Library and archives in Durham, NC, documenting the history of interactions between people and forests 🌲📚🌳
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Step into a century of stories: our new online exhibit uncovers how advertising shaped the way we see forests, wood products, and conservation
From vintage print ads to bold modern campaigns, "Weyerhaeuser Company: A Century of Advertising" reveals how one company sold wood—and a vision of the forest—over 100+ years: foresthistory.org/digital-co…
Join us Tues Nov 11th for an in-person conversation "Preparing Future Natural Resources and Forestry Leaders" bringing together 3 university natural resources leaders—Indy Burke, Lori Bennear, and Sam Cook—for discussion on the future of forestry & environmental education.
The conversation will be moderated by Bettina Ring of @foresters
More details and event registration info:
foresthistory.org/education/…
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At noon! @NCmuseumhistory curator Earl Ijames is presenting in the @NaturalSciences Daily Planet Theater (and via livestream). Mr. Ijames is bringing artifacts related to his talk as well! Watch "Gone with the Wind! Longleaf Pine Forests in NC History": naturalsciences.org/calendar…
In 1958, the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company started a holiday tradition that lasted half a century. Each year a new entry in the carefully curated and expertly designed Christmas Classics book series would appear.
Learn more... "Remembering Westvaco’s Christmas Classics Book Series" foresthistory.org/rememberin…
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The fire was only six acres when the smokejumpers arrived. Within hours, 13 firefighters were dead. The Mann Gulch Fire transformed wildland firefighting forever. Listen to the haunting retelling that still shapes fire science 75 years later. Learn more: fs.usda.gov/research/product…
A throwback #ArchivesSalute via Paul Bunyan and the Red River Lumber Co.
#ArchivesSalute 10th (Forest) Engineers on review at the training camp on the campus of American University, Washington, DC, 1917, prior to deployment to Europe.
More on the WWI Forest Engineers: foresthistory.org/digital-co…
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On Oct. 24, 2024, American members of the @foresthistory BOD had an opportunity to tour the historic Petawawa Research Forest, hosted by the Canadian Forest Service of @NRCan to see Canada’s oldest research forest and to learn of Indigenous forest knowledge and land stewardship.
Join FHS historian Jamie Lewis on 10/24 at 1pm ET for "Clash and Connection on the Best Land" with Susan Brewer. Earn 1 hr of CFE credit from @foresters. #envhist #foresthistory foresthistory.org/events/
Join us Wed. Nov. 13th for a lecture by Daniel Lewis, author of "Twelve Trees: The Deep Roots of Our Future." Lecture will be given in-person at FHS in Durham and also streamed online. Event includes reception and book signing. Registration and more info: foresthistory.org/2024-lectu…
This arresting pattern of wood pieces was part of a wood collage by Phil Gilmore, architect and sculptor, on display at the forest industry pavilion during the Oregon Centennial Exposition in Portland, 1959 #ArchivesPatterns #ArchivesHashtagParty
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I'm giving a talk on my new book in a few weeks at the
@foresthistory! Here is a link to register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Happy 80th birthday to @Smokey_Bear, first authorized as a character on August 9, 1944: foresthistory.org/research-e…
#SmokeyBear80 #OnlyYou
Join us Mon. August 5th at 1pm est for a presentation with Stephen Pyne on the 75th anniversary of the 1949 #MannGulch fire: "Mann Gulch, Norman Maclean, and Young Men and Fire: Why We Are Still Talking About Them Today." Register online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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🏅🌲More #ArchivesGoForGold and Forest History: In 1968 ahead of the high altitude Olympic Games in Mexico City, the USA held their Olympic Track & Field Trials south of South Lake Tahoe at Echo Summit, California. There was no existing track, though... (1/3)
It must have worked. Team USA would go on to win 24 track medals, including 12 golds, and set 6 world records in Mexico City.
**For more on this story, see the book "The Track in the Forest" by Bob Burns
And see more photos taken at the 68 Trials by Joe Head: trackerati.com/2018/12/1968-…