Forestry--Mississippi

Content Description Yale Forest School Masters Degree Program, 1938-39; materials about the Flintkote Company of Meridian,MS, (insulation board mfg) where Nelson was Chief Forester, 1940-1957; Champion International Corporation, 1957-1980; Data about the Mississippi Water Resources Policy Commission and Mississippi Board of Water Commissioners, 1954-57; and manuscript copies of papers and speeches published and given bu Nelson during this time. The collection also includes a quantity of books, some of which...

Scope and Contents Included are papers relating to Craig's education at Syracuse University and forestry career, 1933-1980's, including correspondence, speeches, appointment books, publications, a history of Forestry Suppliers, Inc., and materials concerning the Mississippi Forestry Association, the Forest Farmer Association, the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum and Foundation and other organizations. Among the collected forest history materials are early logging and camp pictures and materials...

Content Description Correspondence, minutes, reports, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, financial records, oral history transcripts and questionnaires, records of committee activities, publications, and other records of the Mississippi Forestry Association. Among the major subjects are forestry education, legislation, and taxation; forest fires; replanting of forests; ethics; 16th section school lands; soil conservation; and leading figures in the Mississippi forestry industry. Also included are timber and...

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Records of the Mississippi Society of American Foresters include correspondence, minutes, publications, research materials, and other materials documenting the work of the society.