This file relates to the Biltmore Forest School, begun by Carl Schenck with the encouragement and support of George Vanderbilt in 1898. The school continued at Biltmore until Schenck's departure in 1909. The file contains letters of inquiry from prospective students and persons seeking general information on Biltmore Forest School.

January 11, 1899- An 1897 graduate of North Carolina's Guilford College hears that the Biltmore Forest School is free to graduates of American Colleges.

April 4, 1899- Father of a potential student questions the value of an education in forestry. He questions the ability to make a career in the new field of forestry.

October 16, 1899- A woman inquires as to a place where she could be educated in landscape gardening. Note [From Mrs. Ketchum?] that such a school is not known to her and that Biltmore Forest School is only for gentlemen.

This file relates to the Biltmore Forest School, begun by Carl Schenck with the encouragement and support of George Vanderbilt in 1898. The school continued at Biltmore until Schenck's departure in 1909. The file contains letters of inquiry from prospective students and persons seeking general information on Biltmore Forest School. August 29, 1904- Professor of Plant Physiology from the University of Chicago gives Professor C. D. Howe a letter of recommendation as an instructor. October 25, 1904- Includes attached newspaper clipping, "Changes At Biltmore: George W. Vanderbilt to be His Own Manager in Future."

This file relates to the Biltmore Forest School, begun by Carl Schenck with the encouragement and support of George Vanderbilt in 1898. The school continued at Biltmore until Schenck's departure in 1909. The file contains letters of inquiry from prospective students and persons seeking general information on Biltmore Forest School.

This file relates to the Biltmore Forest School, begun by Carl Schenck with the encouragement and support of George Vanderbilt in 1898. The school continued at Biltmore until Schenck's departure in 1909. The file contains letters of inquiry from prospective students and persons seeking general information on Biltmore Forest School.

This file relates to the Biltmore Forest School, begun by Carl Schenck with the encouragement and support of George Vanderbilt in 1898. The school continued at Biltmore until Schenck's departure in 1909. The file contains letters of inquiry from prospective students and persons seeking general information on Biltmore Forest School.

January 8, 1906- Letter of recommendation for Paul Gray from a Physics teacher at University-Flexner School in Louisville, KY.

Two letters with copies of Biltmore Forest School Secretary's replies.

Correspondence from individuals seeking employment from Dr. Schenck. August 3, 1897- J. B. Boucher says he will accept Schenck's job offer even though he will be paid less than he ever was at a job since coming to the USA.

November 29, 1899- Representative of the Freedman's Aid and Southern Education Society of the Episcopal Church says she will help Dr. Schenck secure a good teacher.

Correspondence from individuals seeking employment from Dr. Schenck. Applicants for the jobs of teacher at Pink Beds School and laborer at the Pink Beds. May 4, 1903- Copy of a letter from Dr. Schenck to Max Brooks, discharging Mr. Brooks as Ferryman at the Lower Ferry.

Correspondence from individuals seeking employment from Dr. Schenck. Letters from applicants for the Lecturer of Botany position at Biltmore Forest School. October 24, 1907- J. M. Brookshire of Biltmore, N.C. may sell his general store. Wishes to apply for the position of the recently deceased Mr. Jenney at the Pink Beds. January 15, 1909- Letter from George W. Bailey, applicant for a laborer position. Includes copy of a response which states that workers earn $1.25 and are given a cabin.

Includes a packet of correspondence between Dr. Schenck and a possible stenographer, George B. Beverly of Atlanta, GA.

Correspondence regarding the purchase of products or services. December 1902- Correspondence from The Brevard Roller Flouring Mills. Brevard, N.C.

Correspondence regarding the purchase of products or services. December 4, 1903- Recommendation for the Borron Bros., Guides and Outfitters for a possible trek through the mountains of Wyoming. Followed by a letter from the Borron Bros.

February 23, 1904- Menu from The Bon Air Hotel of Atlanta, GA.

May 5, 1904- Pamphlet from North German Lloyd Steamship Company. Bremen-New York.

Correspondence regarding the purchase of products or services. Rumors of new saw mill for Biltmore Estate.

March 10, 1896- Letter marked "Tract 186." Lila [Reipley?] Barnwell of Hendersonville, N.C. writes to Edward Harding of the property she claims. The property was deeded to her in 1887 by [M. C?] Hodges.

May 13, 1899- Hendersonville attorney writes concerning a possible lawsuit over Tract 282.

Letters from W. W. Burgiss. They are marked "73" and relate to land adjoining the Pink Beds.

Copy of memorandum giving boundaries of two tracts of land.

August 5, 1901- Mrs. R. M. Blackwell writes they have signed the deed. Marked "213."

Non-dated memorandum regarding the question of who owns the land atop Bald Mt.

October 10, 1901- Letter from Mrs. L. J. Burnett marked "354, 355."

April 21, 1909- Letter to Dr. Schenck from Harkins and [Kingsland] Van Winkle. Lists deeds that were enclosed.

Correspondence regarding lumber sales/purchases with people and companies as customers or potential customers of Biltmore Lumber.

Correspondence regarding lumber sales/purchases with people and companies as customers or potential customers of Biltmore Lumber.

Includes copies of Dr. Schenck's responses to various lumber companies that answered advertising circulars he sent to them. Includes pamphlet, "The 'New Miller' Washing Machine. Manufactured by N.C. Baughman, York. Penna."

Includes copies of Dr. Schenck's responses to various lumber companies that answered advertising circulars he sent to them.

Includes copies of Dr. Schenck's responses to various lumber companies that answered advertising circulars he sent to them.

