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Correspondence Relating to Harvard Forest 1907-1933

• HF-ID: HF1907-03
• Category: Research Files
• Creator: Lowell, A.L.
• Associated Person: Fisher, R.T., Hunnewell, F.W.
• Date: 1907-1933
• Location: Harvard Forest
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • Copies of Correspondence from Harvard University Archives No. UAI 5.160. 1 accordion folder. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.

• Keywords: education and policy, harvard forest history, land use
• Abstract:
  • 1. 1907-1914:
  • 1907: 1 letter, October 12, 1907, 1 page, J.S. Ames to C.F.
  • Adams, 2nd. $55,000 donated by Ames to purchase property from
  • J.W. Brooks for Forestry Reservation (1788 acres) and $5,000
  • for equipment and repairs.
  • 1908: 1 letter, March 21, 1908, 1 page, Ropes, Gray & Gorham to Charles
  • F. Adams. Two deeds of land 1 from James J. Higginson, Jr. and
  • 1 from Margaret G. Higginson to the President and Fellows of
  • Harvard College.
  • 1909: 2 letters, September 3, 1909, 1 page, J.D. Greene (Secretary of the
  • Corporation) to R.T. Fisher. Receipt of 1908-1909 report from Division of
  • Forestry to President of University. September 3, 1909, 1 page, J.D. Greene
  • to R.T. Fisher. H.M. Hackett appointment as "Supervising Lumberman".
  • 1910: 9 letters. 1. April 18, 1910, 1 page, Eugene D. Hawkins (attorney) to
  • President A.L. Lowell. Deed of trust $150,000 for the Forestry Dept.
  • 2. April 27, 1910, 1 page, Secretary of Corporation to E.D. Hawkins.
  • Wording for deed of trust.
  • 3. April 29, 1910, 1 page, Secretary of Corporation to E.D. Hawkins.
  • Description of the Division of Forestry.
  • 4. April 30, 1910, 1 page, E.D. Hawkins to J.D. Greene. Acknowledging
  • receipt of letter and papers.
  • 5. July 16, 1910, 4 pages, R.T. Fisher to A.L. Lowell. Departure of Mr.
  • MacKaye; Professor Cary to teach; Budget; regular teachers J.Jack, Mr.
  • Bailey, Professors Jeffrey and Wheeler; E.E. Carter approved by Pinchot and
  • Graves; Arnold Arboretum, Corbin Park & HF as teaching equipment.
  • 6. October 6, 1910, 4 pages, R.T. Fisher to A.L. Lowell. Budget,
  • expenditures, capital account.
  • 7. October 14, 1910, 1 page, J.D. Greene to R.T. Fisher. Corporation
  • advancing the Forest funds.
  • 8. October 20, 1910, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to A.L. Lowell. Note of thanks
  • for funds.
  • 9. December 20, 1910 1 page, R.T. Fisher to Mr. M...(?). Charges for the
  • use of instruments.
  • 1911: 3 Letters. 1. October 11, 1911, 1 page, J.A.L. Blake (comptroller)
  • to R.T. Fisher. Setting up bank account in Athol for Forest.
  • 2. October 12, 1911, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to J.A.L. Blake. Acknowledgment
  • of 10-11 letter with more details.
  • 3. October 17, 1911, 1 page, J.A.L. Blake to R.T. Fisher. Acknowledgment
  • of 10-12 letter and contact Bursar to make arrangements.
  • 1912: 2 letters. 1. September 28, 1912, 2 pages, R.T. Fisher to A.L.
  • Lowell. Mr. Charles F. Choate (Petersham Property Owner) wants to exchange
  • land in Slab City with the University.
  • 2. October 11, 1912, 1 page, G. Peabody Gardner, Jr. (Secretary) to R.T.
  • Fisher. Corporation approved Choate deal but NO formal vote taken.
  • 1913: 1 letter. October 15, 1913, R.T. Fisher to Mr. Hunnewell. Note of
  • thanks for Mr. Olmstead's giving lectures during the winter.
  • 1914: 5 letters. 1. February 6, 1914, 4 pages, R.T. Fisher to A.L. Lowell.
  • Memorandum of proposals by the School of Forestry.
  • 2. March 10, 1914, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to R.T. Fisher. Voted to approve
  • recommendations to remodel for the purpose of research and the training
  • of advanced specialists. NO to instruction in lumbering because of the
  • expense.
  • 3. April 6, 1914, 1 page, G.P. Gardner, Jr. to Elijah S. Fairchild.
