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Size | 2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1275 items) |
Abstract | William Willard Ashe was a native of North Carolina; botanist, and forester with the North Carolina Geological Survey, 1892-1905, and the United States Forest Service, 1905-1932. The collection includes professional correspondence, chiefly 1898-1932, and other papers of William Willard Ashe, including correspondence with academic and government botanists and with members of the timber industry, concerning plant specimens, forestry techniques and products, and soil conservation and flood control. Personal and professional pictures, field notes, and drafts of Ashe's writings also appear. |
Creator | Ashe, W. W. (William Willard), 1872-1932. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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William Willard Ashe, son of Samuel A'Court and Hannah Emerson Willard Ashe, was an active forester and botanist. He was forester for the the North Carolina Geological Survey, 1898 1905, and served with the United States Forest Service in Washington, D.C., 1905-1932.
For further biographical information consult folder 41 of this collection and the 1936 sketch by William A. Dayton, available in the North Carolina Collection.
Back to TopThe collection documents Ashe's work chiefly through correspondence between Ashe and other foresters, botanists, and timber industrialists. Also included are field notes, personal and professional pictures, and writings by Ashe.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Chiefly letters from and carbon copies of letters to others involved in botany and the forestry industry. Correspondence typically relates to sharing plant specimens and to professional articles. Some personal correspondence appears, especially in the undated folders. A few financial records, which apparently relate to Ashe's herbarium, also appear, chiefly after 1928.
Folder 1 |
1890-1897 |
Folder 2 |
January-February 1898 |
Folder 3 |
March-June 1898 |
Folder 4 |
July 1898-1899 |
Folder 5 |
1900-1909 |
Folder 6 |
1910-1919 |
Folder 7 |
1920-1921 |
Folder 8 |
1922 |
Folder 9 |
1923 |
Folder 10 |
1924 |
Folder 11a |
January-July 1925 |
Folder 11b |
August-December 1925 |
Folder 12 |
January-May 1926 |
Folder 13 |
June-October 1926 |
Folder 14 |
November-December 1926 |
Folder 15 |
January-May 1927 |
Folder 16 |
June-December 1927 |
Folder 17 |
January-June 1928 |
Folder 18 |
July-December 1828 |
Folder 19 |
January-May 1929 |
Folder 20 |
June-December 1929 |
Folder 21 |
January-August 1930 |
Folder 22 |
September-December 1930 |
Folder 23 |
January-June 1931 |
Folder 24 |
July-August 1931 |
Folder 25 |
September-December 1931 |
Folder 26 |
1932 |
Folder 27 |
Undated |
Folder 28 |
Undated |
Arrangement: by format then roughly chronological.
Arrangement: roughly chronological..
Typed and handwritten copies of professional writings by Ashe, and notes for writings.
Folder 29 |
1924-1930 |
Folder 30-32
Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32 |
Undated |
Arrangement: roughly chronological..
Folder 33-34
Folder 33Folder 34 |
Clippings and reprints of professional articles by Ashe. |
Arrangement: by type.
Chiefly notes and journals written by Ashe relating to observations of forestry techniques. Information about species distribution, harvest times, and harvest techniques are typically recorded. Also included is a 1868 letter and 1859 deed of W. E. Willard and biographical information about Ashe.
Folder 35 |
1859 deed and 1868 letter |
Folder 36-37
Folder 36Folder 37 |
Forestry notes |
Folder 38-40
Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40 |
Forestry journals |
Folder 41 |
Biographical information |
Arrangement: by type.
Chiefly pictures showing forestry techniques. Pictures of professional colleagues and family members also appear.
Image Folder PF-00028/01 |
Family PicturesBlack-and-White Photographic Prints |
Image Folder PF-00028/02-10
PF-00028/2PF-00028/3PF-00028/4PF-00028/5PF-00028/6PF-00028/7PF-00028/8PF-00028/9PF-00028/10 |
Forestry PicturesBlack-and-White Photographic Prints |
Image Folder PF-00028/11 |
Family PicturesBlack-and-White Photographic Negatives |