Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 9/14/3
Iowa State University

Department of Forestry
Administrative Records, 1878-2001, undated

Descriptive summary

creator:	Iowa State University. Department of Forestry
title:	Administrative Records
dates:	1878-2001, undated
extent:	7.26 linear feet (3 records center cartons and 8 document boxes)
collection number:	RS 9/14/3
repository:	University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	Iowa State University, Department of Forestry Administrative Records, RS 9/14/3, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Abstract

Iowa State University first taught the subject of forestry in 1874 under the auspices of the Department of Horticulture and Forestry. In 1904, H. P. Baker developed a program in technical forestry and taught classes in elementary forestry, silviculture, forestry management and policy, and wood technology. The following decade, Iowa State introduced forestry camps as part of the curriculum. The Department of Horticulture and Forestry separated into two separate units in 1946. In 2002, the Department of Forestry was combined with the Department of Animal Ecology to create the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management. This collection contains administrative records for the Department of Forestry and includes meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, policies, long-range plans, and program reviews.

Historical note

Iowa State University first taught the subject of forestry in 1874 under the auspices of the Department of Horticulture and Forestry. Taught by H. H. McAffee (Head of the Department of Horticulture and Forestry, 1874-1877), the coursework included subjects such as evergreens, forest trees, forest plantations, tree nurseries, and woods. As interest in forestry grew, a one-credit course was offered separate from horticulture. In 1902, the Farm Forestry course became a three-credit course.

Technical training for foresters began at Iowa State in 1904. H. P. Baker developed and taught the first four courses offered in the program: Elementary Forestry, Silviculture, Forestry Management and Policy, and Wood Technology. In 1911, a course of study separate from horticulture began for juniors and seniors and a four-year course of study was established in 1913. Since 1935, the Society of American Foresters has accredited forestry coursework at Iowa State.

Iowa State was among the first to include forestry camps as part of the curriculum. The first forestry camp was offered in the summer of 1914. Thirty-five students participated in a three-month camp at Cass Lake, Minnesota. The summer camps were held yearly at various locations and were only suspended in 1943, 1944, and 1945 due to World War II. The length of time spent at the camps had been reduced to approximately three weeks by the early 1990s. Since 1994, the camps have been held during the fall semester. The camps allow students to get firsthand experience in professional forestry. Subjects studied at the camps include taking measurements, mensuration, harvesting and processing of wood, and silviculture.

In 1946, the Department of Horticulture and Forestry separated into two departments: the Department of Forestry and Department of Horticulture. In 2002, the Department of Forestry combined with the Department of Animal Ecology to create the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM).

Collection description

The collection (1878-1992, undated) contains correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, policies, long-range plans, and program reviews. The records include reports pertaining to the Department of Forestry's self-evaluation, reviews, and faculty workloads. There are also meeting minutes for the Department's staff meetings and meetings of various committees including the Academic Standards, Advisory, Awards, Curriculum, and Graduate Program Committees. In addition, the collection contains correspondence between Department staff and faculty and with University administration. The records include information regarding an agreement between the Department of Forestry and Tuskegee Institute (University) to transfer their pre-forestry students to Iowa State to expand their education in forestry. There are also materials relating to the Department's various budget plans, long-range plans, program development, policies, publications, course catalog submissions, faculty retreat, research plans, and Extension activities.

