Inventory of the Howard Flint Papers, 1900s – 1930s
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: Howard Flint was a forester for the United States Forest Service. He was a staunch supporter of the Conservation Movement, often taking a moral or political stance that was in direct conflict with that of the U. S. Forest Service.
Collection consists primarily of Flint's research notes on such topics as forest management, national forestry organizations, silviculture, utilization, general forestry, biology, ecology, wildlife, forest industries, and taxation, among others. Includes notes from Carl Schenck lectures, 1926. Flint's life's work is depicted in Mrs. Elizabeth Canfield Flint's fictional work The Pine Tree Shield: A Novel Based on the Life of a Forester (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1943). Research notes are recorded on notecards and provide a good bibliographical source on early works on forestry.
Title: Howard Flint Papers, 1900s - 1930s
Creator: Flint, Howard
Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives
Call Number: 3917
Language of Material: Material in English
Extent: 1.5 linear feet (1 record carton)
Biographical Note
Howard Flint was a forester for the United States Forest Service. He was a staunch supporter of the Conservation Movement, often taking a moral or political stance that was in direct conflict with that of the U. S. Forest Service.
Collection Overview
Collection consists primarily of Flint's research notes on such topics as forest management, national forestry organizations, silviculture, utilization, general forestry, biology, ecology, wildlife, forest industries, and taxation, among others. Includes notes from Carl Schenck lectures, 1926. Flint's life's work is depicted in Mrs. Elizabeth Canfield Flint's fictional work The Pine Tree Shield: A Novel Based on the Life of a Forester (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1943). Research notes are recorded on notecards and provide a good bibliographical source on early works on forestry.
Arrangement note: The note cards in each card file box are organized by topic, filed behind a card divider listing a heading. In some instances, the headings on the card dividers have broken off, but the dividers are usually either blue or orange in color, and thus one can easily distinguish the correct division between topics. Flint gave a topic heading to every note card, and he diligently recorded all the sources he consulted. The arrangement of topics within the card file boxes is random. Under optimum circumstances, the archival arrangement of the collection should be ordered, not random. However, because the cards filed in the boxes sometimes differ in size, it would be difficult to rearrange the cards in a more logical fashion. The collection is not large, though, and one can easily sort through the cards quickly due to the fact that the cards are divided by topic. Also, one should consult the following inventory, which reveals the types of information contained in each card file box.
Collection Arrangement
- Research Notes, 1900s-1930s
Subject Headings
- Flint, Howard
- Forest management -- United States -- 20th century
- Foresters -- United States
- Forests and Forestry -- United States
- Schenck, Carl Alwin, 1868-1955
Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Research Notes, 1900s-1930s.
Howard Flint's "Field Notes" contain information gleaned from such sources as Lumber World Review, Scientific America, Biological Abstracts, Botanical Abstracts, West Coast Lumberman, Journal of Agricultural Research, American Lumberman, Journal of Land & Public Utility Economics, The Timberman, Soil Science, Science, and Ecology, as well as from numerous texts and other professional journals.
- Red Card File Box
Contains information arranged under such topics as Birds, Forests in Literature, Wood Utilization, Wood By-Products, Forest Management (slash disposal, mensuration, taxation, logging, etc.), and Miscellaneous (grazing, diseases, preservation, silviculture, etc.). - Small Wooden Card File Box
Contains information arranged under such topics as General Biology (plant pests, evolution of plant life, diseases, etc.), Gardening, Plant Associations, Mathematics, Seed Studies, Plant Succession, and Economics. - Large Wooden Card File Box
Contains information arranged under such topics as Ecology, General Forestry (includes information about forests in foreign countries), Botany, Meteorology, Silviculture, Veteranary Science, Plant Propagation, Forest Entomology, Siols, Land Economics, Dendrology, Conifers, Mensuration, Forest Geology, Hunting, Personal Apparal, Timber Taxation, Surveying, Finance and Inventments, Schenck Lectures (1926), and House (includes information, such as insurance and improvements, concerning Flint's home). - Black and White Card File Box
Contains information arranged under such topics as Climate and Fire Control in Rocky Mountain Forests, Forest Fires, National Forestry Organizations, Fire Lectures, [Aerial Forestry], Forest Policy (ownership of forests), Reproduction and Growth, Land Use (slash disposal, erosion, forest acquisition, clearing of land, etc.), Grazing, Soils, Silviculture, Utilization, Telephones, Climate, Timber Stands, Logging Costs, and General Forestry (includes information about forests in foreign countries).
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Howard Flint Papers, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.
Acquisitions Information
In 1956, Mrs. Elizabeth Canfield Flint donated her husband's research notes to the Missoula Research Center in Missoula, Montana. On May 26, 1970, the records were transferred from the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Missoula Research Center) to the Forest History Society.
Processing Information
Processed by Michele Justice, May 1991
Encoded by Amanda Ross, September 2008
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.
