Guide to the Arthur Bernard Recknagel Papers,
1948-1961

Collection Number: 1891

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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Compiled by:
T.A. Gobert
Date completed:
June 1988
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2004

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Arthur Bernard Recknagel papers, 1948-1961.
Collection Number:
1891
Creator:
Arthur Bernard Recknagel, 1883-1962.
Quantity:
.4 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Monthly reports, minutes, printed material, and a transcript of an interview.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Monthly reports, minutes, printed material, and a transcript of an interview with Recknagel concerning his career in forestry education and management.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Recknagel served as a U.S. Forest Assistant, 1906-07; Chief of Reconnaissance on National Forests of the West, 1907-08; Chief of Silviculture, Southwestern District, 1908-10; Assistant District Forester, 1910-13; Professor of forestry at Cornell University, and also chairman of the department; Technical Director of Forestry, St. Regis Paper Company; author.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Monthly reports, minutes, printed material, and a transcript of an interview with Recknagel concerning his career in forestry education and management.
Included are Recknagel's monthly reports for the St. Regis Paper Company and related materials on the management of St. Regis lands, research, conservation, government policies, and other matters of interest to the forest products industry; snapshots of the St. Regis River area and forest operations in New Hampshire; pamphlets, reports, minutes, programs, clippings, and other mimeographed and printed materials concerning forestry management in general and meetings of various forestry and conservation associations, including the Forestry Committee of the American Paper and Pulp Association, the Forest Industries Council, the Society of American Foresters, the Fourth American Forest Congress, and the Western Forestry and Conservation Association; and a transcript of an interview (1958) in which Recknagel discusses his work with the U.S. Forest Service, his career at Cornell, and related subjects.
Detailed item list available in accession folder.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Recknagel, Arthur Bernard, 1883-1962.
American Paper and Pulp Association.Forestry Committee.
Cornell University. College of Forestry.
Forest Industries Council.
Society of American Foresters.
St. Regis Paper Company.
United States. Forest Service.
Western Forest and Conservation Association.
American Forest Congress.

Subjects:
Conservation of natural resources.
Forest conservation--United States.
Forestry law and legislation.
Forestry schools and education.
Forests and forestry--Economic aspects.
Forests and forestry--New Hampshire.
Forests and forestry--New York (State)
Paper industry--New York (State)
College teachers.
Foresters.

Places:
St. Regis River (N.Y.)--Description--Views.

Form and Genre Terms:
Oral histories.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Arthur Bernard Recknagel papers, #1891. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
NOTES

Related collection: Empire State Forest Products Association. Records, #1280.
Related collection: Northeastern Wood Utilization Council. Records, #1964.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1948
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 1
1949
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 2
1950
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 3
1954-1955
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 4
1955-1956
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 5
1957
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 6
1958
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 7
1959
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 8
1960-1961
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 9
1954-1955
St. Regis Paper Company Forestry Department, monthly reports
 Box 1 Folder 10
1953
St. Regis Paper Company Forestry Department, monthly reports
 Box 1 Folder 11
1952
St. Regis Paper Company Forestry Department, monthly reports
 Box 1 Folder 12
1951
St. Regis Paper Company Forestry Department, monthly reports
 Box 1 Folder 13
1958
Oral history interview
 Box 1 Folder 14
1915-1916
"Photographs of Adirondack Logging"
 Box 1 Folder 15
1922
"History of Lyons Falls" by Clarence L. Fisher
 Box 1 Folder 16