Inventory of the Jesse H. Buell Papers, 1926 – 1956

Descriptive Summary

Abstract: Jesse H. Buell worked for the United States Forest Service from July 1926 until his retirement in 1956.

The collection consists of Forest Service work diaries dating from 1926 to 1956 detailing Buell's projects and assignments throughout his career, several handwritten sheets of highlights from Buell's career from 1926 to 1929, and a "Certificate of Graduation" prepared by staff of the U. S. Forest Service's Washington Office for Buell's retirement.

Title: Jesse H. Buell Papers, 1926 - 1956

Creator: Buell, Jesse H.

Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives

Call Number: 6366

Language of Material: Material in English

Extent: 0.5 linear feet (1 archival box)

 

Biographical Note

Jesse H. Buell worked for the United States Forest Service from July 1926 until his retirement in 1956.

Buell started his career as a junior forester at the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station in Asheville, North Carolina working under E. H. Frothingham. He continued there doing research in silviculture of mountain hardwoods through the 1930s and early 1940s and moved to the Washington Office Division of Forest Management Research in 1945. During the mid-1950s, he served as chief of Forest Management Research at the Rocky Mountain Forest Experiment Station in Fort Collins, Colorado. Buell retired from the U. S. Forest Service in 1956.

 

Collection Overview

The collection consists of Forest Service work diaries dating from 1926 to 1956 detailing Buell's projects and assignments throughout his career, several handwritten sheets of highlights from Buell's career from 1926 to 1929, and a "Certificate of Graduation" prepared by staff of the U. S. Forest Service's Washington Office for Buell's retirement.

Collection Arrangement

  1. Field Diaries and Loose Papers, 1926-1956 and undated

 

Subject Headings

  • Appalachian Forest Experiment Station (Asheville, N.C.)
  • Buell, Jesse H.
  • Foresters -- Diaries
  • Foresters -- North Carolina -- 20th century
  • Forests and forestry -- Research
  • Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins, Colo.)
  • United States. Forest Service

 

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Field Diaries and Loose Papers, 1926-1956 and undated
  • Field Diaries, 1926-1956
    Includes U. S. Department of Agriculture-issued booklets in which Jesse Buell recorded field and travel activities in such locations as Asheville, North Carolina and Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • Loose Papers, undated
    Includes several handwritten sheets of highlights from Buell's career from 1926 to 1929 (presumably written by Buell after 1980) and a "Certificate of Graduation" prepared by staff of the U. S. Forest Service's Washington Office for Buell's retirement.

 

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Jesse H. Buell Papers, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.

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Encoded by Amanda Ross, January 2009

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