Forestry Collection Descriptions

Train with logs. From collection C3875 folder 1 - p. 11. For information about using or obtaining copies of images contact shsofmo@umsystem.edu.

Papers and records of legislators, educators, and companies and organizations related to forestry and the lumber industry.

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A.E. Jones and Company, Green City, Missouri, Records, 1895-1903, (C0346)
MICROFILM
8 volume(s)
Daybooks and ledger for a lumber and building supply business. The accounts show the sale of lumber, windows, shingles, line, hair, cement, plaster, paint, and numerous other items. Quantities purchased, prices, amount and type of payment, and disbursements are shown. Disbursements also indicate freight charges and employees' salaries.

Account Books, 1857-1883 (C0287)
3 folders
Accounts of a store, apparently dealing in lumber, grain and general merchandise in or near Caledonia, Missouri, and accounts of a Caledonia mill for sales of bran, wheat and flour.

Bell, C. Jasper (1885-1978), Papers, 1934-1948, (C2306)
102.4 linear feet
Correspondence and other papers of a Missouri Democratic congressman. Material on Townsend Plan, legislation, and political campaigns.

Bennett, Marion Tinsley (1914-2000), Papers, 1941-1948, (C1043)
14 linear feet
Congressional papers and correspondence of Philip Allen Bennett (1881-1942) and his son and successor, Marion T. Bennett. M.T. Bennett served from 1943 to 1948. His committees were Census, Territories, Veterans, and Foreign and Interstate Commerce.

Bradshaw, James Daniels, Papers, 1904-1946, (C3225)
1 linear foot
Ledgers, daybooks and inventory lists from the Bradshaw and Proctor Company, Barnett, MO, and the Leeton Lumber and Hardware Company, Leeton, MO. James Bradshaw was a partner in both firms. Other items are deposit slips, freight bills, and miscellaneous correspondence.

Cannon, Clarence (1879-1964), Papers, 1893-1964, (C0892)
2.3 linear feet
Papers of Cannon, Democratic congressman from Missouri's 9th district, 1923-1964, and of Champ Clark (1850-1921), Democratic congressman from Missouri's 9th district, 1893-1895 and 1897-1921, and Speaker of the House. Papers include correspondence of Cannon and Clark, speeches by Clark, newspaper columns written by Cannon, a constituent card file kept by Cannon, and miscellaneous material.

Carnahan, A.S.J. (1897-1968), Papers, 1944-1960, (C2539)
55.8 linear feet
Papers of a Democratic congressman from Missouri's 8th District. Correspondence dealing with agriculture, army, civil defense, district problems, election campaigns, foreign affairs, legislation, and the United Nations.

Drew-Stiff Lumber Company Order List, 1890, (C0730)
1 folder(s)
List of stock and prices for a lumber company of Willow Springs, MO.

Dulany, George W., Papers, 1900-1949 (C0310)
1 folder(s)
Copies of family biographies and letters concerning history of Dulany family and lumber industry in Hannibal and Middle West.

Dunlap, Frederick (1881-1968), Papers, 1891-1937, (C2602)
8 linear feet
Papers of a Missouri state forester and professor of forestry at the Universities of Wisconsin and Missouri, who served with the U.S. Forest Service as an industrial examiner in forest products during World War I. Includes his pamphlet library on forest preservation.

Forest History Foundation Papers, 1956-1958, (C0640)
1 folder(s)
Oral interview with George W. Dulany, Jr., of LaJolla, CA, concerning lumbering in Missouri. Copies of "Forest History Newsletter" and a letter to W. Francis English of the University of Missouri.

Greer, Jerry D., Papers, (WUNP5449)
RESTRICTED
8 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a forest ranger. Primarily concerns Payette National Forest. Includes earlier materials re: Bedford, IN.

Greer, Jerry D., Papers, (WUNP5563)
RESTRICTED
1.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a forest ranger from Payette, ID.

Greer, Jerry D., Papers, (WUNP5608)
RESTRICTED
14.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a forest ranger. Includes correspondence, training files, meeting and event files, and other records, 1994-1995. (2nd card). Addition of information, event and activity files, and other papers concerning the administration of the Payette National Forest, 1995-1997.

Greer, Jerry D., Papers, (WUNP5550)
RESTRICTED
2.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a forest ranger. Includes reports, correspondence, activity and event files, and videocassettes.

Greer, Jerry D., Papers, (WUNP5032)
RESTRICTED
41 linear feet
INVENTORY. Personal and professional papers of a U.S. Forest Ranger. Includes papers while a student at the University of Missouri-Columbia and family papers.

Greer, Jerry D., Papers, (WUNP5522)
RESTRICTED
2.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a forest ranger. Includes primarily leadership and training materials and records relating to the Payette National Forest.

Greer, Jerry D., Papers, (WUNP5201)
RESTRICTED
1 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a U.S. Forest Ranger.

Greer, Jerry D., Papers, (WUNP5439)
RESTRICTED
5.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to professional papers of a forest ranger. Primarily concerns the management of Payette National Forest.

Greer, Jerry D., Papers, (WUNP5383)
RESTRICTED
4.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to records and papers of a National Park Service forest ranger. Most materials concern the Payette National Forest in Idaho.

Greer, Jerry D., Papers, (WUNP5278)
RESTRICTED
2.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of professional papers relating to Payette National Forest.

Greer, Jerry D., Papers, (WUNP5146)
RESTRICTED
4.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to the professional papers of a U.S. Forest Ranger.

Greer, Jerry D., Papers, (WUNP5188)
RESTRICTED
1 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a U.S. Forest Ranger. Includes planning documents and related materials.

Greer, Jerry D., Papers, (WUNP5527)
RESTRICTED
2.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a forest ranger. Includes primarily leadership and training materials, and the Payette National Forest.

