Vintage 1939–1940 U.S. Forest Service & Soil Conservation Herbarium Field Notebooks Lot (3 Books)

Up for sale is an incredible, authentic pre-WWII scientific archive belonging to Ralph Watters, documenting his coursework in Civil Engineering (1939) and subsequent field research with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (1940).

This rare 3-book collection includes original pressed botanical specimens paired with detailed field data, location coordinates, and land surveying math.

 

What Is Included in This Lot:

 

1. 1940 USDA Forest Service Field Notebook (Form 289 "The Forester")

 Top-hinged blue-cloth binding marked *U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington D.C.*

Contains multiple (25+) intact **pressed plant/herbarium specimens** in the pages.

Includes detailed handwritten field notes: plant taxonomic names (*Corallorhiza maculata*, *Viola lobata*, etc.), plot location (California / Camp Calif. at 4,000 ft elevation), date (*June 2, 1940*), soil moisture, and associated flora.

 

2. 1940 USDA Soil Conservation Service Field Notebook (Form SCS-191)

 Official government-issued orange-covered field log (*Office of the Chief, Soil Conservation Service*).

 Filled with plant code cross-references (*Tanbark Plots*, *Achillea millefolium*, *Ceanothus*, *Erigeron*) and ecological observations.

 

3. 1939 Keuffel & Esser (K&E) College Field Book 360 C

 Vintage K&E civil engineering surveying notebook owned by Ralph Watters (Course C.E. 1B, Feb 1939).

Packed with handwritten profile leveling calculations, transit survey stationing ($B.S.$, $F.S.$, $H.I.$), grade calculations ($+2\%$), and elevation cross-section drawings.