  • Experience with trees attacked by pests - request sent on to R.T. Fisher.
  • 4. April 6, 1914, 1 page, G.P. Gardner, Jr. to R.T.Fisher. Suggestion
  • for curing Elm trees.
  • 5. April 7, 1914, 2 pages, Western Union Telegraph Co., R.T. Fisher to
  • John M. Gries. Conformation of appointment lecturer and salary.
  • 2. 1915-1919:
  • 1915: 6 letters. 1. January 13, 1915, 1 page, John S. Ames to A.L. Lowell.
  • Reappointment of Mr. Carter at the Forest.
  • 2. January 18, 1915, 2 pages, (?) to J.S. Ames. Reappointment of Professor
  • Carter at the Forestry School.
  • 3. February 18, 1915, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to A.L. Lowell. Professor Carter's
  • title - Assistant Professor of Forestry.
  • 4. March 27, 1915, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell, 2nd (Secretary) to R.T. Fisher.
  • College won't pay $400 for fertilizer for the yard (Harvard Campus).
  • 5. June 23, 1915, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell, 2nd to Miss L.C. Pettingell. List
  • of subscribers to the Forest School Fund.
  • 6. October 4, 1915, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell, 2nd to Dean Wheeler. Finances
  • of the Forestry School and Professor Bailey.
  • 1916: 2 letters. 1. List of Forestry Department Names and Salaries from
  • 1910 to 1916, 1 page.
  • 1. January 31, 1916, 2 pages, Samuel C. Derby to R.T. Fisher. Small tract
  • (100 acres) side of Mt. Monadnock, Dublin, NH - looking to see if the
  • School of Forestry and Harvard University would find it of value.
  • 1917: 1 letter, July 9, 1917, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to R.T. Fisher. A gift
  • for Forestry to carry on some of the present work which there are no funds.
  • 1918: January 9, 1918, 2 pages, R.T. Fisher to A.L. Lowell. Reappointment
  • of E.E. Carter as Assistant Professor.
  • 1919: 18 letters. 1. July 31, 1919, 4 pages, Herbert H. Fiske to A.L.Lowell.
  • Fiske is the nephew of James Brooks. Fiske is writing on behalf of his uncle
  • and family members - they do not like the way the Forestry School is using
  • the land that use to be J. Brooks' property.
  • 2. August 13, 1919, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to R.T. Fisher. Fiske letter and
  • management of the Harvard Forest - wants to know what to tell Fiske about
  • the management of the land.
  • 3. August 14, 1919, 2 pages, R.T. Fisher to A.L. Lowell. Fisher wants to
  • write a letter to Fiske about the management of the land.
  • 4. August 23, 1919, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to A.L. Lowell. Fisher enclosed
  • a letter to Herbert Fiske for A.L. Lowell to review and send to Fiske if
  • he approves.
  • 5. September 5, 1919, 2 pages, Robert W. Willson to A.L. Lowell. Wilson is a
  • cousin to J. Brooks - Willson regrets the letter Herbert Fiske sent to Lowell.
  • 6. September 10, 1919, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to R.W. Willson. Thank you note
  • to Willson and comment that Professor Fisher was Undoubtedly correct about
  • Brooks views of management of the forest.
  • 7. October 6, 1919, 2 pages, Margaret Higginson to A.L. Lowell. Wants back the
  • land/woods that she gave the University. Her daughter is Mrs. Clarence C.
  • Fiske.
  • 8. October 8, 1919, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell 2nd to R.T. Fisher. Sent Fisher
  • letter from Mrs. Higginson. F.W. Hunnewell wants a sketch of the land in
  • question and how important it is to the Forest.
  • 9. October 9, 1919, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to F.W. Hunnewell. Fisher has no
  • objection to returning the property (30 acres) to Mrs. Higginson.
  • 10. October 16, 1919, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to Mrs. Higginson. Corporation
  • has to approve of returning the land.
  • 11. November 3, 1919, 2 pages, Margaret G. Fiske to Uncle Henry (Henry L.
  • Higginson). More information about the land Mrs. Higginson wants returned
  • to her from Harvard.
  • 12. November 7, 1919, 1 page, H.L. Higginson to A.L. Lowell. More information
  • about Mrs. Higginson's wanting her 30 acres back.
  • 13. November 12, 1919, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to M. Higginson. Corporation will
  • sell the land back to her or cut trees so the land would not be disfigured
  • or view from the house be impaired.
  • 14. November 24, 1919, 2 pages, M. Higginson to A.L. Lowell. Very upset that
  • the University want HER to buy back the land when she had given it to them.
