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American Forests is a research and bibliographic guide to UC Berkeley print and web resources for the study of the American forest, focussing on its ecology, history, and artistic representation. For additional assistance consult the Environmental Design Library (210 Wurster Hall) or the Bioscience and Natural Resources Library (2101 Valley Life Sciences Building) reference staffs.

UC Berkeley faculty, registered students, and staff who are off campus may use items marked UCB Only or UC Only by installing the Connecting@Berkeley CD on their computer or by using The Library's proxy service.

Compiled by Deborah Sommer
Landscape Architecture Librarian
Environmental Design Library
Last updated: 16 December 2003		 Conditions of Use

    Dictionaries:
  1. Dictionary of agriculture: from abaca to zoonosis, by Kathryn L. Lipton.   Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1995.
    2. BioSci  S411 L55 1995 Ref Shelves
  2. Dictionary of American art, by Matthew Baigell.  London: John Murray Ltd, 1979.  Includes short articles on various American art movements and styles as well as individual artists.
    3. Doe Refe  N6505 B34 1980; Main  N6505 B341 1980
  3. The Dictionary of forestry, John A. Helms, ed.  Bethesda, MD: Society of American Foresters, 1998.
    4. BioSci  SD12 D535 1998  Ref Shelves
  4. A Dictionary of landscape: a dictionary of terms used in the description of the world's land surface, by George A. Goulty. Brookfield, VT: Gower, 1991.
    5. ENVI QH75 G645 1991 Reference Desk
  5. Dictionary of the American West, by Winfred Blevins.  NY: Facts on File, 1993.
    6. Doe Refe  F591 B54 1993 Moff 2001 ed. on order
  6. Grove dictionary of art - UCB Only  Includes web links to digitized images of paintings and other art works.
    7. http://www.groveart.com/


    Encyclopedias, Guides, etc.:

  7. The Britannica encyclopedia of American art. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp.; dist. by Simon and Schuster, NY [1973].
    8. ENVI  N6505 B731 Reference; Hum/Area  N6505 B73; Main  N6505 B73
  8. Dictionary of art, Jane Turner, ed., NY: Grove, 1996.  Includes excellent articles on landscape topics.  Bibliographies and  illustrations.
    9. ENVI  N31 D5 1996 Reference v.1-34
  9. Encyclopedia of American agricultural history, by Edward L. Schapsmeier, Frederick H. Schapsmeier.  Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1975.
    10. Hum/Area  S441 S361; BioSci  S441 S361 Reference
  10. Encyclopedia of American forest and conservation history, Richard C. Davis, ed., NY: Macmillan Pub. Co., 1983.  2 vols.  Contains brief articles on forests by state.  Includes a legislative chronology.
    11. BioSci  SD143 E53 1983 Ref Shelves
    GSSI  SD143 E53 1983
  11. Encyclopaedia Britannica online - UCB Only  See articles for Forestry, Hudson River School, individual artists, etc.  Provides links to other excellent web sites with related information.
    12. http://search.eb.com/
  12. Historic landscape directory: a source book of agencies, organizations, and institutions providing information on historic landscape  preservation, Lauren Meier, ed., Washington, DC: The Division, [1991].
    13. ENVI  SB451.3 H57 1991 Reference
  13. History of landscape architecture (UC Berkeley Library)  A guide to UC Berkeley library and Internet resources for research in the history of landscape architecture.
    14. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/histland.html
  14. The New encyclopedia of the American West, Howard R. Lamar, ed., New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1998.  Includes substantive articles on political, social, and art history of the West.  Bibliographies.
    15.  Info Ctr & Morrison  F591 N46 1998
  15. North American forest history: a guide to archives and manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Richard C. Davis, comp., Santa Barbara, CA: Published under contract with the Forest History Society, Inc. [by] Clio Books, 1977.
    16. BioSci  SD143 A12 D3


    Bibliographies:

