Archives 37 Forestry and Range Management Department Records 1912-1973 Forestry and Range Management Department Records Finding aid prepared by Stephen E. Balzarini Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2012
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Archives 37 Forestry and Range Management Department Records 1912-1973 approximate 17040 items 13 linear feet 13 containers Includes correspondence, administrative files, committee material, legislative files, material on Fort Columbia and records from the Washington State University Institute of Agricultural Sciences Forestry, Range, Wildlife and Water Resources Advisory Board. Also contains files on the Clarke-McNary law, shelterbelt and windbreak information and General Research and Reports. Collection materials are in English. Historical Sketch:

Courses in forestry were listed in the first catalog (published in 1891) of Washington State University, then Washington Agricultural College and School of Science. For fifteen years of forestry courses were variously listed among the offerings of the departments of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Economics. By 1907 the number of classes taught had increased to the point that a school of Forestry was organized. In 1912 the School of Forestry was reorganized on departmental level and incorporated into the College of Agriculture. The Department was again reorganized in 1917. This year marked the climax of many years of controversy between the University of Washington and Washington State University over authority for major lines of instruction. Subsequent legislation authorized only the University of Washington to grant degrees in Forestry, Commerce, Architecture and Journalism. However, WSU was permitted to continue a forestry instructional program within the College of Agriculture. Despite its importance, no records exist in the departmental files to document this controversy. In 1922 the department name changed from Forestry to the Department of Forestry and Range Management. And in 1961, legislative action amended the 1917 law to authorize Forest Management as a major line of work at Washington State University.

Chairmen of the Department of Forestry and Range Management: George L. Clothier 1912-1916, Francis G. Miller 1917-1919, Arlie Decker 1918-1919, E. H. Steffen 1919-1954, John P. Nagle 1954-1967, Grant A. Harris 1967-

The records of the Department of Forestry and Range Management are arranged in five series. The first series, correspondence, is divided into three sub-series: Departmental, Faculty, and Nursery. The Departmental correspondence is arranged chronologically from 1948 through 1973, with the bulk of the material from 1967 to 1973. This sub-series includes general departmental correspondence, inter- and intra-departmental administrative correspondence, committee material, minutes of meetings, memoranda, student correspondence, requests for information by prospective students and the general public, reports, and job applications. Faculty correspondence is arranged alphabetically by faculty member and chronologically within each faculty member's material. This sub-series includes material from 1934 through 1967, with the bulk of the correspondence in the period 1957 through 1967. The majority of the material in this sub-series is the correspondence of John P. Nagle, chairman from1954 through 1967, and Grant A. Harries, Nagle's successor. This sub-series includes professional and some personal correspondence, memoranda, and minutes of meetings. The Nursery correspondence is arranged chronologically from July 1957 through May 1959; it includes material on the operation of the nursery and contains tree and shrub orders by Washington state residents.

The second series, administrative files, is arranged alphabetically by topic, and covers the period 1912 through 1968 with the bulk of the material in the period from the mid-1950's to the mid-1960's. Included in the administrative files are accreditation, committee, and budget materials, faculty service reports, careers and newsletter material, alumni news, annual departmental and faculty reviews, and annual reports.

Series three, subject file, is arranged alphabetically by subject and includes material from 1939 through 1971 with the majority of the material from the mid-1950's to the mid-1960's. Included is the subject file is correspondence from the national forestry and science organizations, legislative files, material on Fort Columbia, woodlot marketing information, and records from the Washington State University Institute of Agricultural Sciences Forestry, Range, Wildlife, and Water Resources Advisory Board.

The fourth series, nursery is arranged alphabetically by topic, and covers the period from 1926 through 1960, with the emphasis on material from the 1950's. Included in this series are files on the Clarke-McNary law; inventories, price lists, and mailing lists; shelterbelt and windbreak information; and tree orders.

The fifth and final series, research, is divided into two sub-series: Research Projects and General Research and Reports. The Research Projects sub-series is arranged numerically by project number with the general project progress reports placed at the beginning of the sub-series. The material in this sub-series covers the period from the 1950 through 1962. The second sub-series, General Research and Reports, is arranged alphabetically by subject and covers the period 1916 through 1964. The major research areas are bud confirmation and growth, general tree research, and weed control experiments.

The Collection is open for research use.

