RMA00561.xml Guide to the Bernhard Eduard Fernow papers, 1885-1930. Fernow, Bernhard Eduard papers, 1885-1930. Compiled by RMC Staff Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library August 2008

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Finding aid encoded by RMC StaffAugust 2008 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the Bernhard Eduard Fernow papers, 1885-1930 Collection Number: 20-1-561 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu RMC Staff August 2008 RMC Staff, August 2008 Kristen Reichenbach, January 2018 © 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Bernhard Eduard Fernow papers, 1885-1930. 20-1-561 Bernhard Eduard Fernow, 1851-1923. 2.7 cubic ft. Correspondence, Manuscripts, Newspapers, Publications, Scrapbooks Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Includes manuscripts, speeches and articles by Fernow concerning forestry. Collection material in English BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

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).

 COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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.

 SUBJECTS Names: Fernow, Bernhard Eduard, 1851-1923. Ahern, Captain Fernow, Bernhard Eduard. Economics of forestry. Morton, J. Sterling. Cornell University--Faculty. New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission New York State College of Forestry. United States. Department of Agriculture. Division of Forestry. Subjects: Forests and forestry--Law and legislation. Forests and forestry--History. Forests and forestry--Philippines. Rain-making. Foresters. Places: Philippines. Germany. INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

Bernhard Eduard Fernow papers, #20-1-561. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 CONTAINER LIST 1895-1921 Alphabetical Correspondence 3 4 1895-1921 General correspondence A-N 1 8 1898-1902 Correspondence - Bu 1 9 1898-1902 Correspondence - Ca - Ci 1 10 1898-1902 Correspondence - Ch - Cl 1 11 1898-1902 Correspondence - Co, excluding Collins 1 12 1898-1902 Correspondence - letters to Thomas W. Collins 1 13 1898-1902 Correspondence - Cr - Cu 1 14 1898-1902 Correspondence - Da - De 1 15 1898-1902 Correspondence - Collins to Fernow, re: Demonstration Forest 1 16 1898-1902 Correspondence - Collins to Fernow, re: Demonstration Forest 1 17 1898-1902 Correspondence - Di - Dr 1 18 1898-1902 Correspondence - Du 1 19 1898-1902 Correspondence - Ea - Em 1 20 1898-1902 Correspondence - En - Ex 1 21 1898-1902 Correspondence - Fa - Fi 1 22 1898-1902 Correspondence- Fisher, predominantly Wager Fisher 1 23 1898-1902 Correspondence - Fl - Fu 1 24 1898-1902 Correspondence - Ga - Ge 1 25 1898-1902 Correspondence - Gi 1 26 1898-1902 Correspondence - Go - Gu 1 27 1898-1902 Correspondence - Ha 1 28 1898-1902 Correspondence - He - Hi 1 29 1898-1902 Correspondence - Ho 1 30 1898-1902 Correspondence - Hu 1 31 1898-1902 Correspondence - I-J 1 32 1898-1902 Correspondence -Ke - Ki 1 33 1898-1902 Correspondence - Kl - Kn 1 34 1898-1902 Correspondence - Ko - Ku 1 35 1898-1902 Correspondence - La - Le 1 36 1898-1902 Correspondence - Li - Ly 1 37 1898-1902 Correspondence - Ma - Mac 1 38 1898-1902 Correspondence - Man - Mas 1 39 1898-1902 Correspondence - Mat - Max 1 40 1898-1902 Correspondence - Mc 1 41 1898-1902 Correspondence - Me 1 42 1898-1902 Correspondence - Mi - Mof 1 43 1898-1902 Correspondence - Moh - My 1 44 1898-1902 Correspondence - N 1 45 1898-1902 Correspondence - O 1 46 1898-1902 Correspondence - Pa - Ph 1 47 1898-1902 Correspondence - Pi - Q 3 5 1895-1921 General correspondence R-Z 1 48 1898-1902 Correspondence - Ra - Re 1 49 1898-1902 Correspondence - Rh - Ri 1 50 1898-1902 Correspondence - Ro 1 51 1898-1902 Correspondence - Ru - Ry 1 52 1898-1902 Correspondence - Sa 1 53 1898-1902 Correspondence - Sch 1 54 1898-1902 Correspondence - Se 1 55 1898-1902 Correspondence - Sh 1 56 1898-1902 Correspondence - Si - Sp 1885-1933 Forestry Related Materials 2 25 1885-1900 Various addresses and papers

Includes one report addressed to the Adirondack League Club re: cutting on Club land and forest policy

 2 26 1885-1900 Various addresses and papers

Includes one speech on the trees of Buffalo, conservation, forest management and "What interest has the farmers in forestry and the Adirondack problem"

 2 27 1885-1900 Various addresses and papers on forestry policy, forestry propaganda, and farmers and forestry 2 28 1885-1900 Various addresses and papers on forestry in Russia and Alaska, the public and forestry, forest reservations

Also includes drafts for "The Forest as a Condition"

 2 29 1906 Correspondence with the New York Botanical Garden regarding Cuba Hardwood Company 2 30 1920 Various publications and reports on U.S. forestry policy 2 31 1898 Report on Township 26 2 32 1914-1920 University of Toronto Faculty of Forestry correspondence 3 1 1914-1920 Newspaper clippings 3 2 1887-1895 Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division correspondence predominantly with Office of the Secretary 3 3 1886-1915 Correspondence with German colleagues 3 6 1902-1923 3 photos of Axton forest, article in "Cornell Daily Sun" re: Fernow and "Journal of Forestry" containing article re: Fernow 3 7 1897-1921 Articles mainly regarding Fernow 3 8 1886-1895 Letters from brother-in-law John Reynolds 3 9 1914-1915 Letters from William Bruce King 3 10 1909-1911 Letters from sons Edward and Fritz, and daughter Rose 3 11 1877-1883 Records re: naturalization 3 12 1919-1921 Correspondence re: Axton Forest 3 13 Date Unknown The Intimate History of the Rise and Fall of the New York College of Forestry at Cornell University 3 14 1903 Correspondence regarding closing of College of Forestry 3 15 Feb/Mar '94 Correspondence with tree nurseries regarding the purchase of seeds and seedlings for the College 3 16 1899-1900 Record of planting and nursery work at the Axton Forest 3 17 1919-1932 Comments on Axton Plantations by Dr. Fernow, records of plantings and observations of Axton Sample Plots 3 18 1900-1919 "History of the Constitutional Amendment (Article VII, section 7) of the College Forest Experiment," by Dr. Fernow, notes and reports on the Axton Forest 3 19 1919-1933 Map of Cornell College Forest and correspondence re: Axton plantations 3 20 1906-1932 Correspondence, plot surveys, and one map regarding Axton Forest