  16. American history and culture: the cultural resources management bibliography.  [Alexandria, VA]: Chadwyck-Healey, 1985.
    17. ENVI  MICROFICHE 24430
  17. Bibliography of landscape architecture, environmental design, and planning, by Antoinette Paris Powell, Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1987.
    18. ENVI  SB472 A12 P671 1987 Reference Desk
  18. Forest history sources of the United States and Canada; a compilation of the manuscript sources of forestry, forest industry, and conservation history.  St. Paul: Forest History Foundation, 1956.
    19. BioSci  SD140 A12 F6
  19. The Frontier experience: a reader's guide to the life and literature of the American West, Jon Tuska and Vicki Piekarski, eds.  Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1984. Annotated bibliogrpahy.  Chapters of special interest:  Artists of the American West; Western Fiction.  Each chapter includes examples of film and fiction.
    20. Doe Refe & Moff Refe  F591 A12 F7
  20. The Hudson River school: an annotated bibliography, by Mark W. Sullivan.  Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1991.
    21. Main  ND1351.5 A12 S84 1991
  21. North American forest and conservation history: a bibliography, by Ronald J. Fahl.  Santa Barbara, CA: Published under contract with the Forest History Society [by] A.B.C.--Clio Press, 1977.  Since the early 1980s the bibliography has been maintained in a computer database and is continually updated.
    22. Online ed.:  http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/biblio.html
    Paper ed.:  BioSci  SD140 F33 1977
  22. Oral history collection of the Forest History Society: an annotated guide, prepared by Barbara D. Holman.  Santa Cruz, CA: Forest History Society, l976.
    23. BioSci  SD131 A12 O721 1976
  23. USDA Forest Service Headquarters history collection at the Forest History Society. Searchable database of citations to the collection of correspondence, memoranda, legislation, books, periodicals, articles, pamphlets, and a few photographs.
    24. http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/usfscoll/index.html

    Finding Books:
    Here is a selected list of relevant subject headings which may be useful in your search.   Check also for other useful subheadings, such as Bibliography, History, Handbooks, etc. Here's a selected list of subheadings for American regional place names: Great Basin; Great Plains; Intermountain Region; Middle Atlantic States; Middle West; New England; Northwest, Pacific; Pacific States; Southern States; Southwest, New; Southwestern States; West (U.S.). Note that most of the headings listed can be modified by the addition of United States.
    General:
    Forest conservation
    Forests and forestry
    Forests and forestry -- History
    Old growth forests
    Rain forests
    Reforestation
    Sustainable forestry
    Urban forestry
    Wilderness areas
    Woodlots [i.e., private forests]    		 Uses:
    [name of tree species] -- Economic aspects
    Forest products industry 
    Forest management -- Economic aspects
    Forests and forestry -- Economic aspects
    Forests and forestry -- Northwest, Pacific -- Multiple use
    Forest reserves -- Multiple use
    Forest reserves -- United States -- Recreational use
    Land use
    Outdoor recreation
    Timber 
    Forests & the Arts:
    [name of artist] -- Criticism & interpretation
    Art, American -- History
    Art, American -- Themes, motives
    Forests and forestry -- Pictorial works
    Forests and forestry in art
    Forests and forestry in literature
    Forests in art
    Hudson River School of landscape painting
    Landscape in art
    Landscape in literature
    Landscape painting -- 19th century 
    Landscape painting -- 20th century
    Landscape painting, American
    Landscape photography
    Nature (Aesthetics)
    Painters -- United States -- Biography
    United States -- Territorial expansion -- Pictorial works
    Wilderness areas in literature

    Ecology & Ecosystem:
    Ecosystem management - [place name]
    Floodplain forest ecology
    Forest declines
    Forest ecology - [place name]
    Forest influences

    		 Policies & Regulations:
    Forest policy 
    Forestry law and legislation
    Land use -- Planning
    Old growth forests -- Government policy

