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Gifford Pinchot Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Prepared by Wilhelmina Curry and Michael McElderry with the assistance of Jean Pablo, Francie Schroeder, and Susie Moody Revised and expanded by Karen Linn Femia Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2011 Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2011 Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011106 Collection Summary Title: Gifford Pinchot Papers Span Dates: 1770-1972 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1870-1946) ID No.: MSS36277 Creator: Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946 Extent: 2,000,000 items; 3,022 containers plus 33 oversize; 1,220 linear feet; 37 microfilm reels Language: Collection material in English Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Abstract: Conservationist, chief forester for the United States Department of Agriculture, professor of forestry at Yale University, and governor of Pennsylvania. Primarily correspondence and subject files, together with diaries, memoranda, speeches, articles, reports, financial papers, bulletins, pamphlets, clippings, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Pinchot's activities in conservation and forestry and to his terms as governor of Pennsylvania. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. People Ballinger, Richard Achilles, 1858-1922. Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940. Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941. Bruce, Eugene S. (Eugene Sewell), 1860-1920. Eugene S. Bruce papers. Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925. Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. Eno, Amos R. (Amos Richard), 1810-1898. Amos R. Eno papers. Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890. Graves, W. Brooke (William Brooke), 1899- W. Brooke Graves papers. Gregg, Morris E. Morris E. Gregg papers. Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951. La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925. Phelps, John S. (John Smith), 1814-1886. John S. Phelps papers. Phelps, Mary Whitney. Mary Whitney Phelps papers. Pinchot family. Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946. Pinchot, James W., 1831-1908. James W. Pinchot papers. Pinchot, Mary Eno. Mary Eno Pinchot papers. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Correspondence. Smith, Herbert A. (Herbert Augustine), 1866-1944. Herbert A. Smith papers. Wells, Philip P. (Philip Patterson), 1868-1929. Philip P. Wells papers. Organizations American Farm Bureau Federation. American Federation of Labor. American Legion. American Liberty League. Church of God (Tomlinson) Commission for Relief in Belgium. Progressive Party (1912) Gifford Pinchot Papers 2 United States. Forest Service. Yale University.--Faculty. Subjects Conservation of natural resources. Flood control. Forestry schools and education. Forests and forestry. Presidents--United States--Election--1912. Presidents--United States--Election--1924. Prohibition. Public utilities. World War, 1914-1918--Civilian relief--Belgium. Places Oceania--Description and travel. Pennsylvania--Politics and government. Russia--Description and travel. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Occupations Conservationists. Foresters. Governors--Pennsylvania. Administrative Information Provenance The papers of Gifford Pinchot, conservationist, chief forester in the United States Department of Agriculture, professor of forestry at Yale University, and governor of Pennsylvania, were given to the Library of Congress by Gifford Pinchot, Cornelia Pinchot and the Pinchot family in several installments between 1941 and 1953. Additional material has been received through gift and transfer, 1955-1990. Processing History Upon arrival in the Library of Congress, the Gifford Pinchot Papers were placed in manuscript containers, with a descriptive container listing providing the only access to the collection. Substantial portions of the papers were reorganized in 1973 into a more coherent arrangement, and new series were created to bring similar material together. In 1989 the Library of Congress, in conjunction with the United States Forest Service, undertook a cooperative project to organize and describe those portions of the Pinchot Papers that concerned the early period of the conservation movement and the first five years of the Forest Service from 1890 to 1910. Selected records and files were rearranged to document Pinchot's contribution to the founding of the conservation movement. Due to the interfiling, transposition, and removal of material that resulted from this reorganization, gaps occurred in the former sequence of arrangement of the manuscript containers. These gaps are identified in the container list by the statement "removed from collection." Final processing of this segment of the Pinchot Papers was completed in 1991. In addition to the rearrangement of a portion of the collection between 1989 and 1991, new material was appended in 1985 and 1998. Other revisions were made in 2007, and the finding aid was revised again in 2011. Gifford Pinchot Papers 3 Transfers Architectural drawings, blueprints, maps, and photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division and Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress where they are identified as part of these papers. Selected financial documents, legal papers, memorabilia, photographs, and printed matter, identified by Jean Pablo during her reorganization of the Pinchot Papers, have been transferred to the Department of Agriculture. Related Material Related collections in the Manuscript Division include the papers of Gifford Pinchot's wife, Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, and his brother, Amos Pinchot. Copyright Status Copyright in the unpublished writings of Gifford Pinchot in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public. Access and Restrictions The papers of Gifford Pinchot are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Microfilm Microfilm copies of Pinchot's diaries on four reels, his letterbooks on seven reels, and his scrapbooks on twenty-six reels are available for purchase from the Library's Photoduplication Service subject to the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.). Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition. Preferred Citation Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Gifford Pinchot Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note Date Event 1865, Aug. 11 Born, Simsbury, Conn. 1889 A.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1892 Began work at Biltmore Forest, N.C. 1896 Member, U.S. National Forest Commission 1898-1910 Chief, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture 1900 Founder and first president, Society of American Foresters 1902 Inspected forests of Philippine Islands 1903 Member, Committee on Organization of Government Scientific Work Member, Commission on Public Lands Gifford Pinchot Papers 4 1903-1936 Nonresident lecturer and professor of forestry, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1905 Member, Commission on Departmental Methods 1907 Member, Inland Waterways Commission 1908 Chairman, Joint Committee on Conservation Chairman, National Conservation Commission Member, Commission on Country Life 1910-1925 President, National Conservation Association 1914 Married Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce (died 1960) 1914-1915 Member, Commission for Relief in Belgium 1917-1918 Member, U.S. Food Administration 1920-1922 Commissioner of forestry, Pennsylvania 1923 Negotiated settlement of anthracite coal strike 1923-1927 Governor of Pennsylvania 1931-1935 Governor of Pennsylvania 1936-1946 Professor of forestry emeritus, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1946, Oct. 4 Died, New York, N.Y. Major Works of Gifford Pinchot Date Title 1896 The White Pine. New York: The Century Co. 1897 Timber Trees and Forests of North Carolina. Winston, N.C.: M. I. and J.C. Stewart, public printers 1898 Adirondack Spruce. New York: The Critic Co. 1899-1905 A Primer of Forestry. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1910 The Fight for Conservation. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. 1913 The Country Church. New York: Macmillan Co. 1914 The Training of a Forester. Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Co. 1919 Six Thousand Country Churches. New York: Macmillan Co. Gifford Pinchot Papers 5 1928 The Power Monopoly. Milford, Pa. 1930 To the South Seas. Philadelphia and Chicago: John C. Winston Co. 1936 Just Talking Fish. New York and Harrisburg: Telegraph Press 1947 Breaking New Ground. New York: Harcourt, Brace Scope and Content Note The papers of Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) span the years 1770 to 1972 with the bulk of material dating from 1870 to 1946. The papers reflect Pinchot's activities and interests as a conservationist, professor of forestry, chief forester in the Department of Agriculture, two-term governor of Pennsylvania, labor arbitrator, and author. Additions to the papers were appended in 1985 and 1998.