The records of the Forestry and Range Management Department were transferred to the University Archives, Washington State University, in February 1978 (UA 78-2) by the department in accordance with the approved records schedule.

The records were processed between March and July 1979 by Stephen E. Balzarini.

 Washington State University. Department of Forestry and Range Management--Archives Washington State University. Department of Forestry and Range Management--Records and correspondence Washington State University. Institute of Agricultural Sciences Forestry, Range, Wildlife and Water Resources Advisory Board--Archival resources Washington State University. Department of Forestry and Range Management. Colockum Research Unit--Archival Resources Forests and forestry--Northwest, Pacific--Research--Archival resources Range management--Northwest, Pacific--Research--Archival resources Washington (State) Colleges and Universities Forestry and Forest Products I Correspondence Departmental Correspondence: 1 1 No date 135 items 1 2 1948, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960 25 items 1 3 1961 20 items 1 4 1962 25 items 1 5 1963 10 items 1 6 1964 45 items 1 7 1965 75 items 1 8-9 1966 95 items 1 10-12 1967 385 items 1 13-16 Jan. 1 - Sept. 30, 1968 425 items 2 17 Oct. 1 - Dec. 31, 1968 150 items 2 18-21 1969 400 items 2 22-23 1970 150 items 2 24 1971 3 items 2 25-34 Mar. 1 - Dec. 31, 1968 830 items 2 35 Feb. 1973 85 items Faculty Correspondence: Dingle, Richard Wm. 2 36-39 July 1, 1957 - June 30, 1959 370 items 3 40-45 July 1, 1959 - Nov. 30, 1966 405 items Harris, Grant A 3 46-58 July 1, 1957 - Dec. 31, 1963 1415 items 4 59-63 Jan. 1, 1964 - Jan. 3, 1967 595 items Mosher, Milton M. 4 64 1948-1949 55 items 4 65-70 July 1,1957 - June 3, 1967 770 items Nagle, John P. 4 71 Personal 1934-1956 100 items 4 72-28 Jan. 5, 1945 - Mar. 15, 1957 655 items 5 79-98 Mar. 16, 1957 - Dec. 31,1962 1660 items 6 99-112 Jan. 1, 1963 - Apr. 17, 1967 1885 items Steffen, E. H. 6 113 1948 80 items 7 114-118 Jan. 1, 1949 - June 30, 1951 375 items 7 119 Stubbs, James W. 1948-1949 20 items 7 120 Turner, Robert B. Sept. 1, 1960-May 1, 1961 20 items Nursery Correspondence 7 121-122 July 1, 1957 - May 31, 1959 295 items II Administrative Files 7 123-124 Accreditation material 1958-1964 75 items 7 125 Agriculture Curriculum Committee 1958-1960 50 items 7 126 Alumni News and Affairs Feb. - March 1957 10 items 7 127 Annual Reports 1912-1949 35 items 7 128 Annual Review 1955-1962 20 items 7 129 Book Orders 1959-1963 15 items 7 130-135 Budget material, departmental 1955-1965 155 items 7 136-139 Budget material, Experiment Station 45 items 7 140 Careers and Newsletter material 1954-1955 65 items 8 141 Catalog material 1964-1966 30 items 8 142 Educational Policy Committee 1961-1962 7 items 8 143 Extension 1962-1963 10 items 8 144-145 Faculty Service Reports 1954-1968 85 items 8 146 Forestry and Range Management Lands on WSU 1961-1963 20 items 8 147 Forestry Building Correspondence 1960-1963 45 items 8 148 Forestry 401: Class Notes, Teaching Material, and Examinations 1955-1960 140 items 8 149 Forestry Library 1950-1959 5 items 8 150 Forestry School Enrollments 1954-1963 20 items 8 151 Forestry Schools Executive Council material 1958-1964 55 items 8 152 Gates, Dillard H. 1957-1962 65 items 8 153 General Information, Departmental 1954-1959 10 items 8 154 Greenhouse Correspondence 1954-1961 30 items 8 155 Historic Accreditation material 1964-1965 20 items 8 156 Johnson Hall Dedication 1961 20 items 8 157 National Science Foundation visiting scientists 1961-1964 40 items 8 158 Placement Bureau 1955-1956 2 items 8 159 Policies and Procedures Handbook 1961 1 item 8 160-161 Property Inventory 1920-1965 