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. October 23, 1901- A 30 year-old woman asks if she could achieve a career in practical forestry. November 3, 1901- A response to Dr. Schenck's response. The writer notes it would take a woman of much stamina to make a career of forestry.

September 5, 1902- A twenty-five year old woman, who writes for "The Chicago Chronicle," asks if she might give up her journalism career for one in forestry.

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 4, 1901- Roy J. Fisler [Fisher?], who works at the greenhouse for Mr. Bottomely, would like a place working for Dr. Schenck at Mount Pisgah. Dr. Battle says it will be good for his health problems.

July - September 1904- F. W. Foxworthy wishes to teach Dendrology at Biltmore Forest School. He was an Assistant Professor at Cornell University.

January 17, 1906- W. S. Price will not allow G. T. Frady to haul cut wood across his land. Frady lives on his land.

June 26, 1906- Hunt Jones applied for a position as lumber buyer and inspector with Fish Bros. Mfg. Co. of Clinton, Iowa. Very unique and colorful letterhead showing a trout jumping from a stream, a play on the word "Fish."

Correspondence regarding the purchase or possible purchase of products or services.

Correspondence regarding land sales and purchases.

Includes orders for lumber and firewood.

Correspondence regarding lumber sales/purchases. People and companies selling or wishing to sell lumber.

Correspondence concerning C. A. Schenck & Co. December 28, 1904- Advertisement for C. A. Schenck and Co. running in "Forestry and Irrigation." March 3, 1905- A Georgia company wants advice on purchasing timber land in Cuba.

Companies selling school supplies and advertisements to Biltmore Forest School. April 13, 1898- Biltmore Forest School advertisement to appear in The Pennsylvania Forestry Association's "Forest Leaves." August 1901- Biltmore Forest School advertisement to appear in "The Forester," published monthly by the American Forestry Association.

Correspondence from people selling or wishing to sell, or to purchase, living animals.

Correspondence and materials from Biltmore Forest School including letters from former students. December 23, 1903- Letter to Dr. Schenck from Secretary, E. G. Ketchum. She said she sent out 750 catalogues in the past two days.

December 26, 1903- Letter to Dr. Schenck from Secretary, E. G. Ketchum. Jesse Miles McCall writes that Frank McCall and Cads Galloway were caught for setting fire. H. S. McCall signed a statement that he would no longer trespass.

Blank certificate of attendance for Biltmore Forest School.

Non-dated prospectus of courses and expenses for Biltmore Forest School.

October 8, 1907 and March 10, 1909- Letters from former Biltmore Forest School student, Thomas Francis. Reply from Dr. Schenck on methods of estimating timber.

Correspondence concerning rental properties. June 28, 1904- Includes clipping of an advertisement for five cabins and five huts for rent through Carl Schenck. It appeared in the "Asheville Citizen."

Requests for copies of Dr. Schenck's books and pamphlets. February 10, 1906- Sydney Fisher from the Canadian Department of Agriculture thanks Dr. Schenck for "Forest Utilization." Notes Dr. Schenck, Gifford Pinchot and Dr. Fernow attended the recent Forestry Convention in Ottawa, Canada.

May 20, 1907- Dr. Schenck's publications went to Yale Forest School.

Correspondence from individuals, corporations and government departments sending literature to Dr. Schenck.

Requests from men and women wishing for passes to camp in the forest or view Biltmore Estate.

September 10, 1904- J. Lafon Jr. reports on surveying Caney Forest in Willits, NC Non-dated- Pink Fletcher's bill for animal skins.

April 19, 1905- Request for names and addresses of the owners of large tracts of timber adjoining Biltmore Estate at the head waters of Pigeon River.

Copy of a non-signed and non-dated statement, "Lies and Falsehoods." The writer, probably Dr. Schenck, responds to untruths spread in "the only local paper." States: George Vanderbilt has improved Transylvania County land formerly owned by Lusk & Candler, many charitable contributions are given to the local people, nobody's liberty is restricted in Pisgah Forest, and road systems of Transylvania County need repair. "Sylvan Valley News" accused of spreading these lies.

