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===Historical books online===
 
===Historical books online===
 
*Various editions of the monthly magazine [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%22the%20indian%20forester%22%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts ''The Indian Forester''] covering a period between 1875 and 1905 can be found at archive.org. Additionally, most of the editions Volume 1, 1876  to Volume 33 , 1907  are available to download as a pdf files from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], located under “Journals”. Many individuals are mentioned in the included "Extracts from Official Gazettes". As an example of the latter, [https://archive.org/stream/indianforesterv02unkngoog#page/n532/mode/2up  Appendix: ”Extracts from Official Gazettes”]  (125 pages) following page 484, Volume XXIV (1898) Archive.org
 
*Various editions of the monthly magazine [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%22the%20indian%20forester%22%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts ''The Indian Forester''] covering a period between 1875 and 1905 can be found at archive.org. Additionally, most of the editions Volume 1, 1876  to Volume 33 , 1907  are available to download as a pdf files from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], located under “Journals”. Many individuals are mentioned in the included "Extracts from Official Gazettes". As an example of the latter, [https://archive.org/stream/indianforesterv02unkngoog#page/n532/mode/2up  Appendix: ”Extracts from Official Gazettes”]  (125 pages) following page 484, Volume XXIV (1898) Archive.org
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:Editions of ''Indian Forester'' are available from KrishiKosh, Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research System, with links to  pdf downloads
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:[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2043844 Vol 25 1899], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052037 Vol 28 1902], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052482 Vol 29 1903], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052028 Vol 30 1904], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2050394 Vol 31 1905], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052034 Vol 32 1906], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2050395 Vol 33 1907], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052046 Vol 34 1908], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052039 Vol 35 1909], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052043 Vol 36 1910]
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:[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052042 Vol 37 1911], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052052 Vol 38 1912], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052051 Vol 39 1913], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052050 Vol 40 1914], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052049 Vol 41 1915], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052048 Vol 42 1916], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052053 Vol 43 1917], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052064 Vol 44 1918], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052030 Vol 45 1919], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2043753 Vol 46 1920]
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:[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052061 Vol 47 1921], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052060 Vol 48 1922], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052059 Vol 49 1923], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052063 Vol 50 1924], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052062 Vol 51 1925], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052027 Vol 52 1926], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052026 Vol 53 1927], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052033 Vol 54 1928], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052025 Vol 55 1929], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2050391 Vol 56 1930]
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:[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052038 Vol 57 1931], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052032 Vol 58 1932], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052056 Vol 59 1933], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052057 Vol 60 1934], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052054 Vol 61 1935], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2045939 Vol 62 1936], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052055 Vol 63 1937], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2050392 Vol 64 1938], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2050393 Vol 65 1939], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052040 Vol 66 1940], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052036 Vol 67 1941], [http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2052045 Vol 68 1942]
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*[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in KrishiKosh], Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research System includes books and journals on forestry.
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromr00indgoog#page/n93/mode/1up ''Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal: No 9: Report on the Teak Forests of Tenasserim Provinces''] includes [http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromr00indgoog#page/n281/mode/1up '"Summary of papers relating to the Madras and Bombay Forests"] with an [http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromr00indgoog#page/n375/mode/1up Index] 1852 Archive.org
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromr00indgoog#page/n93/mode/1up ''Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal: No 9: Report on the Teak Forests of Tenasserim Provinces''] includes [http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromr00indgoog#page/n281/mode/1up '"Summary of papers relating to the Madras and Bombay Forests"] with an [http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionsfromr00indgoog#page/n375/mode/1up Index] 1852 Archive.org
 
*[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2027691 ''Forestry In British India''] 1900. The author is catalogued as Ajay S Rawat, but the author may possibly be  Berthold Ribbentrop. Pdf download from KrishiKosh: An Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research System.
 
*[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2027691 ''Forestry In British India''] 1900. The author is catalogued as Ajay S Rawat, but the author may possibly be  Berthold Ribbentrop. Pdf download from KrishiKosh: An Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research System.
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*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924012409987 ''Forest Life and Sport in India''] by S Eardley-Wilmot,  Late Inspector General of Forests to the Government of India 1910. Archive.org. He joined the Forest Service in 1873.   
 
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924012409987 ''Forest Life and Sport in India''] by S Eardley-Wilmot,  Late Inspector General of Forests to the Government of India 1910. Archive.org. He joined the Forest Service in 1873.   
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/junglebywaysinin00stebrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''Jungle by-ways in India; leaves from the note-book of a sportsman and a naturalist'']  by Edward Percy Stebbing 1911 Archive.org. The author spent sixteen years in the Indian Forest Service
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/junglebywaysinin00stebrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''Jungle by-ways in India; leaves from the note-book of a sportsman and a naturalist'']  by Edward Percy Stebbing 1911 Archive.org. The author spent sixteen years in the Indian Forest Service
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/284797 ''Wild Animals In Central India''] by A A Dunbar Brander 1923. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. The author was a  Conservator of Forests  in the Central Provinces.  
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*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284797 ''Wild Animals In Central India''] by A A Dunbar Brander 1923. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. The author was a  Conservator of Forests  in the Central Provinces.  
 
