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
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