  • 15. November 26, 1919, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to Mrs. Clarence S. Fiske. Wants
  • to meet with Mrs. Fiske to talk about her Mother's land.
  • 16. No date, 1 page, Memorandum for the next Corporation meeting to discuss
  • returning Mrs. Higginson's land to her.
  • 17. December 3, 1919, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to Mrs. Higginson. Corporation
  • discussing her property and how to legally do it. He (Lowell) wants to meet
  • with her at her home in New York.
  • 18. December 6, 1919, 2 pages, Mrs. Higginson to A.L. Lowell. Can't afford
  • to buy back the land and can't donate anymore to the Endowment Fund.
  • 3. 1920-1925:
  • 1920: 20 Letters/Memorandums. 1. No date, 1 page, Memorandum, Corporation
  • meeting, appointment of R.T. Fisher as Director of Harvard Forest.
  • 2. No date, 1 page, Note from A.L. Lowell. Lowell says that John S. Ames
  • says that Fisher not the best man for Director.
  • 3. March 14, 1920, 1 page, W.M Wheeler, Dean to A.L. Lowell. Oakes Ames should
  • be Assistant Professor and Fisher Associate Professor.
  • 4. May 14, 1920, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell 2nd (Secretary) to R.T. Fisher. Wants
  • a plan of Petersham showing boundaries of Harvard Forest, also, who is in
  • charge when R.T. Fisher isn't there.
  • 5. May 14, 1920, 1 page, J.S. Ames, E.S. Bryant, H.O. Cook, J.R.
  • Coolidge, 3rd, H.F. Gould to A.L. Lowell. Petition by 80% of the
  • living graduates that the Harvard Endowment Funds future contributions
  • be put toward the Harvard. Forest.
  • 6. May 14, 1920, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to R.T. Fisher. Corporation is
  • NOT inclined to promote Fisher - don't feel they need a Professor of
  • Forestry.
  • 7. No date, 1 page, Memorandum. Hours that R.T. Fisher can be reached
  • at Harvard Forest.
  • 8. May 17, 1920, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to J.R. Coolidge, 3rd. Receipt of
  • petition and remarks.
  • 9. May 22, 1920, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to J.S. Ames. Report on the Harvard
  • Forest. No action to be taken in regard to Fisher until Lowell hears
  • from Ames.
  • 10. May 25, 1920, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell, Secretary to R.T. Fisher.
  • Need Fisher to mark the Harvard Forest boundaries more clearly on the
  • map of Petersham.
  • 11. May 29, 1920, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to F.W. Hunnewell. Return map
  • with red line showing Harvard Forest boundaries, included a small
  • index maps published in the department pamphlet.
  • 12. June 3, 1920, 2 pages, F.W. Hunnewell to Mr. William A.C. Bazeley.
  • Dr. Henry P. Walcott asked F.W. Hunnewell to send Harvard Forest map
  • to W.A.C. Bazeley. Noted that if R.T. Fisher isn't there to contact
  • A.H. Upham.
  • 13. June 3, 1920, 1 page, Inter-department correspondent sheet. A. L.
  • Lowell. J.S. Ames says to appoint R.T. Fisher as Director of the
  • Harvard Forest. Tenure would depend on value of work produced, and that
  • he (Fisher) should have an assistant. Fisher came to see Lowell - YES
  • to an assistant and that the salary should be provided elsewhere. Name
  • forgotten; salary?
  • 14. June 4, 1920, 1 page, W.A.L. Bazeley (Commissioner, Commonwealth of
  • MA, Department of Conservation) to F.W. Hunnewell. Receipt of letter
  • and map - plans to visit area once Legislature session eases up.
  • 15. June 25, 1920, 1 page, Either F.W. Hunnewell or A.L. Lowell to
  • R.T. Fisher. Corporation appointed Fisher as Director of Harvard Forest
  • without limit of time. Forest needs to yield larger scientific results.
  • Not sure of the salary.
  • 16. July 13, 1920, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Request that
  • Fisher respond for a question that came to A.L. Lowell.
  • 17. July 13, 1920, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to Ellerton James. Note that
  • James' letter is being forwarded to Fisher to answer since Lowell is
  • in Europe.
  • 18. July 15, 1920, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to E. James. Financial statement
  • for the Harvard Forest. Harvard Bulletin to be sent to James. Paragraph
  • on the maintain and perpetuate the growth of the Forest -cost and
  • income.
