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Earl Stephens thesis charts and graphs

• HF-ID: R1955-01
• Category: Research Files
• Creator: Stephens, E.P.
• Date: 1952 to 1955
• Location: Petersham MA
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • Charts, graphs hand drawn and printed. 3 Large Map Folders. Various see abstract. Various see abstract.

• Keywords: disturbance, hurricane damage
• Abstract:
  • "The Historical Developmental Method of Determining Forest Trends" Thesis by E.P. Stephens.
  • Folder 1. Mound and Pit Charts: 1. Hand Drawn Diagrams on paper.
  • a). Mound "A" (off of the area); October 23, 1952; Size 20 1/2 inches x 27 inches; Scale 1 inch = 1 foot.
  • b). Mound "B" (off of the area); October 25, 1952; Size 20 1/2 inches x 27 inches; Scale 1 inch = 1 foot.
  • c). Mound "C" (off of the area); October 31, 1952; Size 19 1/2 inches x 27 inches; Scale 1 inch = 1 foot.
  • d). Mound #1 (Fig. M-H-12); Scale 1 inch = 1 foot.
  • e). #1/#35; Size 12 inches x 18 inches; Scale 1 inch = 1 foot.
  • f). #2 Trench thru Eastern end (East Trace) of Mound; Size 12 inches x 18 inches; Scale 1 inch = 1 foot.
  • g). Mound #4; Size 12 inches x 18 inches; Scale 1 inch = 1 foot.
  • h). Mound 17; Size 20 1/2 inch x 27 inches; Scale 1 inch = 1 foot.
  • i). Mounds 19, 21, 28, 37; Size 20 1/2 inches x 27 inches; Scale 1 inch = 1 foot.
  • j). Mounds #42, 46, 49, 51; Size 20 1/2 inches x 27 inches; Scale 1 inch = 1 foot.
  • k). Mounds 59, 61; Size 20 1/2 inches x 27 inches; Scale 1 inch = 1 foot.
  • Printed Charts: 2. Mounds and Pits Relative Age Classes 1-VI; Size 18 inches x 59 inches; Scale 2 inches = 20 feet.
  • 3. Mound and Pit Surfaces 1400-1952; Size 18 inches x 60 inches; Scale 2 inches = 20 feet.
  • 4. Mound and Pit "A"; Size 18 1/2 inches x 23 1/2 inches; Scale 2 inches = 4 feet.
  • 5. Mound and Pit "A" Age 137 Years; Size 18 1/4 inches x 23 1/2 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 6. Mound and Pit "B" Age 137 Years; Size 22 1/2 inches x 27 1/2 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 7. Mound and Pit "C" Age 101 Years; Size 18 inches x 23 1/2 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 8. Mound and Pit #1 Age 14 Years; Size 18 inches x 23 1/4 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 9. Mound and Pit #4 Age 450 to 550 Years; Size 18 1/4 inches x 23 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 10. Mound and Pit #17 Age 317 Years; Size 18 inches x 23 3/4 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 11. Mound and Pit #25 Age 450 to 550 Years; Size 18 1/2 inches x 24 1/4 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 12. Mound and Pit #35; Size 17 1/2 inches x 23 inches; Scale 2 inches = 4 feet.
  • 13. Mound and Pit #35 Age 137 Years; Size 18 1/4 inches x 23 3/4 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 14. Mound and Pits #58, 60; Size 23 3/4 inches x 23 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 15. Gross Anatomy of Mounds and Pits #1,35,17 & 4; Size 22 1/4 inches x 36 1/4 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 16. Age Class I, Mound and Pits #3,12,13,14,15,20&23; Size 22 1/2 inches x 36 1/4 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 17. Age Class I, Mound and Pits #38,41,44,46&49;Size 23 1/2 inches x 36 1/4 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 18. Age Class I, Mound and Pits #56,61&62/Age Class II; Size 23 inches x 36 1/4 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 19. Age Class III, Mound and Pits #30, 31-32,36,37,39,43; Size 23 inches x 36 1/4 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 20. Age Class IV, Mound and Pit #47/Age Class V Mound and Pits #16,18,19,26,28; Size 23 inches x 36 1/4 inches; Scale 2 inches x 2 feet.
