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Empire State Forest Products Association records
The print version of the finding aid was compiled by Karen Cannell,
New York State Archives.
© 2005
Overview of the Collection
Repository: |
Cornell University
Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections |
Sponsor: |
Funding for encoding
this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the
National Endowment for the Humanities. |
Collection Number: |
1280 |
Creator: |
Empire State Forest
Products Association |
Title: |
Empire State Forest
Products Association records |
Dates: |
1917-1961 |
Physical Description: |
: 4.2 cu. ft.: 3.9
cu. ft. of textual records; ca. 80 photographs |
Summary: |
The Empire State Forest
Products Association records contain administrative records,
speeches, legislative records, correspondence, photographs,
and printed material relating to association activity, forest
fire control, pest damage and control, and legislation affecting
the forest industry. |
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Arrangement
There is no apparent arrangement scheme for the material.
Overview
The Empire State Forest Products Association records contain administrative
records including the association's constitution; meeting minutes;
and reports and correspondence regarding annual meetings, directors'
meetings, and committee meetings. The records also contain speeches,
legislative records, correspondence, photographs, and printed material.
Committees represented in the records include "Keep New York Green";
Taxation; Forest Management; Wildlife; Recreation; Tree Farm; and
Legislation. Topics of discussion include forest fire and pest control;
the Bureaus of Forest Management, Tree Nurseries, and Forest Pest
Control of the NYS Conservation Department; the association's role
in the war effort (World War II); conservatio insect control; Veterans'
Vocational Training projects; and land issues. Legislative records
speak to policy matte relating to proposed federal and state legislation.
Speeches from New York State Sen. Wheeler Milmoe on the Joint Legislative
Committee on Natural Resources with Special Reference to the Forest
Preserve; from Arthur Hopkins concerning the Northeastern Interstate
Forest Fi Protection Commission; from Harold Ellis regarding the American
Forest Products Industries, Inc; and from Maurice Goddard on the Pennsylvania
Department of Forests and Waters regarding forest management are included.
The records also contain copies of papers read by New York State Conservation
Department representatives on forest fir forest pest damage and control;
operation of the Forest Practice Act; and salvage projects. Financial
reports incorporating records of dues and assessments; membership
lists; and event attendance lists (annual January banquet) are also
included. The correspondence contains circular letters and general
correspondence. Correspondents include Lyman A. Beeman; C. O. Brown;
A.W. Budd; William D. Comings; Harry R. Curnow; Clarence Fisher; G.M.
Francis; Augustus Low; Thomas F. Luther; Charles Morris; George Ostrander;
A.B. Recknagel; George Sission; Nelson C. Brown; Lawrence J. Kugelman;
Clyde Sykes; Stanley Hamilton; Howard A. Hanlon; George P. Kingsley;
Hardy L. Shirley; Fr S. Simmons; and Thomas H. Stirling. The records
also include a photograph of the tombstone inscription of Clifford
Robert Pettis (1877-1927), the "Father of Reforestation in New York
State," as well as photographs of individuals Gustave Lorey; Ira (or
A E. Norris; F.L. Moore; George W. Sission, Jr.; and three unidentified
men. Printed material includes copies of the National Recovery Administration's
codes for the lumber and timber industries; pamphlets commemorating
the 50th anniversary of the association; "From the Forest They Felled
- Cities Grew" (H.A. Hanlon, Jan. 15, 1958); "Recent Developments
and Relationships of the State Forest Preserve" (Joseph S. Illick);
"Fifty Years of the Empire State Forest Products Association" (Nelson
C. Brown and A.B. Recknagel, 1957); a brochure concerning forestry
in NYS; articles on forestry and various aspects of conservation;
and A.B. Recknagel's scrapbook of newspaper clippings discussing the
wartime interest in the us of wood as fuel and his career during World
War I.
