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[U. S. Department of Agriculture, The Forester, Forest Service business card]
24 September 1909
United States. Department of Agriculture.
Enclosed with GLC00687.172.01. Card is perforated down the center.
GLC00687.172.02
[U. S. Department of Agriculture press release, Government Forests of Prussia Well Managed]
27 September 1909
National forests in Prussia are great examples for the U.S. with their sustained yield or continuous reproduction of wood used.
GLC00687.173.01
September 27, 1909
Enclosed with GLC00687.173.01. Card is perforated down the center.
GLC00687.173.02
[U. S. Department of Agriculture press release, Good Forest Work on Vanderbilt Estate]
07 October 1909
Forest work on the Biltmore estate includes wise management, fire guards, permanent logging roads and experimental work in silviculture.
GLC00687.174.01
Enclosed with GLC00687.174.01. Card is perforated down the center.
GLC00687.174.02
[U. S. Department of Agriculture press release, Sawdust Flour From Waste of Lumber Mills]
27 October 1909
Sawdust flour can make dynamite, linoleum, xyolite, and artificial flooring. These uses will relieve the amount of waste from lumber mills.
GLC00687.175.01
Enclosed with GLC00687.175.01. Card is perforated down the center.
GLC00687.175.02
[U. S. Department of Agriculture press release, Germans Planting Forests in China]
2 November 1909
While China is an example of the "evil effects of deforestation," German efforts to develop a strong system of forestry have been successful despite thieves and caterpillars.
GLC00687.176.01
Enclosed with GLC00687.176.01. Card is perforated down the center.
GLC00687.176.02
to his wife
3 October 1862
Jones, John, fl. 1862-1864
Mentions serving the army for a year. Writes about the Emancipation Proclamation and Abraham Lincoln: "The name of Abraham Lincoln will be handed down to prosperity as one of the greatest benefactors of his country, not surpassed by the immortal...
GLC05981.09
[Diary of an African American soldier in 8th Regiment United States Colored Troops, Company G]
18 November 1863- October 1864
Woodlin, William P., fl. 1863-1864
Woodlin's brief entries describe camp life, his service with the regimental band as a horn player, several battles, the weather, equal pay with white soldiers, and the famous 54th Massachusetts Regiment, among many other topics. He describes his...
GLC06599
Emancipation Proclamation [California printing, Cheesman copy]
January 1, 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
One of three color lithographic broadsides. Printed by L. Nagel and copyright by "F.S. Butler, 1864." Presented to Lincoln for signing by David Williams Cheesman. Signed on back: "Property of Mrs. Maria Cheesman/ Phoenix/ Oregon." See Eberstadt,...
GLC00742
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