  • 21. Age Class V, Mound and Pits #29,34,42,45,48,50,52; Size 23 inches x 36 1/4 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 22. Age Class V, Mound and Pits #53,55/Age Class VI, Mound and Pits #2,5,6,7,8-9,10; Size 23 inches x 36 1/4 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • 23. Age Class VI, Mound and Pits #11,24,33,40,51,54,57,59; Size 18 1/2 inches x 33 3/4 inches; Scale 2 inches = 2 feet.
  • Folder 2: 1. Hand Drawn on Waxed Paper, No scale on these.
  • a. Earlier than 1817. Size 12 inches x 53 1/2 inches.
  • b. 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820. Size 12 inches x 53 1/2 inches.
  • c. 1821 to 1830. Size 12 inches x 53 1/2 inches.
  • d. 1830 to 1840. Size 12 inches x 50 1/2inches.
  • e. 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843. Size 12 inches x 55 inches.
  • f. 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849. Size 12 inches x 49 1/2 inches.
  • g. 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853. Size 12 inches x 50 inches.
  • h. 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858. Size 12 inches x 51 1/2 inches.
  • i. 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868. Size 12 inches x 51 1/2 inches.
  • j. 1870, 1871, 1972. Size 12 inches x 50 1/2 inches.
  • k. 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877. Size 12 inches x 53 inches.
  • l. 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882. Size 12 inches x 53 inches.
  • m. 1883, 1884, 1885. Size 12 inches x 50 1/2 inches.
  • n. 1886, 1887, 1888. Size 12 inches x 52 1/2 inches.
  • o. 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892. Size 12 inches x 50 1/2 inches.
  • p. 1899, 1900, 1901,1902,1903. Size 12 inches x 53 1/2 inches.
  • q. 1935, 1936, Hardwoods, Conifers. Size 12 inches x 53 1/2 inches.
  • r. 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942 (Gross Expressions). Size 12 inches x 53 1/2 inches.
  • s. Cut 1800-1810. Size 12 inches x 52 1/2 inches.
  • t. Death of Chestnut 1912 -1917. Size 12 inches x 53 1/2 inches.
  • u. Stumps and Dead Trees of Sprout Origin. Size 12 inches x 53 1/2 inches.
  • 2. Black Birch Live Trees. Size 19 inches x 22 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 3. Black Birch. Size 22 inches x 23 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 4. Chestnut Dead Trees. Size 22 inches x 37 3/4 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 5. Chestnut Dead Trees. Size 22 inches x 39 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 6. Hemlock Live Trees. Size 22 inches x 35 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 7. Hemlock. Size 22 inches x 28 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 8. Red Maple, Age over stump dia. Size 19 inches x 21 3/4 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 9. Red Maple, Live. Size 16 inches x 22 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 10. Red Oak. Size 22 inches x 24 1/2 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 11. Red Oak. Size 22 inches x 26 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 12. White Oak. Size 22 inches x 23 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 13. White Oak, Live Trees. Size 18 inches x 22 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 14. White Pine. Size 22 inches x 43 1/2 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 15. White Pine. Size 22 inches x 31 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 16. 1615 to 1950. Size 22 inches x 63 inches. Hand Drawn.
  • 17. Four Graphs: Date of Origin - all Live Trees; Date of Origin - All Live Hardwoods; Date of Origin - Live Stump Sprouts; Date of Marked Increase in Radial Growth. Size 21 inches x 22 inches. Printed.
  • 18. Showing all numbered Trees. Size 10 inches x 47 1/2 inches. Mylar, Hand Drawn.
  • 19. Logs, Chestnut, Accumulation Dead Wood, Map Number, Age of Element Trees. Size 11 3/4 inches x 51 3/4 inches. Paper.