January 27, 1905- Geo. Fishback talked with Dr. Battle about forming a private club on George Vanderbilt's property.

Tennessee Copper Company received information Dr. Schenck sent them on the boring worm that was attacking their pine.

December 15, 1908- Copy of a letter from Dr. Schenck to The Editor of "French Broad Hustler" in Hendersonville, N.C. Says hardwood land owners should fight against the abolishment of the tariff on woodgoods and that the public needs to pay higher prices on lumber and woodgoods.

At the front of the folder is a beautiful postcard marked Aug. 15, 1906. It shows a river, possibly in Heidelberg, Germany. There are many boats carrying Chinese lanterns on the river. The postcard features vivid reds, grays and yellows.

Letters in German.

September 10, 1906- Fritz Fernow received a letter during the absence of his father, B E. Fernow, in Cuba.

Correspondence from David Fairchild. U.S.D.A. Bureau of Plant Industry, Agricultural Explorer. Washington D.C. April 22, 1898- George Vanderbilt agreed to take part in the Russian plant importation project of Fairchild's Department.

January 22, 1906- Would Dr. Schenck like to test seedlings for the Japanese paper plant?

February 6, 1906- Dr. Schenck to be sent 10,000 Japanese paper plants.

Correspondence from Caleb H. Farnum, U.S.D.A, Bureau of Forestry. Former Biltmore Forest School student telling Dr. Schenck about his current work and inquiring about things at Biltmore Forest School. Note: James B. Adams of the U.S.D.A. Bureau of Forestry wrote to Dr. Schenck that Mr. Farnum died from complications of a logging accident while working in the field party of R. C. Hawley in August of 1904.

Correspondence from The Fairbanks Company. Baltimore, MD. Correspondence about a wagon scale and test weights that Dr. Schenck ordered.

Correspondence from A. B. Farquhar Co. Limited. Pennsylvania Agricultural Works. York, PA. December 5, 1902- Received Dr. Schenck's order for 25 horse improved Ajax Centre Crank Engine on steel Cornish boiler on wheels.

December 11, 1902- Received order for a pulley.

February 4, 1903- Received order for shafting and pulleys.

December 21, 1903- Sending a new crank shaft.

Correspondence from A. B. Farquhar Co. Limited. Pennsylvania Agricultural Works. York, PA. February 26, 1904- Received order for #2 large single saw-mill. Pulley broken in transit.

Correspondence from A. B. Farquhar Co. Limited. Pennsylvania Agricultural Works. York, PA.

Correspondence from J. A. Fay & Egan Co. Cincinnati, Ohio. August 14, 1899- State they are the world's largest manufacturer of wood working machinery. Fliers and information on their No. 1, 24-Inch Circular Resawing Machine, which the Forest Dept. ordered.

Correspondence from Victor B. Fay. Washington D.C. He appears to be a former Biltmore Forest School student who wondered if he should take a Government job with Gifford Pinchot or work in a lumber camp.

Correspondence from Frank F. Fee, Maker of Quartered Oak Lumber. Newark, Ohio. He looked for a buyer for Dr. Schenck's Quartered Oak.

Correspondence from E. P. Felt, State Entomologist. State of New York Education Department. Albany, N.Y. He taught a course at Biltmore Forest School. Sent publications on insects.

Correspondence from Fritz Ferban. Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, N.C. The letters are written in German.

Correspondence from W. B. Ferguson. Waynesville, N.C. Proposed to sell timber to Dr. Schenck. February 20, 1905- Writing as an attorney about Highland Forest Company business.

Correspondence from Bernhard E. Fernow. U. S. Department of Agriculture. Chief of Division of Forestry. Washington, D. C. January 6, 1896- Fernow says he would be happy to assist Mr. Olmsted if he, Fernow, revisited Biltmore. Two letters in German.

