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Schwarz Tract - Stand Records

• HF-ID: HF1929-11
• Category: Research Files
• Creator: Barker Plotkin, A., Cline, A.C., Gardner, A., Glick, D.N., Hosley, N.W., Johnson, P., Murison, W.F., Schwarz, G.F., Stephens, E.P.
• Date: 1929 to 2022
• Location: Schwarz Tract (Harvard Forest)
• Media: Mixed media
• Contents:
  • Records of history, forest operations, reports of development of land, field notes, maps, photos, slides, cuttings, inventory, trail guide. 19 File Folders. Various.

• Keywords: land use, forestry, hurricane damage, silviculture, stand description
• Abstract:
  • Folder 1: Stand records 1913 - south boundary.
  • Folder 2: Stand records 1915 (?) - proposed purchase of strip of land above the east boundary.
  • Folder 3: Stand records 1920 - sketch of north and south boundary between F.M. West Box Co. and G.F. Schwarz.
  • Folder 4: Stand records 1930-1931 - boundary, typing, elevations, mapping, office work spreadsheet.
  • Folder 5: Stand records 1932 operations - map with abutters, list of work done and number of hours per job.
  • Folder 6: Stand records 1936 - pruning.
  • Folder 7: Stand records 1937 - proposed plan of development for the Schwarz Tract by D. N. Glick
  • Folder 8: Stand records 1938 - Progress report on the Schwarz Tract.
  • Folder 9: Stand records 1947 - Land use history of the Schwarz Tract by Earl P. Stephens.
  • Folder 10: Stand records 1960 - Report on the Schwarz Tract by W.F. Murison, includes map, tally and notes on management.
  • Folder 11: Stand records 1961 - Diary of work on Schwarz Tract by Paul Johnson.
  • Folder 12: Stand records 1964 - Report on the Schwarz Tract.
  • Folder 13: Stand records 1979 - Map of Schwarz Tract showing survey markers.
  • Folder 14: Stand records 1985 - Map of Schwarz Tract showing survey markers.
  • Folder 15: Stand records (no date) - Map showing boundaries and concrete markers.
  • Folder 16: Stand records - 1932 and 1933 Photo's and negatives by A.C. Cline. 1946 Aerial Photographs by Robinson-Standard Aerial Surveys, Inc.. 1961 and 1965 Slides by W.F. Murison.
  • Folder 17: Stand records 1994-1995 - Harvest Timber and A. Barker Plotkin information on the harvest
  • Folder 18: Stand records 2013-2022 - Forest Management Plan by A. Barker Plotkin and DCR.
  • Folder 19: Trail Map and Guide to the Harvard Forest Schwarz Tract.
  • Folder 20: Data sheets for Summer 1995 HF-SRPE project, "Influence of Microsite on Tree Seedling Establishment in an Unsalvaged 1938 Hurricane Blowdown Area," by Amanda Gardner.

• Related Items:
  • Schwarz Lot Stand Records
  • Forest Trees and Forest Scenery
  • The Longleaf Pine in Virgin Forest: A Silvical Study
  • The Diminished Flow of the Rock River in Wisconsin and Illinois: and its Relation to the Surrounding Forests

• Archives Location: Middle Room, stack 36, drawer 4
• Access: Active
• Provenance: Scanning funded by Harvard University Library Digital Initiative (LDI)
• Administrative Notes:
  • -Additional records added for the Operation of 1995 by A. Barker Plotkin. These pages need to be scanned and added to the LDI (on-line digital images).
  • -The trail guide also needs to be scanned.
  • -2012 to 2022 Forest Management Plan by A. Barker Plotkin needs to be scanned.
  • -Photographs and negatives need to copy old envelope information onto a new archive envelope, they have not been included in the LDI/Olivia database.