Correspondence regarding lumber sales/purchases. This folder contains letters from people and companies selling or wishing to sell lumber.

Correspondence concerning rental properties. May 30, [1905?]- J. W. Brity wants land to pasture his cow at the Walker House place.

Correspondence regarding Dr. Schenck's services for estimating the values of timber lands. November 27, 1905- E. T. Brandon of Pottsville, PA wants to know if Dr. Schenck found any large body of Spruce or Balsam Timber. Brandon believes there may be Spruce Timber on the Econo Lufty River or in Yancy County.

February 2, 1898- Letter stamped as read by the Olmsted Brothers. Addressed to Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. Treasurer of the East Tennessee Lumber & M'G Company maintains their company's lands are superior to George Vanderbilt's lands in both quality and quantity of lumber. An English expert told them that on a certain mountain, the Tennessee side had much more lumber than the N.C. side. Attached is a statement of the East Tennessee Lumber & M'G Company.

Correspondence from companies selling school supplies for Biltmore Forest School. Does not include Brandow Printing Company. Includes correspondence from publications advertising the School.

Correspondence from people selling animals. Includes an advertisement for Angora Bucks from C. P. Bailey & Sons. Co. of San Jose, CA.

April 5, 1899- H. S. Bradley, Secretary of the Foos Manufacturing Co. of Springfield, Ohio read quotes from Dr. Schenck's paper, which appeared in the January "Tradesman," while giving a presentation to a club. It dealt with lumber conditions in the South.

January 4, 1904- Eugene S. Bruce received Schenck's book, "Forest Policy." He agrees strongly with Schenck's ideas on Forestry Management. Report on the success of sales of Pine Timber on the Chippewa Indian Reservation. References to lumbering operations on the Minnesota National Forest Reserve. Letter from Cass Lake, Minn., written on USDA Bureau of Forestry letterhead. Also April 18, 1907 letter from Mr. Bruce.

February 3, 1906- R. L. Borden [no title given] writes from Ottawa, Ontario that Dr. Schenck's two pamphlets which he received will be very useful if the forestry question is debated in the coming session of Parliament.

September 2, 1907- Euphemia K. Corwin, Berea College Librarian, thanks Dr. Schenck for a pamphlet.

March 23, 1909- Thanks to Dr. Schenck for material received at The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute for The Training of Colored Young Men and Women. Letter from Rev. Robert C. Bedford, Secretary of the Board of Trustees and Financial Agent.

September 15, 1904- Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas sent Dr. Schenck a copy of their catalog. Not included.

May 18, 1909- W. DuB. Brookings from Highland, California sent Dr. Schenck copies of his address, "Our Last-Born Infant Industry - Forestry Conservation. Shall we protect it with a Tariff?"

Materials from Biltmore Forest School. November 25, 1903- Biltmore Forest School students' petition for a Christmas vacation. Includes correspondence received from and regarding specific students.

July 2, 1909- Copy of a significant letters to J. H. Baird, Editor of "Southern Lumberman," from Dr. Schenck. He begins writing of how Mr. Gustav Schmaltz of Schmaltz Brothers, woodworking supplies, is on an educational forestry excursion of the United States. He says times have changed and Europeans are starting to come to America for study. Schenck philosophizes that nations should both cooperate and rival [compete with] one another. Dr. Schenck will start teaching The Biltmore Forest School both abroad and in Germany. He lists his plans.

Inquiries regarding passes. May 13, 1909- Copy of a letter from Dr. Schenck explaining he doesn't have the authority to give people permission to use the Lodge on Mt. Pisgah.

Includes requests for payment. July 1 and 8, 1907- Reports and requests for payment from Surveyor, C. G. Baugh.

No date- Miss. Estelle M. Burrows, who once worked for Dr. Schenck, wants to write an article about Biltmore Forest School for the "Ladies Home Journal."

July 7, 1909- H. G. Baily was ordered to survey land for the case of George W. Vanderbilt vs. J. Frank McCall.

April 2, 1904- Dr. Schenck sent a small donation of money to help build a Presbyterian Church in the Pink Beds. Would also like a donation from George Vanderbilt.

Non-signed draft concerning J. M. Butler's right-of-way for George Vanderbilt and his staff.

Non-signed copy of a petition from persons living on George Vanderbilt's lands on Davidson's River. Want to discontinue use of public road at Davidson's River and Avery Creek.

January 19, 1904- Majority of voters in Boyd Township signed and filed a petition for stock law from the boundary of the French Broad River with the Henderson County line to George Vanderbilt's line, then with George Vanderbilt's line to Davidsons River at the Brevard stock law boundary.

Program of the 1901 annual convention of the National League of Improvement Associations.

Non-dated invitation to installation of new officers and a reception for Biltmore Masonic Lodge, No. 446. Reception was at the Parish House, Biltmore.

October 24, 1900- Thanks to Dr. Schenck for attending the annual meeting of the Minnesota Federation of Women's Club.

December 18, 1903- Letter to Dr. Schenck from Edward A. Bowers, Secretary of The American Forestry Association, New Haven, CT. During their annual meeting, Dr. Schenck was elected the Vice-President for N.C.

July 21, 1907- Letter to Dr. Schenck from a member of the Finance Committee of the Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo. Dr. Schenck was a member, or a Hoo Hoo.

January 5, 1900 -[Dr. Schenck?] writes that a club is about to be formed to lease the hunting and fishing rights of Pisgah Forest. H. F. Addickes Jr. is arranging matters for the club.

Letter from the USDA, Forest Service requesting information on the French Broad Sawmill.

