Forest History Society Photograph Collection Sample Images: Archives and Libraries / FHS131th

Image ID: FHS131
Image Date: [3/17/1964]
Image Title: [Forest History Society "Approved Repositories of North American Forest History."]
Image Caption: [Professor Robert E. Schofield (left), curator of the Archive of Contemporary Science and Technology at the Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, Ohio, presents to Professor Frederick Taft, director of Case Libraries, a framed certificate awarded by the Forest History Society recognizing the Institute's "meritorious contributions in the collecting, preserving and disseminating of North American forest and forest industries history." The document is signed by Frank Kaufert, president of the Forest History Society, and is dated 17 March 1964.]

[In 1952 the Society began collecting and preserving documentary sources pertaining to the forest history of North America. Soon thereafter the Society began to officially recognize other archival and library facilities throughout North America as "Approved Repositories of North American Forest History" in an effort to ensure the widespread preservation of the documentary heritage of North America's forest industries.]

Photographer: Rebman Photo Service, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio)
Use Restrictions: Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
Repository Contact Information: Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.