Biographical Sketch
In 1906, the Adirondack Lumber Manufacturers and Shippers Association
was formed to help trac declining inventories of Adirondack softwood
and promote the emerging science of forestry. Three yea later, the
name was changed to the Empire State Forest Products Association to
reflect the addition of new members from other regions of the state
and a growing statewide interest. As of 2005, the association had
a diverse and growing membership of over 400 businesses and individuals.
Members include forest landowners; timber harvesters; furniture companies;
lumber manufacturers; pulp and paper companies; and other wood product
manufacturers from across New York State. As of 2005, members owned
and managed 1.2 million acres of New York forests and employed over
one-third of t 65,000 individuals employed in the forest products
industry in New York State (Source: http://www.esfpa.org/home.asp).
Administrative Information
Custodial History
Arthur Bernard Recknagel donated the papers.
Processing Information
This collection's description was enhanced as a part of the New York
State Archives Environmental HistoryVirtual Research Collection Project,
2004. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided funding for
this project.
Use of Collection
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Available Alternate Formats
No other form exists.
Related Information
Related Material
Arthur Bernard Recknagel papers (1891); Ralph Hosmer papers (20-1-560);
Northeastern Wood Utilization Councrecords (1964), Cornell University,
Ithaca, N.Y.; Broadside collection; Charles C. Adams correspondence,
Adirondack Museum Library, Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y.; Charles C. Adams
papers, New York State Library, Albany, N.Y.; Edward Littlefield collection;
Acting Dean Nelson C. Brown records, SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, N.Y.
Other Finding Aids
A guide is available at the repository and also is available online
at http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM01891.html. An item-level
list is available at the repository describing contents of boxes 7
and 8.
Access Terms
Corporate Names
Empire State Forest Products Association. "Keep New York Green" Committee
Subjects
Forest conservation
Forest fires - Prevention and control
Forest management
Forest products industry - New York (State)
Forest products industry - Law and legislation
Forests and forestry
Forestry law and legislation
Fuelwood
Logging
Lumbering
Trees - Diseases and pests
World War, 1914-1918
Geographic Names
Genre/Form
PhotographsScrapbooks
Container List
| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 1917 |
Association minutes
(1936-); correspondence includes that of George N. Ostrander;
letter from Russia (1943); Brooklyn Cooperage Court Case (1901-1903);
Index of Land Recor(1917); and Free Farms in New York State
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1 |
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| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 1930 |
Association minutes
(1934-); Christmas letters (1934-); Bulletin of the ESFPA (1930-1936);
correspondence (1940s) |
2 |
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| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 1930 |
Correspondence (1930s-1950s);
Committee on Forest Fire Prevention and Tree Pest Control (1940s);
Kildare Club (1943) |
3 |
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| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 1941-1946 |
Correspondence (1946)
re: sale of A.W. Budd Forest Land in ClayCounty, Florida; Correspondence
(1941) includes that of George N. Ostrander, J.H. Sweet; W.
Clyde Sykes and othe |
4 |
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| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 1930 |
Correspondence (1930s-1940s);
"Land Ownership Data(1917-)" "R.C. Pryn Tract Report: Appendices
A-D" (1939-1940) |
5 |
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| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 1850-1946 |
Correspondence (1943-1946);
1929 newspaper clippings re: A.B. Recknagel; Volumes: "Lands
to be sold for Arrears and Taxes" State of New York Comptroller's
OfficAlbany, N.Y. (1850s) |
6 |
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| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 1840-1945 |
"Lands to be Sold for
Arrears and Taxes, NYS Comptroller’s Office"; NYS Lands in
the Forest Preserve; Prcdings of the Brd of Commissioners of
the Land Office NYS; Assoc. Prcdings; Assoc. Bulletins; Assoc.
Budget Expenses; Recknagel scrapbook |
7 |
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| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 1917-1961 |
Records re: annual
fall meetings and January directors' meetings (minutes; attendance;
programs; officers' reports; committee reports; correspondence;
speeches; promotional lit. and other published material; seven
framed photographs) |
8 |
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