University of North Carolina at Asheville
D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections/University Archives

Horace B. Ayres
(1856-?)

The Editors. Special Meeting of the American Forestry Association (December 30, 1890).  Forest Leaves – Pennsylvania Forestry Association, 1890.  
{pg 75 mentions activities of H. B. Ayres in AFA}

Ayres, Horace B. Minnesota Woodsmen. Forest Leaves - Pennsylvania Forestry Association, March, 1891.

Ayres, Horace B. Notes. Garden and Forest - Arnold Arboretum, May 6, 1891.  
{see pg 204 on Minnesota forests}

Ayres, Horace B. Water in “Pot-holes.” Garden and Forest - Arnold Arboretum, May 20, 1891.  
{pg 238 has a response}

Ayres, Horace B. Waste Places. Garden and Forest - Arnold Arboretum, November 11, 1891.

Ayres, Horace B. The Woods of Minnesota. Garden and Forest - Arnold Arboretum, June 22, 1892.

Ayres, Horace B. Our Land Office System. Garden and Forest - Arnold Arboretum, July 20, 1892.

Ayres, Horace B. Native Evergreens. Minnesota Horticultural Society Annual Report, 1896.  (24:440-446)  
{found in the  Bradley Bibliography of 1911 – published by the Arnold Arboretum}  
{at Duke Biological Sciences Library}

Ayres, Horace B. and Green, Samuel B. Rate of Increase on the Cut-Over Timber Lands of Minnesota. Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin #49 (Horticultural Division), December 1896.

Superintendent of Documents. Catalogue of the Public Documents of the 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th Congress Government of the United States, US Government Printing Office, 1887-1899, 1899-1901, 1901-1903, 903-1905.                                                
{lists six publications concerning H. B. Ayres’ work with USGS in different parts of the country.}

Ayres, Horace B. The Lumberman’s View of the Forest. (A Symposium in Two Papers).  The Forester, June 1899.

Ayres, Horace B. Photographs taken in 1900 in the Southern Appalachians.  National Archive II, obtained February 2002.  
{numerous photos of the region, some used in government publications and forestry articles – photo of H. B. Ayres?}

Price, Overton. Practical Forestry in the Southern Appalachians. Reprint from the Yearbook of Agriculture (USDA), 1900.                
{has photos by H. B. Ayres}  

Ayres, Horace B. Timber Estimating. The Forester, 1901.  (7:144)

Ayres, Horace B. The Southern Appalachians From The Lumberman’s Standpoint.  The Forester, July 1901.

Ayres, Horace B. The May Flood in Eastern Tennessee.  Forestry and Irrigation, March 1902.

Wilson, James (Ashe, W. W. - Ayres, H. B.) Message From the President of the United States: A Report of the Secretary of  Agriculture in Relation to the Forests, Rivers, and Mountains of the Southern Appalachian Region. US Government Printing Office, 1902.

Walcott, Charles D. Proceedings of the American Forest Congress (Washington, DC) American Forestry Association,   H. M. Suter Publishing Company, 1905.
{relevant entry titled: Work on the Geological Survey in Mapping the Reserves, pg 364}

The Editors. A Great Hardwood Forest.  Forestry and Irrigation, March 1905.    
{refers to upcoming Ashe and Ayres' work}

Ashe, W. W. and Ayres, H. B. The Southern Appalachian Forests. US Geological Survey – Professional Paper #37.  US Government Printing Office, 1905.

Munns, E. N. A Selected Bibliography of North American Forestry. (Volume I) USDA - Government Printing Office   (Miscellaneous Publication # 364), 1940.  
{four publications by H. B. Ayres are listed in the Authors Index)

Pinchot, Gifford Breaking New Ground.  Island Press, 1947 [1974].  
{page 251 refers to H. B. Ayres}