Inventory of the Bob Edgar Papers, 1940s – 1970s

Descriptive Summary

Abstract: Bob Edgar was a logger in southern United States during the mid- and late twentieth century.

The collection includes materials held by logger Bob Edgar related to industrial forestry in the southern United States from the 1940s through the 1970s. The collection contains mostly reports and technical releases but also includes articles, blueprints, copies of bills relating to forestry, product catalogs, and statistical data. Subjects covered include cruising methods, fire control, forest entomology, forest legislation, government regulations, logging equipment and machinery, and wood technology. The general focus is on machinery used to log, haul, load, and mill pulpwood.

Title: Bob Edgar Papers, 1940s - 1970s

Creator: Edgar, Bob

Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives

Call Number: 6395

Language of Material: Material in English

Extent: 10.5 linear feet (7 record cartons)

 

Biographical Note

Bob Edgar was a logger in southern United States during the mid- and late twentieth century.

 

Collection Overview

The collection includes materials held by logger Bob Edgar related to industrial forestry in the southern United States from the 1940s through the 1970s. The collection contains mostly reports and technical releases but also includes articles, blueprints, copies of bills relating to forestry, product catalogs, and statistical data. Subjects covered include cruising methods, fire control, forest entomology, forest legislation, government regulations, logging equipment and machinery, and wood technology. The general focus is on machinery used to log, haul, load, and mill pulpwood.

Collection Arrangement

  1. Materials Related to Industrial Forestry in the Southern United States, 1940s-1970s

 

Subject Headings

  • Edgar, Bob
  • Forest insects -- Southern states
  • Forest machinery -- United States
  • Forestry law and legislation -- United States
  • Forests and forestry -- Measurement
  • Logging -- Equipment and supplies
  • Logging -- Southern states
  • Wood-pulp industry -- Southern states

 

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Materials Related to Industrial Forestry in the Southern United States, 1940s-1970s.
  • Box 1
    • Folder 2
      Bundling, Packaging Lumber and Plywood
    • Folder 3
      Woodland Section
    • Folder 4
      Clothing for Woods Work
    • Folder 5
      Communications: Radio and Television
    • Folder 6
      Costs and Production Standards
    • Folder 7
      Cruising Methods
    • Folder 8
      Cutting: Logs and Plywood
    • Folder 9
      Entomology and Pathology
    • Folder 10
      Fire Control Equipment and Methods
  • Box 2
    • Folder 11
      Forestry
    • Folder 12
      Government Laws and Regulations
    • Folder 13
      Graders, Scrapers: Self-propelled
    • Folder 14
      Loading and Hauling Equipment
    • Folder 14a
      Loading and Handling
  • Box 3
    • Folder 14b
      Loading and Handling: Equipment and Method
    • Folder 14c
      Loading and Handling
    • Folder 15
      Logging: General Information
    • Folder 16
      Main Haul Operations
    • Folder 17
      Maintenance of Heavy Equipment
    • Folder 18
      Planting, Land Preparation, and Nursery
  • Box 4
    • Folder 19
      Power Plants, Engines, and Generators
    • Folder 20
      Power Transmission: Belts, Bearings, Gears
    • Folder 21
      Power Saws: Chain Saws, Slashers
    • Folder 22
      Pre Hauling: Skidding, Yarding, Etc.
    • Folder 23
      Railroads
    • Folder 24
      Rigging
  • Box 5
    • Folder 25
      Road Construction and Maintenance
    • Folder 27
      Sawmills
    • Folder 29
      Sleighs and Drays
    • Folder 30
      Statistical Data
    • Folder 31
      Tires
  • Box 6
    • Folder 32
      Tools and Miscellaneous
    • Folder 33
      Tractor Specifications
    • Folder 34
      Trailers
    • Folder 35
      Training of Labor
    • Folder 37
      Trucks: Specifications
  • Box 7
    • Folder 38
      Trucks and Tractors: Allied Equipment
    • Folder 39
      Volume Tables
    • Folder 41
      Wood Technology

 

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Bob Edgar Papers, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Received November 1980.

Processing Information

Processed by Staff

Encoded by Amanda Ross, April 2009

Funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission supported the encoding of this finding aid. Support for digitization and outreach provided by the Alvin J. Huss Endowment.