Copy of a non-dated letter from Dr. Schenck to Charles McNamee, in which Schenck lists ideas for a better bookkeeping system at Biltmore Estate.

October 30, 1895- McNamee wants to make copies of contracts for hauling wood in the Forestry Department. George Vanderbilt is not able to get fire-wood for Biltmore House. Asks Schenck to translate a letter from Madame d'Allinges.

January 6, 1896- Copy of a long memorandum to McNamee from [Schenck?]. Information on fees for using horses and mules. Probably too early to decide if the French Broad Mills need electrical lights. George Vanderbilt decided that no deer but fallow deer should be put in the Deer Park. Schenck thinks this is a bad idea because fallow deer would destroy pheasants' nests.

January 6, 1896- Part of McNamee's response to Schenck's earlier suggestions on bookkeeping.

January 7, 1898- Lists of new uses for mica.

1902- Alex G. Barret, Counselor at Law, Louisville, KY wants to know if a proposed granitoid sidewalk would damage shade trees. Barret was not happy when Schenck sent a $50 bill along with his report.

October 4, 1905- Theodore Borst, a Consulting Forest Engineer in Boston, MA sent a list of seeds for which he was searching.

January 22, 1906- Letter from and attached newspaper clipping about Rev. A. E. Burke of Alberton, Price Edward Island. The clipping says Rev. Burke is a strong advocate of a Prince Edward Island tunnel and that Dr. Schenck granted him a doctorate of Forestry.

October 19, 1906- Baptists of KY. were given 4,000 acres of coal lands for education purposes. Want to know how to maintain it.

February 18, 1909- Dr. Schenck gives a small report on evaporation from trees.

"Biltmore Doings." Biltmore Forest School Newsletters and Bulletin Cards.

Newsletters and cards list lecturers, classes and field work. Some are reports of monthly activities at Biltmore Forest School.

August 31, 1906- Letter from Dr. Schenck. Bulletins being mailed to former students. Please send correct address. Summary of work and events at Biltmore. Little planing mill burnt and was replaced by a larger one.

September 1906- Bulletins written by Dr. Schenck.

October 1906- Bulletin by Verne Rhoades, Class President.

Miscellaneous correspondence received by and sent from Dr. Schenck. Includes people writing about travel plans and letters of recommendation.

Includes a significant copy of a May 26, 1909 letter from Dr. Schenck to F. W. Bicknell. Mr. and Mrs. Bicknell wanted to visit Biltmore, interview Mrs. Vanderbilt on women's [charity] work, and publish the results. Dr. Schenck refers him to the Boys' and Girls' Club, and notes, "Personally, I can say that Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt detest publicity, preferring to do the right thing at the right time without beating the drum about it."

Correspondence from H. H. Babcock Company. Builders of Fine Carriages of Every Description. Watertown, N.Y.

Correspondence from D. T. Backus. He appears to have been a student at Biltmore Forest School.

Correspondence from Gordon T. Backus. Willits, N.C. March 22, 1902- Tallying lumber in Horse Cove.

Surveying, tallying lumber and selling telephone poles.

October 20, 1903- Happy to receive Dr. Schenck's lecture notes. Busy collecting rents.

Needs road instruments.

June 7, 1904- Will travel with Dr. Schenck to the Brown boundary.

June 13, 1904- Directions to Brown's cabin.

August 22, 1904- "We shall finish building a 40 dollar a mile trail through to Caney Fork next week from Sugar Loaf, a distance of nine miles." Planning for Balsam trail to Tennessee Bald.

October 7, 1905- Secured options on three tracts of land within the Highland Forest. They are in the Love and Davies Section. Highland Forest Co. needs to own the two Bumgarner tracts because the proposed Moses Creek trail will run through them.

December 8, 1905- Found employment with a lumber company.

Deeds and payments for lands purchased by Highland Forest Co.

Leasing land with Mr. Hooper.

Correspondence from Carlos Bacon. Charleston, [Ml?]. He inquired about becoming a student at Biltmore Forest School.

Correspondence from F. F. Bainbridge. Bookseller and Stationer. Asheville, N.C. Searches for textbooks on birds and insects for Dr. Schenck. He also sold paper to Dr. Schenck. He purchased firewood through Mrs. Ketchum.

Correspondence from Charles W. Baird, Staple and Fancy Groceries. Asheville, N.C. They purchased wood from Biltmore Estate and appear to have resold it. March 23, 1897- Letter to McNamee. Estate employee, O. M. Lasey, owes them for groceries. December 6, 1898- Wood not delivered promptly.

Daniel W. Baird. Editor, "Southern Lumberman." Nashville, TN. August 7, 1900- Would like Dr. Schenck to help them, as a favor, with a project on beautifying vacant lots. Note: The publication later changed names to "The Southern Lumberman."

Correspondence from J. H. Baird, Publisher, " The Southern Lumberman." Nashville, TN.

July 22, 1905- Busy with Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo work. Hoo Hoo interested in forestry. Baird writes the Order has nearly 12,000 members.

Subscription fees due.

Dr. Schenck sending articles, advertisements and photographs. Not included.

July 23, 1906- Glad to hear Dr. Schenck became a member of Hoo Hoo.

August 9, 1906- Estimates on publishing a small book for Biltmore Forest School.

July 16, 1907- Baird agrees with Dr. Schenck that good schools are short of funds. Converting "The Southern Lumberman" to a weekly publication.

December 3, 1907- Wishes Dr. Schenck would give a Christmas prophecy on the lumber business of America.

January 1, 1908- Form letter from the Hoo Hoo Scrivenoter.