Correspondence from Bernhard E. Fernow. U. S. Department of Agriculture. Chief of Division of Forestry and American Forestry Association, Chairman of the Executive Committee. Washington, D. C.March 12, 1897- Summary of government debates regarding forestry reservations. Fernow says President Cleveland, by recommendation of the National Academy, of which Prof. Sargent is Chairman, proclaimed forest reservations in lands being used for industry.

June 24, 1897- Glad to hear Schenck could arrange a visit to Biltmore for delegates of the Forestry Association Convention.

October 21, 1897- Fernow disagrees that his absence at the meeting of the Forestry Association will cause it to be a failure. He does not like meetings, though he has felt the need to be very vocal when attending past events. He hears a strong movement to control all the pine lands in the South is organizing.

November 13, 1897- Glad to hear N. C. Forestry Association was formed with Schenck as Vice-President. American Forestry Association will begin a new monthly journal based on Pinchot's publication. Fernow will be a supervisory editor. Would Dr. Schenck like to be an associate editor?

November 17, 1897- Glad to hear Dr. Schenck would be an editor. They may write anonymously.

December 2, 1897- Did not care for Dr. Schenck's article published in "The Independent." Fernow gives his personal definition of forestry and the differences between forestry and lumbering. Gives his ideas on the role of "sentimental" forestry advocates. Praises new laws in Maine, N.Y., Pa., Minnesota and Wisconsin.

December 24, 1897- Dogwood mainly used for mallets. Hickory poles used by coopers.

December 28, 1897- Will visit Asheville.

Folder contains two letters in German.

January 5, 1898- Fernow to work on a forestry plan for Hawaii.

Publishing "The Forester" and planning new articles. Dr. Schenck contributed articles, many of which were edited.

Fernow working for the establishment of New York State College of Forestry at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.

April 17, 1898- Fernow differs from Schenck in his opinions on forestry finance. Realizes the Cornell School of Forestry "shall greatly lack in practical demonstration" and variety of demonstrations. Can the Cornell students supplement their education by summer courses at Biltmore Forest School? Can Dr. Schenck go to Cornell occasionally as a special lecturer?

March 9, 1899- Writing as Director and Dean of the Faculty from the New York State College of Forestry at Cornell University. Students can not visit Biltmore this year due to work at Cornell's new property in the Adirondacks. The college is being run like a university.

Fernow employing former Biltmore Forest School students.

October 29, 1900- More disagreements between Fernow and Schenck about Forestry Finance and the need to teach finance calculation in forestry school.

May 24, 1901- Fernow asks how he should train his incoming Assistant Professor, an American, in forest management and forestry methods.

May 27, 1903- Fernow writes about financial problems and attacks against the image of New York State College of Forestry.

August 23, 1903- Fernow begins to write as B. E. Fernow, Consulting Forest Engineer.

July 20, 1904- Fernow feels his days of publishing are over; he is now doing forest surveying as a business. Recommendation for Mr. Foxworthy as second-choice for an assistant to Dr. Schenck.

July 30, 1904- More recommendations for Foxworthy, though he was not first choice in the list of candidates for the position.

September 30, 1906- Fernow returned from a trip to Cuba.

October 10, 1906- May teach a course at Biltmore Forest School.

October 25, 1906- No, he won't.

Correspondence from The Fidelity and Causality Company of New York. Richmond, VA. December 15, 1905- Accident of G. W. Bowen. His finger was injured.

October 8, 1906- Accident of J. J. Harris.

January 4, 1907- Accident of A. C. Rickman.

March 25, 1907- Accident of James Sitton.

Correspondence from The Fidelity and Causality Company of New York. Richmond, VA. Accidents of Jule Holden, Walter Hamilton, Fred E. Behnken, Geo. Parker and Robert English.