Related materials

The following related materials are also available in the University Archives:

Additional Department of Forestry records and faculty papers, see collections classified under RS 9/14

Self-evaluation report. Prepared for the Committee on Accreditation, Society of American Foresters (call number SD254 I83 I59x 1972)

Department of Forestry, Iowa State University, comprehensive program review: April 9-13, 1990 (call number SD254 I83 U55x 1990)

Street tree survey of Ames, Iowa (call number SB435.52 I82 S77x 1931)

Organization

The collection is listed in chronological order.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
1	2	Correspondence	1878
3	69	Building: In Regards to Department and College Needs, Expansion, Movement and Construction: Correspondence, Minutes, Reports and Building Maps	1928-1985
1	1	Photographs: Ames Forester Club Members	1930 circa
3	70	Forest Service Greenhouse: Cooperative Agreement No. 1 and No. 24	1946-1971
3	69	Alumni Guestbook	1949-1969
1	3	Reports to the Iowa State Conservation Commission	1951-1960
3	71	Dry Kiln: Blue Prints, Brochures, and Correspondence	1957-1964, undated
1	4	Policies	1957-1969
1	5	Ames Forest Research Center	1958
1	6	Required Credits	1959 circa
3	72	Dry Kiln: Correspondence, Specifications, Floor Plan, Photograph, Notes and Instructions	1959-1966
1	7	Annual Letter to Alumni and Faculty	1960
1	8	Personnel Policies and Job Descriptions	1961-1968
1	10	Staff Meetings	1962-1963
1	9	Curriculum Committee	1962-1968
3	73	New Building Files: Correspondence, Floor Plans, General Information, Notes, and Photographs	1962-1978, undated
4	1	New Building Files: Correspondence, Floor Plans, General Information Sheets and Notes	1962-1978, undated
4	2	ASCUFRO (McIntire-Stennis) Minutes and Agreements	1962-1982
4	3	Forest Service Greenhouse: Building Maintenance and Repair, Cooperative Agreement, Lease, Correspondence, Notes, Minutes, and News Clippings	1962-1984, undated
4	4	Building Plans: Plans, Keys and Correspondence	1962-1993, undated
1	11	Committees	1963
4	5	Memorandum: Iowa State Conservation Committee and Iowa State University Experiment Station	1963
1	14	Department Plans	1963-1964
1	12	Awards Committee	1963-1965
1	13	Committees	1963-1965
1	15	Natural Resources Curriculum Committee	1963-1965
4	6	Correspondence: Equipment Requests	1963-1966
1	16	Graduate Program Committee	1963-1966
1	17	Academic Standards Committee	1963-1971
1	18	Graduate Program: Petition to offer a Ph.D. and a Master of Forestry	1964
1	19	Staff Meetings	1964-1965
4	7	Correspondence: Humidity Temperature Chamber	1964-1965, undated
4	8	Agricultural Experiment Station Research Project Listing	1964-1972, undated
1	20	Graduate Program Committee	1965
1	21	Staff Meeting	1965-1966
1	22	Program Development	1965-1977
1	23	Committees, 1965-1967	1966
1	24	Cooperation with the Library	1966
1	25	Staff Meeting	1966-1967
1	26	Cooperation with Other Departments	1967
4	9	Hydraulic Press Model: Blueprints, Parts List and Instruction/Service Manual	1967, undated
1	27	Long Range Planning	1967-1968
1	28	Outdoor Recreation Curriculum	1967-1971
1	29	Budget Plan	1968
1	30	Forestry at Iowa State	1968
1	31	Forestry Research at Iowa State University, 1967	1968
1	32	Guide to the Forestry Graduate Program	1968
1	33	Outdoor Recreation Curriculum	1968
4	10	New Building: Correspondence Regarding Additional Space, Office Moves, Floor Plans, Growth Chamber Issues, Notes and Reviews	1968-1969
1	34	Departmental Name and Scope: Possible Change	1968-1971
4	11	Recruitment to Iowa State from Tuskegee	1968-1978
