and other related issues.

• New York State College of Forestry Foundation. Records, 1963-1982.
  l linear ft.
  

  Minutes and reports, 1963-1982.
  Corporate subject: College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

• Palmer, Edward E. Papers, 1967-1976.
  1 cubic ft.
  

  President of the college, 1969-1983.
  Correspondence, memos, and reports concerning International Women's Year, Chancellor's Award, college reorganization, state education law, Natural Resources Council, the Water Resources Center, and other administrative issues.

• Shirley, Hardy L. (Hardy Lomax), 1900-. Papers, 1929-1966.
  9.2 cubic ft.
  

  Medium: Audio tapes.
  Dean of the college, 1952-1967, and professor of forestry.
  Correspondence, memos, reports, and clippings concerning administrative affairs, the faculty, research, legislation, the college's experimental stations, and cooperation with forest industries; as well as speeches, lecture notes, audio tapes of lectures, and his published articles.

• Spring, Samuel. Papers, 1929-1937.
  5 cubic ft.
  

  Dean of the college, 1933-1944.
  Correspondence and reports concerning administrative affairs, the college budget, the college's forest stations, and other issues.

• State University College of Forestry at Syracuse University. Business and fiscal affairs records, 1917-1966.
  12 linear ft., 3.5 cubic ft.
  

  Cashbooks, receipt books, and ledgers, 1927-1947; audit reports, contracts, agreement, correspondence and bills concerning supplies, services, and equipment, 1917-1966; correspondence concerning the financial aspects of proposed alterations in the Ranger's School at Wanakena, N.Y., 1926-1928; correspondence files of assistant treasurer Walter W. Chippman, 1917-1920.

• State University College of Forestry at Syracuse University.Scrapbook, 1914-1932.
  3 linear ft.
  

  Clippings of published photographs and illustrations of the College, faculty, students, summer camps, and the science of forestry.

• State University College of Forestry at Syracuse University. Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration Forest. Records, 1927-1949.
  .4 cubic ft.
  

  Regional campus located in Warrensburg, N.Y.
  Brochures, booklets, maps, and reports.

• State University College of Forestry at Syracuse University. Dept. of Forest Extension. Radio and television programs, 1942-1962.
  3 cubic ft., 10 linear ft.
  Phonodiscs.
  Audio tapes.
  Record discs, tapes, and scripts of the radio series "Forestry Journal" (originally "Forestry Forum"), 1942-1950, on topics such as botany, conservation, paper industry, forestry history, personnel management, wildlife, floods, and fires; scripts and programs from radio series on forestry topics for the Empire State School of the Air, 1950-1962; and scripts and photographs from a TV series, 1948-1957. All three were conducted by Floyd E. Carlsen.

  Finding aids: Index.

• State University College of Forestry at Syracuse University. Roosevelt Wild Life Experiment Station. Records, 1921-1950.
  7 linear ft., 8 cubic ft.
  

  Two series consisting of the ROOSEVELT WILD LIFE BULLETIN, with articles of general interest, 1921-1950, and the ROOSEVELT WILD LIFE ANNALS, containing more technical articles, 1926-1936, and photographs documenting the work done at the station.

• Syracuse Pulp and Paper Foundation. Reports, 1963-1980.
  5 linear ft.
  

  Grants scholarships to forestry and environmental students.
  Annual reports, 1963-1980.

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