In Celebration of International Day of Forests: A Forest History Archival Donation Guide

Banff Hotel from Tunnel Mountain, Alberta. Single frame of a stereoview published by Underwood and Underwood ca 1900. Source, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-DS-01233.

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Banff Hotel from Tunnel Mountain, Alberta. Single frame of a stereoview published by Underwood and Underwood ca 1900. Source, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-DS-01233.
Banff Hotel from Tunnel Mountain, Alberta. Single frame of a stereoview published by Underwood and Underwood ca 1900. Source, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-DS-01233.

As declared by the United Nations, Saturday March 21st is the International Day of Forests.  The event provides a platform to raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests and of trees outside forests.

Fun Canadian forest fact: how many Canadian provinces or territories lack forest cover?  Post your answer as a comment below and be the first person to claim bragging rights to a correct answer!

Any understanding of Canada’s forests must include a sensitivity to the past, so the Canadian Forest History Preservation Project is happy to announce the publication of an archival donation guide.  Written to redirect forest-history primary-sources away from the landfill and into the archives, it was published as an “Old Growth” column in the November/December issue of The Forestry Chronicle.

The guide helps prospective donors decide whether their material has archival value or not, and if so, how to make a donation and what to expect of the process.

The guide is brought to you by NiCHE, the Canadian Forest Service and the Forest History Association of British Columbia.

 

 

 

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David Brownstein

David Brownstein is the Principal of Klahanie Research Ltd (www.klahanieresearch.ca). He is also a longstanding UBC sessional instructor, and the continuing co-ordinator of NiCHE's "The Canadian Forest-History Preservation Project" (still facilitating archival donations after 11 years).

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