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Field notebooks, 1900-1926, including early work for the Bureau of Forestry, experimental work at the HF and woods crew operations

• HF-ID: HF1926-07
• Category: Research Files
• Creator: Fisher, R.T.
• Associated Person: Kneeland, P.D., Reed, Paul M.
• Date: 1900-1926
• Location: Germany, Harvard Forest, Petersham MA, Western United States
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • field notebooks. 1 accordion folder. 4 inches x 6 3/4 inches, 4 inches x 5 3/4 inches, 5 1/4 inches x 7.5 inches.

• Keywords: education and policy, forestry
• Abstract:
  • Field Notebook No. 1: 1900 Notes and drawings on the identification of trees (magnolia, maple, elder, buckeye, buckthorn, pine, hemlock and redwood). Notes on Arizona; Portland; Vancouver, Wash.; Redwood Country; Eureka. List of Redwood Loggers and Millmen. 1926 Petersham, MA notes on Northern Tract - Brooks Lot, Carr Lot, Knapp Lot, Franklin Lot, Tom Swamp Land, Brooks-Higginson Lot. N.W. Tract notes and points from H.V. Chaffee. S.E. Tract notes and points from H.V. Chaffee.
  • Field Notebook No. 2: 1902 Consulting Forestry Field Notebook (July 14, 1902 to October 24, 1902). Consulting for: W.J. Matherson Estate, Mr. Morse of Northport, Dr. Fields, Tatnuck, Swan's Island, James Propert, Bowditch Property, Saltn Property and Upper James Lot, Bickford's Lot, Mr. Newman's Woodlot, Pratt Place of Holderness, New Hampshire, Batch Place, Williamstown Torrey Woods, Mr. Lawrence Hopkins, Dr. Bentley Warren, Miss E.F. Glenn.
  • Field Notebook No. 3: 1903 Field Notebook (pages from a notebook. Notes on forestry in Germany, Woodlot notes, memo on the repairs at Petersham.
  • Field Notebook No. 4: 1904 and 1905 Field Notebook. 1904 Opinions of Bureau in Boston July 27, 1904. 1905 Woodlot Notes for Highwoods, Palfrey, Simm's Lot, Lincoln Woods, South Lancaster, Mashopaug, Connecticut, Wachusett Reservoir. Section on the Correct Woodlot File. Harvard Preparation References.
  • Field Notebook No. 5: 1909 R.T. Fisher Field Notebook. Working plan for tract of land. Williams Lot, Simes Lot, Blue Hill. Notes on plan for forestry (logging and lumbering). Notes on Journal of 20 year work. Sawing and the saw mill symposium note book report. Experimental plot Prospect Hill Compartment I. Cordwood report 1910-1911.
  • Field Notebook No. 6: 1909 to 1914 R.T. Fisher Field Notebook. Wood Operations - Time Analysis and Cordwood Record 1909 to 1910 pages 1-16 and 25-37. Marsh House alterations page 39. 1913-1914 Notes on operations page 41. A. Johnson Place sketch of timber to be estimated pages 76-77. Accounts receivable 1910-1911 pages 98-100.
  • Field Notebook No. 7: 1911/1912 Paul D. Kneeland Field Notebook. Kneeland was with Fisher, Bryant and Olmsted Consulting Foresters - 141 Milk Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Consulting Forestry notes for Mr. Weld of Monadnock, New Hampshire; W.H. Brown; Miss M.L. Dalton; Adirondack Mountain Reserve; Mrs. James Purington; Dr. Merriman; Chocorvas Owners; Miss A.M. Hougthon; E.H. Kidder, Mr. Donald Gordon.
  • Additional information on the Fisher, Bryant, Olmsted Consulting Foresters via google search.
  • Field Notebook No. 8: 1925 to 1926 Field Notebook of P.M. Reed, Surveyor. Harvard Forest Cuttings. List date, fuel drawn (gas or oil), lumber, fuel bought (gas or
  • oil) Miscellaneous supplies. Pages 1-25.
  • Field Notebook No. 9: No Dates. R.T. Fisher Field Notebook of Slab City (?) - Compartments No.1-No.6, No.8, No.10, No.11. Description of Compartment - size, location, boundaries, altitude, slope, topography, rock, soil, stand (trees, vegetation), advisable treatment, sub compartments.

• Archives Location: Middle Room, stack 1, drawer 3, HF History file
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