Inventory of the Harold V. Hart Photographs, 1928 – 1956
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: Harold V. "Pete" Hart (born 1902) graduated in 1922 from Syracuse University with a B.S. in forestry and worked forty years as an industrial forester for St. Regis Paper Company, primarily in the Province of Quebec, Canada, until his retirement in 1964.
This collection includes approximately seventy images documenting Harold "Pete" Hart's life and work that were apparently donated to the Society to supplement a 1976 oral history interview conducted by Elwood R. Maunder (final transcript in repository). The images depict log drives, log shipping/transportation, logging railroads, logging camps, hunting, camping, timber cruising, and scenic views mostly in the areas of Godbout and Oskelaneo, Quebec.
Title: Harold V. Hart Photographs, 1928 - 1956
Creator: Hart, Harold V.
Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives
Call Number: 2931
Language of Material: Material in English
Extent: 0.25 linear feet (70 photographs)
Biographical Note
Harold V. "Pete" Hart (born 1902) graduated in 1922 from Syracuse University with a B.S. in forestry and worked forty years as an industrial forester for St. Regis Paper Company, primarily in the Province of Quebec, Canada, until his retirement in 1964.
Collection Overview
This collection includes approximately seventy images documenting Harold "Pete" Hart's life and work that were apparently donated to the Society to supplement a 1976 oral history interview conducted by Elwood R. Maunder (final transcript in repository). The images depict log drives, log shipping/transportation, logging railroads, logging camps, hunting, camping, timber cruising, and scenic views mostly in the areas of Godbout and Oskelaneo, Quebec.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are filed in main FHS photograph collection, under "Canada -- Hart, Harold V." (FHS image ID# FHS900-970).
Subject Headings
- Camping -- Canada -- Photographs
- Forests and forestry -- Valuation -- Canada -- Photographs
- Hart, Harold V.
- Hunting -- Canada -- Photographs
- Log driving -- Canada -- Photographs
- Log transportation -- Canada -- Photographs
- Loggers -- Canada -- Photographs
- Lumber camps -- Canada -- Photographs
- Quebec (Province) -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
- St. Regis Paper Company
Related Material
FHS Oral History Interview: Harold V. Hart
Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Photographs, 1928-1956 and undated.
These photographs are available through the online image gallery for the Canada -- Harold V. Hart Collection.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Harold V. Hart Photographs, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.
Processing Information
Processed by Staff
Encoded by Amanda Ross, May 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.