*[https://archive.org/details/CameraTigerland  ''With A Camera In Tiger Land''] by  F W Champion 1928 (first published 1927) Archive.org. The author was in the  Imperial Forest Service of India, a keen naturalist and photographer.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/CameraTigerland  ''With A Camera In Tiger Land''] by  F W Champion 1928 (first published 1927) Archive.org. The author was in the  Imperial Forest Service of India, a keen naturalist and photographer.
:[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/211938 ''The Jungle In Sunlight And Shadow''] by FW Champion 1934. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
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:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/211938 ''The Jungle In Sunlight And Shadow''] by FW Champion 1934. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
 
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/219436 ''Forest Life In India''] by  James W Best 1934. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. The author was a forest officer in central India for 19 years.
 
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/219436 ''Forest Life In India''] by  James W Best 1934. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. The author was a forest officer in central India for 19 years.
 
*[http://pecongress.org.pk/images/upload/books/P17-PAPER130.pdf Paper No 130 "Punjab Building Timbers and Methods of Extraction"] by H M Glover IFS  pages 119-126b (total 18 pages including photographs) ''Proceedings of the Punjab Engineering Congress, Lahore, Volume 17, 1929'' pecongress.org.pk. Includes brief mention of the [[Khyber Ropeway Company|Khyber Ropeway]].
 
*[http://pecongress.org.pk/images/upload/books/P17-PAPER130.pdf Paper No 130 "Punjab Building Timbers and Methods of Extraction"] by H M Glover IFS  pages 119-126b (total 18 pages including photographs) ''Proceedings of the Punjab Engineering Congress, Lahore, Volume 17, 1929'' pecongress.org.pk. Includes brief mention of the [[Khyber Ropeway Company|Khyber Ropeway]].

Revision as of 10:49, 10 December 2016

The Indian Forestry Department of India was created in 1867, under the leadership of Dr Dietrich Brandis [1]

FIBIS resources

  • "The Indian Forest Services in the India Office Records: Questions and answers for researchers" by Ian Baxter FIBIS Journal Number 30 (Autumn 2013) pages 23-31

Training of Officers

  • 1867 - 1885 student officers received training in France and Germany.
  • 1885 -1906 student officers received training at the Royal Indian Engineering College at Coopers Hill in Surrey, UK.
  • 1906-1927 student officers received training via Oxford , Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities.
  • 1927 -1938 student officers were trained at the Imperial Forest Research Institute at Dehra Dun, which had been established in 1906.

Some sources of records

Asian and African Reading Room (British Library)

  • Names of individuals may be found in the annual directories on the open shelves
  • The forestry department was considered part of the Public Works Department. References to employment service may , therefore, be found amongst the L/PWD records at the British Library. For example, L/PWD/8/11 relates to Birth/baptismal certificates in candidates' application papers for the Royal Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill 1871-1903.
  • L/PJ/6/776 – relates to Birth/baptismal certificates in Indian Forest Service candidates' application papers (1906)
  • Forest Department 1893-1900 Information to be found in L/F/10 221-228
  • See also Bengal Civil Servants 1706 - 1917 where it is indicated that there are over 50 'misfiled' record copies of Uncovenanted Officers in the Forestry Dept between the covenanted servants for 1884 and 1885 (L/F/10/45 - IOR Neg 57085-6 )
  • For more about the L/F/10 records, see L/F/10 Records of Service 1702-1928

Records Online

Lists of Officers in Survey and Forest Departments on 1st October 1873 Pdf download from Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.

Also see

Books by Forest Officers are included in

External links

Historical books online

Editions of Indian Forester are available from KrishiKosh, Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research System, with links to pdf downloads
Vol 25 1899, Vol 28 1902, Vol 29 1903, Vol 30 1904, Vol 31 1905, Vol 32 1906, Vol 33 1907, Vol 34 1908, Vol 35 1909, Vol 36 1910
Vol 37 1911, Vol 38 1912, Vol 39 1913, Vol 40 1914, Vol 41 1915, Vol 42 1916, Vol 43 1917, Vol 44 1918, Vol 45 1919, Vol 46 1920
Vol 47 1921, Vol 48 1922, Vol 49 1923, Vol 50 1924, Vol 51 1925, Vol 52 1926, Vol 53 1927, Vol 54 1928, Vol 55 1929, Vol 56 1930
Vol 57 1931, Vol 58 1932, Vol 59 1933, Vol 60 1934, Vol 61 1935, Vol 62 1936, Vol 63 1937, Vol 64 1938, Vol 65 1939, Vol 66 1940, Vol 67 1941, Vol 68 1942
The company is mentioned evacuating the European families of its forest officers in 1942, in Songs of The Survivors, page 56, stories about the Goan community and the Trek Out of Burma in 1942.
The Jungle In Sunlight And Shadow by FW Champion 1934. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.

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