Correspondence from Frank Baker, Superintendent, National Zoological Park. Smithsonian Institution.Washington D.C. March 18, 1903- Sent a list of the buffaloes in existence in the USA, Canada and Europe in 1902.

Correspondence from H. P. Baker. Associate Professor in Charge of Forestry. Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Ames, Iowa.

October 5, 1904- "Quite new in Forestry work here in Iowa." Do not yet have data. Give three courses in Forestry at the College. He also wrote requesting literature.

Correspondence from Mrs. Jno. H. Baker. Dover, LA. She wanted to sell a deer to Dr. Schenck.

Correspondence from Thos. R. Baker. Rollins College. Winter Park, Fla. Writing from Asheville, N.C. 1907. He corresponded with Dr. Schenck about giving a short course in higher mathematics at the Biltmore Forest School. He and his wife were on a long vacation in Asheville. Gave advice on Dr. C. D. Howe's examination questions on geometry. Graded papers for C. D. Howe. February 5, 1908- Wrote about a Tannic Acid Factory in Florida.

Correspondence from Ballard & Ballard Co. Louisville, KY. They sold Obelisk flour to Dr. Schenck in Pisgah Forest.

Correspondence from Bank fur Handel und Industrie. Darmstadt, Germany.

Correspondence from John Bargh. Cape Charles, VA. He considered applying to the Biltmore Forest School.

Correspondence from Alf S. Barnard of Merrick & Barnard. Attorneys at Law. Asheville, N.C. Not able to deliver lectures at Biltmore Forest School. Included is a non-dated note from Dr. Schenck, addressed to T. F. Pevear. Lists abstract of the law course for students of Biltmore Forest School.

Correspondence from Henry Barker. Pisgah Forest, N.C. July 25, 1903- Writes that he took care of George Vanderbilt's property in Pisgah Forest. Also writes that Larkin B. Clonts raped and assaulted his wife while Mr. and Mrs. Barker were under the influence of chloroform.

August 21 and 22, 1903- Wants to borrow money or the services of an attorney in order to prosecute Mr. Clonts.

Correspondence from O. W. Barrett, Plant Introducer. USDA, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington D.C. January 4, 1906- Sent 12 truffle oaks, Qercus ilex and Q. pubescens from France. October 23, 1906- Ordered 2000 specimens of the Japanese Mitsumata, Edgeworthia gardneri.

Correspondence from J. H. Bartlett. Managing Director, Jasper Town and Lands Limited. Middlesborough, KY. Dr. Schenck surveyed some forest grounds for him.

Correspondence from Dr. Samuel M. Barton. Department of Mathematics. The University of the South. Sewanee, TN. Mathematics lecturer at Biltmore Forest School.

Correspondence from The Battery Park Bank. Asheville, N.C. Deposit slips and lists of deposits.

Correspondence from The Battery Park Bank. Asheville, N.C. Settling accounts. Loans made to Dr. Schenck.

August 30, 1909- Schenck wrote stating that he believed the November 15, 1906 amount he had in the bank was $4,602.68.

Correspondence from Dr. S. Westray Battle. Asheville, N.C. August 18, 1903- Please allow Mrs. Ronci to prolong her visit North.

October 9, 1903- Dr. Battle and Mr. Moore made a proposition to lease the shooting and fishing privileges, etc. of the Bent Creek and Henderson section of the Pisgah Forest preserve at $2,500 a year. George Vanderbilt thought the privilege was worth $3,500 a year.

October 15, 1903- Dr. Battle will not pursue the shooting privileges matter any further. Hopes George Vanderbilt did not get the idea that he, Dr. Battle, asked Dr. Schenck to do some unfair business. Thinks [George Vanderbilt?] was already robbed by those he trusted and shouldn't let them off so easily. Dr. Battle also thinks there is little game in the area, and that lowers the worth of the land.

October 30, 1903- Would like to see a club formed for hunting and fishing on George Vanderbilt's land. Dr. Battle would like Dr. Schenck and George Vanderbilt to be members of the proposed club.

Correspondence from Dr. S. Westray Battle. February 10, 1904- Dr. Battle asks Dr. Schenck to give Mr. Moore an extension on the option of Pisgah Forest.

Sent a [dog?], Venus, to Dr. Schenck.

December 14, 1904- Morocco representative Mr. James S. W. Langerman, may be a customer for Dr. Schenck. Langerman has plans to organize a shooting club of prominent Europeans and Americans.

December 20 [1904?] Letter from Major Fishback stating that Mr. Langerman would be a poor business partner.

Correspondence from J. Baum Safe & Lock Co. Cincinnati, Ohio. A safe purchased by Dr. Schenck from Montgomery Ward & Co. would not open. Records say the safe was purchased on January 20, 1902.

Correspondence from C. D. Beadle. Biltmore Estate Landscape Department Superintendent. Biltmore, N.C. Researching self-registering rain gauges. March 31, 1896- Think that when the Arboretum is established they should have a meteorological station independent of the one now instituted by the U. S. Government at Biltmore.

October 3, 1896- Propagating plants desired by the Forestry Department. Seed shortage makes it difficult.

January 23, 1897- Omitted 37,000 plants of Robinia pseudacacia, averaging in height three feet, from the list of plants the Nursery prepared for the Forestry Department.

February 1, 1897- Nursery assistant could not find any leaf mold in the spot where Dr. Schenck's representative said it should be procured.

March 6, 1897- George Vanderbilt authorized Beadle to use pines from old fields, excluding Pinus strobus, to plant on several roads of the Estate.