65 items 8 162 Prospective Students 1957-1958 40 items 8 163 Reorganization material, College of Ag. 1960 7 items 9 164 Southwestern Washington Experiment Station, Vancouver 1959-1961 9 165 Student Recommendations 1956-1958 3 items 9 166-167 Summer Jobs 1963-1964 35 items 9 168 Temporary Course Petitions 1957-1960 60 items 9 169-170 Time Schedule Material 1959-1964 20 items III Subject Files 9 171 American Association for the Advancement of Science Nov. 1968 - Jan. 1970 9 172 Association of State College and University Forestry Research Organizations 1964-1970 55 items 9 173 Century 21 Committee 1958-1959 80 items 9 174 Cooperative Farm Forestry Act 1939-1940 10 items 9 175 Educators Field Seminar Aug. 23-26, 1971 20 items 9 176 Farm-in-a-Day material 1951-1952 50 items 9 177 "Farm Forest Facts," Ed Gilden 6 items 9 178 Farm Forestry Project 1939-1947 20 items 9 179 Fifth World Forestry Congress 1960 35 items 9 180 Forestry Symposium, WSU March 8-10, 1962 40 items 9 181-183 Fort Columbia 1952-1957 95 items 9 184 Interagency Tree Planting Recommendations 1945-1948 135 items 9 185 International Cooperation 1958-1961 35 items 9 186-190 Legislative File 1959-1965 4 items 10 191 Range Management Educational Council May 1968 û June 1970 275 1970 192 Society of American Foresters, correspondence 1936, 1954-1956 25 items 1970 193 Terrell, Glenn 1969-1970 30 items 1970 194 Washington. Forestry, Dept. of 1955-1957 8 items 1970 195-197 Washington. Natural Resources, Dept. of 1956-1961 25 items 1970 198-204 Washington State University Institute of Agricultural Sciences; Forestry, Range, Wildlife, and Water Resources Advisory Board 1953-1963 60 items 1970 205-211 Woodlot Marketing Information 1954-1962 215 items IV Nursery 1970 212-230 Clarke-McNary materials 1926-1959 11 231 Collection data for Christmas tree seeds 1954 535 items 11 232-233 Demonstration plantings 1936-1937, 1942, 1949 4 items 11 234 Distribution of stock 1930-1949 40 items 11 235 Extension Service 1956-1957 9 items 11 236 Field Planting Trials, WSC-SCN 1946-1949 7 items 11 237 Inspection Reports of tree plantings 1930, 1933, 1934 60 items 11 238-242 Inventory 1952-1954 8 items 11 243 Mailing List 1955-1956 115 items 11 244 Nursery building blueprints 1940-1942, 1948, 1960 25 items 11 245 Nursery plot 1959 10 items 11 246 Price list 1955-1956 5 items 11 247 Raising tree planting stock, correspondence on cooperation 1951-1955 6 items 11 248-279 Shelterbelt/Windbreak tree plantings 1932-1952 7 items 11 280-281 Tree Orders, County 1940-1942, 1953-1955 600 items 11 282 Tree Orders, Individual 1959-1960 8 items 11 283 Trees: Remarks on Shipments, Fall 1958 and Spring 1959 12 items 11 284 Tree Statistics (sales) 1931, 1940-1953 105 items V Research Research Projects 11 285-286 Project Progress Reports 1950-1962 11 287 Project-Regional 1960 45 items 11 288-295 Projects: 630, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 757, 929 7 items 11 296-303 Projects: 1094, 1118, 1125, 1224, 1314, 1338, 1339, 1340 200 items 11 304-306 Projects: 1518, 1587, 1711 190 items General Research and Reports 11 307-309 Bud Confirmation and Growth 1960-1962 3 items 11 310 Fencepost treatment 8 items 11 311 Fungicide Tests 1950-1952 35 items 11 312 The Influence of Al2(SO4)3 Acidification upon Dampening Off of Coniferous Seedlings, Nagle 75 items 11 313 McCroskey Woodlot 1946 4 items 11 314 Pullman Nursery Unit, Annual Technical Report 1950 15 items 11 315 Relationship of Two Herbicides to Survival of Some Planted Coniferous Trees and to Weed Control, Dingle and Muzik 1960-1961 150 items 11 316-335 Tree Research 1952-1963 492 items 11 336 Tucannan Wildlife Project 1947 6 items 11 337-343 Weed Control Experiments 1952-1964 192 items