  • 19. July 16, 1920, 1 page, Ellerton James (Counselor at Law) to A.L.
  • Lowell. Sending Lowell Fisher's letter which he calls vague and use-
  • less to his purposes. Needs money spent up to date on the Forest,
  • including salaries, wages, fire protection, trees for planting, cost
  • of lumber operations, etc. Gross receipts from the Forest up to date.
  • 20. No date, 1 page, Officers of Administration & Instruction. List
  • for Harvard Forest.
  • 1922: 3 letters. 1. February 16, 1922, A.L. Lowell to R.T. Fisher.
  • Nathan Matthews giving some land to Harvard. Lowell wants to know the
  • value of the forest planted on the very thick German method.
  • 2. June 15, 1922, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to A.L. Lowell. Reappointment of
  • J. Nelson Spaeth as assistant to director at Harvard Forest.
  • 3. June 28, 1922, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Approval of
  • budget for 1922-1923. An expenditure of not more than $9,175.
  • 1923: 10 letters. 1. February 26, 1923, 3 pages, Memo from F.W.
  • Hunnewell. One hundred thousand dollars donated to the Harvard
  • Forest for research. Donor is anonymous. W.P. Wharton letter to
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College with list of conditions
  • for the donation.
  • 2. April 4, 1923, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to W.P. Wharton. Accepting
  • the endowment - list of resources.
  • 3. April 10, 1923, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to W.P. Wharton. Apologies
  • for delays due to Lowell being in England. Announcement for the
  • gift will be April 14, 1923 with not mention of Wharton's name.
  • 4. April 10, 1923, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to W.P. Wharton. Enclosed
  • vote from Corporation (February 26, 1923), and apology for delay
  • in sending him a copy of the vote.
  • 5. May 26, 1923, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to F.W. Hunnewell.
  • Recommendations for appointments at Harvard Forest for 1 year.
  • J.N. Spaeth, A.C. Cline and P.R. Gast.
  • 6. May 29, 1923, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Appoint-
  • ments for Cline and Gast in July 1923 to July 1924 - usual dates
  • of appointments were September.
  • 7. May 29, 1923, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to C.F. Adams. Note that
  • J.N. Spaeth, Assistant to Harvard Forest Director, salary $1,500.
  • 8. June 4, 1923, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to F.W. Hunnewell. Note that
  • Cline and Gast as research assistants - their appointments run
  • from July 1923 to July 1924.
  • 9. October 1, 1923, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Note
  • about dam in Petersham. College wants Fisher to look into the
  • matter.
  • 10. December 26, 1923, 2 pages, S.T. Dana (?), Director, U.S.D.A.
  • Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station to A.L.
  • Lowell. Objects, activities and plans for the recently established
  • N.F.E.S. - materials also sent to Fisher at Harvard Forest, Dr.
  • Sargent at Arnold Arboretum, Dr. Bailey at Bussey Institute.
  • N.F.E.S. wanted to be notified of studies being conducted.
  • 1924: 4 Letters. 1. June 4, 1924, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to A.L.
  • Lowell. Memorandum of appointments. A.C. Cline, assistant director
  • and salary; P.R. Gast, Instructor in Forestry; J.N. Spaeth re-
  • appointed assistant until September 1924. Spaeth is leaving in the
  • next few months.
  • 2. June 17, 1924, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to F.W. Hunnewell. Appoint-
  • ments of Cline and Gast to be effective July 1, 1924.
  • 3. August 27, 1924, 1 page, J.N. Spaeth to F.W. Hunnewell. Resigning
  • his appointment effective October 1, 1924. Taking a position at
  • Cornell University as Assistant Research Professor in the Department
  • of Forestry.
  • 4. September 17, 1924, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Notice
  • of Spaeth leaving Harvard Forest.
  • 1925: 8 letters. 1. January 26, 1925, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T.
  • Fisher. Wants to know if any other persons at Harvard Forest will hold
  • Corporation appointments. Cline and Gast are the only ones listed as
  • Corporation appointments.
  • 2. February 4, 1925, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to F.W. Hunnewell. Cline and
  • Gast to be appointed at the same salaries.
  • 3. March 14, 1925, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to R.T. Fisher. Request for a tall
  • Elm for the front of University Hall and two smaller ones for new
  • dormitories on each side of Holden Chapel. Don't be troubled by rumors
  • to abolish the School of Forestry - NOT TRUE.
  • 4. March 24, 1925, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to R.T. Fisher. Apology for the
  • absurd misconstructions of what he said in Washington about Forestry.