    Miscellaneous:
    Agriculture -- United States -- History
    Cumberland Road
    Frontier and pioneer life
    Land use, Rural -- United States
    Landscape architecture -- History
    Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
    Material culture -- United States
    National parks and reserves  -- History
    New England -- Civilization -- 17th century
    New England -- Civilization -- 18th century
    Parks -- History
    Rural-urban migration -- [place name] -- History
    Trails -- United States -- History
    Transportation -- United States -- History
    United States -- Territorial expansion
    West (U.S.) -- Description and travel --  Early works to 1800
    West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration
    West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
     
    Selected Monographs (& Videos):
  1. "The American forest since 1600," in Forest Ecology, by Stephen H. Spurr and Burton V. Barnes, pp. 557-571, NY: Ronald Press, 1964.
    2. BioSci  SD387 S765 1964
  2. American forests: a history of resiliency and recovery, by Douglas W. MacCleery ; [prepared] in cooperation with Forest History Society.   Slightly rev. May 1993.  Durham, NC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1993.  See the next listing for a companion video.
    3. BioSci  SD143 M32 1993
  3. -----.  America's forests: a history of resiliency and recovery [videorecording].  "Using film footage and still photographs from turn-of-the-century, this video graphically depicts the forest, watershed and wildlife conditions that led to our first national conservation movement.  Portrays how much of our natural world was altered, first by Native Americans and later by pioneers."
    4. Media Center  VIDEO/C 3085
    BioSci  SD143 M321 1993 VIDEO/C  Reserve
  4. American forests: nature, culture, and politics, Char Miller, ed.  Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1997.
    5. BioSci  SD143 A596 1997
  5. Americans and their forests: a historical geography, by Michael Williams. NY: Cambridge University Press, 1989/1992.
    6. Earth Sci SD143 W48 1992; BioSci  SD143 W481 1989
  6. America's park and recreation heritage: a chronology, by [Carlton S. Van Doren and Louis Hodges].  [Washington]: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, [1975].
    7. NRLF  C 3 123 538
  7. A Century of American landscape painting, 1800 to 1900. [Exhibition] January 19 to February 25, 1938. NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, [1938].
    8. NRLF  B 3 618 070
  8. Enduring roots: encounters with trees, history, and the American landscape, by Gayle Brandow Samuels. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univ. Press, 1999.
    9. Main   GR105 S333 1999
  9. A Forest in trust: three-quarters of a century of Indian forestry, 1910-1986, by Alan S. Newell, Richmond L. Clow, Richard N. Ellis. Washington, DC: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Forestry, [1986].
    10. NewsMicro  MICROFICHE 9999.I 20.2:F 76/4 Periodical Room
  10. The Forest killers: the destruction of the American wilderness, by Jack Shepherd. NY: Weybright and Talley, [1975].
    11. Moffitt & BioSci  SD565 S49
  11. Forth to the wilderness; the first American frontier, 1754-1774, by Dale Van Every. NY: Morrow, 1961.
    12. Main  E195 V25
  12. A History of travel in America; showing the development of travel and transportation from the crude methods of the canoe and the dog-sled to the highly organized railway systems of the present, together with a narrative of the human experiences and changing social conditions that accompanied this economic conquest of the continent. NY: Greenwood Press, 1968 [c1915].  Illustrations and bibliography.
    13. Main  HE203 D77 1968 v. 1-4
  13. Indian forest and range: a history of the administration and conservation of the Redman's heritage.  Washington : Forestry Enterprises, 1951, c1950.
    14. BioSci  SD143 K5
  14. Nature and culture: American landscape and painting, 1825-1875, by Barbara Novak. NY: Oxford Univ. Press, 1980.
    15. Moffitt & Main  ND1351.5 N68
  15. Out of the wilderness: the emergence of an American identity in colonial New England, by John Canup.  Middletown, CT: Wesleyan Univ. Press, 1990.
    16. Main  F7 C28 1990
  16. Public lands, public heritage: the national forest idea, by Alfred Runte; with photographs by David Muench. Niwot, CO: R. Rinehart Publishers in cooperation with the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 1991.
    17. BioSci  SD426 R86 1991
  17. Recreation site planning and improvement in national forests, 1891-1942, by William C. Tweed.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1980 [i.e. 1981].
    18. ENVI & BioSci  GV191.4 T831 1980
  18. The Rise of multiple-use management in the Intermountain West: a history of Region 4 of the Forest Service, by Thomas G. Alexander.  [Washington, D.C.?]: U.S. Forest Service, [1988].
    19. BioSci  SD144 A13 A43 1987
  19. These American lands: parks, wilderness, and the public lands, Dyan Zaslowsky and the Wilderness Society. NY: H. Holt, 1986.
    20. ENVI  E160 Z371 1986; Main  E160 Z37 1994 rev. & expand. ed.
  20. This well-wooded land: Americans and their forests from colonial times to the present, by Thomas R. Cox ... [et al.].  Lincoln: Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1985.
    21. Moffitt  SD143 T44 1985; BioSci  SD143 T441 1985
  21. The Use of the national forests. [Washington, Govt. print. off.]: U.S. Forest Service, 1907.
    22. BioSci  SD426 A5 1907
  22. Wilderness and the American mind, by Roderick Nash.  3rd ed. New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Pr., 1982.
    23. ENVI  E169.1 N37 1982
  23. The Wilderness and the West [viedorecording], written & presented by Robert Hughes; a Planet 24 production in association with BBC Television; a Time Inc.-BBC co-production; produced in association with Thirteen/WNET.  [Alexandria, VA]: PBS Home Video, [1997].  Series title:  American visions.  "Traveling from Yellowstone to the Hudson Valley, Hughes explores the artists Thomas Cole, John Audubon, Albert Bierstadt, John Gast, Currier & Ives, Emanuel Leutze, George Catlin, Frederick Church, Frederic Remington, Thomas Noran and William Jackson."
    24. Media Ctr  VIDEO/C 4777
  24. Wood in American life, 1775-2076, by W. G. Youngquist and H. O. Fleischer. Madison, WI: Forest Products Research Society, 1977.
    25. BioSci  HD9755  Y65

