Inventory of the Arthur W. Nelson Photographs, circa 1910s – 1939
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: Arthur W. Nelson, Jr. (b. 1916) spent his entire professional career in forestry, eventually serving as Vice President, Industry Affairs for Champion International and gaining expertise in industrial forest management.
The collection includes 104 negatives and 6 black-and-white photographs taken by Arthur W. Nelson, Jr. in 1938 and 1939 during Yale Forest School field trips to logging camps in the South and the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota. A second batch of 95 negatives depicts the Goss and Richmond Lumber Co., Cass Lake, Minnesota, mill and timber acreage, loggers, and logging in the early 20th century. Some pictures depict clear cutting.
Title: Arthur W. Nelson Photographs, circa 1910s - 1939
Creator: Nelson, Arthur W.
Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives
Call Number: 2895
Language of Material: Material in English
Extent: 0.5 linear feet (199 negatives, 6 photographs)
Biographical Note
Arthur W. Nelson, Jr. (b. 1916) spent his entire professional career in forestry, eventually serving as Vice President, Industry Affairs for Champion International and gaining expertise in industrial forest management.
Nelson received a B. S. degree in Forestry at the University of Idaho and a Master of Forestry at the Yale Forest School. He pursued special studies in land law at the College of Law and University of Houston, as well seminars Yale Forest School and Harvard Business School.
In 1939, Art Nelson began his career as a forester and timber cruiser for the Crosset Lumber Company, Crosset, Arkansas. He came to Mississippi in 1940 as Chief Forester for the Flintkote Company at Meridian, Mississippi, where he worked until 1957. In 1957, Nelson joined Champion Papers as General Manager of the Timber Products Division, subsequently served as Vice President Natural Resources, and retired from his last position as Vice President, Industry Affairs in 1980. Nelson has been active in national and state forestry and forest products organizations. Nelson also authored numerous articles in the fields of industrial forest management, land classification, watershed management, and water law and the co-author of "The Beneficial Use of Water in Mississippi."
Collection Overview
The collection includes 104 negatives and 6 black-and-white photographs taken by Arthur W. Nelson, Jr. in 1938 and 1939 during Yale Forest School field trips to logging camps in the South and the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota. A second batch of 95 negatives depicts the Goss and Richmond Lumber Co., Cass Lake, Minnesota, mill and timber acreage, loggers, and logging in the early 20th century. Some pictures depict clear cutting.
Collection Arrangement
- Yale Forest School Field Trips Photographs and Negatives, 1938-1939
- Loggers and Logging Negatives, circa 1910s
Subject Headings
- Cass Lake (Minn.) -- Photographs
- Clearcutting -- 20th century -- Photographs
- Goss and Richmond Lumber Co. -- Photographs
- Logging -- 20th century -- Photographs
- Loggers -- 20th century -- Photographs
- Lumber camps -- Southern states -- Photographs
- Lumber camps -- Chippewa National Forest (Minn.) -- Photographs
- Nelson, Arthur W.
- Yale University. School of Forestry
Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Yale Forest School Field Trips Photographs and Negatives, 1938-1939.
(104 negatives and 6 photographs)
2. Loggers and Logging Negatives, circa 1910s.
(95 negatives)
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Arthur W. Nelson Photographs, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.
Processing Information
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Encoded by Amanda Ross, June 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.
