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Norths:,.stern ';,J,o( Utilization Council. Papers, 1942-1959.

The Papers contain material from the files of ~dgar Heerrnance, secretary cf the Council, 1942-1953; letters and papers from the files of HenryT,; .. F..i.cock, secretary of the Council, 1954-1958; letters and papers from the file of A. B. Recknagel, executive secretary of the Council, 1952-1953; ancillary and unclassified material, 1950-1957; Wood Notes nos. 1-39 ( except ifl5 which is missing); Northeastern ;,food Utilization Council Bulletin, ncs. 9-45 (excluding nos. 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 24 and 34 which are missing); various papers and pamJl,lets concerning the Council's activities, 19'4-2-1959. Papers, 1958, 1959, ::,ertaining to the dissolution of the Council and attendant financial arrangements. UnDublished guide available. See attached sheets. 4 boxes.

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1942-1959. Aries, Robert Sancier (1919- ) Lockard, Charles Randell (1900- ) HacAdam, William C[] Recknagel, Arthur Bernard (188J- 1962) Wood utili::ation

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NORTHEASTERN WOOD UTil.IZATION COUNCIL.. Papers, 1942 ... 1959; 16 in.. Letters

and other papers from the files of :Edgar Heerma.nce, secretary of the Council

(1942-1953), Henry Wo Hicibck, secretary (19.54-19Se), and A. B. Recknagel,

exeeutive :secretary (1952-19.5'.3); papers pertaining to the dissolution of the

C-oi.mcil (1958-1959); pamphlets and miscellaneous material (1942-1959) relating

to Council activities and the £orest products industry; incomplete runs of

Wood Notes and the Council Bulletin. Unpublished guide available .. (1964)

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Checklist of Northeastern Wood Utilization Council. Papers, 1942-1959

4 411 boxes

The pa..1ers contain the following series of letters and manuscripts:

l , Comnlete set of the minutes of the Northeastern Wood Utilization Council, 1942-1957.

z . An incomplete set of dunlica te minutes of the Council.

.3 . Ten folders containi:., g material from the files of Edgar Heermance, secretary of the Council, 1942-1953.

Folder Jl contains corres?ondence relating to the Council 1 s activities, 1942; list of Council members, 1942; minutes of Greenfield meeting, A?ril 9, 1942; mirneogra9hed manuscript, Production of Wood Gas as a Domestic Fuel, by R. A. Caughey, June 12, 1942; Council's receipts and expenditures, 1942.

Fol~er #2 contains corres :)ondence relating to the Council's activities, 1943; minutes of June 10, 1943; mimeographed release from the National Research Council and Society of _:unerican Foresters.

Folder ;fJ contains corr2spondence relating to Council activities, 1944.

Folder ifl.j, Ibid, 1945.

Folder 2 5 Ib"d .r __ 1_, 1946.

Folder 1r6 Ibid, 1947.

Folder #7 Ibid, 1948.

Folder }8 Ibid, 191+9.

Folder #9 Ibid, 1950; minutes of Springfield me sting, Nov. 17, 1950; ~rovisional draft of program, Wood Fuel Conference, Philadel?hia, r'.ay 10, 1951; :Jrinted co :)y of the articles of Association, Northeastern 'i'lood Utilization Council, Inc.; minutes of Council meeting, Hay 11, 1950; index to ',food Notes nos. 1-9; minutes of council meeting, I·1Iarch 4, 1949; printed circulars of the Council announcing conferences and activities, 1949-1950.

Folder }10, corres)ondence relating to Council activities, 1950-1954.

4. One folder containing corresJondence relating to the Council's activities while A. B. Recknagel was executive Secretary of the organization, 1952-1953; ".lrinted circular of the Council; mimeogra) hed report 11'.!;ffect of Chemical Girdling on Bark Se-oaration" by E. O. Shrhart, May 16, 1951; seven ;irinted :Jam)~.lets; and a number of reprints from various magazines concerning wood utilization.

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Fifteen folders containing material from the files of Henry W. Hicock, secretary of the Northeastern Wood Utilization Council, 1954-1958.

Fol:Ier ;fl originally entitled Close-Out of Council .3usiness contains corres9ondence relating to the Council's dissolution and financial transactions, 1957-1959.

Folder #2 originally entitled Notices containing mi~eogra~hed notices 'l.nd circulars reLl.ting to council activities, 1957.

Folder ,'fJ originally entitled Charcoal Conference contains correspondence and mir.:eogra:)hed notices :relating to the Council I s participation in the Charcoal Conference, Nov. 20, 1957.

Folder ,'/=4 originally entitled Bulletins, Re:Jorts, etc. 1947-19'.J.8. contains mi~eograJhed material relating to Council activities 191~7; ,rinted circular :r:levelo:"Jing the World I s Forest rl.esources; extra conies of ~food Notes nos. 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 2 1~, JO, Jl; three re1Jrints Organized "Marketing and Integrated Logging, by Edgar Heermanc9, 19,'.J.6, Problems in the Utilization of ::ood '::aste, by Robert Aries, _194?, T,vood Flour Production, by Robert -~ries, 1947.

Folder # 5 origim.lly entitled Hinutes of Meetings, rontains co )ies of the minutes of the Council I s meetings, 191+2-19 57; co :JY of ::ocd ~Jotes, 'f,4.

FoFer #6 originally entitled The Northaastern Logger contains corres­ponience relating to The Northeastern Logger and its financial transactions with the Council, 1956-1958.