  • 20. Shaded the Year Round - Hemlock. Hardwoods High Canopy. Size 11 inches x 49 1/2 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn by E.P.S. September 30, 1952.
  • 21. Shaded Area Surface Covered with Boulders. Size 11 inches x 50 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn by E.P.S. September 29, 1952.
  • 22. Stumps Except Aspen. Size 15 1/4 inches x 56 1/4 inches. Blue Waxed Paper.
  • 23. Final Copy of All Field Numbers. Size 15 1/2 inches x 54 inches. Blue Waxed Paper, April 15, 1953.
  • 24. Final Copy of All Map Numbers. Size 15 3/4 inches x 53 1/4 inches. Blue Waxed Paper, April 15, 1953.
  • 25. Present Stand - 1952 Trees 1 1/2 inches DBH IB and Larger. Size 16 1/4 inches x 56 1/2 inches. Blue Waxed Paper, April 16, 1953.
  • 26. Ages of Present Trees 1 1/2 inches DBH IB and Larger. Size 16 1/2 inches x 56 1/2 inches. Blue Waxed Paper.
  • 27. Live Trees Known for sure to have been Present in 1854. Size 15 1/4 inches x 55 1/4 inches. Blue Waxed Paper.
  • 28. Trees Cut in 1935. Size 16 inches x 53 1/2 inches. Blue Waxed Paper.
  • 29. Live Trees Killed by Hurricane 1938. Size 15 3/4 inches x 56 1/2 inches. Blue Waxed Paper.
  • 30. Live Trees - 1938. Size 16 1/4 inches x 55 3/4 inches. Blue Waxed Paper.
  • 31. 1938 Black Color/1935 Cut Red-Orange Color/60-63 Years Old Inclusive Blue Color. Size 16 inches x 53 1/2 inches. Light Blue Waxed Paper.
  • 32. No Title. Size 16 inches x 52 3/4 inches. Light Blue Waxed Paper.
  • 33. Direction of Tree Fall by Relative Age Classes. Size 18 inches x 27 inches. Printed on off-white waxed paper.
  • 34. Forest Flor-1952 Distribution of Cobbles and Boulders. Size 18 inches x 60 inches. Scale 2 inches = 20 feet. Printed on off-white waxed paper.
  • 35. Live and Dead Trees Less Than 1 1/2 inches D.I.B. B.H. - 1952 and Forest Canopy - 1952. Size 18 inches x 58 inches. Scale 2 inches = 20 feet. Printed on off-white waxed paper.
  • 36. Forest Floor - 1952 Contour Interval - 6 inches. Size 16 inches x 60 inches. Scale 2 inches = 20 feet. Printed on off-white waxed paper.
  • 37. Charcoal - 1952. Size 17 1/2 inches x 58 1/2 inches. Scale 2 inches = 20 feet. Printed on off-white waxed paper.
  • 38. Dead Trees - 1952. Size 18 inches x 59 1/4 inches. Scale 2 inches = 20 feet. Printed on off-white waxed paper.
  • 39. Stumps - 1952. Size 18 1/2 inches x 59 inches. Scale 2 inches = 20 feet. Printed on off- white waxed paper.
  • 40. Wood Fragments on Forest Floor - 1952. Size 17 1/2 inches x 59 inches. Scale 2 inches = 20 feet. Printed on off-white waxed paper.
  • 41. Live Trees - 1952. Size 18 1/4 inches x 59 1/4 inches. Scale 2 inches = 20 feet. Printed on off-white waxed paper.
  • 42. 10-Foot Grid. Size 18 inches x 60 inches. Scale 2 inches = 20 feet. Printed on off-white waxed paper.
  • 43. Belt Transect - Herbaceous and Shrub. Size 18 inches x 61 inches. Scale 2 inches = 20 feet. Printed on off-white waxed paper.
  • 44. Forest Canopy - 1952. Size 18 inches x 61 inches. Scale 2 inches = 20 feet. Printed on off-white waxed paper.
