Harvard Forest

Search the Archives

Robert M. Borg Photographic Collection of Wildlife in Massachusetts State Forests

• HF-ID: HFP-073
• Category: Visual Materials
• Creator:
  • Borg, R.M.

• Date: 1935-1944
• Location: Massachusetts
• Media: Mixed media
• Contents:
  • photographs, negatives, paper.

• Keywords: wildlife
• Abstract:
  • R.M. Borg's obituary, Wildlife Management Program Bulletins and Department of Conservation Bulletins
  
  
  • Beartown State Forest
  • B0001 – B0069 [duplicates of B035, B043, B047, B051, B052; missing B0070 photo] (74) 3 3/8” x 4 5/8” and 2 5/8” x 4 ½” b&w photos with photo forms and (26) 3.5” x 5” b&w negatives
  • nB039, nB041, nB042, nB043, nB046, nB047, nB048, nB049, nB051, nB054, nB055, nB056, nB057, nB058, nB059, nB060, nB061, nB062, nB062b [no photo], nB063, nB064, nB065, nB066, nB067, nB068, nB069
  • - unidentified snow scene, 4 5/8” x 6 7/8” b&w photo
  • - unidentified scene with stone wall and water, 2 5/8” x 4 ½” b&w photo
  • - unidentified, possibly overexposed, (9) 3.5” x 5” b&w negatives
  
  
  • Boxford State Forest
  • BSF003-BSF012
  • (8) 3 3/8” x 4 5/8” b&w photos with photo forms and 3.5” x 5” negatives
  
  
  • Brimfield
  • BR001-BR012 [BR006 photo missing]
  • (11) 3 3/8” x 4 5/8” b&w photos with (12) photo forms and (12) 3.5” x 5” negatives
  
  
  • Mohawk Trail State Forest
  • MT001 2 1/8” x 3 1/8” (2 copies), MT002 2 5/8” x 4 ½” (2 copies), MT003 2 5/8” x 4 ½” (2 copies), MT004 2 5/8” x 3 ¼” (2 copies), MT005 2 5/8” x 4 ½” (2 copies) b&w photos and photo forms
  • MT006-MT009 (4) 3 3/8” x 4 5/8” b&w photos taken by R. H. Piper with photo forms and 3.5” x 5 negatives
  • MT010 and MT011 (2) 3 3/8” x 4 5/8” b&w photos with photo forms and (3) 3.5” x 5” negatives
  
  
  • Myles Standish State Forest
  • MS001-MS024
  • (24) 3 3/8” x 4 5/8” and 2 5/8” x 4 ½” b&w photos with photo forms and (18) negatives
  • (5) 2 5/8” x 4 ½” b&w photos labeled “Plymouth”, no dates
  • (6) 3” x 5” b&w photos with negatives. Young men working on barbed wire fencing, no labels or dates. [Negatives found in Townsend folder. Correct location uncertain.]
  • (10) 3 3/8” x 4 5/8” b&w photos, no dates and (12) 3.5” x 5” negatives
  • [Negatives found in Mohawk Trail folder. Correct location uncertain.]
  
  
  • Otis State Forest
  • OT001-OT010
  • (10) 3 3/8” x 4 5/8” b&w photos with photo forms and (9) 3.5” x 5” negatives [OT008 negative missing]
  
  
  • Sandisfield State Forest
  • S001-S009
  • (9) 2 5/8” x 4 ½” b&w photos with photo forms. No negatives.
  • S010 – S027
  • (28) 3 3/8” x 4 5/8” b&w photos [2 copies of S024] with photo forms and (12) 3.5” x 5” negatives
  • (8) 3 3/8” x 4 5/8” b&w photos and (8) 3.5” x 5” negatives, no labels, no dates
  • (4) 3.5” x 5” negatives, no labels, no dates, no photos
  
  
  • Savoy State Forest
  • SSF01 (2 copies) 3 3/8” x 4 5/8” b&w photo with photo form, no negative
  
  
  • Townsend State Forest
  • T001-T012
  • (12) 3 3/8” x 4 5/8” b&w photos with photo forms and (12) 3.5” x 5” negatives
  
  
  • Wildlife and other photographs
  • Mole (6), Pine Mouse (7), Squirrel, Porcupine, Muskrat, Wildlife Mortality, Roadside Planting, Misc 1 [missing Misc 2 & 3 photos], Worcester Rat Campaign [no photos, 3 negatives], 3 1/8” x 4 7/8” b&w photos and 1 ¾” x 2 5/8” negatives
  • unknown group of people, unknown location, ca. 1944. (10) 3 5/8” x 5 ¼” black and white photos and (14) 3.5” x 5” negatives

• Archives Location: Map Room, stack 11, drawer 2
• Access: Active
• Provenance: Donated by Sally Borg Picard, daughter of R.M. Borg, in 2007