5	1	Graduate Program Guides and Handbooks	1968-1984
5	2	A Plan for Research in Forestry and Related Natural Resources Management at Iowa State University	1969
5	3	A Plan for Research in Forestry and Related Natural Resources Management at Iowa State University	1969
1	35	Agriculture Experiment Station: Forest Research Panel	1969
1	38	Cooperative State Research Service Review: Oral Report	1969
1	39	Cooperative State Research Service Review: Supplementary Information Concerning Research in Forestry at ISU	1969
1	36-37	Cooperative State Research Service: Review	1969
1	40	Plan for Research	1969
5	4	Supplementary Information Concerning Research in Forestry and Related Natural Resource Management at Iowa State University	1969
1	41-43	Curriculum Committee	1969-1970
1	44	Staff Meetings	1969-1970
1	45	Committee Assignments	1969-1972
5	6	Forest Service Greenhouse: Repair and Maintenance Correspondence, Greenhouse Guides and "Controlled Mist Propagation Greenhouse" Major Research Grant Proposal	1969-1973
5	5	Faculty Improvement Leave Program: Correspondence and Applications	1969-1975
2	1	Budget Plan	1970
2	3	Forest Products Option	1970
2	2	Forestry Minor Curriculum	1970
2	5	Curriculum Committee	1970-1971
2	6	Open Space in Iowa	1970-1971
2	4	McIntire-Stennis Funds	1970-1973
2	7	Outdoor Resources Recreation Program	1970-1975
2	8	Budget Plan	1971
5	7	Correspondence: Building Maintenance, Control, Requests and Accounts	1971-1972
2	9-10	Curriculum Committee	1971-1972
2	11	Staff Meetings	1971-1972
2	12	Women and Minority Students	1971-1972
2	13	Curriculum Project	1971-1973
5	8	Peruvian Program: Correspondence, Applications, General Information Sheets, Terms of Reference, Notes and Forms	1971-1975, undated
5	9	1977-1979 Catalog Changes (1 of 2)	1971-1979, undated
5	10	1977-1979 Catalog Changes (2 of 2)	1971-1979, undated
5	11	"Present Potentials for Recreational Development in Iowa" by Henry H. Webster and A. Edwin Grafton	1972
2	14	Advising Committee	1972
2	15	Budget Plan	1972
2	16	Cooperative State Research Service Review: Research Review	1972
2	17	Curriculum Committee	1972
2	18	Departmental Developments	1972
2	19	Description of Current Programs	1972
2	20	Faculty Workload	1972
2	21	Forestry Curriculum Development Project: Proceedings of Faculty Workshops	1972
2	22	Integrated Forest Resource Management: Curriculum development workshop	1972
2	23	Natural Resource Committee	1972
2	24	Research Projects	1972
2	25-26	Self-Evaluation Report	1972
2	28	Curriculum Committee	1972-1973
2	27	Graduate Committee	1972-1973
2	30	Staff Meetings	1972-1973
5	12	U.S. Forest Service: North Central Forest Experiment Station	1972-1973, undated
6	1	Minority Studies	1972-1975, undated
2	29	Graduate Education Committee	1972-1976
6	2	Research Facilities and Outlying Research Farms: Brayton Memorial Forest: Correspondence, Brochure, Inventory, Maps and Management Plan	1972-1987
6	3	Publications List	1972-1995
6	4	Grant Proposal for "Guidelines for More Effective Regional Development of Forest and Recreation Resource in the North Central United States"	1973
2	37	Land Use Symposium	1973
2	32	Task Force on Recreation	1973
2	31	Library Committee	1973 circa
2	33	Budget Plan	1973-1974
2	34	Promotion Committee	1973-1974
2	35	Staff Meetings	1973-1974
6	5	Forestry Mechanization Program and Correspondence about Graduate Program	1973-1975
6	6	U.S. Forest Service: Eastern Regional Office	1973-1975
6	8	U.S. Forest Service: North Central Forest Experiment Station	1973-1976
2	36	Curriculum Committee	1973-1977