Correspondence from "Western Field & Stream, A Journal of Recreative Life in Sun and Shade." St. Paul, MN. The publisher wants George Vanderbilt to buy a mounted specimen of a buffalo. A photo of the buffalo is attached.

Correspondence from E. O. Fifield, Box Manufacturer. Nashua, N.H. Wanted information on growing White Pine in return for information on the stave business.

Correspondence from U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington, D.C. Received orders for rainbow trout and black bass. November 20, 1901- Sending information on the hatching troughs they use.

Correspondence from A. K. Fisher, U.S.D.A. Biological Survey, Acting Chief. Washington D.C. He and Dr. Schenck entertained the idea of releasing mountain quail on Biltmore Estate. The quails would have been supplied by Dane Coolidge.

Correspondence from Frank F. Fish, Secretary, The National Hardwood Lumber Association. Chicago, Il. August 23, 1905- Received Dr. Schenck's dues. The Association's membership is growing. April 9, 1907- Dr. Schenck suggested that the Association provide schooling for the lumber inspectors of Association member organizations. Fish notes there is currently a great demand for their bonded inspectors.

Correspondence from and about F. C. Fisher, President & Manager, Yellow Poplar Lumber Company. Coal Grove, Ohio and New York City. He corresponded with Dr. Schenck about Poplar growth and usage of stumpage in the South. June 12, 1906- Will come to N.C. where he, George Vanderbilt and two other men will look through the timber lands in which Schenck was working.

September 10, 1906- Two death notices for Ferdinand Fisher. He died Saturday 10, 1906.

September 22, 1906- Memorial to Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher, presented by the Asheville Lumber Exchange to her upon the loss of her husband.

Correspondence from G. W. Fisher, U.S.D.A., Bureau of Plant Industry, Scientific Assistant. Washington D.C. August 20, 1906- Sent a small collection of seeds from China.

September 18, 1906- Sending seeds from Southern Chili. Includes descriptions of the plants.

April 27, 1907- Sending seeds from Siberia and Tokyo.

November 15, 1907- Letter to C. D. Howe. Curious about how the plants did. Davidia involucrate plants from spring of 1906 were lost.

January 22, 1908- Received Howe's suggestions on raising Japanese paper plant. Agree it is a little too cold for them at Biltmore.

March 4, 1908- Eggs of treehoppers from China were transported on willow cuttings they distributed. Please burn all infected parts of plants.

Contains one botanical specimen.

Correspondence from Wm. Hubbell Fisher, Attorney. Cincinnati, Ohio. He was interested in forestry, measuring tools used in forestry, and the marking of lumber. He visited Biltmore.

Correspondence from W. F. Fiske. U.S.D.A., Department of Entomology. Tryon, NC. August 11, 1904- Looking forward to work in the Pink Beds and at Balsam. Reports he saw some dying white pine between Hendersonville and Brevard.

Fiske very interested in the trap trees at the Pink Beds.

Taught a class at Biltmore Forest School. Planning for more visits to the Pink Beds. Visits often cancelled.

August 28, 1905- Interested in Dr. Schenck's work at Ducktown, TN.

September 9, 1905- May be asked by the Forest Service to cooperate in entomological investigations in Ducktown, TN.

February 19, 1907- Tells Dr. Schenck the insects that are attacking his oak lumber are most likely powder post beetles of the genus Lyctus.

Correspondence from J. P. Fletcher. Clotho, NC. Dr. Schenck ordered goats from him, but the goats all died. April 6, 1903- Received a cook stove Dr. Schenck sent.

July 18, 1903- Sent Dr. Schenck a lease signed by Tom McKeney.

December 14, 1903- Will put a goat skin on the Christmas tree for Dr. Schenck. Would like to buy a deer [or deer meat] as a Christmas present for his father.

January 16, 1904- The Jones Place on Boilston near the Goldmine is to be sold.

May 3, 1904- Does not understand why the Sheriff will not come and arrest the men who set fire to the woods.