  • 45. Live and Dead Trees - 1952. Size 18 inches x 59 inches. Scale 2 inches = 20 feet. Printed on off-white waxed paper.
  • 46. Numbered Trees. Size 17 1/2 inches x 19 1/2 inches. Hand Drawn on Waxed Paper.
  • 47. Age is 60-63 Years, Increase in Growth 60-63 Years Ago. Size 13 1/2 inches x 51 inches. Tissue Paper.
  • Folder 3: 1. Chart Silviculture. Size 22 inches x 31 3/4 inches. Graph Paper, Hand Drawn.
  • 2. Tree Size Classes, DBH in CM. Size 14 inches x 18 inches. Paper, Printed.
  • 3. Side One Tom Swamp VI, Gross Anatomy of Mounds and Pits - Figure 3. Side Two, Figure 1 Forest Floor - 1952 and Figure 2 Mound and Pit Surfaces 1450-1952. Side One Size 18 1/4 inches x 25 1/2 inches. Side Two Size 10 1/2 inches x 18 inches. Paper mounted on cardboard.
  • 4. Contour Interval 770-780. Size 18 1/4 inches x 25 1/2 inches. Printed, 6 Copies, Topography.
  • 5. Contour Interval 775-810. Size 18 1/4 inches x 25 1/2 inches. Printed, 6 Copies, Topography.
  • 6. Contour Interval 795-865. Size 18 1/4 inches x 25 1/2 inches. Printed, 5 Copies, Topography.
  • 7. Forest Canopy - 1952. Size 18 1/4 inches x 25 3/4 inches. Printed 5 Copies.
  • 8. Figure 1. Forest Floor-1952, Contour Interval and Figure 2 Mound and Pit Surfaces 1450-1952. Size 18 1/4 inches x 25 inches. Printed 4 Copies.
  • 9. Wood Fragments on Forest Floor - 1952. Size 18 1/4 inches x 25 1/2 inches. Printed 1 Copy.
  • 10. Figure 3 Gross Anatomy of Mounds and Pits. Size 18 1/4 inches x 25 3/4 inches. Printed 4 Copies.
  • 11. Mound and Pit #35 and Mound and Pit "A". Size 18 1/4 inches x 25 3/4 inches. Printed 5 Copies.
  • Folder 4: Stack #5 Drawer #4:
  • 1. Figure 32 Silvagram, Showing Map No. 1-68, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Mound and Pit, Years 1952-1400. Size 22 i/4 inches x 64 inches. Graph Printed on 100% Rag Paper.
  • 2. Figure 33 Silvagram. Showing Map No. 69-134, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Mound and Pit, Years 1952-1400. Size 22 inches x 63 3/4 inches. Graph Paper.
  • 3. Figure 34 Silvagram. Showing Map No. 135-199, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Mound and Pit, Years 1952-1400. Size 22 1/4 inches x 64 3/4 inches. Graph Paper.
  • 4. Figure 35 Silvagram. Showing Map No. 200-261, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Mound and Pit, Years 1952-1400. Size 21 1/8 inches x 65 inches. Graph Paper.
  • 5. Figure 36 Silvagram. Showing Map No. 262-329, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Mound and Pit, Years 1952-1400. Size 21 1/8 inches x 64 3/4 inches. Graph Paper.
  • 6. Figure 37 Silvagram. Showing Map No. 330-397, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Mound and Pit, Years 1952-1400. Size 22 inches x 63 3/4 inches. Graph Paper.
  • 7. Figure 38 Silvagram. Showing Map No. 398-459, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Mound and Pit, Years 1952-1400. Size 21 1/8 inches x 63 1/2 inches. Graph Paper.
  • 8. Figure 39 Silvagram. Showing Map No. 460-525, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Mound and Pit, Years 1952-1400. Size 22 1/8 inches x 64 3/4 inches. Graph Paper.