March 10, 1897- Forestry Department employees should not dig plants while the ground is wet.

July 8, 1897- Beadle's plant and seed collectors should have carried passes to come into Pisgah.

July 29, 1898- Dr. Schenck received shrubs and ornamentals from Russia. Beadle will see if they include plants not found in the present collection.

September 15, 1898- Beadle explains the range of Liatris, or Trilisa odoratissima.

November 18, 1898- Beadle not able to procure the number of chestnuts required to produce the one million trees Dr. Schenck desires.

January 27, 1899- Does Dr. Schenck know the arrangement made by the Olmsteds whereby the Landscape Department is responsible for cutting certain trees along Estate roads?

February 23, 1899- Beadle will sell 10,000 white oak seedlings, 10,000 chestnut oak seedlings and 10,000 transplanted white pines to the Forestry Department for around $40,000.

January 23, 1900- Cherries planted by Mr. Pinchot will be destroyed while grading the road over Brandon Hill.

March 16, 1900- Beadle wants a pass if necessary, so that Dr. Schenck will not create a disturbance like last year, to enter the forest and remove a number of trees for planting in the Deer Park.

Section of a map showing Dairy Farm, Truck Farm, the Nursery, Biltmore Village and Biltmore House, among other roads, features and establishments.

May 15, 1901- Only rain can help grass to grow in the hard ground about Woodcote.

June 5, 1901- Beadle pays his best labor $1.25 per day, ordinary labor $1.00 per day.

October 2, 1901- Beadle's recommendations of good manufactures of road machines.

Botanical literature arriving.

May 4, 1903- Dr. Schenck wishes to use a small branch of the Deer Park close to Ranger Potter's house for a small ram.

October 1, 1903- Can furnish blue Hydrangeas from the Nursery.

October 19, 1903- Explanation of how Hydrangea hortensis obtain color in their flowers.

November 23, 1903- George Vanderbilt asked that John West be stationed at the bridge at Dr. Schenck's office to take up the passes of visitors leaving by the Victoria road. Can he go in Dr. Schenck's office during bad weather?

December 5, 1903- Homer Cathey was letting visitors of Skyland Hotel on to the Estate by means of his key to Long Shoals Gate. Beadle thinks it would be wise to change locks on gates at the boundary fences.

December 12, 1903- Beadle lists the stations for Aster prenanthoides represented in the herbarium.

January 11, 1904- Landscape Dept. rarely uses Long Shoals exit.

Securing lumber for the Mule Stable Buildings. Mr. Lipe will be sent to inspect the wood at the Biltmore Lumber Yard to see if it is up to Beadle's standards.

Bills of lumber for the Mule Stable building.

June 7, 1904- Mr. R. U. Garrett's engineer prepared maps and surveyed the boundaries of the Garrett purchase. Dr. Schenck should get information on the property from him.

October 3, 1904- Beadle wants the part of the Walker Place between the White Pine Lane and The Oaks as well as an open timber tract like the one on Busbee Mt. for nursery purposes.

October 18, 1904- Nursery could handle White Pines, Yellow Poplars, Cucumbers, Maples, and Chestnuts. There is no commercial demand for Yellow Pines, Oregon Ash or Black Cherry.

Dr. Schenck disagrees with Beadle's calculations of the water meter at his office.

January 12, 1905- Beadle wants soil from the Biltmore Forest for the conservatories.

January 16, 1905- Beadle wants to gather moss from the swampy ground on the tract of land near Shiloh Church. Writes it is out-standing property of George Vanderbilt, which Dr. Schenck recently leased to Mr. Logan.

April 14, 1905- Preparing for the Hospital Entertainment Benefit Concert to be held at Biltmore Estate.

June 5, 1905- Beadle not interested in seeds of Hawaiian plants.

June 7, 1905- Beadle says the water system at the Walker Place won't support an irrigation system.

July 26, 1905- Mr. J. S. Reagan's oil business was insolvent and indebted to the Estate.

Ordering lumber.

September 28, 1905- Landscape Dept. needs passes to collect Sphagnum Moss at Bent Creek and other swampy ground on the Estate.

October 25, 1905- Quotes on evergreens.

January 6, 1906- Beadle filed deeds and papers in connection with Tracts 31 and 85.

Selling pine. Ordering lumber.

June 22, 1906- George Vanderbilt wants every tenant of Dr. Schenck's department to have a circular on the upcoming Biltmore Estate Exhibition.

August 18, 1906- Dr. Schenck sent Beadle George Vanderbilt's cable address in Paris.

September 27, 1906- Beadle says he pays his stenographer $75 per month.

November 27, 1906- Mrs. George Vanderbilt collecting Christmas lists.

April 9, 1907- Beadle shipped Nursery stock at the request of Mrs. Vanderbilt.

June 6, 1907- George Vanderbilt sold seven acres of the Joel Bailey tract near Shiloh Church. It is low swampy land. There are nearly seven more acres of the tract that he is offering for sale.

Ordering lumber.

July 13, 1907- Beadle tells Schenck that he is very interested in the late Sir Dietrich Brandis' library but does not have money to purchase it.

July 11, 1907- Assessors in Buncombe County increased George Vanderbilt's taxes, though Beadle and Judge Merrimon appealed to the Board of Equalization.

August 2, 1907- George Vanderbilt wants to establish a new telephone line, managed by Asheville Telephone and Telegraph Company. The old telephone system would be abandoned.

August 17, 1907- George Vanderbilt wants all tenants and employees living on the Estate to have booklets on the upcoming Biltmore Estate Exhibition.

October 28, 1907- Mrs. George Vanderbilt wants her Christmas lists by Nov. 15.

