Environmental History: Researching the Environment:
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.
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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. |
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.
Administrative Information
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.
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No other guide exists.
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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) | ||
| 1979 | "We Called it Ghost Ranch," by Arthur Newton Pack (1 copy) | 1 | |
| 1934 | "The Challenge of Leisure," by Arthur Newton Pack (1 copy) | 1 |