Correspondence from R. J. Fletcher, Dealer in Furs and Dressing Hides. Horse Shoe, NC. He dressed skins for Dr. Schenck. March 27, 1907- List of skins from Davidson River by Cleat Davis. An attached note indicates Jesse Miles McCall sold the skins to Davis. John O'Kelley and John Gillespie also appear to have trapped animals.

Correspondence from W. P. Fletcher. Etowah, NC. He dressed animal skins for Dr. Schenck. Includes lists of the skins.

July 28, 1898- Raccoon and skunk skins are so "troublesome and nasty to dress" that he will not lower his price.

July 16, no year- Charge more money for skunk skins because they are the most difficult animal to dress.

January 27, 1902- Charged $2.00 for dressing a bear skin.

Correspondence from John Foley. U.S.D.A. Forest Service. Washington, DC. Receiving notes and other literature from Dr. Schenck.

February 23, 1904- Wrote about his commercial study of Chestnut in Maryland.

October 1906- It appears he negotiated to come to Biltmore Forest School and teach Forest Mensuration while Dr. Schenck went to visit his mother.

Correspondence from S. B. Ford. Buena Vista, N.C.. He wanted to lease land and houses and to get a wood contract from the Estate. He especially wanted to rent the Penland Farm. March 3, 1904- Says he does not have any "German Knowledge" but he does have "some W.N.C. Horse Sence." [sic.]

Correspondence from M. Forestburg. Forestry Department and Biltmore Forest School. Biltmore, NC. April 1907- Wrote about sales of mules, wood and lumber.

April 3, 1907- Wrote to D. Marshall. James Ohamman, an African-American employee of the Landscape Department, wants to continue to lease from the Estate.

Paying employees. Keeping accounts due and cash received.

April 8, 1907- Writes to Dr. Schenck. He will send Mr. Marshall the 204.99 cash taken in last week. Mailed leases of Pink Carland and W. M. Nettles to Mr. Marshall last Saturday. They usually send three to four teams, daily, to Bent Creek. Need more firewood for sell, as inclement weather has created a demand for it.

April 11, 1907- Biltmore House wants good wood, not scrap wood.

April 22, 1907- Sent Dr. Schenck a summary of work done by teams hauling wood.

April 25, 1907- Information about their Teamsters.

Correspondence from M. Forestburg. Forestry Department. Biltmore, NC. May 2, 1907- Tilson Moore left the Estate. Although lumber business was still poor, there was an increase in April over March.

May 4, 1907- Mr. Berry attended the incoming pheasant eggs.

Accounting reports.

May 6, 1907- Good day for the lumber business. Wood business is slow.

May 9, 1907- Teamsters hauling lumber from Bent Creek and wood from Busbee Mountain. Complaining about condition of the Busbee road.

May 9, 1907- Tells Marshall his dog and cat are still missing.

May 21, 1907- Lyman Ballard replaced Frank Fletcher at the ferry.

Information on rental properties and lands.

Correspondence from M. Forestburg. Biltmore, N.C. Forestry Department. Accounting statements including ledger balances. June 3, 1907- Captain J. C. Lipe requesting lumber. References to Paul McMickens and J. W. Foster requesting passes to pick berries on the Estate. They were African-American employees of the Landscape Dept. Foster was the janitor at the office.

June 8, 1907- Dr. Schenck gave McMickens and Foster passes. Brown Twitty, also African-American, also wants a pass.

June 15, 1907- Mr. Wicker says not to give a pass to Mr. Twitty. Wicker also requests the authority to arrest anyone picking berries or trespassing at Busbee. Game there is being disturbed.

June 24, 1907- Nearly out of 8ft. straight oak that they were hauling from Busbee. No more obtainable wood on the Estate.

Correspondence from M. Forestburg. Biltmore, N.C. Forestry Department. Accounting statements.

July 12, 1907- Mrs. King at Biltmore House sent down packages for D. Marshall and Dr. Schenck.