December 11, 1907- Mrs. George Vanderbilt wants Schenck to invite all on the Christmas list to the Christmas Tree at Biltmore House at 3:00 Christmas afternoon.

March 28, 1908- Beadle wants to collect about 1,000 small seedling Hemlock plants at the headwaters of Bent Creek.

March 28, 1908- George Vanderbilt wants the Forestry Department to pay some of the Buncombe County Taxes.

April 3, 1908- Beadle will not collect the Hemlock plants, but will raise them from seeds.

Beadle sending "unpleasant" communications to Dr. Schenck in order that they might not reach Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt.

Calculating taxes and insurance through the Fidelity and Causality Company of New York.

Schenck trying to collect bills against the employees of Beadle's department.

February 16, 1909- Schenck writes that George Vanderbilt wishes to build a camp on lower Davidson River. Schenck thinks he should alter an existing house, instead of building a new one.

February 18, 1909- Beadle will look at the site George Vanderbilt selected for the camp. Needs a guide to the Hollingsworth place.

March 23, 1909- Schenck writes that the former surveyor A. A. Hamlet is a dangerous meddler in Estate affairs.

March 25, 1909- Schenck claims Beadle's crews are destroying young plants and removing plants in an indiscriminate way from the white pine plantations.

March 27, 1909- Beadle replies that he will instruct crews to be more careful at the pine plantations. "I do not think there is anything likely to come between us to recall the famous 'turkey dispute.' I hate wrangling and love peace, harmony and good fellow-ship."

April 14, 1909- Beadle writes that George Vanderbilt wants a garden at Buck Spring Lodge. He plans on spending two or three weeks there in July and would like the garden to be ready. Also, Dr. Schenck's deer are eating vegetables at the Truck Farm. Wants to scare them away, but not "injure any one of them."

April 16, 1909- Schenck asks for one of Beadle's men to help with the garden. He is sorry the deer are eating from the Truck Farm. They are escapees from Schenck's little deer park and Beadle may kill them if they damage the Truck Farm.

Correspondence from Daisy Beale. Arden, N.C. She ordered tables and chairs from Dr. Schenck in order to carve and sell them at a gift shop. She wanted certificates stating the wood was grown on Biltmore Estate.

Correspondence from The Beaver Manufacturing Company. Manufacturers of "Mackenzie" Acetylene Gas Machines and Rural Free Delivery Mail Boxes. Beaver, PA. Flier showing their mail boxes. Invoices. Shipment to the Estate had to be tracked.

Correspondence from Beecher & Barr, Wholesale Lumber. Pottsville, PA. They requested quotes on Biltmore lumber.

Correspondence from Hugh Bellas of Union Lumber Company. San Francisco, CA. October 12, 1901- Looking at the "terrible waste of forests" on the West Coast. Greatest waste is with Chestnut and Spanish or Tan Bark Oak, (Quercus densiflora.) The Redwood tree reproduces naturally and grows quickly. His company owns the largest interest in Redwoods in CA., over 50,000 acres. Wants to form a consolidation between land owners and lumber manufacturers of local counties. Thinks a valuable acid may be found in the burnt bark of Redwood trees. Wants a standardized name for a certain type of sawing.

October 24, 1901- Writes that he, like Dr. Schenck, believes that forestry must be on a large scale to be successful. Still wants to consolidate interests in Redwoods, Red or Douglas Fir and Oregon Pine.

Correspondence from Elizabeth Benedict and J. E. Benedict Jr. Silver Spring, MD. Elizabeth Benedict, mother of Biltmore Forest School student, J. E. Benedict Jr., wrote of matters concerning her son and the School.

J. S. Benedict. New Haven, CT. Inquired about and appears to have been a student at Biltmore Forest School.

Correspondence from P. Arnold Bergstrasser. Darmstadt, Germany. Botanical Bookseller.

Correspondence from Silas G. Bernard, Attorney at Law. Library Building. Asheville, N.C. January 12, 1903- Information on bonding Storekeeper Edward H. Jenney through the American Bonding Company. November 7, 1906- Bernard also Chief of Asheville Fire Department. Thanks Schenck for his donation. They will use it and other donations to make a reading room at department headquarters.

Correspondence from Swift Berry. May 11, 1906- Leaving Tecumseh, Nebraska to enter Biltmore Forest School.

May 26, 1906- Deadwood, S. D., U.S. Marshal recommends Swift Berry as a special student at Biltmore Forest School. He worked on the Black Hills Forest Reserve as a Ranger and passed the Civil Service examination, though he was too young to qualify for a position.

July 5, 1907- Writing from Washington D.C. He was assigned by the US Forest Service to a Reserve.

August 1, 1907- Writing from Glenwood Springs, Co. Stationed as Technical Assistant on the Holy Cross Forest Reserve with headquarters in Glenwood Springs. Holy Cross leads Colorado forests in the sale of timber.

November 30, 1907- Writes Dr. Schenck about his grades in spring examinations. Working with timber sales.

References to work at Ducktown.

Correspondence from Ernest A. Bessey, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Seed and Plant Introduction, Assistant In Charge. Washington, D.C. June 26, 1901- Sent Cryptomeria japonica seed to Dr. Schenck. Sent franks to Dr. Schenck in return for Juglans nigra and Juglans cinerea nuts.

Correspondence from Wm. Beutenmutter. Curator, Department of Entomology. American Museum of Natural History. New York City. He exchanged information and specimens of insects injurious to forest and shade trees with Dr. Schenck.