FoL.er }7 originally entitled r,v. C. MacAdam contains cor:tes,)ondence between ~lilli;.m C. l1acAdam and the Council I s secretary Eenry Eicock relating to Council activities, 1956-1953.

Folder ,f8 originally entitled C. R. Lockard contains corres~Jondence between Lockard and Hicock relating to Council activities, 1956.

FoLler ,f9 originally entitled A. B. i.1.ecknagel contains corres}ondence between Reclmagel and Hico ck relating to Council activities, 1956-1952.

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Folder ;10 originally entitled Legal ?aners contains pamphlet .Articles [; of Association and Bv-Laws, and typed statement Amendment to g Articles of Association, The ::Jortheastern ~,food Utilization Council,'

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Folder ,¥11 origina:i_ly entitled Financial Reports contains financial statements concerning the Council's affairs, 1955-1953.

FoL::ler 112 originally· ro title, contains mimeographed, ty:Jed and re;irinted co·'.Jies of 7 ?apers by Robert Aries, Technical Director for tte Council; Cutlets for ':iood ~.·Taste, Possibilities of the -.:ood­Chemical Inriustries in the Northeast, The Status and ?uture

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Folder #12 (cont.) of "Im:::iroved" ~-Joods, ~;,.by Cellulose?, New Products of 1:Jocd, Earketing Resea:::-ch - Partner of Technical Research, Earketinf: Research.

Folder :;~13 originally entitled ILE. T:Jd. Utiliz. Council ~fov. 20 (57 & subs?--:uently. contains correspondence relating to the business anj financial activities of the Council, 1957-1958.

Folder ,fll1, originally entitled :-1. E. :.~d. Council Inventory ( 19 53) contains inventory statements for the years 1953 and 1956.

Fol::ler #15 originally entitled :-Jood Preservation Conference Nov. 55 and Bulletins f41.J,, .'-1,5 does not contain material indic~1ted in title, contains inste3.d business correspondence, 1956; corres-1ondence bet.men Recknagel and Prof. Hans GHiser, 1'::unich, Germany, while GUl.ser was on a FAO mission in Iran, 1957.

6. Four folders containing ancillary material relating to the Council's activities: see donor's one ;:,age list m2.rked 11 #10," on file in acc. folder.

7. SumrGary of ?a Jers, Re0orts. and Discussions of Third Meeting, Northeastern \-food ?reservation Conference, held at New Haven, Conr..ecticut, Nov. 17,18, 1955.

8. Two tyced co,ies of re;;ort The Objectives of the Northeastern ';food Utilization Council, by Henry I. Baldwin, January 31, 1952.

9. Two fclders of the following unclassified material:

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Alternative 3udgets, Northeastern Wood Utilization Council, 1952.

Ty?ed copy Renert of the Sub-Committee on Forest Research, New 3ngland Council, Committee on Forestry and Forest Industries, November, 1953.

Corres?ondence relating to council activity 1954-1955.

Three :nge list entitled Contents Files from hiccck, August 28, 1959.

3ulletins of tte Northeastern '.lood Utilization Council, nos. lJ (two cc,ies), 16, 17.

Three :,age list entitled List of Material relating to the iforthe3stern ~food Utilization Council, Se.)t. 17, 1956.

Carbon cc )Y '.)f essay ';Joodsman Use that Tree, by 3dgar Laing Heerrr..::nce, 1949.

Ty,e:-3 draft of 1Jocd ;Jotes, number 28.

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Black folder entitled Northeastern '.iJood Utilization Council, containing minutes of the Council's January 26, 1950 meeting.

The following Jieces of printed material:

( 1) Two pam;:,rolets - ;:mblished by the council concerning Hardwood ?ul9ing Conference, Sept. l~. 1954.

( 2) Circular 189, The Toxicity to Plants of '_·Jood Preservatives and Their Solvents, ;mblished by the Connecticut Agricultural xperiment Station, New Haven.

(3) Monthly Review Federal Res2rve Bank of Doston, June, 1954.

(4) Four pages of forest statistics, undated.

FoLier containing 4 glossy ·Jrints of forestry technL:mes and rt-aur"Jle dunlicated 11 re-,::i;rt on -;::,ortable "Jul::i- · wood chiJ ,er. National Container Corporation of '!'lisconsin, 1950.

'T'l-1e Northeastern 'riood Utilization Council Pa )ers also contain the fallowing inted items:

L ~10::id Notes nos. 1-39 (exce:'.)t /15 which is missing), typed draft of ·viood rJotes · no. 28; s9ecial suJ lement to Wood Notes no. 28, February 1955; special bulletin, June 1956; -:,rogr:1m of meeting at r!ew Haven, Nov. 17-18, 1955; circular to the Heads of Forest Schools, Forest Products Laboratories and Research Agencies in ·.:ood Utilization a~vertising ·,food Notes, June 25, 1956; Ind.ex to '.·iood r.Jotes nos 1-20.

2.. Northeastern ,Jood Utilization Council .3ulletin, nos. 9-1.J,5 (excluding nos. 10, 11, lJ, 16, 17, 24-, and J4 which are missing). [Reci':nagel letter of October 6, 1959 states that only nos. 10, 21 and 24 are missing??]

3. The Use of Sai,1nill ~{aste for ?ul-.::i in Eastern Canada, Canada, Department of Resources and Development, Forestry 3ranch Bulletin no. 108, 1953.

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