Selling grass of Tom Stevens' pasture to Pink Carland through Mr. Wicker.

July 22, 1907- Pink Irwin, an African-American, wishes a pass for his wife to pick berries on the Estate.

References to freight bills and lumber ordered by Capt. Lipe.

Correspondence from M. Forestburg. Biltmore, N.C. Forestry Department. Accounting statements.

August 5, 1907- Tilson Moore started working with a mule team. One of the mules on Henry Sexton's team has a lame foot. Will need time off from work.

August 10, 1907- Henry Sexton now working in the lumber yard. Two of the mules have hurt feet. Men say they were poorly shod.

Receiving packages.

August 19, 1907- Forestburg receiving "The Baltimore Sun" everyday for Rudolph J. Diffenbach at the Biltmore Forest School. Guesses he needs to change the address. He thinks men should start hauling wood to the lumber yard instead of hauling lumber from Bent Creek.

August 22, 1907- Hears Wm. Fletcher's ferry sunk.

September 13, 1907- Mr. Case gave instructions on how long lumber should remain in the dry kiln.

Correspondence from M. Forestburg. Biltmore, N.C. Forestry Department. October 3, 1907- D. W. Bradley wants 100 "No Trespassing" signs.

October 7, 1907- Getting lots of orders for wood. Need more wood.

Accounting statements.

December 9, 1907- M. D. McKee at Pinecliff did not like the way Tilson Moore delivered his wood.

Correspondence from the Forestry Department at Biltmore Estate. Biltmore, N.C. Receipts and invoices. "Stock Sheet of Lumber at Pisgah Forest Station." - July 1904. Many order forms.

Correspondence from Forest and Stream Publishing Co. New York, New York. They wanted information on the game on Biltmore Estate.

November 23, 1899- List of places that sell cots.

October 24, 1903- Interested to hear that George Vanderbilt has decided to lease hunting and fishing rights on the Biltmore Preserve. Includes a rate card for advertising in "Forest and Stream."

November 2, 1903 and February 9, 1907- Will run advertisements.

Correspondence from "Forestry Quarterly" Ithaca, N.Y. List of important articles in the January 1903 "The Forestry Quarterly." Includes works by B. E. Fernow and Judson F. Clark. Flier with information on the magazine. This was the magazine of which B. E. Fernow was a supervisory editor.

Correspondence from Harold Day Foster. U.S.D.A. Bureau of Forestry, Forest Assistant. Washington, D.C. He visited Pisgah Forest in the summer of 1904 as part of his study of the commercial hardwoods of the Appalachian Region.

Correspondence from R. P. Foster, Trainmaster. Asheville, N.C. September 11, 1896- Supt. Welles said they would charge 50 cents per day for use of the shanty car 4843 in which lumbermen sleep.

October 12, 1896- Supt. Welles would not remit the charge for the shanty car, but would reduce the log train rate from $20 to $12 per day.

June 19, 1897- Recommends his former stenographer, N. Buckner, to Dr. Schenck.

Correspondence from Sam. M. Foster. Brevard, N.C. and Lake Toxaway, N.C. November 30, 1896- Writing E. M. Griffith from Big Creek, N.C. Has not yet moved. He was fixing up a house on the Head of Davidson River.

December 19, 1896- Mr. Sorrels may let Case stop marking timber long enough to show Foster over his boundary.

Corresponding about payrolls of other employees.

March 19, 1898- Marked [Tract] 63. Mrs. W. I. Case is very ill. Will Case not able to attend to business. Foster went to Gloucester to get depositions of Mrs. Catherine Orr and her son W. E. Orr.

May 28, 1898- Marked "153." Sent a quit claim deed from E. S. McCall and Wife to George Vanderbilt.

June 25, 1898- Marked "156." Letter about J. H. Osteens's state grant.

Working on a timber contract for Dr. Schenck. Wants to mark more timber, especially at Avery's Creek.

