Department Of Forestry Departmental Files
Collection
Identifier: Series-0041
This series contains the records produced by the Department of Forestry of Clemson University. The series contains correspondence (both general and subject), memoranda, contracts, photographs, maps, and publications.
The bulk of files represent the correspondence of the department heads Koloman Lehotsky (1956-1969), Davis McGregor (1969-1970), Robert Allen (1970-1982), and Michael Taras (1982-1991). The subjects concern general issues in land management, acquisition of forestlands, forest and wildlife conservation, and agriculture in South Carolina. Documented specifically are projects in Aiken, Anderson, and Pickens counties, the Santee Cooper basin study, pulpwood and timber sales, and the relationship of Clemson University with the Belle W. Baruch Foundation which resulted in the creation of the Belle W. Baruch Forest Science Institute in 1972. Some files relate to administrative matters such as the recruitment of students and faculty and job opportunities in the field.
The series contains publications that consist of brochures, conference proceedings, newsletters, reports, and research monographs. For additional information on these publications, please see the folder inventory.
19 Cubic Feet (Also includes 25 photographs and 10 oversize items)
English
The files are arranged alphabetically by topic.
The records were produced by the Department of Forestry. This series incorporates accessions 87-110, 89-140, and 92-30.
Dennis Taylor, University Archivist; Adraine Jackson, LTA; student assistants Stanley Banks, Garrett Crosby, Steven Demery, Mathew Demetriades, and Jamie Minick. Processing 1993-1998. The finding aid was completed in April 1999.
The conversion of this finding aid to Encoded Archival Description format was made possible with a grant from the South Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board in 2009-2010. The finding aid was prepared for encoding by Carl Redd.
Part of the Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Repository