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History of Tom Swamp Valley Since Settlement

• HF-ID: HF1947-15
• Category: Research Files
• Creator: Benninghoff, W.S.
• Date: 1947
• Location: Tom Swamp Tract (Harvard Forest)
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • Field trip report.
  • NOTE: During the 2017 Archive Renovations mice damaged the file folder. NO DATA WAS LOST OR DAMAGED. The file folder was replaced.
  • . 1 File Folder. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.

• Keywords: land use history, stand description
• Abstract:
  • History of the Tom Swamp Valley starting from 1795. A series of soundings were taken in Harvard Pond to determine the principal features of the old meadow. A list of the vegetation is included in the report.

• Archives Location: Middle Room, stack 4, drawer 4
• Access: Active