Upper Great Lakes Timber, Inc. Records

Collection — Box: 1-3

Identifier: MS-809

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Records, 1968-1974, of the Upper Great Lakes Timber, Inc., a consortium of forestry leaders formed to work on timber industry issues, including product field testing, cooperative work with small landowners, and other business issues. Its formation led to the Timberman Association, a trade association to represent forestry businesses, and the Michigan Forest Association, focused on the special needs of forest land owners. Records include minutes, reports, employment applications, and other business records.

Dates

1968-1974

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

In the late 1960s several forestry leaders prepared a project proposal that formed the Upper Great Lakes Timber Inc. It had a broad mandate to work on important forestry problems, using existing information. It was a demonstration project, not a research program. Over the next several years, through 1971, over one hundred volunteers served on the Timber, Inc. projects. Logging equipment was tested in the field by loggers; small landowners were introduced to technical and cost sharing projects; and business problems were identified (from http://www.timbermen.org/index.php?page=History, accessed May 2011).