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Tom Swamp I Studies, 1955-1976

• HF-ID: HF1978-02
• Category: Research Files
• Creator: Lyford, W.H.
• Date: 1955-1976
• Location: Tom Swamp Tract (Harvard Forest), TS I
• Media: Mixed media
• Contents:
  • Paper, photographs, maps. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.

• Keywords: permanent plots, hydrology, land use history, biogeochemistry, soil, hemlock-book
• Abstract:
  • Tom Swamp I research done for Harvard Forest Bulletin No. 30
  • Folder 1 Photographs
  • • Photo Map – Plotting Map, base from 1937 map adjusted to 1960 grid map with approximate location of photos in H.F. files [historical photographs]
  • • Photographs in TSI taken by W. H. Lyford, May 1967. (4) 3.5” x 5” black and white photographs
  • • Photographs used for Harvard Forest Bulletin No. 30, plus duplicates. Figures 11 (2), 12 (1), 8 (4), 7 (1), 9 (2), 17 (2), 16 (2), 18 (4), 21 (1). (20) 8” x 10” black and white photographs
  • Folder 2 Tom Swamp I Report – 1955-76
  • • Tom Swamp I Tract Activities during 1955 – 1976. Report by Walter H. Lyford, Soil Scientist at the Harvard Forest 1960 – 1976. (June 1978)
  • Folder 3 Hatheway Pits
  • • Soil descriptions, soil series identification, generalized description of Paxton and Woodbridge based on descriptions
  • Folder 4 Tom Swamp I 1960 Grid Maps
  • • Tom Swamp I 1960 Grid Map (multiple photocopies)
  • Folder 5 Tom Swamp I soil pits and trenches
  • • Stump fragipan study description
  • • Soil pit descriptions and diagrams
  • • Soil penetration measurements
  • • Photographs (horizons, fungi)
  • • Detailed soil descriptions not used in Bulletin 30
  • • Trench descriptions and diagrams
  • Folder 6 Tom Swamp I history
  • • Tom Swamp I 1960 Grid Map with pencil notes from 1937 base map
  • • Handwritten notes about research and ownership history
  • • Type and land use maps from Harvard Forest records assembled by Lyford
  • • History of Tom Swamp I Tract. 1/28/1961. By Lyford – handwritten rough draft
  • Folder 7 Tom Swamp I Tree and fern maps
  • • Prevalence of certain kinds of ferns noted in wetter areas of TSI and mapped

• Related Items:
  • Harvard Forest Bulletin No. 30
  • Historical photo: Chestnut stump (HF Bulletin No. 30, fig. 21)

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