Finding Aid for Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Manager's Records, Series I
Abstract:
Series I of The Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Manager's Records contains business and personal correspondence dated 1899 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 I is among the smallest series in The Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Manager's Records. Some of the topical folders contain only a single letter. Many of the Series I letters are from T. C. Israel, Deputy Marshall of Henderson County, who wrote about discovering and destroying illicit distilleries on George Vanderbilt's Transylvania County property. Other noted correspondents in Series I are Thomas P. Ivy and the publishing company, The Inland Press.
- Contact Information:
- The Biltmore Company, Museum Services Department,
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- Stephanie S. Gardner
- Date Completed
- 2002
- Encoded by
- Stephanie S. Gardner
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Descriptive Summary
- Creator
- Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Office
- Title
- Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Manager's Records, Series I, 1899 - 1909, 1901 - 1909, (Bulk)
- Call Number
- 2/I
- Extent
- 18 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 I, 1899 - 1909, Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Manager's Records, The Biltmore Company, Museum Services Department, Archives Division, Asheville, North Carolina
Scope and Content Note
Series I is among the smallest series in the Biltmore Estate Forestry Department Manager's Records. Many of the general topics folders only contain a single letter.
One of the most noted correspondents of Series I is T. C. Israel, Deputy Marshall of Henderson County. He wrote to Dr. Schenck of his work catching blockaders and discovering illicit distilleries (moonshine stills) on George Vanderbilt's land in Transylvania County, N. C.
Other important correspondents in this series are Thomas P. Ivy, who appears to have been a graduate of Biltmore Forest School; and The Inland Press, which did much publishing for Dr. Schenck.
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. It also appears that some clerks preferred to file records by the names of company's managers or agents. Therefore, one organization may be represented in the filing system by several letters depending on the variety of individuals' names within that particular group. In addition, miscellaneous manuscripts are filed in folders carrying a description of the material as a title.
Collection Arrangement
The documents have been arranged alphabetically by correspondents' name, and then, chronologically by date. This organization follows the records' original provenance, in that they were first filed in alphabetical order. It appears the original filing system consisted of placing newer records to the front of older ones, thus keeping working material up-to-date.
Online Catalog Terms
- Personal Names
- Israel, T. C.
- Ivy, Thomas P.
- Schenck, Carl Alwin, 1868-1955.
- Corporate Names
- Biltmore Forest School
- C. A. Schenck and Company
- Geographical Terms
- North Carolina-Buncombe-Asheville
- North Carolina-Transylvania-Brevard
- North Carolina-Transylvania- Pisgah Forest
- Subjects
- Biltmore Forest School--History
- Forestry schools and education--North Carolina--History
- Lumbermen
- Printing industry
- Materials
- business letters
- copies
- invoices
- personal correspondence
- reports
- sample cards
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 J | Series K | Series L | Series M | Series N | Series O | Series P | Series Q | Series R | Series S | Series T | Series U | Series V | Series W | Series XYZ | Series Additional Materials
Container List
Box.Folder 18.0031
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
- Subjects
- Forestry schools and education
- Materials
- business letters
Box.Folder 18.0032
August 6, 1908- W. J. Ivey would like to be a miller at Davidson River Mills if John Smith gives up the position.
- Geographical Terms
- North Carolina-Transylvania-Davidson River
- Materials
- business letters
Box.Folder 18.0033
Correspondence regarding sales of lumber and firewood.
- Personal Names
- McNamee, Charles
- Materials
- business letters
- calculations
- copies
Box.Folder 18.0034
November 12, 1904- S. O. Ingram offers to sell his or her part of the old Ingram tract to George Vanderbilt. Owns John Ingram or J. H. Ducker tract on the M. K. Lance land.
- Personal Names
- Ingram, John
- Geographical Terms
- North Carolina-Buncombe-Asheville
- Materials
- business letters
Box.Folder 18.0035
[Sank?] Israel wants to rent the Posey pasture on Fosters Creek.
- Materials
- business letters
Box.Folder 18.0036
Dr. Samuel Iglauer of Cincinnati, Ohio wishes Dr. Schenck to send him forestry literature.
- Geographical Terms
- Ohio-Hamilton-Cincinnati
- Materials
- business letters
Box.Folder 18.0037
August 30, 1907- S. O. Ingram, Principal of Inanda School, asks for Inanda School to be given a pass to Mount Pisgah for Friday and Saturday.
- Corporate Names
- Inanada School
- Geographical Terms
- North Carolina-Transylvania-Pisgah Mountain
- Materials
- business letters
Box.Folder 18.0038
January 11, 1899- John Ingram writes of bad things happening in the Pink Beds, including men killing his hogs. October 11, 1901- Mary Israel asks for more help for her son with the fever.
- Personal Names
- Ingram, John
- Israel, Mary
- Geographical Terms
- North Carolina-Transylvania- Pisgah Forest
- Materials
- personal correspondence
Box.Folder 18.0039
January 4, 1909- Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's Association invites Dr. Schenck to their meeting.
- Materials
- business letters
Box.Folder 18.0040
"Inspection Rules on Hardwood Dimension Material Adopted By The Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States."
Letters in German.