Hennings, Thomas C., Jr. (1903-1960), Papers, 1901-1960 (C3000)
MICROFILM
190.5 linear feet, 6 audio tapes, 5 films, 5 rolls of microfilm, 25 records, 1 oversize volume
Personal and political papers of a Democratic congressman, 1934-1940; St. Louis circuit attorney, 1940-1941; naval officer, 1941-1944; lawyer, 1944-1950; and U.S. senator, 1950-1960. Collection focuses on senatorial years, the bulk consisting of constituent correspondence, and is arranged topically.

Hyde, Arthur Mastick (1877-1947), Papers, 1913-1954, (C0007)
20.8 linear feet
Papers of a Republican governor of Missouri, 1921-1925 and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1929-1933, consisting of correspondence, clippings, printed material, photographs, and personal items. Major topics include agriculture, conservation, roads, Republican politics, labor disputes, law enforcement, prohibition, and Missouri state institutions and politics.

Kelleter, Paul Delmar (1881-1950), Speeches, 1935-1940, (C2249)
6 folder(s)
Speeches and miscellaneous reports by Kelleter, forest supervisor of Clark National Forest, MO, concerning the U.S. Forest Service in Missouri, with emphasis on the Clark National Forest and rehabilitation of the Ozark region.

Kem, James Preston (1890-1965), Papers, 1946-1952, (C2700)
MICROFILM
2 audio discs
Papers from Kem's term as Republican U.S. senator from Missouri. Bulk of material is constituent correspondence.

Louisiana Central Lumber Company, Clarks, Louisiana, Records, 1901-1956, (C3660)
72 linear feet
268 volume(s)
Records of the Louisiana Central Lumber Company and associated companies. Include correspondence, 1901-1945, financial records, company reports, maps, photographs, and other materials related to the southern lumber industry.

Lumber Company Price Lists, 1869-1894, (C0590)
1 folder(s)
Price lists of G.C. Hixon & Company, Hannibal, MO, 1869 and 1879; Judson Lyon, St. Joseph, MO, 1881; and I.M. Howell & Company, Atchison, KS, 1881. Statement of lumber shipments in 1894 and logging costs to various towns on the Mississippi River.

Missouri Lumber and Mining Company Records, 1853-1945, (C2557)
MICROFILM
82.3 linear feet
110 volume(s)
Records of a Grandin, MO, land and lumber company, which operated in Butler, Carter, Reynolds, Ripley and Wayne Counties. Correspondence, minutes of board of directors' meetings, and financial and operating records.

Missouri Lumber and Mining Company, Photographs, 1906-1916, (C3875)
2 folder(s)
Photographs of various Missouri Lumber and Mining Company operations in and around the Ozark town of Grandin, MO. Taken and collected by Harry M. Griffith, a company physician.

Missouri National Forests Association Books, 1933-1935, (C1175)
2 volume(s)
History and records of national forest movement in Missouri compiled by Robert Good, president of the association. V. 1 Newspaper clippings, 1933-1935. V. 2 Minutes and correspondence, 1933-1934.

Missouri Rural Area Development Committee, Records, 1957-1967, (C2583)
1.8 linear feet
The Missouri Rural Area Development Committee, directed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was designed to coordinate efforts to revitalize agricultural and natural resources in the rural areas. The papers are organized into four sections: organization, policy, projects, and progress reports.

Missouri Society of American Foresters, Records, (WUNP4687)
1 folder(s)
History of the organization.

Missouri Society of American Foresters, Records, (WUNP4780)
2 linear feet
Addition. Papers and records of the Society from the 1960s-1980s.

Missouri Society of American Foresters, Records, (WUNP5049)
1.7 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of newsletters, photographs and slides, miscellaneous publications, and Society of American Foresters Council Meeting materials.

Morris Family, Papers, 1880-1946, (C0369)
1 linear foot
Financial records, correspondence, notary public records, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items of Byron V. Morris and Frank B. Morris, Rockbridge, Ozark County, MO. Account books from B.V. Morris' businesses.

Ozark Land and Lumber Company, Records, 1887-1933, (C0037)
8 linear feet
100 volume(s)
Business papers and record books of a Shannon County, MO, lumber company. Correspondence, financial records, minutes of directors' and stockholders' meetings, store records, cutting and other lumber records, land records, and survey maps.

Park, Guy Brasfield (1872-1946), Papers, 1932-1937, (C0008)
24.2 linear feet
Official and personal correspondence and papers of Guy B. Park, Democratic governor of Missouri from 1933 to 1937.

Slusher, H.E. (1893-1982), Papers, 1936-1980, (C3077)
17 linear feet
Papers of H.E. Slusher during the period he served as president of Missouri Farm Bureau Federation. Also includes some materials from period following his retirement in 1958.

Sparks, John Nathan (1876- ), Papers, 1901-1947, (C2798)
3.1 linear feet
The John Nathan Sparks Papers consist of the business and personal correspondence of an employee of the Missouri Lumber and Mining Company of Grandin, MO.

University of Missouri, School of Forestry, Records, 1936-1968 (C3359)
4.4 linear feet
The records of the School of Forestry contain correspondence from the Westveld and Duncan administrations and are retained in the original filing system of six major sections: Extension, Forestry School Administration, Personnel, Research, Teaching, and University Administration for the years 1936-1968.

Westveld, Ruthford H. (1900- ), Papers, 1956-1965, (C2416)
2.9 linear feet
Papers relating to the background, passage and enforcement of the McIntire-Stennis Act for Cooperative Forestry Research. Correspondence of state forestry officials, representatives and senators, U.S. Department of Agriculture and other concerned people and agencies. Westveld was a leading advocate of forestry research.