6	7	McIntire-Stennis National Formula Materials and General Historic and Correspondence	1973-1979
6	9	Experiment Station: Research and Summary Reports, includes List of Participating Departments	1973-1988
2	38	Forestry Extension Program	1974
2	39	Plan for Evaluating Forestry Department Members	1974
2	40	Policies	1974
2	41	Resource Planning and Management Position Description	1974
2	42	Committees	1974-1975
2	43	Cooperation with Other Departments	1974-1975
2	44	Forestry Extension Program	1974-1975
2	45	Staff Meetings	1974-1975
2	46	Outdoor Recreation Curriculum Change	1974-1976
2	47	Tuskegee Institute / ISU Joint Agreement: Correspondence, Itinerary	1974-1976
2	48	Tuskegee Institute, Transfer Students, Campus Visits, Correspondence (includes 2 b/w photographs)	1974-1976
6	10	Memorandum of Understanding and Final Report	1974-1977, undated
2	49	Curriculum Committee	1974-1979
6	11	Rockefeller Foundation	1974-1979
6	12	Faculty Improvement Leave Program: Correspondence, Policies, and Applications	1974-1979, undated
6	13	Research Facilities and Outlying Research Farms: G. M. Watson Correspondence	1974-1988
2	50	Correspondence: with Vice President of Academic Affairs	1975
2	51	Department Head Position Description	1975
2	52	Forest Management Course Requirements	1975
2	53	Forest Resource Management Extension Specialist Position Description	1975
2	54	North Central Accreditation Review	1975
2	55	Committees	1975-1976
2	56	Staff Meetings	1975-1976
2	57	Natural Reserve Area Subcommittee	1975-1977
7	1	Foreign Travel Grants: Correspondence and Applications	1975-1978, undated
2	58	Cooperative State Resource Services Review	1975-1979
7	2	Heads of Midwest Forestry Education and Research Programs (HOMFERP): Summaries and Correspondence	1975-1983
7	3	Committees	1975-2000
3	1	Committee Assignments	1976
3	2	Department Objectives	1976
3	3	Faculty Retreat	1976
3	4	Proposed Extension Pamphlets	1976
3	7	Supplemental Data for Graduate College NCA Review	1976
3	5	Committees	1976-1977
3	6	Graduate Education and Research Report	1976-1977
3	8	Staff Meetings	1976-1977
7	4	Project Proposals and Annual Reports	1976-1979
7	5	U.S. Forest Service	1976-1985
7	6	Research Facilities and Outlying Research Farms: Research Facilities: Correspondence	1976-1988
7	7	Minority Affairs	1976-1988, undated
7	8	State Forestry Planning and Correspondence	1976-1990
3	9	Admissions Policies	1977
3	10	Department information	1977
3	13	Faculty Retreat	1977
3	11	Faculty Workload	1977
3	12	Five-Year Plan, 1977-1982	1977
7	9	Graduate Education and Research in the Department of Forestry, ISU: Part 1 Inputs and Outputs, 1965-1966 to 1975-1976	1977
3	14	Long Range Plan	1977
3	15	Policies	1977
3	16	Tuskegee Institute Forestry Cooperative Meeting: Correspondence, Meeting Agenda, Photos (3 color photographs)	1977
7	10	Civil Service Standards: Correspondence	1977-1978
3	17	Committees	1977-1978
3	18	Staff Meetings	1977-1978
3	19	Staff Meetings and Correspondence	1977-1978
3	21	Course Catalog Submissions	1977-1979
3	20	Departmental Correspondence	1977-1979
7	11	Research Facilities and Outlying Research Farms: Holst State Forest: "Applied Woodlot Management: A Course Proposal" and Article	1977-1980
7	12	Women in Forestry (3 color photographs, 1 negative strip, 1 cassette)	1977-1983
7	13	Graduate Student Senate	1977-1986
7	14	Research Facilities and Outlying Research Farms: Rhodes Farm Correspondence	1977-1986
7	15	Forestry and Natural Resources Enrollment Survey	1977-1989
3	22	Budget Plan	1978
3	23	Faculty Retreat	1978
3	24	Faculty Workload Reports	1978