Correspondence from Biltmore Estate Electrical Department. Biltmore, N.C. Miscellaneous letters from G. Bonham Bird to Dr. Schenck.

Correspondence from Biltmore Estate Industries. Biltmore, N.C. May 5, 1908- Paying for Walnut the Forestry Department sawed for them. May 20, 1908- Charlotte L. [Fale?] wrote Mr. Marshall. Mrs. Vanderbilt gave her a list of people to communicate with in the [Glowesbee?] Range and she needed their addresses.

Correspondence from Biltmore Farms. Biltmore, N.C. June 16, 1904- Please let Henry Anderson have his gun. He didn't know not to shoot in the fields.

May 26, 1905- George Weston asks that Dr. Schenck's Rangers not prevent Farm Tenants from shooting crows.

December 29, 1905- A. S. Wheeler will put up Dr. Schenck's posters forbidding hunting and trapping, but it won't stop dogs from hunting on their own.

January 4, 1906- A. S. Wheeler says Schenck needs to speak with Bailiff, Mr. Waite, about a proposed Pheasant Farm.

Accounting.

November 30, 1907- A. S. Wheeler nicknamed Flem Taylor "Expectoration" Taylor. Farm Department will collect debts from him before Forestry Department.

March 18, 1908- Copy of a letter that A. S. Wheeler found humorous and sent to Dr. Schenck. Writer ordering Barred Plymouth Rock [chicken] eggs from Biltmore Farms. Writer says that African-Americans stole most of his or her chickens.

Correspondence from the Biltmore Lumber Company. Biltmore, N.C. Accounting. Letters from new Company President, Charles McNamee, who replaced Dr. Schenck, and Edward J. Harding the new Company Treasurer.

Correspondence from Biltmore Poultry Yards. Biltmore, N.C. April 21, 1906- Superintendent J. Robert Livingston wants information on the attached November 9, 1905 receipt from the Forestry Department.

Correspondence from William M. Bird & Co. Charleston, S.C. January 1896. Letters are from Union Fraternelle Co., for which William M. Bird & Co. were agents. Elaborate colorful letterhead. They considered purchasing lumber for a client in Rotterdam.

Correspondence from J. A. Bishop. Davidson River, N.C. August 13, 1903- Non-signed memorandum of agreement between C. A. Schenck and J. A. Bishop. Bishop was to receive cargo and store it in the depot barn. Bishop would live in and tend the teamsters house. Bishop would help with the bark for the Brevard Tannin Company. He would attend the farm on the land George Vanderbilt recently purchased from W. H. Allison. He would be paid $15 a month, five acres of land and three rooms in the teamsters house.

Correspondence from S. M. Bishop. Inanda, N.C. He or she appears to have wanted to sharecrop for Dr. Schenck.

Correspondence from F. H. Bitler, The Pennsylvania Forestry Association. Philadelphia, PA. February 19, 1898- Have about 100 members from outside PA. and would like Dr. Schenck to join.

Wanted short articles for their publication "Forest Leaves."

January 31, 1900- Received from Dr. Schenck material on "The long leaf pine forests of the South from the economic standpoint."

February 14, 1900- Will trade advertisement space for articles.

February 21, 1900- Received Dr. Schenck's payment for advertisements.

June 1, 1903- Received a description of work at Biltmore Estate for "Forest Leaves." Dr. Schenck asked that his name be omitted from the article.

August 6, 1906- Commentary on rebate of taxes on cut over lands which are being reforested.

Dr. Schenck writes he will not be able to attend the meeting of The Pennsylvania Forestry Association, to which Bitler invited him. Dr. Schenck states he is very interested in forestry in Pennsylvania. He tells of the new State Forest Law of North Carolina.

Correspondence from "The Black Mountain Eagle." Burnsville, N.C. Biltmore Estate placed advertisements in the paper. Their letterhead reads, "The Leading Weekly of Western North Carolina. The only paper published in a territory embracing three counties."

Correspondence from Wm. Bayard Blackwell. New York City. March 7, 1904- Dr. Schenck's dachshunds had puppies. It appears Blackwell's dog was their sire. Their [New York?] [New Jersey?] dachshunds do not like the dry climate. Dr. Schenck sent a puppy.

W. H. Blanchard. Asheville, N.C. and Waynesville, N.C. August 22, 1907- Blanchard said he once operated a sawmill for Mr. McNamee.

August 29, 1907- Appears to be a report on the aforementioned sawmill.

Requests for wood and employment.

Correspondence from The Blue Ridge National Bank. Asheville, N.C. August 7, 1903- Dr. Schenck failed to endorse his checks.

July 14, 1904- They can now draw their own direct international drafts.

Accounting.

Letters of recommendation for companies.

July 1, 1907- Consolidating with the American National Bank of Asheville.

Correspondence from The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers. Indianapolis, Ind. Purchased manuscript from Dr. Schenck for publication. Sold "Spencer's Manual of Commercial Law" to Dr. Schenck for Biltmore Forest School.

Correspondence from C. Boice, Wholesale Lumber. Abingdon, VA. August 20, 1906- Boice asked if Dr. Schenck completed the estimate on the Highland Forest timber tributary on his log road.

September 17, 1906- Hears Highland Forest property was sold.

Negotiating to purchase cull lumber.

March 21, 1907- Boice and Buchanan Lumber Co. extending their logging all around the head waters of Dark Ridge Creek. Want to use Highland Forest as a right of way.

April 1, 1907- More on Highland Forest boundaries. References to Mr. Burr.

June 1, 1907- Wants to arrange a right of way through Highland Forest with the United States Leather Company if they bought the property.

