Inventory of the Stoddard-Neel Project Interview Tapes, 2004 – 2005
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: The Stoddard-Neel method is the namesake of Herbert Stoddard, who developed it; and his colleague and successor, Leon Neel, who refined it. The Stoddard-Neel Approach combines frequent prescribed burning, highly selective logging, a commitment to a particular woodland aesthetic, intimate knowledge of the ecosystem and its processes, and other strategies to manage longleaf pine ecosystem in a sustainable way.
This collection includes 29 audio cassettes tapes containing interviews conducted as part of the “Stoddard-Neel Project” by Albert Way and Paul Sutter in 2004 and 2005. The interviews were used in writing the book The Art of Managing Longleaf: A Personal History of the Stoddard-Neel Approach.
Title: Stoddard-Neel Project Interview Tapes, 2004 – 2005
Creator: Stoddard-Neel Project
Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives
Call Number: 2015-006
Language of Material: Material in English
Extent: 0.5 linear feet (1 storage case)
Historical Note
The Stoddard-Neel method is the namesake of Herbert Stoddard, who developed it; and his colleague and successor, Leon Neel, who refined it. Often described as an art informed by science, the Stoddard-Neel Approach combines frequent prescribed burning, highly selective logging, a commitment to a particular woodland aesthetic, intimate knowledge of the ecosystem and its processes, and other strategies to manage longleaf pine ecosystem in a sustainable way.
The Art of Managing Longleaf: A Personal History of the Stoddard-Neel Approach is based on the extensive oral history project undertaken by Albert Way and Paul Sutter, with the cooperation of Leon Neel. Sutter and Way interviewed Leon Neel, Jimmy Atkinson, Jimmy Greene, Bob Mitchell, Angus Gholson, and Steve Jack to produce their book, which documents the sometimes controversial management system that not only has protected Greenwood Plantation’s Big Woods but also has been practiced on a substantial acreage of the remnant longleaf pine woodlands in Red Hills and other parts of the Coastal Plain.
Collection Overview
The collection includes 29 audio cassettes tapes containing interviews conducted as part of the “Stoddard-Neel Project” by Albert Way and Paul Sutter in 2004 and 2005. The interviews were used in writing the book The Art of Managing Longleaf: A Personal History of the Stoddard-Neel Approach.
Collection Arrangement
- Interview Tapes, 2004-2005
Subject Headings
- Longleaf pine — Southern States — History
- Forest management — Southern States — History
- Forest management
- Forests and forestry
- Longleaf pine
- Neel, Leon
- Oral history
- Southern States
- Sutter, Paul S.
- Way, Albert G.
Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Interview Tapes, 2004-2005.
- Interview with Leon Neel
- Conducted by Paul Sutter and Bert Way. July 8, 2004. 4 cassettes.
- Interview with Leon Neel
- Conducted by Bert Way. July 26, 2004. 4 cassettes.
- Interview with Leon Neel
- Conducted by Bert Way. August 24, 2004. 4 cassettes.
- Interview with Leon Neel
- Conducted by Bert Way. October 5, 2004. 3 cassettes.
- Interview with Leon Neel
- Conducted by Bert Way and Paul Sutter. January 19, 2005. 3 cassettes.
- Interview with Steve Jack
- Conducted by Bert Way. February 21, 2005. 2 cassettes.
- Interview with Jimmy Greene
- Conducted by Bert Way. February 22, 2005. 2 cassettes.
- Interview with Bob Mitchell
- Conducted by Bert Way. April 18, 2005. 1 cassette.
- Interview with Angus Gholson
- Conducted by Bert Way. April 19, 2005. 2 cassettes.
- Interview with Jimmy Atkinson
- Conducted by Bert Way. April 20, 2005. 1 cassette.
- Interview with Leon Neel
- Conducted by Bert Way. June 2, 2005. 3 cassettes.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Stoddard-Neel Project Interview Tapes, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.
Processing Information
Processed by Amanda McMullen, April 2015
Encoded by Lea Tiernan, July 2015
Support for digitization and outreach provided by the Alvin J. Huss Endowment.
