Guide to the Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration Forest records
The print version of the finding aid was compiled by Karen Cannell,
New York State Archives.
Overview of the Collection
Repository: |
SUNY CESF, F. Franklin
Moon Library, Terence Hoverter College Archives and Special
Collections |
Sponsor: |
Funding for encoding
this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by
the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
Collection Number: |
CESF_PackDemonstrationForest |
Creator: |
New York State
College of Forestry at Syracuse University |
Title: |
Charles Lathrop
Pack Demonstration Forest records |
Dates: |
1927–1989 |
Physical Description: |
0.4 cu. ft. textual
records |
Summary: |
The Charles Lathrop
Pack Demonstration Forest was established i 1927 in the
Adirondack Mountains five miles north of Warrensburg (Warren
County), N.Y. The forest was named after Charles Lathrop
Pack, a wealthy Adirondack landowner who donated land to
the New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse, N.Y. These
records include brochures, booklets, maps, and reports related
to the creation and operations othe Demonstration Forest.
There also are publications by and about Charles Lathrop
Pack and publications about the Demonstration Forest by
various authors. |
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Arrangement
There is no apparent arrangement scheme.
Overview
These records include brochures, booklets ("The Pack Organizations"
and "Town Forests"), maps, and reports (Foster's "Charles Lathrop
Pack Demonstration Forest") related to the creation an operations
of the Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration Forest. The material highlights
research activities, timber measurements, and forest management
objectives of the forest. One booklet (box 1, folder 2), prepared
by the New York State College of Forestry and submitted to the Sub–committee
on Commerce and Economic Development of th New York State Legislature
Committee on Interstate Development, was created in the course of
the school's ef to prevent the cutting of state–owned old growth
white pine trees for the sake of Northway construction. Other subjec
include the treatment of forests over time (Pack's "The Forestry
Primer"); the recreational and econom value of forests ("Town Forests");
recommendations for how to establish and maintain forests; and the
operations of the Demonstration Forest (New York State College of
Forestry's "Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration Forest"). There also
are publications by and about Charles Lathrop Pack (A.N. Pack’s
"From This Seed") and publications about the Demonstration Forest
by other authors (Ayres' "Charles Lathr Pack Demonstration Forest";
Foster and Kirkland's "The Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration Forest
Warrensburg, N. Y.: Results of Twenty Years of Intensive Forest
Management").
Biographical Sketch
The Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration Forest was established in
1927 in the Adirondack Mountains five miles north of Warrensburg
(Warren County), N.Y. The 2,500–acre forest was named after Charles
Lathrop Pack, a wealthy Adirondack landowner who donated land to
the New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse University [now
a part of the State University of New York system and known as the
College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY CESF)] for the
Cranberry Lake (Saint Lawrence County), N.Y. and Warrensburg campuses.
The Pack Forestry Trust was established by Charles Lathrop Pack
and was founded to acquire tracts of land for use in the forestry
programs of Yale University, Syracuse University, University of
Michigan, and Cornell University. When the forestry program at Syracuse
University closed, the 2,500–acre parcel of woodland was given to
SUNY CESF and currently is used as a site for the study of forestry
and forest management. The Cranberry Lake campus and biological
station operated by SUNY CESF is located within the Pack Demonstration
Forest. There, studies are conducted on forest fertilization and
the effects of acidic soils on Adirondack forests. Presently, the
Pack Demonstration Forest is the site of North America's longest,
continuously running forest fertilization studies program. Throughout
the summer season, the Department of Environmental Conservation
uses the forest's campus facilities and property to ho a series
of children's environmental education camps. Charles Lathrop Pack
died in 1937 and he was buried beneath a boulder in the Pack Demonstration
Forest at Warrensburg.
Custodial History
The material was received by administrative office(s) transfer circa
1977.
Processing Information
This collection was re–housed and its description was enhanced as
a part of the New York State Archives Environmental History Virtual
Research Collection Project, 2004. The National Endowment for the
Humanities providedfunding for this project.
Use of Collection
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding the access to or use of the
material.
Available Alternate Formats
No other form exists.
Related Information
Related Material
Dean Hugh P. Baker records; the Dean F. Franklin Moon records; and
the manuscript of Charles LathropPack's biography (and its accompanying
index and oral histories) by Alexandra Eyle, SUNY ESF, Syracuse,
N.Y.
Other Finding Aids
No other guide exists.
Access Terms
Corporate Names
State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry
at Syracuse UniversityNew York State College of Forestry at Syracuse
UniversityAmerican Tree AssociationCharles Lathrop Pack Demonstration
Forest
Subjects
Forestry schools and education
Forests and forestry
Personal Names
Pack, Charles Lathrop, 1857–1937
Pack, Arthur Newton, 1893-
Foster, Clifford H.
Kirkland, Burt P.
Container List
| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 19– |
Charles Lathrop Pack
Demonstration Forest Collection Pamphlets |
1 |
1 |
| 1948 |
Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration
Forest booklet to theSub–committee on Commerce and Economic
Development of the New York State Legislature Committee on
InterstaDevelopment (2 copies). |
1 |
2 |
| 1928 |
"The Forestry Primer," by Charles
Lathrop Pack as president of the American Tree Association
(3 copies) |
1 |
3 |
| 1940 |
Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration
Forest booklets: "The PaOrganizations" and "Town Forests"
|
1 |
4 |
| 1937 |
Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration
Forestry Foundationpublications "Centralized Management and
Utilization Adapted to Farm"…and "The Forest Poetic" |
1 |
5 |
| summer, 1937 |
Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration
Forest booklets for self–guidetour of nature trails at the
Demonstration Forest |
1 |
6 |
| n. d. |
Carbon copy of a manuscript authored
by C.L. Foster; has an inclusive list of tree species found
in the Demonstration Forest |
1 |
7 |
| n. d. |
"Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration
Forest," by Philip WAyres (3 items) |
|
8 |
| n. d. |
"Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration
Forest,"mimeographed report authored by C.L. Foster (3 copies);
holds statistical analyses |
1 |
9 |
| 1940 |
Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration
Forest economic increment charts for eastern hemlock, sugar
maple, and white pine tree species |
1 |
10 |
| n.d. |
Charles Lathrop Pack biography:
"From This Seed" byArthur N. Pack (partial manuscript) (cont'd
with Ghost Ranch, published 1979) |
|
11 |
| 1933 |
"Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration
Forest," publishedNew York State College of Forestry; describes
the forest's operations |
1 |
12 |
| 1940 |
"The Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration
Forest" pamphlets & maps (2 copies) |
1 |
13 |
| 1989 |
Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration
Forest, Warrensburg Pack grave stone Eyle, N ©1989 |
|
14 |
| 1927 |
"Show of Windows on Forestry;
Charles Lathrop PackDemonstration Forest" |
1 |
15 |
| 1927 |
"The Lifeblood of Trees" by Tom
Gill article from "Nature Magazine," March, 1927, pp 177–
181 |
1 |
16 |
| 1949 |
"The Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration
Forest Warrensbur N. Y.: Results of Twenty Years of Intensive
Forest Management," by Clifford H. Foster and Burt P. Kirkland
for t Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation (3 copies)
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| 1979 |
"We Called it Ghost Ranch," by
Arthur Newton Pack (1 copy) |
1 |
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| 1934 |
"The Challenge of Leisure," by
Arthur Newton Pack (1 copy) |
1 |
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