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The history of land use in the Harvard Forest

• HF-ID: HF1941-09
• Category: Research Files
• Creator: Raup, H.M., Carlson, R.E.
• Date: 1941
• Location: Harvard Forest
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • Town records, deed records, genealogies, reports, notes.

• Keywords: harvard forest history, land use history
• Abstract:
  • The central premise of this study is that present-day forest management cannot be carried on effectively without some knowledge of past land use. It follows in turn that land use cannot be understood without some knowledge of the town economy in which forestry, farming, and local industry were interrelated activities.

• Related Items:
  • Harvard Forest Bulletin No. 20
  • Historical photo file: HFH-0372
  • Map: PH 5.1 Prospect Hill Tract Original Proprietor Grants
  • Map: PH5.2 Prospect Hill Block Land Use Map 1850
  • Map: SC5.1 Slab City Tract Original Proprietor Grants
  • Map: SC5.2 Slab City Tract Land Use Map 1850
  • Map: TS5.1 Tom Swamp Tract Original Proprietor Grants
  • Map: TS5.2 Tom Swamp Tract Land Use Map 1850

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