Trail Blazer. There is also a report on the recovery from Hurricane Hugo (1989).

appalachian Preliminary Inventory of the Appalachian Society of American Foresters Records, 1921-1999 and undated Preliminary processing by Lisa Stark; machine-readable finding aid created by: Lisa Stark and Ted Holt

Aleph Number: 002505337

Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word Date of source: March 20, 2000 Preliminary processing by Lisa Stark March 20, 2000; finding aid encoded by Lisa Stark and Ted Holt, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, 2000; additions, 2009 Description is in English. 07-14-2005 PUBLIC "-//Duke University::David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::Appalachian Society of American Foresters Records)//EN" "appalachian.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) changed to conform to current Rubenstein Library and NC EAD standards as laid out in the Inventory Style Guide and in the NCEAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. These changes were made by Michelle Belden. Also, container TYPE and LABEL attribute values were standardized according to the Rubenstein Library EAD 2002 manual and the NCEAD eadlocal.ent by Ruth E. Bryan.The tag list inside index was changed to indexentry by Ruth E. Bryan. Preliminary Inventory of the Appalachian Society of American Foresters Records, 1921-1999 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina 27708-0185

Descriptive Summary Appalachian Society of American Foresters Records, 1921-1999 and undated Appalachian Society of American Foresters. 9.0 Linear Feet Approximately 5209 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Appalachian Society of American Foresters Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

Acquired as a gift between 1986 and 1999.

Processing Information

Preliminary processing by Lisa Stark

Completed March 20, 2000

Encoded by Lisa Stark and Ted Holt, 2000 and 2009

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

This collection is partially processed: some materials have not been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Historical Note

A professional organization of foresters active in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. Formerly the Society of American Foresters - Appalachian Section.

Collection Overview

Newsletters, executive meeting minutes, directories, correspondence, election information, meeting critiques, and other printed matter document the activities of the Appalachian Society of American Foresters between 1921-1994. Records found in the collection include position descriptions, committee charters, by-laws, and copies of the organization's journal, Trail Blazer. There is also a report on the recovery from Hurricane Hugo (1989).

Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

Appalachian Society of American Foresters--History. Forest management--United States. Forests and forestry--United States-History. Forests and forestry--Southern States. Timber--Southern States. Contents of Collection Alphabetical Files Series, 1921-1999 and undated (8 boxes) 1A-Ach 2Ann-B 3Com-Cor 4Cor-D 5F-Mem 6N-Old 7Pol-Tra 8Ung-Work Professional Papers Series, 1958-1975 and undated (2 boxes) 9Correspondence Executive Committee minutes 10Annual Meeting proceedings, 1958-1975 Accession (11-24-86), 1984-1986 and undated (2 folders)

Contains minutes and conference proceedings.

Accession (88-095), 1986-1988 and undated (1 box)

Consists of correspondence, meeting minutes and pamphlets.

Accession 91-154, 1977-1989 and undated (2 boxes)

Chiefly contains issues of The Trail Blazer, various other publications, and meeting minutes.

Accession (93-101) (1 box)

Contains correspondence, bylaws, minutes, ASAF directory of leadership and position descriptions.

Accession (1998-0309), 1989-1994 and undated (1 box)

Contains minutes of Executive Committee meetings and annual business meetings as well as leadership directories.

Accession (1999-0239)(4 boxes) 1 Minutes -- Executive Committee Meetings, 1983-1990 APSAF position statements Correspondence, 1985-1998 Charters Ad Hoc Dues Increase Committee, 1992 2 APSAF Elections, 1972-1998 Directory, 1983-1999 3 Meeting Guides Annual Meeting Critique, 1982-1998 Summer Meetings, 1984-1999 100 Years of Professional Forestry, 1992 Second Regional Technical Conference, 1984 Third Regional Technical Conference, 1985 Fourth Regional Technical Conference, 1986 Hurricane Hugo: Recovering from Disaster, 1993 [Hurricane Hugo, 1989] Forestry Source newspaper 4 Minutes of the New Executive Committee, 1995-1998