A.C. Cline Correspondence: Merrill, E.D.
- HF-ID: HFCor-1222
- Category: Correspondence
- Creator: Cline, A.C., Merrill, E.D., Lutz, Russell J., Whitehead, J.M.
- Associated Person: Gast, P.R., Lowes, J.W., Hesselman, H., Fisher, R.T., Shepard, W., Stillman, E.G., Spaulding, P., Matthews, N., Faull, J.H., Johnston, James W., Jr., Cabot (Dr.), Stillman, E.G., Wallace, H.A., Morgan, H., Saltonstall, L., Caflin, W.H.Jr., Spurr, S.H., Duerr, W.A., Black, J.D., Fisher, G.P., Craighead, F.C.
- Date: 1935-1944
- Media: Paper
- Keywords: dioramas
- Abstract:
- Letters from A.C. Cline are unsigned carbon copies of typewritten letters
- Newspaper clipping from July 5, 1935 announcing Merrill's position as administrator of the botanical collections at Harvard University
- Correspondence topics include the Harvard Forest budget; P. R. Gast's appointment and publication of paper on Scots Pine seedlings; "Outside Relations of the Forest" paper; excerpts from letters to Harvard Forest from prominent visitors [see HF 1934-09]; New England Section of the Society of American Foresters summer meeting; forest models book proofs; European larch canker control at Hamilton; W. Shepard's appointment to director of Harvard Forest; annotated drafts of papers: "A Model Forest for the Demonstration of Forestry", "An Experiment Station for Research in Forestry and Allied Fields", "A Field Laboratory for the Instruction of Graduate Students in Forestry and Allied Fields" [see HF 1940-18]; Guggenheim fellowship applications; Cline's referral for Johnston; the Cabot Foundation; Stillman's response to Cline's report on activities at Harvard Forest; Cline's invitation to serve as a member of the Northeastern Forest Research Advisory Council; Harvard Forest Visiting Committee; volunteer committee to advise Governor Saltonstall on forestry problems in Massachusetts [see HFCor-1219]; old road along new highway in the Barre Woods; contribution of red and white pines to Arnold Arboretum; bills and notification of checks received from E. G. Stillman for furnishings at Petersham; plans for dedication of buildings at Petersham (Shaler Hall and Fisher Museum); instructions for funds for Stillman's donations; forestry periodicals and loan policies; letter regarding Mrs. Oakes Ames painting an oil portrait of R.T. Fisher for the Fisher Museum; photographing the forest models; Merrill's suggestions for Fisher Museum sign, including scale drawing; letter to Merrill from J. M. Whitehead regarding spruce tree makred with "the King's Broad Arrow" and response from Cline; offer of donation of bark beetles and borers; "Memorandum, Cabot Work for 1940-41"; Henry Morgan's resignation from Visiting Committee; proposed plan for arboretum "in the field northeast of the old headquarters building"; Thirty Year Report; Friends of the Harvard Forest
- Archives Location: Map Room, stack 7, drawer 1
- Access: Restricted
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