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Malcolm Knapp fonds
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1.67 m of textual records and published materials
606 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm or smaller
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Biographical history
F. Malcolm Knapp taught forestry at UBC for over forty years. After completing degrees in forestry at the New York State College of Forestry and the University of Washington, he came to the University of British Columbia in 1922. He began his long association with the institution as a lecturer. At this time, the Department of Forestry had only been in existence for two years, and its staff consisted of himself and H.R. Christie. Knapp taught courses on logging, wood technology and forest products. In 1946, he was named Director of the University Research Forests, which consisted of the Campus Forest (a narrow belt southwest of the university) and the Research Forest (12,500 acres north of Haney, B.C.). In recognition of his contribution to the establishment of the forest, its name was changed in 1988 to the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest. In addition to his teaching, Knapp also helped establish the Forestry Club in 1929 and, after the introduction of Spring Camp in 1948, he organized this annual event. Knapp retired in 1963 after completing forty-one years of service to the university.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of correspondence, addresses, reports, printed materials, field notes and clippings relating to Knapp's professional interests and activities. In addition, the fonds contains course materials, minutes of meetings, and administrative records relating to the UBC Faculty of Forestry. The fonds also contains photographs and slides documenting the Faculty of Forestry and its students as well as the University Research Forest.
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Immediate source of acquisition
The first accession (Boxes 1 and 2) came from the Faculty of Forestry. The second accession (Boxes 4 to 7) came from Knapp's home following his death in 1989.
Arrangement
Correspondence is arranged chronologically. Materials from the second accession have been organized into five series: Personal Material (1919 to 1988); Teaching Material (1925 to1963); Department / Faculty records (1946 to1965); Professional Material (1919 to1970); and Photographs (1926 to1988).
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Selected images are included in UBC Library Open Collections UBC 63.1.
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General note
These papers when used in conjunction with the University Research Forests fonds provide a comprehensive overview of the development of forestry at the University of British Columbia.