    Indexes & Abstracts:
    For additional links to newspapers and full-text newspaper databases, see The Library's home page; go to Electronic Reference Resources; select Newspapers & News Archives for a list of links to online full text local and international newspapers.
  1. Agricola - UCB Only  Covers books and journal articles from 1970 to date, with many state agricultural and U.S.D.A. publications being added from the early 1900's.
    2. Online access: Available from The Library's home page; see Indexes & Abstracts.
  2. America: history and life - UC Only  Contains article abstracts and bibliographical citations of reviews and dissertations on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. Excellent index for American cultural history and popular culture.
    3. Online ed.: 1982--; available via the California Digital Library (CDL) web site.
    Paper ed.: 1954--; Hum/Area Reference Stacks E3 A43
  3. Anthropological literature via Eureka/RLG - UC Only  Contains citations to articles and essays in the fields of anthropology and archaeology.  Subjects covered include art history, landscape history, ethnohistory, geography, folklore, geology, and history.
    4. Online ed.: 1984--; available via The Library's home page; see Indexes & Abstracts.
  4. Art index retrospective & ArtAbstracts - UC Only Indexes journal articles in art and related fields, including architecture, art history, city planning, urban design, and landscape architecture.
    5. Online ed.: Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984; ArtAbstracts: 1984--; available via The Library's home page; see Indexes & Abstracts.
    Paper ed.: 1929-1994; ENVI N18 A72 Index
  5. Arts & humanities citation index - UCB Only  A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. Indexes 1,100 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. 1987--.  Part of the Web of Science.
    6. http://isiknowledge.com/wos
  6. Avery index to architectural periodicals via Eureka/RLG - UC Only || Guide Indexes articles in 1,000+ periodicals in architecture, landscape architecture, planning, urban design, & related disciplines.
    7. Online ed.: 1860--
    Paper ed.: 1890-1995; ENVI fNA8 C64 1973 Index
  7. Bibliography of the history of art via Eureka/RLG - UC Only Covers American & European art from late antiquity to the present. Indexes & abstracts books, conference proceedings & dissertations, exhibition & dealer's catalogs, and articles from more than 2,500 periodicals.
    8. Online access:  1973--; available via The Library's home page; see Indexes & Abstracts.
  8. BIOSIS previews via Ovid - UC Only || Guide The on-line version of Biological Abstracts & Biological Abstracts/RRM.  Indexes 6,000 journals, as well as books & conference proceedings on a wide variety of biological topics.
    9. Online access: 1985--; available via The Library's home page; see Indexes & Abstracts.
  9. CAB abstracts via WebSPIRS - UCB Only  Covers a broad range of agricultural topics including landscape ecology, forestry, and recreation.  Corresponds to the 50 printed abstract journals published by CABI and includes records from 10,000+ journals, plus books, conferences, theses, technical reports, patents, and other sources. International.  Most records have English language abstracts. 1972--.
    10. Online access: Available from The Library's home page; see Indexes & Abstracts.
  10. Essay & general literature via WebSPIRS - UCB Only  A bibliographic database that cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada.   Also indexes more than 20 annuals and serial publications.  1985--.
    11. Online access: Available from The Library's home page; see Indexes & Abstracts.
  11. FS Info. Contains records for journal articles, books, book chapters, research papers, maps, and audiovisual media on topics related to forestry, including parks and aspects of landscape architecture. The system is maintained by the U.S. Forest Service.
    12. Online access: http://fsinfo.fs.fed.us/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon
  12. HarpWeek: the Civil War era (1857-1865) - UCB Only  An electronic index and full text of 19th century advertising, culture, history, and literature from Harper's Weekly.  Includes many illustrations.  American focus.
    13. http://app.harpweek.com/
  13. Historical newspapers online via Chadwyck - UC Only  Contains four major historical resources:  Palmer's Index to the Times (1790 to 1905); Palmer's Full Text Online (1785-1870); The Official Index to the Times (1906 to 1980); The Historical Index to the New York Times (1851-1923). Some full text.
    14. http://historynews.chadwyck.com/
  14. History of science, technology, and medicine via Eureka/RLG - UC Only Contains citations from journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, the history of technology, and allied historical fields in a variety of languages.  Subjects covered include forestry, engineering, and town planning.
    15. Online access: 1976--; available via The Library's home page; see Indexes & Abstracts.
  15. Index to historic preservation periodicals, National Trust for Historic Preservation Library.   Current listings available via the web version of the Index.
    16. Online ed.:  http://www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/NTL/ntl.html
    Paper ed.:  ENVI Z1251 A U5 1992 Index; vol. 1: 1979-1987; supplement: 1987-1990
  16. Index to 19th century American art periodicals via Eureka/RLG - UC Only Indexes 42 art journals published in the US from 1804 to 1907; describes the entire journal contents, including illustrations and advertisements.  Abstracts are included in most records.
    17. Online access: Available via the CDL web site.
  17. JSTOR - UCB Only A full text archive of interdisciplinary scholarly journal literature, including ecology and history.  Excellent resource.
    18. Online access:  http://www.jstor.org/; also available via The Library's home page; see Indexes & Abstracts.
  18. Poole's plus - the digital index of the nineteenth century - UCB Only  A subject index to 479 American and English periodicals from 1802-1906. Bibliographic citations only.
    19. Online ed.:  http://poolesplus.odyssi.com/; also available via the Library's home page; see Indexes & Abstracts.
    Paper ed.:  Poole's index to periodical literature: an index to periodical literature, Main AJ3 P7 1852
     