  • The Harvard Forest will not be discontinued.
  • 5. June 6, 1925, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to A.L. Lowell. Request for an
  • Assistant and the Corporation to approve Neil W. Hosley as Forest
  • Assistant for 1 year.
  • 6. June 9, 1925, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Corporation
  • approved the appointment of N.W. Hosley.
  • 7. August 26, 1925, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Checking on
  • salaries. Mr. Gast's salary $1,600?
  • 8. August 28, 1925, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to F.W. Hunnewell. Note that Mr.
  • Gast's salary is to be $1,600.
  • 4. 1926-1929:
  • 1926: 7 letters. 1. February 12, 1926, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to W.C. Saeger.
  • Salaries for academic year 1926-1927. Mr. Hosley and Mr. Gast salaries
  • mentioned in this letter.
  • 2. July 9, 1926, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to F.W. Hunnewell. Requesting
  • information about the appointments for the staff at Harvard Forest.
  • 3. July 12, 1926, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Dean Wheeler or
  • anyone else has not been notified of the appointments for Harvard Forest.
  • 4. July 15, 1926, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to F.W. Hunnewell. More about appoint-
  • ments and salaries and no recommendations made yet by the Corporation. Did
  • Mr. Saeger misplace the recommendations?
  • 5. July 19, 1926, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Saeger filed it away
  • without presenting it to the Corporation. Hunnewell will present them at the
  • next Corporation meeting.
  • 6. July 19, 1926, 1 page, Memo for the Corporation Meeting. List of
  • appointments for Harvard Forest.
  • 7. July 21, 1926, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to F.W. Hunnewell. Note of thanks for
  • finding the salary sheet.
  • 1927: 11 letters. 1. January 21, 1927, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher.
  • Salary sheet for 1927-1928. Annual appointments and salaries. Return to Bursar
  • by March 1, 1927.
  • 2. January 27, 1927, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to Gov. Alvan T. Fuller. Introduction
  • to R.T. Fisher. Fisher wants to talk about the Forest situation in MA.
  • 3. March 28, 1927, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Wants to have more
  • information about the gifts stated in the 1925-1926 Treasurer's report and
  • what's to be done with the money.
  • 4. April 12, 1927, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to A.L. Lowell. Request for increase
  • in salaries for director and assistant director. High praise for A.C.Cline,
  • and the need to increase his salary or Harvard Forest might lose him.
  • 5. April 13, 1927, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to F.W. Hunnewell. 1927-1928 Salary
  • Sheet sent to A.L. Lowell.
  • 6. April 20, 1927, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Misplaced Salary
  • Sheet again!!
  • 7. May 6, 1927, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Balance in the
  • Treasurer's Report for the Ames - Butler gift, wants to know mare about it.
  • 8. August9, 1927, 1 page, N.W. Hosley to F.W. Hunnewell. Did not receive
  • July salary checks for A.C. Cline, P.R. Gast and N.W. Hosley. Hosley wrote
  • to Mr. Saeger, who had received no instruction to pay these salaries.
  • 9. August 11, 1927, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Salaries and
  • payment do not conform to others, need to change them form July to September.
  • 10. August 11, 1927, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to W.C. Saeger (Bursar). Request
  • that Cline, Gast and Hosley salaries be paid - which were due August 1.
  • 11. August 11, 1927, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to N.W. Hosley. Notifying Hosley
  • that appointments and salaries were sent to the Bursar (Mr. Saegar) to be
  • continued.
  • 1928: 16 letters. 1. May 24, 1928, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to F.W. Hunnewell.
  • Salary sheet for 1928-1929 request.
  • 2. May 28, 1928, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Salary sheet, A.C.
  • Cline, P.R. Gast and N.W. Hosley appointments all expire July 1.
  • 3. June 2, 1928, 1 page, J.H. Faull to F.W. Hunnewell. Acknowledge receipt
  • of his appointment as Professor of Forest Pathology.
  • 4. June 8, 1928, 1 page, Memo meeting of Corporation. Reappointment of Cline,
  • Gast, and Hosley.
  • 5. November 23, 1928, 3 pages, G. Frederick Schwarz to President and Fellows
  • of Harvard College. Two gifts: 1. 45 acres in westerly Petersham and 2.
  • $2,500 - a fund to be used for the 45 acres.
  • 6. December 3, 1928, 1 page, G.F. Schwarz to F.W. Hunnewell. Requesting
  • information on deeding the property as well as the check.
  • 7. December 4, 1928, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to G.F. Schwarz. Reply to G.F.
