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Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Academic Standing Advisory Council
- Advancement of Education
- Advisory Board--Departmental Status
- Agriculture Student Programs Committee
- College of Agriculture: Departmental Correspondence
- Continuous Forest Inventory
- Correspondence, General--Milton M. Mosher
- Counseling Center
- Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity
- Dendrology
- Faculty Affairs Committee
- Faculty Service Reports
- Faculty-Student Relations Committee
- Farm Forestry Projects
- Forest Practice Board: Publications
- Forest Practice Rules and Regulations
- Forest Practices Act -- Correspondence and Committee Materials
- Forest Practices Advisory Committee
- Forest Practices Rules and Regulations Hearing, April 19
- Forest Practices Training Program
- Forest Technicians
- Forestry 499
- Forestry 399
- Forestry 399 and 495, Reading List
- Forestry, Range, Wildlife, and Water Resources Advisory Board
- Fraternity Information
- Graduate Seminar, University of Idaho - Abstracts
- Honors Program
- Income Tax Allowance for Educational Expense
- Ingersoll Property
- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Biennial Conference
- Institute of Agricultural Sciences: Faculty Action
- Inter-fraternity Alumni Advisors' Council
- Library Accessions
- Lion's Club
- Minority Concerns Committee
- Publications, Milton M. Mosher
- Quarter Century Club
- Radio Material
- Research Project
- Sabbatical Correspondence
- Senior Petitions
- Society of American Foresters
- Sigma Xi
- Soil Classification
- Student Recommendations and Problems
- Xi Sigma Pi
- Washington Forest Practices Regulation, Discussion Draft
- Washington State Pilot Forest Management Program
- Washington State Pilot Forest Management Program, John P. Nagle, Correspondence
- Washington State Pilot Woodland Management Plan, M. M. Mosher, Correspondence
- Writing Guides
- Names and Subjects
Milton Monroe Mosher Papers, 1938-1979
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Mosher, Milton Monroe
- Title
- Milton Monroe Mosher Papers
- Dates
- 1938-1979 (inclusive)19381979
- Quantity
- 2 containers., (2 linear feet of shelf space.), (2300 items.)
- Collection Number
- Cage 425
- Summary
- 2 ft. Summary Correspondence, memoranda, committee material, reports, conference papers and ephemera relating to his teaching, particularly an intern program he established, professional activities for the Society of American Foresters and material relating to the Washington State Forest Practices Act of 1974.
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research use.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Milton Monroe Mosher was born on April 24, 1914 at Nanquitt, Massachusetts. He received his B.S. in 1935 and his M.S. in Forestry in 1938 from Syracuse University in New York. He began his career at Washington State University as Instructor in Forestry and Range Management in 1937. Since 1961 he held the rank of Professor of Forestry and Forest Scientist. Professor Mosher taught General Forestry, Fire Protection, Dendrology, Forest History, Forest Products, Mensuration, Policy and Administration. He set up and supervised the Professional Integration Program, a summer internship for senior Forestry majors. Participating in numerous departmental and administrative committees, he also served as Acting Chairman of the Department of Forestry and Range Management periodically from 1955 until his retirement in March 1979. Professor Mosher has been active in the Society of American Foresters since 1936. He has worked on the following committees: Membership, Program. Nominations, By-Laws, Legislation, Chapter Establishment and others. He has been an Executive Councilor since 1977. He also served on the Eastern Washington Regional Forest Practices Advisory Committee reviewing public testimony concerning the Washington State Forest Practice Act of 1974.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The papers of Professor Mosher consist of correspondence, memoranda, committee material, reports, conference material, and ephemera relating to Professor Mosher's teaching career from 1937 to 1979 at Washington State University. The papers date from 1938 to 1979 with the bulk of the material dating from 1955 to 1979.
Major subjects in the collection are the Professional Integration Program, the Society of American Foresters, and the Washington State Forest Practices Act of 1974. The material relating to Forestry 399, the Professional Integration Program which Professor Mosher set up and directed from 1965 to 1978, includes correspondence to and from the students, course syllabi, reading lists, itineraries and interview notes. Included in the Society of American Foresters material are correspondence, committee material and directories, bylaws, and questionnaire and inventory forms dating from 1934 to 1971. The Washington State Forest Practices Act correspondence includes committee minutes, public hearing testimony, legislative drafts, and other documents dating from 1974 to 1977.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 425, Milton Monroe Mosher Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The Milton Monroe Mosher papers consist of a single series arranged alphabetically by subject, as per original order.
Acquisition Information
The Milton Monroe Mosher Papers were donated to the Washington State University Libraries in February 1979 by Professor Mosher (UA 79-7).
Related Materials
For additional material concerning Professor Mosher, see Washington State University Forest and Range Management Records, 1912-1973.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
College of Agriculture: Departmental Correspondence, 1958-1966Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence, General--Milton M. Mosher, 1976-1978Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 7
Forest Practice Rules and Regulations, 1974-1975Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 16
Forest Practices Act -- Correspondence and Committee Materials, 1974-1976Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 17
Forest Practices Rules and Regulations Hearing, April 19, 1976Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 19
Forestry, Range, Wildlife, and Water Resources Advisory Board, 1955-1960Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 37
Graduate Seminar, University of Idaho - Abstracts, 1962Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 39
Income Tax Allowance for Educational Expense, 1958Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 41
Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Biennial Conference, 1959-1962Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 43
Institute of Agricultural Sciences: Faculty Action, May-June 1959Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 44
Inter-fraternity Alumni Advisors' Council, 1952-1958Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 45
Society of American ForestersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 55 | Aid to Education
Committee 20
items.
|
1961 |
| 2 | 56 | Committee for Selection of
Fellows 87
items.
|
1951-1953 |
| 2 | 57 | Committees 21
items.
|
1966-1971 |
| 2 | 58 | Correspondence 52
items.
|
1934-1960 |
| 2 | 59 | Correspondence, Directory, and
By-Laws 60
items.
|
1951-1970 |
| 2 | 60 | Membership Committee 21
items.
|
1965-1967 |
| 2 | 61 | Nomination to Fellow and
Council 25
items.
|
1957-1970 |
| 2 | 62 | Questionnaires, Heyburn
Camp 3
items.
|
1958-1964 |
Student Recommendations and Problems, 1938-1951Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 65
Washington Forest Practices Regulation, Discussion Draft, 1974Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 67
Washington State Pilot Forest Management Program, 1959-1965Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 68
Washington State Pilot Forest Management Program, John P. Nagle, Correspondence, 1958-1960Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 69
Washington State Pilot Woodland Management Plan, M. M. Mosher, Correspondence, 1958-1964Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 70
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Forestry schools and education--Washington (State)
- Forestry law and legislation--Washington (State)
Personal Names
- Mosher, Milton M. --Archives (creator)
Corporate Names
- Society of American Foresters
Finding aid prepared by Linda Scott
Lilles
2012
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