    Journals in Forestry & Landscape History:
    This is a selection of journals with good coverage of forestry or landscape history; use the the periodical indexes listed in this guide to identify other journals on these topics.
  1. Environmental history. Durham, NC: American Society for Environmental History & Forest History Society, 1996--.  Merger of: Environmental history review; Forest & conservation history.
    2. BioSci  GE1 E585
  2. Environmental history review: EHR: a publication of the American Society for Environmental History. Newark, NJ: New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1976-1995. Also published as Environmental review.
    3. BioSci  GF75 E63
  3. Forest & conservation history. Durham, NC: Forest History Society in association with Duke Univ. Pr..  1958-1995.  Published under many different titles, including Forest History and Journal of Forest History.
    4. BioSci  SD1 F58
  4. Garden and forest, a journal of horticulture, landscape art, and forestry, 1888-1897. The first American journal devoted to horticulture, botany, landscape design and preservation, national and urban park development, scientific forestry, and the conservation of forest resources.
    5. Online ed.: Searchable full text.  http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/prd/gardfor/gfhome.html
    Paper ed.: ENVI  SB1 G2
  5. Journal of the New England Garden History Society, Boston: The Society, 1991-
    6. ENVI  SB1 N49 Bound periodical stacks
  6. The Western historical quarterly, Logan, UT: Utah State Univ., 1970--.  Includes agricultural history.
    7. Main  F591 W4275


