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Ralph Sheldon Hosmer papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20-1-560

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, and printed matter concerning the Department of Forestry at Cornell, including curriculum material, minutes of staff meetings, and reports; correspondence pertaining to the forestry education situation in New York. Includes Hosmer's student notes at Harvard (1891-1894), notes on Central Park (1895), a diary (1897-1898), papers and articles by Hosmer and others, manuscripts of radio talks. Also, clippings concerning Hamilton Littlefield, Jesse Hoyt, and Edward F. Loud, 19th century Michigan "lumber kings." Also, material pertaining to the Society of American Foresters, American Forestry Association, Empire State Forest Products Association, U.S. Forest Service, Institute of Forest Genetics, State College Council, New York State Forestry and Park Association, and the New York State Forestry Association.

Dates

  • 1885-1941.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Forestry, Cornell University; Superintendent of Forestry and Head of the Territorial Division of Forestry in Hawaii.

Extent

110 cubic feet. (110 cubic feet.)

1 folders. (1 folders.)

Abstract

Correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, and printed matter concerning the Department of Forestry at Cornell, as well as information on Hosmer, 19th century Michigan "lumber kings" and forestry organizations.

RELATED MATERIALS

Also consists of collection #20-1-683.

Physical Description

Correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, diary

Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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