7	16	SAF Committee Evaluation of Student Publications	1978-1979
3	25-26	Staff Meetings	1978-1979
7	17	Research Facilities and Outlying Research Farms: Wilcox Farm Correspondence	1978-1982
8	1	Association of State Colleges and Universities Forestry Research Organizations (ASCUFRO) (McIntire-Stennis) Correspondence, Newsletters, and Pamphlets	1978-1982, undated
8	2	Research Facilities and Outlying Research Farms: Hinds Farm Correspondence	1978-1983
3	68	Tenure and Promotion Policy	1978-1983
3	68	Tenure and Promotion Policy	1978-1983
3	27	Quarter to Semester Transition	1978-1984
3	28	Tuskegee Institute Conferences on Minority Students: correspondence, itinerary	1978-1985, undated
8	3	Procedures for Evaluating Forestry Department Faculty Members for Promotion and Tenure	1978-1986
3	29	Tuskegee Institute Joint Agreement: Correspondence, 1978 Joint Agreement, (includes 2 b/w photographs)	1978-1986
3	30	Budget Plan	1979
3	31	Committee Assignments	1979
8	4	Cooperative Regional Project: Annual Report	1979
8	5	Department of Forestry: Goals and Objectives	1979
3	32	Departmental Review	1979
3	33	Faculty Workload	1979
8	6	Project Proposals and Annual Reports	1979
3	34	Research in Forestry Special Review	1979
3	35	Staff Meetings	1979-1980
8	7	University Catalog	1979-1984
8	8	Grant Proposals	1979-1989
8	9	Society of American Foresters	1979-1989, undated
8	10	Regional Technical Committees Administrative Advisors and Iowa Representatives and Annual Summary Report Drafts and Correspondence	1979-1990
8	11	Graduate Committee Annual Reports	1979-1997
8	12	Graduate Committee Annual Reports and Handbook	1979-1997
3	36	Budget Plan	1980
3	37	Committee Assignments	1980
8	13	Cooperation Research and Science and Education Administration (CRISEA)	1980
3	38	Long Range Plan	1980
3	39	Staff Meetings	1980-1981
8	14	National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges (NAPFSC): Memorandums, Statements and Correspondence	1980-1984, undated
8	15	Research Facilities and Outlying Research Farms: Institutional Roads Correspondence, ISU Farm Service Charge Rates and Land and Properties in the Ames Area Owned by ISU and Affiliated Organizations	1980-1989
9	1	Society of American Foresters: Iowa Chapter	1980-1989
9	2	Society of American Foresters: ISU Alumni Meeting and Annual National Meeting	1980-1990
3	40	Budget Plan	1981
3	42	Committee Assignments	1981
3	41	Self-Evaluation Report	1981
3	43	Staff Meetings	1981-1982
9	3	The Packaging Corporation of America: ISU Cooperative Agreement and ISU Proposal Application	1981-1985
9	4	North Central Forest Experiment Station: Correspondence	1981-1988
9	5	Alumni Achievement Fund: Correspondence, Alumni Information, System User's Guide and Forestry Accounts	1981-1989
9	6	Foreign Travel Grants: Applications and Correspondence	1981-1989, undated
3	44	Budget Plan	1982
3	45	Faculty Resolution: Approval of Student Chapters of Professional Forestry Societies	1982
9	7	North Central Committees: Annual Report	1982
3	46	Renewable Resources Extension Fund	1982
3	47	Retreat	1982
9	8	Potential Student Contacts: Undergrad Recruitment	1982-1983
3	48	Staff Meetings	1982-1983
3	49	Budget Plan	1983
9	9	Greenhouse Transfer Ceremony (includes 5 slides, 9 b/w photographs, and 4 negatives)	1983
3	50	Long Range Plan, 1983-1984	1983
3	51	Committees	1983-1984
3	52	Staff Meetings	1983-1984
9	10	American Pulpwood Association: Research Project	1983-1986
9	11	ISU Alumni Association: Correspondence, Maps and Forestry Alumni Information Updates	1983-1990
3	53	Budget Plan	1984
9	12	Researching Planning Report	1984
