Alvin J. Huss Archives

Major Archival Collections Held by the Forest History Society

• Weyerhaeuser Company Records
  (687 linear ft.) Weyerhaeuser is an international forest products company founded in 1900 by Frederick Weyerhaeuser. Weyerhaeuser is also one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands.
• Society of American Foresters Records
  (458.5 linear ft.) Founded in 1900, SAF is the largest professional organization for American foresters. SAF works to bring forestry and natural resources professionals together and keep them informed about the latest advances in forest science and management.
• American Forestry Association Records
  (162 linear ft.) Founded in 1875, the American Forestry Association is a citizen conservation group that advocates responsible stewardship of forest lands. The organization became American Forests in 1992.
• National Forest Products Association Records
  (142.5 linear ft.) The National Forest Products Association served as the national spokesman for federated trade associations whose memberships comprised of lumber, plywood, and related industries. In 1992, NFPA became part of the American Forest and Paper Association.
• American Forest Institute Records
  (131.5 linear ft.) Created in 1932 as American Forest Products Industries, this group operated as a trade promotion subsidiary of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, producing advertising strategies, opinion polls, youth education programs, and more. In 1992, the group merged with the American Paper Institute and the National Forest Products Association to become the American Forest and Paper Association.
• John Richards Collection
  (115.5 linear ft.) Historian John F. Richards of Duke University led a long-term (1983-1994), multidisciplinary research initiative on the impact of tropical land use change on global atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
• Forest History Society Photograph Collection
  The Society maintains a collection of well over 30,000 photos, slides, negatives, plates, and films indexed by subject showing early lumbering techniques, foresters at work, scenic views, forest recreation, policy makers in debate, and much more.
• U.S. Forest Service Headquarters History Collection
  (over 500 linear ft.) A reference collection featuring historical materials amassed since the early 20th century by U.S. Forest Service employees. Includes copies of correspondence, memoranda, legislation, books, periodicals, articles, pamphlets, and photographs.
• Forest History Society Oral History Interviews Collection
  Since the 1950s, the Society's ambitious oral history program has yielded tapes and transcripts of more than 250 interviews that capture the experiences of public and private forestry leaders.