A.C. Cline Correspondence: Jones, T.C.
- HF-ID: HFCor-1207
- Category: Correspondence
- Creator: Cline, A.C., Jones, T.C., Raup, H.M., Shepard, W., Lutz, Russell J., Spurr, S.H., Jones, L.B.
- Associated Person: Rowlands, W., Fisher, R.T., Kinnicutt, R., Merrill, E.D., Morgan, H., Woolsey, J.M., Woolsey, A., Gordan, J.D., Jr., Simes, O., Carpenter, E., Cabot, G.L., Shepperson, A.B., Wyman, L., Chubb, H., Pauley, S.S., Smith, [?]
- Date: 1937-1950
- Media: Paper
- Keywords: hurricane damage
- Abstract:
- Letters from Cline, Shepard and Raup are unsigned carbon copies of typewritten letters
- Includes handwritten notes on planting plan for T. Catesby Jones' land dated Nov 4, 1944
- Correspondence topics include survey of Jones' property on Sunset Lane by W. Rowlands; appeal for funds from Petersham residents after 1938 hurricane and report of criticism of funds from previous appeal going to the Petersham Forest Cooperative; draft of Jone's appeal letter edited by Shepard; copy of J. Woolsey's response to appeal; Harvard Forest Visiting Committee meeting; organization of "The Friends of the Harvard Forest"; write-off of loan for purchase of portion of the Tom Swamp Tract; E. Carpenter's bookkeeping; reduction of valuation of Pisgah tract; O. Simes' donation from proceeds of [1938 hurricane] windthrown timber; Jones' requests for information about planting hybrid chestnut, Chinese chestnut, and black walnut trees and responses from Cline, including copy of memorandum to staff about Bureau of Plant Industry inspection of Chinese chestnuts planted near Headquarters Building [now known as Community House] in 1926; request for suggestions of person to write article on national parks and forests for The Virginia Quarterly with response from Cline suggesting Arthur Newton Pack andWilliam B. Greeley or seeking the advice of Ovid Butler, editor of American Forests; interest in studying forestry conditions in Southeastern states; Friends of the Harvard Forest leaflet for the Fisher Museum; conscientious objectors from the Civilian Public Service Camp 9 in Petersham and their woods project in cooperation with the Petersham Forest Cooperative an the Harvard Forest; letter from Spurr regarding field survey and suggestions for planting
- Also correspondence between Louise Brooks Jones and H. M. Raup, including a letter to Harvard Forest staff in appreciation for roses sent to funeral service for her husband, T. Catesby Jones; agreement between L. B. Jones and the Harvard Forest for Harvard Forest's use of "about one acre in an old field west of the Nichewaug Hotel" for establishing a plantation
- Archives Location: Map Room, stack 7, drawer 1
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