9	13	Microbiology Research	1984-1985
3	54	Staff Meetings	1984-1985
9	14	Proposals for the Use of Lottery Funds	1984-1986
9	15	National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges (NAPFSC): Notes, Correspondence, Handouts	1984-1988
9	16	National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges (NAPFSC): Articles, Summaries, Reports, Bills and Memorandums	1984-1990, undated
9	17	Department Committee Minutes	1985
3	55	Learning by Doing	1985
9	18	Workshop for Agricultural Sciences: Schedule and Correspondence Regarding Joe Colletti's Attendance	1985
9	19	North Central Association: Members, Annual Reports, Project Outline	1985-1989
9	20	Pesticide File: Applications, Certificates, Correspondence, and Right to Know Compliance Manual	1985-1990, undated
9	21	Mid-America International Agricultural Consortium (MIAC): Correspondence, Report to the Council of Presidents, Minutes, Notes and Agendas	1985-1993
9	22	Department Committee Minutes	1986
3	58	Faculty Workload Reports	1986
3	56	Interim Status Report: Society of American Foresters	1986
3	57	Ph.D. Student Statistics	1986
9	23	National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges (NAPFSC)	1986-1987
9	24	Research Facilities and Outlying Research Farms: Proposed Sale of State Nursery	1986-1987
9	25	Correspondence: Equipment Requests	1986-1988
9	26	Research Facilities and Outlying Research Farms: Iowa Natural Resources (State Nursery): Correspondence, General Information and Student Judicial Process: A Survey of ISU Faculty Perceptions and Use	1986-1989
3	59	Budget Plan	1987
10	1	Department Committee Minutes	1987
10	4	Forestry Greenhouse: Repair and Maintenance Correspondence	1987-1989
10	3	Long Range Strategic Planning (LRSP): Correspondence, "Impacts on Forestry at ISU" Report, Response to the LRSP Review of Academic Programs and Report of the Ad Hoc Committee for Review of Outreach Programs	1987-1989
10	2	Research Facilities and Outlying Research Farms: McNay Memorial Research Center Correspondence and Proposal for a Wood-Fired Furnace and Timber Management Research and Demonstration System	1987-1991
3	60	Budget Plan	1988
10	5	Department Committee Minutes	1988
3	61	Progress Report Submitted to the Society of American Foresters	1988
10	6	Department Committee Minutes	1989
3	62	Forest Economies Management Professor	1989
10	7	Building Supervisor's List	1990
10	8	Department Committee Minutes	1990
3	63	Program Review	1990
10	9	Society of American Foresters (SAF) Accreditation: Report, Agenda, Response, Visiting Team Manual and Correspondence	1990-1991
3	64	Budget Plan	1991
10	10	Department Committee Minutes	1991
3	65	Budget Plan	1992
10	11	Department Committee Minutes	1992
10	12	Forestry Department 5-Year Research Plan: Enhancing Contributions of Forest Resources to Agricultural Landscapes and Communities: Drafts, Correspondence and Final Draft	1992
10	13	Forestry Greenhouse: Repair and Maintenance Correspondence	1992-1994
10	14	Department Committee Minutes	1993
11	1	Department Committee Minutes	1994
11	2	Department Committee Minutes	1995
11	3	Department Committee Minutes	1996
11	4	Department Committee Minutes	1997
11	5	Department Committee Minutes	1998
11	6	Department Committee Minutes	1999
11	7	Department Committee Minutes	2000
11	8	Department Committee Minutes	2001
3	66	Extension Forestry in Iowa	undated
11	9	Forestry Brochures and Photographs (6 b/w photographs)	undated
11	10	Guidelines for Use of Forestry Research Growth Chambers and Application Form	undated
3	67	Master of Forestry Program, 1917-1936	undated