  • Schwarz questions - make check and deed to the President and Fellows of
  • Harvard College. Question of taxation was raised by Fisher.
  • 8. December 4, 1928, 2 pages, Bremer W. Pond, Chairman (Harvard University
  • School of Landscape Architecture) to A.L. Lowell. Professor Hubbard and Mr.
  • Pond read Mr. Schwarz's letter and approve the gifts. Income from the $2,500
  • approximately $125 will probably pay the taxes on the tract should it seem
  • advisable to do so for the benefit of the town. Hubbard and Pond may talk
  • with Fisher about possible and interesting lines of development for problems
  • in aesthetic forestry.
  • 9. December 4, 1928, 1 page, Western Union Telegraph, R.T. Fisher to A.L.
  • Lowell. Petersham town officers approve acquisition of Schwarz property by
  • Harvard Forest.
  • 10. December 5, 1928, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to G.F. Schwarz. The Corporation,
  • R.T. Fisher and Department of Landscape Architecture accept Schwarz's gifts.
  • 11. December 5, 1928, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to R.T. Fisher. Telling Fisher
  • he has contacted G.F. Schwarz that the Corporation accepts his gifts.
  • 12. December 5, 1928, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to A.L. Lowell. Selectmen of
  • Petersham were unanimous that the Harvard Forest accept the gifts of Mr.
  • G.F. Schwarz.
  • 13. December 13, 1928, 1 page, G.F. Schwarz to F.W. Hunnewell. A delay in
  • the preparation of the deed, it will be sent out next week.
  • 14. December 26, 1928, 2 pages, G.F. Schwarz to F.W. Hallowell, Secretary of
  • the Corporation. Enclosing the title deed and check, together with additional
  • deeds and papers referring to the property. And a personal letter to A.L.
  • Lowell.
  • 15. December 28, 1928, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to G.F. Schwarz. Note of
  • receipt of deeds, check and letter to A.L. Lowell. Thank you and Treasurer
  • will send formal acknowledgment.
  • 16. December 29, 1928, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to Charles F. Adams. Check
  • from G.F. Schwarz and two letters concerning the gifts and the deeds.
  • 1929: 1 letter. January 11, 1929, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher.
  • Acknowledging receipt of Mr. G.F. Schwarz's gifts. Land to be used as an
  • experimental area in the study of aesthetic or landscape forestry.
  • 5. 1930-1933:
  • 1930: 3 letters. 1. February 24, 1930, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to F.W.
  • Hunnewell. Fisher ill, delayed in writing about 2 letters on the funds
  • of Harvard Forest. One about the "Pisgah Primeval Forest" referred to
  • as "Pisgah Forest Endowment".
  • 2. February 26, 1930, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T. Fisher. Hunnewell
  • changed the name of the endowment from "Harvard Forest Endowment, 1929"
  • to "Pisgah Forest Endowment, 1929".
  • 3. August 8, 1930, 2 pages, R.T. Fisher to F.W. Hunnewell. Note about
  • Salary Sheet and list of salaries.
  • 1931: 3 letters. 1. September 16, 1931, 1 page, F.W. Hunnewell to R.T.
  • Fisher. Didn't receive notification of salaries for 1931-1932 for the
  • following people: A.C. Cline, P.R. Gast, and N.W. Hosley.
  • 2. September 26, 1931, 1 page, Western Union Telegraph, R.T. Fisher to
  • S.W. Honeywell. Notice that salaries are the same for A.C. Cline, P.R.
  • Gast, and N.W. Hosley as last year.
  • 3. September 29, 1931, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to R.T. Fisher. Question of
  • changing degree from Master of Forestry to Master of Arts in Forestry.
  • 1933: 4 letters. 1. April 12, 1933, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to A.L. Lowell.
  • Discussion of tuition fees for students.
  • 2. April 17, 1933, 1 page, Kenneth B. Murdock, Dean to A.L. Lowell. More
  • discussion about tuition fees.
  • 3. April 18, 1933, 1 page, A.L. Lowell to R.T. Fisher. Request the Fisher
  • look over the tuition proposal by Dean Murdock and if Fisher approves
  • it will be put before the Corporation.
  • 4. April 20, 1933, 1 page, R.T. Fisher to A.L. Lowell. Fisher approves
  • of Dean Murdock's proposal for the tuition.

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• Archives Location: Middle Room, HF History file
• Access: Active
• Provenance: Photocopies from Harvard University Archives No. UAI 5.160 taken by D.R. Foster.