- Corporate Names
- Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States
- Subjects
- Timber--Grading
- Materials
- letters (correspondence)
- rules (instructions)
Box.Folder 18.0041
Correspondence from and to The E. Ingraham Company, Manufactures of Clocks. Bristol, CT. They considered purchasing poplar lumber from Biltmore Estate Forestry Department.
- Corporate Names
- The E. Ingraham Company
- Geographical Terms
- Connecticut-Hartford-Bristol
- Materials
- business letters
- copies
Box.Folder 18.0042
Correspondence from The Inland Press. Asheville, N.C. They printed Biltmore Forest School catalogs, Biltmore Forest School letterhead, circulars, envelopes, and stationery for C. A. Schenck & Co.
Includes sample envelope and sample paper.
Considered purchasing lumber from Dr. Schenck.
- Corporate Names
- Biltmore Forest School
- The Inland Press
- Geographical Terms
- North Carolina-Buncombe-Asheville
- Subjects
- Printing industry
- Materials
- business letters
- envelopes
- samples
Box.Folder 18.0043
Correspondence from The Inland Press. Asheville, N.C. Sample paper.
Designing sample post cards.
Orders for cardboard, permits, envelops, survey report sheets, letterheads, copy clothes and manila envelopes.
They printed Biltmore Forest School newsletters, "What is Doing" or "Biltmore Doings," and ordered envelopes in which to mail them.
- Corporate Names
- The Inland Press
- Geographical Terms
- North Carolina-Buncombe-Asheville
- Subjects
- Printing industry
- Materials
- bills of lading
- business letters
- invoices
- postcards
- sample cards
Box.Folder 18.0044
Correspondence from The Inland Press. Asheville, N.C. Orders for letterhead, mimeograph paper, tally sheets, circular letters, stock-lists, requisition blanks, day reports, envelopes, tables and Cruiser's tables.
July 23, 1908- Received copy for "Thanksgiving Proclamation."
Includes sample paper.
- Corporate Names
- The Inland Press
- Geographical Terms
- North Carolina-Buncombe-Asheville
- Subjects
- Printing industry
- Materials
- business letters
- copies
- postcards
- sample cards
Box.Folder 18.0045
Correspondence from T. C. Israel, Deputy Marshall. Hendersonville, N.C. March 21, 1901- Wants some payment for his work catching blockaders and illicit distilleries (moonshine stills) on George Vanderbilt's land in Transylvania County.
Reports on the many illicit distilleries he captured in various locations.
September 24, 1901- Captured J. B. Perry's still on Averys Creek and other stills.
- Personal Names
- Israel, T. C.
- Geographical Terms
- North Carolina-Buncombe-Avery Creek
- North Carolina-Henderson-Hendersonville
- North Carolina-Transylvania
- Subjects
- Distilleries
- Distilling, Illicit
- Materials
- business letters
- reports
Box.Folder 18.0046
Correspondence from Thomas P. Ivy. May 16, 1904- Writing from Davidsons River, N.C. Has decided to leave Biltmore Forest School for Yale Forest School.
- Personal Names
- Ivy, Thomas P.
- Corporate Names
- Biltmore Forest School
- Geographical Terms
- North Carolina-Transylvania-Davidson River
- Subjects
- Forestry schools and education
- Materials
- personal correspondence
Box.Folder 18.0047
Correspondence from Thomas P. Ivy. May 17, 1905- Writing from Yale Forest School. Does not agree with Dr. Schenck who stated in his last letter that he will no longer prepare students for the civil service examination, but for positions with lumber companies. Advice on the science classes that Biltmore Forest School should offer. Notes on Yale's Forest School. Ivy thinks Biltmore Forest School should begin to offer a Post Graduate course.
Exchanging publications.
July 8, 1905- Ivy's future education plans. Writes of forestry in Center Conway, N.H. Offers to publish Dr. Schenck's "Forest Policy" and "Utilization" in one volume.
July 15, 1905- Writing from Center Conway, N.H. Argues with Schenck and Pinchot's definition of forestry as conservative lumbering. Forest Bureau needs men of all ages and with wider human experience. Thinks Dr. Schenck's Policy and Utilization volume is too wordy.
- Personal Names
- Ivy, Thomas P.
- Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946.
- Schenck, Carl Alwin, 1868-1955.
- Corporate Names
- Biltmore Forest School
- United States. Bureau of Forestry.
- Geographical Terms
- Connecticut-New Haven-New Haven
- New Hampshire-Carroll-Center Conway
- Subjects
- Forestry schools and education
- Publishing
- Materials
- business letters
- personal correspondence
- transcripts
Box.Folder 18.0048
January 12, 1906- Possibly will work with Putnam & Co. on Dr. Schenck's book. He and his wife would like to stay on the Estate while visiting, not in "rainy Biltmore Village or consumptive Asheville."
January 28, 1906- Putnam & Co. estimating cost of two proposed volumes.
- Personal Names
- Ivy, Thomas P.
- Schenck, Carl Alwin, 1868-1955.
- Geographical Terms
- New Hampshire-Carroll-Center Conway
- Subjects
- Publishing
- Materials
- business letters
- personal correspondence
- postcards
- transcripts