| The Library Collections - Books and Periodicals
The library holds 8,500 books and receives more than 200 periodicals.
- Annual Reports and Newsletters
The library maintains vertical files of annual reports, newsletters, and similar publications sent by companies, agencies, and organizations that fill 77 file drawers. Our collection of subject file materials requires 180 feet of shelving.
- Maps and Newsclippings
Specialized atlases and a map collection filling three file drawers illustrate federal and private land holdings, forest cover and type, ecological relationships, and land use. Forty-seven manuscript boxes house newspaper clippings collected by the U.S. Forest Service from the 1880s to the 1920s that demonstrate issues of public concern.
- Reference Works
The library's reference section includes directories of conservation groups, industry organizations, and public agencies; bibliographies and guides to archival records; and specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks.
- Photographs and Oral History Interviews
The library maintains a collection of 25,000 photos, slides, plates, and films indexed by subject showing early lumbering techniques, foresters at work, and policy makers in debate. The Society's ambitious oral history program since the 1950s has yielded tapes and transcripts of more than 250 interviews that capture the experiences of public and private forestry leaders.
- Bibliography and Archival Guide
The Society has compiled two primary reference databases that are continually updated and searchable online: (1) the Environmental History Bibliography, which holds more than 40,000 annotated citations to books, articles, and dissertations written in the broad field of environmental history; and (2) the Guide to Environmental History Archival Collections, which describes over 7,000 groups of archival records held by 450 repositories around the world.
- John Richards Collection and the Environment of South and Southeast Asia Bibliographic Database
A long-term (1983-1994) multidisciplinary research initiative led by Duke University historian John Richards on the impact of tropical land use change on global atmospheric CO2 concentrations. The project resulted in the compilation of this collection of photocopied articles, publications, and a searchable bibliography. The records are housed in the Forest History Society Archives, and the database is searchable through our web site.
- Forests in Fiction Collection
Collection of nearly 400 works of fiction published from the late 19th century through the 1970 with settings and story lines focusing on forested environments in the United States or Canada. Subjects featured include: lumbering, forest fires, the U.S. Forest Service, and conservation issues such as clearcutting and grazing. A catalog of the collection is searchable through our web site.
- U.S. Forest Service History Collection
Historical reference collection containing reports, publications, news releases, photographs, and other documents providing information about the history of the USDA Forest Service. Topics covered include: timber management, range allotments and grazing fees, wilderness areas, national forests, grasslands, agency research projects, the Civilian Conservation Corps, women in forestry, administrative practices, agency reorganization, and other subjects. A Collections Database is searchable through our web site. |
