Bernhard Eduard Fernow papers, 1885-1930.
Collection Number: 20-1-561
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Bernhard Eduard Fernow papers, 1885-1930.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
20-1-561
Abstract:
Includes manuscripts, speeches and articles by Fernow concerning forestry.
Creator:
Fernow, B. E. (Bernhard Eduard), 1851-1923.
Quanitities:
2.7 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Bernhard Fernow was Chief of the Division of Forestry, U.S. Department of Agriculture
(1886-1898), and Director of the New York State College of Forestry at Cornell University
(1898-1903).
Includes manuscripts of speeches and articles by Fernow concerning forestry, forest
legislation, and the Division of Forestry, U.S. Department of Agriculture; letters
concerning the history of forestry and forest legislation in the United States; correspondence
related to Fernow's position at Cornell, with J. Sterling Morton, U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture, with commercial firms in the United States and Germany, and with the
New York State Forest, Fish and Game Commission; scrapbooks of clippings concerning
forestry, the College of Forestry at Cornell, artificial rain making, and Fernow himself;
corrected printer's proof of his book ECONOMICS OF FORESTRY; and family correspondence.
Also includes correspondence between Fernow and Captain Ahern, head of the Philippine
forestry service, concerning the recruitment of foresters to serve under Ahern, and
including remarks on the alleged mismanagement of Philippine forests by the Spanish,
1900-1902.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Bernhard Eduard Fernow papers, #20-1-561. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Box 3, folder 13 contains a broken glass plate negative contained within an envelope.
Users should take precautions when handling.
Names:
Morton, J. Sterling.
Ahern, Captain.
Fernow, Bernhard Eduard. (Title of work: Economics of forestry..)
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
New York State College of Forestry
New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
United States. Department of Agriculture. Division of Forestry
Places:
Germany.
Philippines.
Subjects:
Rain-making.
Forests and forestry -- Philippines.
Forests and forestry -- History.
Forestry law and legislation.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Alphabetical Correspondence
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1895-1921 | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
General correspondence A-N
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1895-1921 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence - Bu
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence - Ca - Ci
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence - Ch - Cl
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence - Co, excluding Collins
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence - letters to Thomas W. Collins
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence - Cr - Cu
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence - Da - De
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence - Collins to Fernow, re: Demonstration Forest
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence - Collins to Fernow, re: Demonstration Forest
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence - Di - Dr
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Correspondence - Du
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence - Ea - Em
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence - En - Ex
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence - Fa - Fi
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Correspondence- Fisher, predominantly Wager Fisher
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence - Fl - Fu
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Correspondence - Ga - Ge
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Correspondence - Gi
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Correspondence - Go - Gu
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Correspondence - Ha
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Correspondence - He - Hi
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Correspondence - Ho
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Correspondence - Hu
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Correspondence - I-J
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Correspondence -Ke - Ki
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Correspondence - Kl - Kn
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Correspondence - Ko - Ku
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Correspondence - La - Le
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Correspondence - Li - Ly
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Correspondence - Ma - Mac
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Correspondence - Man - Mas
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Correspondence - Mat - Max
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Correspondence - Mc
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Correspondence - Me
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Correspondence - Mi - Mof
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 43 |
Correspondence - Moh - My
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Correspondence - N
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 45 |
Correspondence - O
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 46 |
Correspondence - Pa - Ph
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 47 |
Correspondence - Pi - Q
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1898-1902 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
General correspondence R-Z
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1895-1921 |
| Box 1 | Folder 48 |
Correspondence - Ra - Re
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 49 |
Correspondence - Rh - Ri
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 50 |
Correspondence - Ro
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 51 |
Correspondence - Ru - Ry
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 52 |
Correspondence - Sa
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 53 |
Correspondence - Sch
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 54 |
Correspondence - Se
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Correspondence - Sh
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1898-1902 |
| Box 1 | Folder 56 |
Correspondence - Si - Sp
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1898-1902 |
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Forestry Related Materials
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1885-1933 | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Various addresses and papers
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1885-1900 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes one report addressed to the Adirondack League Club re: cutting on Club land
and forest policy
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| Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Various addresses and papers
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1885-1900 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes one speech on the trees of Buffalo, conservation, forest management and "What
interest has the farmers in forestry and the Adirondack problem"
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| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Various addresses and papers on forestry policy, forestry propaganda, and farmers
and forestry
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1885-1900 |
| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Various addresses and papers on forestry in Russia and Alaska, the public and forestry,
forest reservations
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1885-1900 |
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Scope and Contents
Also includes drafts for "The Forest as a Condition"
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| Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Correspondence with the New York Botanical Garden regarding Cuba Hardwood Company
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1906 |
| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Various publications and reports on U.S. forestry policy
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1920 |
| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Report on Township 26
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1898 |
| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
University of Toronto Faculty of Forestry correspondence
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1914-1920 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper clippings
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1914-1920 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division correspondence predominantly with Office
of the Secretary
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1887-1895 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence with German colleagues
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1886-1915 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
3 photos of Axton forest, article in "Cornell Daily Sun" re: Fernow and "Journal of
Forestry" containing article re: Fernow
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1902-1923 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Articles mainly regarding Fernow
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1897-1921 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Letters from brother-in-law John Reynolds
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1886-1895 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Letters from William Bruce King
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1914-1915 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Letters from sons Edward and Fritz, and daughter Rose
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1909-1911 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Records re: naturalization
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1877-1883 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence re: Axton Forest
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1919-1921 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
The Intimate History of the Rise and Fall of the New York College of Forestry at Cornell
University
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Date Unknown |
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Conditions Governing Use
Contains a broken glass plate negative contained within an envelope. Users should
take precautions when handling.
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence regarding closing of College of Forestry
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1903 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence with tree nurseries regarding the purchase of seeds and seedlings for
the College
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Feb/Mar '94 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Record of planting and nursery work at the Axton Forest
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1899-1900 |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Comments on Axton Plantations by Dr. Fernow, records of plantings and observations
of Axton Sample Plots
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1919-1932 |
| Box 3 | Folder 18 |
"History of the Constitutional Amendment (Article VII, section 7) of the College Forest
Experiment," by Dr. Fernow, notes and reports on the Axton Forest
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1900-1919 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 |
Map of Cornell College Forest and correspondence re: Axton plantations
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1919-1933 |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence, plot surveys, and one map regarding Axton Forest
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1906-1932 |
| Box 3 |
Economics of Forestry
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Date unknown | |
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Scope and Contents
Three volumes.
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| Box 3 |
Letter from Gifforrd Pinchot, first chief of the US Forestry Service to Fernow
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Date unknown | |