Forest History Society Photograph Collection Sample Images: Archives and Libraries / FHS137th

Image ID: FHS137
Image Date: 3/26/1964
Image Title: [Forest History Society "Approved Repositories of North American Forest History."]
Image Caption: [William G. Edwards, representing the Forest History Society (left), Peter W. Fletcher, director of the School of Forestry (middle), and Ralph W. McComb, University Librarian (right) examine a framed certificate presented by the Forest History Society on 26 March 1964 to the Pennsylvania State University Library recognizing the library as an "Approved Repository of North American Forest History.]

[In 1952 the Forest History 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: Still Photo Studios, Pennsylvania State University
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.