January 31st is more than just Super Bowl Saturday here in the U.S. It’s also the anniversary of the founding of International Paper.* On this day in 1898, fourteen paper companies came together and incorporated as International Paper (IP). Capitalized at almost $40 million dollars, IP included seventeen pulp and paper mills operating 101 paper [...]
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January 31, 1898: International Paper Incorporated
Posted in This Day in History, tagged forest products, International Paper, Canadian International Paper, pulp and paper, Quebec, Canada on January 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
January 29, 1935: And the Schlich Award Goes to…
Posted in This Day in History, tagged archival collections, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Society of American Foresters on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On this day in 1935, the Society of American Foresters presented its first-ever award, the Sir William Schlich Memorial Award Medal, to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt was recognized for his “interest and effective work for forest conservation,” with specific acclamation given for his establishment of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
The award was named for Sir [...]
January 21, 1892: Hoo-Hoo International, Not Your Father’s Skull and Bones
Posted in This Day in History, tagged Bolling Arthur Johnson, business fraternities, George K. Smith, Hoo-Hoo, International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, lumbermen on January 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
There are few things I desire more in this world than to unmask secret societies and to find derivations of “concatenate” in unexpected places. Imagine my delight when I learned that FHS holds a small collection of records for the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo.
On this day in 1892, the International Concatenated Order of [...]
Who should the president appoint to his cabinet?
Posted in Historian's Desk, tagged 2008 election, Gifford Pinchot, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As President-elect Barack Obama’s cabinet nominees are being finalized with little controversy, we here at Peeling Back the Bark can’t help but think back one hundred years ago and wonder what might have happened if, as newspapers speculated, Gifford Pinchot had been appointed to a cabinet position in William Howard Taft’s administration. Here’s what the [...]
January 7, 1851: It’s your day, Bernhard Fernow!
Posted in This Day in History, tagged American Forestry Association, Bernhard Fernow, U.S. Forest Service on January 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Happy birthday, Bernie! You helped bring forest management and forestry education to the United States and Canada, and we are forever grateful! Have an extra piece of cake on us!
Born in Prussia on January 7, 1851, Bernhard Eduard Fernow trained for both law and forestry. He served in the Prussian Forest Service for seven years [...]
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