  • 9. Figure 40 Silvagram. Showing Map No. 526-590, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Mound and Pit, Years 1952-1400. Size 22 inches x 65 inches. Graph Paper.
  • 10. Figure 41 Silvagram. Showing Map No. 591-653, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Mound and Pit, Years 1952-1400. Size 22 1/8 inches x 64 3/4 inches. Graph Paper.
  • 11. Figure 42 Silvagram. Showing Map No. 654-718, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Mound and Pit, Years 1952-1400. Size 21 1/8 inches x 64 inches. Graph Paper.
  • 12. Map No., Field No., Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Year 1952-1800. Size 21 3/4 inches x 45 1/4 inches. Graph Paper.
  • 13. Number of Trees, Date of Origin and Date of Marked Increase in Radial Growth. Size 21 3/4 inches x 35 3/4 inches. Graph Paper.
  • 14. Date, Basal Area, Species, Total Basal Area. Size 22 inches x 36 3/4 inches. Printed on Graph Paper.
  • 15. Map No. 1-68, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Years 1952-1600. Size 15 3/4 inches x 39 1/2 inches. Hand Drawn on Graph Paper.
  • 16. Map No. 69-134, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Years 1952-1600. Size 16 inches x 39 3/4 inches. Hand Drawn on Graph Paper.
  • 17. Map No. 135-199, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Years 1952-1600. Size 14 3/4 inches x 40 inches. Hand Drawn on Graph Paper.
  • 18. Map No. 200-261, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Years 1952-1600. Size 14 3/4 inches x 39 3/4 inches. Hand Drawn on Graph Paper.
  • 19. Map No. 262-329, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Years 1952-1600. Size 14 3/4 inches x 39 3/4 inches. Hand Drawn on Graph Paper.
  • 20. Map No. 330-397, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Years 1952-1600. Size 15 1/4 inches x 39 1/2 inches. Hand Drawn on Graph Paper.
  • 21. Map No. 398-459, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Years 1952-1600. Size 14 3/4 inches x 39 1/2 inches. Hand Drawn on Graph Paper.
  • 22. Map No. 460-525, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Years 1952-1600. Size 15 1/4 inches x 39 1/2 inches. Hand Drawn on Graph Paper.
  • 23. Map No. 526-590, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Years 1952-1600. Size 15 1/8 inches x 40 1/2 inches. Hand Drawn on Graph Paper.
  • 24. Map No. 591-653, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Years 1952-1600. Size 15 inches x 39 1/2 inches. Hand Drawn on Graph Paper.
  • 25. Map No. 654-718, Species, Live Tree, Dead Tree, Stump, Years 1952-1600. Size 15 1/4 inches x 39 1/2 inches. Hand Drawn on Graph Paper.
  • 26. Stored in an open accordion folder: 7 Printed Figures Stapled on Cardboard. Size 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches. Scale 1/2 inch = 2 feet. The following is a list of the Figures:
  • a. Figure 16 Mounds and Pits Number 58, 60.
  • b. Figure 17 Age Class I Mounds and Pits Numbers 3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 23, 27.
  • c. Figure 20 Age Class III Mounds and Pit Numbers 30, 31-32, 36, 37, 39, 43.
  • d. Figure 22 Age Class V Mounds and Pit Numbers 29, 34, 42, 45, 48, 50, 52.
  • e. Figure 24 Age Class VI Mounds and Pit Numbers 11, 24, 33, 40, 51, 54, 57, 59.
  • f. Figure 25 Direction of Tree Fall by Relative Age Classes.
  • g. Diagram of Mounds and Pits.
  • h. Diagram of Contour and Mounds and Pits.

• Related Items:
  • Research file: HF 1955-04 The historical-developmental method of determining forest trends

• Archives Location: Map Room, stack 5, drawer 3 and drawer 4
• Access: Active
• Administrative Notes:
  • January 24, 2018. During renovations to the Archives in 2017 some mouse damage was done to some of the maps and graphs - NO DATA WAS LOST - edges were trimmed to remove the mouse damage.