Finding Aid for Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Manager's Records, Series Q
Abstract:
Series Q of The Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Manager's Records contains business and personal correspondence dated 1898 to 1909, predominately incoming correspondence collected and preserved by George Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Office. Copies of outgoing correspondence, presumably letters written by Biltmore Estate Forest Manager, Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck are included. Series Q is the smallest series in The Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Manager's Records. One company represented is Queen & Co. Incorporated, Manufacturers of Scientific Instruments. They were located in Philadelphia, Pa. They repaired a compass for Dr. Schenck. The remainer of Series Q consists of miscellaneous correspondence concerning Biltmore Forest School inquiries, job applications, advertisements and requests for passes.
- Contact Information:
- The Biltmore Company, Museum Services Department,
Archives Division
1 North Pack Square
Asheville, North Carolina
28801 USA
Phone: (828) 225-6300
Fax: (828) 277-3454
URL: http://www.biltmore.comeMail: archives@biltmore.com - Processed by
- Stephanie Gardner
- Date Completed
- 2003
- Encoded by
- Stephanie Gardner
- © 2003 The Biltmore Company. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
- Creator
- Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Office
- Title
- Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Manager's Records, Series Q, 1898 - 1909, 1898 - 1909, (Bulk)
- Call Number
- 2/Q
- Extent
- 5 folders
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the The Biltmore Company, Museum Services Department, Archives Division.
- Restrictions to Access
- The Biltmore Company Archives are made available to selected researchers. Use with permission from The Biltmore Company, Asheville, North Carolina.
- Acquisitions Information
- Correspondence received by Doctor Carl Alwin Schenck during his career as Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Manager.
- Preferred Citation
- Series Q, 1898 - 1909, Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Manager's Records, The Biltmore Company, Museum Services Department, Archives Division, Asheville, North Carolina
Scope and Content Note
Series Q contains correspondence from Queen & Co. Incorporated, Manufacturers of Scientific Instruments. The correspondence ranges from 1897 to 1909. This Philadelphia, PA. company repaired a compass for Dr. Schenck. Dr. Schenck wrote to them saying the cost of the repair was too expensive.
Collection Organization
Records are filed by correspondent's last name in the case of individual persons. They are filed by company's name for institutions and businesses.
Collection Arrangement
The documents have been arranged alphabetically by correspondents' name, and then, chronologically by date. The majority of letters in Series Q are in descriptive folders with similar miscellaneous records.
Online Catalog Terms
- Personal Names
- Schenck, Carl Alwin, 1868-1955.
- Corporate Names
- Biltmore Forest School
- Geographical Terms
- North Carolina-Transylvania- Pisgah Forest
- Pennsylvania-Philadelphia
- Subjects
- Compasses (Mathematical instruments)
- Forests and forestry--History--United States
- Materials
- business letters
- copies
- notes
Related Material
Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Manager's Records Collection | Series A | Series B | Series C | Series D | Series E | Series F | Series G | Series H | Series I | Series J | Series K | Series L | Series M | Series N | Series O | Series P | Series R | Series S | Series T | Series U | Series V | Series W | Series XYZ | Series Additional Materials
Container List
Box.Folder 29.0041
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.
- Corporate Names
- Biltmore Forest School
- Materials
- business letters
Box.Folder 29.0042
This folder contains correspondence from persons wishing to be employed as stenographers by Dr. Schenck.
- Materials
- business letters
- copies
Box.Folder 29.0043
This folder contains a note and a price list from a quilt company in Lynchburg, Virginia.
- Geographical Terms
- Virginia-Lynchburg
- Materials
- business letters
- notes
Box.Folder 29.0044
This folder contains a letter requesting permission to fish on Davidson River.
- Geographical Terms
- North Carolina-Transylvania-Davidson River
- Materials
- business letters
Box.Folder 29.0045
This folder contains correspondence from Queen & Co. Incorporated. Manufacturers of Scientific Instruments. Philadelphia, PA. They repaired a compass for Dr. Schenck.
- Corporate Names
- Queen & Co. Incorporated
- Geographical Terms
- Pennsylvania-Philadelphia
- Subjects
- Compasses (Mathematical instruments)
- Materials
- business letters
- copies