Correspondence from Felix Boldenweck. September 2, 1904- Sent a donation for proposed Biltmore Forest School Sangerfest Club and lodging house.

September 19, 1904- Sad to hear Louis is not doing well in Biltmore Forest School.

September 31, 1904- Louis doing better in school.

More questions on Louis at school.

Report card for Louis Boldenweck.

June 3, 1905- Louis ill. Thanks to Dr. Schenck for consulting with Drs. Battle and Cheesborough.

June 8, 1905- Mr. Felix Boldenweck had an operation. Drs. Battle and Cheesborough treating Louis for a slight tubercular process. Asks Dr. Schenck to help Louis find work.

September 11, 1905- After visiting Biltmore, where Louis still lives, have decided to send Louis to Saranac Lake, N.Y., where nobody would know of his illness. Please pack his things and sell his horse.

Correspondence from S. H. Bolinger. Shreveport, LA. He applied for his nephew, Wallace Bolinger, to enter Biltmore Forest School.

Correspondence from James H. Bowditch, Landscape Gardening and Forestry. Boston, MA. February 14, 1900- Sent Dr. Schenck a letter addressed to B. F. Fernow. Inquired about the costs to establish a White Pine seedling plant in MA.

February 19, 1900- Henry S. Graves, for Gifford Pinchot, told Bowditch to write to Schenck and Fernow. The letters were switched.

February 24, 1900- Thanking Dr. Schenck for his answer.

Correspondence from J. P. Bowen, Agent and T. S. Boswell, Superintendent, Transylvania Railroad Company. Brevard and Pisgah Forest, N.C. 1904. Correspondence relating to railroad shipping.

Correspondence from George M. Bowers, Commissioner, Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Fisheries. Applications for fish.

December 19, 1899- Report from Bowers concerning the effects of sawdust on fish.

Washington D.C. 1905 -1908. May 18, 1908- Rainbow trout recommended for the waters Dr. Schenck described.

Received applications for fish.

June 29, 1908- Will deliver Rainbow trout to Pisgah Forest. Instructions for preparing to receive them.

Correspondence from W. A. Boyce. Sunshine Stoves, Ranges & Furnaces. Asheville, N.C. Dr. Schenck wants to purchase a new stove like one he currently owns.

Correspondence from L. V. Boyd. Skyland, N.C. Dr. Schenck helped him with court matters.

Correspondence from C. L. Boynton. Biltmore, N.C. Employee of the Biltmore Nursery. Two miscellaneous letters.

Correspondence from Th. Bracht & Co. Antwerp. 1903 letters are written in German. 1904- Sent letter and copies of correspondence in English regarding their correspondence with Brevard Tannin Company of Philadelphia, PA and Brevard, N.C.. They wanted to sell their Chestnut Extracts across Europe. Please dissuade them from choosing Mr. Wilczynski of Hamburg as an agent.

Correspondence from G. B. Brackett, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry, Pomologist. Washington, D.C. March 20, 1901- Will furnish a copy of the "Bulletin of Nut Culture." December 12, 1902- Thinks Dr. Schenck's soil needs humus more than potash for apple trees. It can be obtained through clover crops.

Correspondence from Leverett Bradley. Boston, MA. He ordered publications from Dr. Schenck and gave advice on raising Jersey Cattle.

Correspondence from Reginald R. Bradley. Biltmore, N.C. and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. January 21, 1905- Received his B.F. and F.E. degrees from Biltmore Forest School. May 2, 1905- Sold boards to Pink Lance. Can sell more boards. Reports on lumber piles in various areas.

May 4, 1905- Bills for his work cutting and piling lumber.

May 20, 1905- Daniel Wells crossed his wire fence and peeled bark while supposedly cutting bark on the Beardon tract.

References to "The old Rodgers [property] line."

Correspondence from Reginald R. Bradley. Biltmore, N.C. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Selling lumber and peeling bark. February 15, 1906- Letter from Reginald Bradley's father. Reginald holds a November 18, 1905 Bachelor of Forestry from Biltmore Forest School. Where is the Forestry Engineer degree to which he also is entitled?

Reginald working for lumber companies.

Correspondence from W. J. Branch. [Manufacturers'] Agent. Richmond, VA. Non-dated fliers for Spiritine Wood Preserver. Information on the Whitworth Patented Trip Stake Holder for logging cars.

Copies of testimonial letters.

Small flier for Superior Graphite Paint.

Flier for No. 2 Pattern Logging car.

Flier, including picture, of the Whitworth Patent Car Trip-Stake Holder.

Branch's business card.

Correspondence from Dietrich Brandis (1824 - 1907) to Dr. Carl Schenck. Bonn. 1897- 1906, including non-dated letters. [Oct?] 22, 1897- Brandis writes that Schenck has "shown that plantations will pay in the U.S., that the [tax on public land must be reduced?] and you have urged that protection against fire of all woodlands must be undertaken by the State." If fire protection succeeds it will be a revolution in the U.S. Minnesota seems to be attempting it. Dr. Schenck put the value of forest investments very clearly. Brandis agrees with Schenck that forestry in the U.S. is only possible as a business. References to Gifford Pinchot's "improvement cuttings."

January 11, 1898- References to Mr. Price. Gifford Pinchot speculating on political matters in forestry. Brandis says the three men in the U.S. who have taken the lead in forestry matters are Fernow, Sargent and Pinchot. They are working together. Fernow knows about the U.S. Government. Sargent knows of forestry, though he is a botanist. Commentary on the three. Schenck's plans for spacing white pines. Glad Schenck is encouraging Price