    Statistics:

  7. Datapedia of the United States, 1790-2000: America year by year, by George Thomas Kurian. Lanham, MD: Bernan Pr., 1994.  Section L:  Forests & Forestry, pp.204-212.  Includes gross acreage in forests, timber & wood products production, etc.
    8. Main Stack  HA202 K87 1994; Govt/Soc Sci  HA202 K87 1994  Ready Reference
  8. Historical statistics of the U.S., colonial times to 1957.  Prep. with the cooperation of the Social Science Research Council.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1960.
    9. Electronic ed.:  Bus&Econ  HA203 A323 1997 compu/d
    Paper ed.:  ENVI HA203 A323
  9. Pioneer farm life & forest use, in Encyclopedia of American forest and conservation history, Richard C. Davis, ed., NY: Macmillan Pub. Co., 1983. 2 vols. Includes statistical table.
    10. BioSci  SD143 E53 1983 Ref Shelves
    GSSI  SD143 E53 1983


    Finding Images:
    In addition to the books and other sources already listed, landscape images may be found in specialized books and on the web.  The archives listed in this guide are also potentially great sources for images.  See also Visual sources (Environmental Design Library) for links to visual libraries on the web.

  10. American Film Institute catalog via Chadwyck - UCB Only  Provides comprehensive filmographic information on over 45,000 films, including more than 17,500 made in the early years of American film from 1893 to 1910.
    11. http://afi.chadwyck.com/
  11. American landscape and architectural design, 1850-1920, Harvard Univ.  This collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides represents an historical view of American buildings and landscapes built during the period 1850-1920.  Views include photographs, plans, maps, & models. Private American estates are represented in the collection through contemporary views of their houses and gardens. Also indexed in the American Memory project.
    12. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award97/mhsdhtml/aladhome.html
  12. American memory. U.S. Library of Congress. Multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library of Congress' Americana collections. Site includes the American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936: Images from the Univ. of Chicago Library.  From home page select Browse by Subject Index; select Forests and Forestry.
    13. http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html
  13. California heritage project.  A digital archive containing photographs, pictures, and manuscripts from the collections of the Bancroft Library.  Includes many historical images of SF Bay Area places.
    14. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHeritage/
  14. Grove dictionary of art - UCB Only  Includes Web links to digitized images of paintings and other art works.
    15. http://www.groveart.com/
  15. S.P.I.R.O., Architecture Slide Library, Univ. of California, Berkeley.  The visual online public access catalog to approximately 16% of the Architecture Slide Library's collection of over 200,000 35mm slides.  The collection is available to UCB faculty and graduate students.
    16. http://shanana.berkeley.edu/spiro/


