Forests and forestry

Photograph of a family in a horse drawn wagon on a road through the Bush, or forest, in New South Wales, [Australia] in the early 20th century.

Photograph of a herd of deer in a forest clearing in the early 20th century.

Photograph of a white cow in a woodland field in the early 20th century.

Photograph of a man holding a rifle standing next to a large, fallen tree in a Rhodesian forest in the early 20th century.

Letters (2) from Sylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie to Richard Wharton, about oak plantations in the New Forest, etc., for naval timber. Office of Woods, etc. Dated 15, 26 October 1813. 2 volumes.

The collection consists of: estate plans, including plan of estate under the Heriot-Watt University development plan for Riccarton; landscape reports; particulars of individual trees; files and notes on forest engineering and forest botany; report on the Forest of Dean and Tintern Wood; and, a working plan for an area of New Forest, 1951-1961.

Photograph of a man standing next to a river in a forest with a bridge in the background in the early 20th century.

Photograph of a teak forest near Umgusa-Victoria Falls line in Zimbabwe in the early 20th century.