Correspondence from William F. Fox. Superintendent State Forests, State of New York. Forest Preserve Board. Albany, N.Y. February 5, 1900- Sending a draft of a bill he prepared "for the purpose of establishing a properly organized forestry department in this State." He was also working as Engineer of the Commission on the Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission. Says his title as Superintendent of State Forests is a courtesy, not a legal title.

February 16, 1900- If his forestry bill becomes law he wants to hire Biltmore Forest School graduates as foresters and rangers.

February 28, 1900- Asks Dr. Schenck to send a letter of recommendation for him to Governor Roosevelt. Roosevelt is about to reorganize the Forest, Fish & Game Commission. Applicants want Fox's place.

March 7, 1900- Fox writes on the differences between New York Forest Rangers and Fish and Game Protectors. Thanks Dr. Schenck for his letter to the Governor.

Correspondence from William F. Fox. Superintendent State Forests, State of New York. Forest Preserve Board. Albany, N.Y. Dr. Schenck writing an article on Forest Taxation for Fox's annual report.

Non-dated- Information on taxes and tax abatements in New York, including Adirondacks virgin forest lands.

Ordering copies of Dr. Schenck's writings.

Correspondence from William F. Fox. Superintendent State Forests, State of New York. Forest Preserve Board. Albany, N.Y. Requesting more writings from Dr. Schenck. Helping to offset the publishing costs.

March 5, 1900- Schenck wrote an article on Forest Management for the Forest, Fish and Game Commission's Annual Report.

Correspondence from B. A. Frady. Davidson River, N.C. August 10, 1903- Hears Andrew Cairnes resigned as Blacksmith at Davidson River. Wants the job.

Has a contract hauling wood for Dr. Schenck.

February 15, 1904- Has a petition for a stock law boundary beginning where Boilston Road crosses the Henderson County line and runs with the line to George Vanderbilt's line, then with George Vanderbilt's line to Davidson River; then with Brevard stock law boundary and Henderson line to the beginning. Hopes Dr. Schenck will support it.

September 27, 1906- Wants Dr. Schenck to raise his wages [as a blacksmith?] to $2 a day.

Correspondence from W. S. Frazier & Co. Aurora, IL. August 25, 1896- Mr. Morrison ordered a cart from them. Two pieces of beautiful letterhead, done in pastels, show a female figure balancing on a spoke. The wheel behind her shows a sunset over North America.

Miscellaneous correspondence from The French Broad Press, Asheville, N. C.

Correspondence from and to Clarence E. Frey. Washington D.C. Dr. Schenck offered him a two-week trial period as a stenographer but Frey did not agree with the salary offered.

Correspondence from T. L. Frierson. Davidsons River, N. C. He appears to have been cutting and buying timber on contract from Dr. Schenck. September 9, 1905- Asks if his contract includes Shut In Cove.

Correspondence to and from Senator A. M. Fry. Chairman, North Carolina Committee on Federal Relations. Raleigh, N.C. February 8, 1909- Copies of a letter to Senator Fry from Dr. Schenck. Schenck was sending two bills, one for a North Carolina law and one for a National law. Dr. Schenck thinks that these bills will be better for North Carolina than the Appalachian Forest bill. He discusses protecting mountain forests in relationship to federal legislation.

Correspondence from The Fullerton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Co. South Bend, Ind. They considered buying lumber from Dr. Schenck.

Correspondence concerning and from Robert Fullerton, Chicago Lumber & Coal Co. Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. Schenck complimented him in a presentation he gave at Louisville, calling Fullerton the "most wide-awake and most far-sighted lumberman in the United States." Dr. Schenck writes: "The salvation of American forestry lies in restricted lumber production and in increased tree production."

Correspondence from Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills. Atlanta, GA. Quoted prices for meal bags. October 26, 1904 letter has a stamp showing a man leaning on a table and pointing to the writing at the top of the letter.