    Archives & Historical Societies:
    Archives, historical societies, and local libraries can be excellent sources of primary research materials.  To locate materials in libraries not listed in the Melvyl® catalog, use WorldCat - UC Only; available via the California Digital Library (CDL) web site. Many of these materials will be available via interlibrary borrowing service; make your request via the web or consult the reference staff.

  16. American Association for State and Local History.  This web site provides links at the state and national levels to historical societies and other historical organizations.
    17. http://www.aaslh.org/
  17.  -----.  Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada.  Nashville, TN: AASLH Pr., American Association for State and Local History, 1990--
    18. Main Hum/Area Ref E172 A562 Directories
  18. American history and culture research studies by the National Park Service, 1935-1984.  Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, 1986--. "Reproduces cultural resource reports sponsored or acquired by the National Park Service.  Materials explore archaeological, architectural, historical, curatorial, ethnographic and other aspects of national parks and historic sites."
    19. ENVI  MICROFICHE.16573
  19. Archival guide (Forest History Society) (Duke Univ.) Archival guide to 6,000+ groups of records located in 450+ repositories in North America. The collections represent individuals, organizations, and associations involved in land use or natural resource issues.
    20. http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/Research/archguid.html
  20. Catalog of landscape records in the United States, Wave Hill. A national clearinghouse and database for information on landscape records.  The Wave Hill web site includes a section on landscape research.   Contact the Catalog for searches about individuals and landscapes.
    21. http://www.wavehill.org/landscape.html
  21. -----. Newsletter. NY: Wave Hill, 1987--.  The Newsletter highlights archives, libraries, and other collections containing historical landscape records.
    22. ENVI  SB469 N48  In current periodicals & periodical stacks
  22. North American forest history: a guide to archives and manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Richard C. Davis, comp.  Santa Barbara, CA: Published under contract with the Forest History Society, Inc. [by] Clio Books, 1977.
    23. BioSci  SD143 A12 D3
  23. Online archive of California.   A UC-wide prototype union database of 30,000 pages of searchable online archival finding aid data, which provide detailed descriptions of archival collections in California.  Many finding aids include biographical information & images.
    24. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/


    Links:
    Note the additional web links throughout this guide.

  24. American Farmland Trust
    25. http://www.farmland.org/
  25. Environmental history (U.S.)  (UC Berkeley)  Geographically-organized list of web links to American environmental history sites.
    26. http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/departments/espm/env-hist/us-hist.html
  26. Forest History Society
    27. http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/
  27. Historic landscape initiative, U.S. National Park Service. The HLI promotes responsible preservation practices that protect designed landscapes such as parks and gardens, as well as vernacular historic landscapes such as farms and industrial sites.
    28. http://www2.cr.nps.gov/hli/
  28. Lewis and Clark expedition (PBS).  Site includes full-text excerpts from the journals of the Corps, digitized maps from the expedition, as well as many web links to related materials..
    29. http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
  29. Links to the past, ParkNet, U.S. Nat'l Park Service.  Provides many links to historic U.S. landscape preservation sites.
    30. http://www.cr.nps.gov/
  30. USDA Forest Service history (Forest History Society)
    31. http://www.lib.duke.du/forest/usfscoll/index.html
  31. WWW Virtual library: forestry
    32. http://www.metla.fi/info/vlib/Forestry/


    Libraries:

  32. American forestry libraries
    33. http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/7317/us1fl.html
  33. Local libraries:  See Libweb for links to library web sites.
    34. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/
  34. UC Berkeley campus libraries:
    35. The Bancroft Library
    http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/

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