THE HISTORIC TREES PROJECT

Selected Bibliography of Texts Useful in Locating Historic Trees

  • Allison. Wisconsin's Famous and Historic Trees.
  • Dreyer, Glenn D. Connecticut's Notable Trees. Covered Bridge Press,1990.
  • Florin, Lambert. Historic Glimpses of Trees of the West. Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1977.
  • Heermance, Edgar L. The Connecticut Guide: What to see and where to find it. Hartford: Emergency Relief Commission, 1935.
  • Haislett, John. Famous Trees of Texas. College Station, TX: Texas Forestry Service, 1970.
  • Illick, Joseph S. Pennsylvania Trees. Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters, 1928.
  • Jepson, Willis Linn. Trees of California.
  • Kauffman, Erle. Trees of Washington: The Man-The City. Washington, D.C.: The Outdoor Press, 1932.
  • Mallea-Olaetxe, J. Speaking Through the Aspens: Basque Tree Carvings in California and Nevada. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2000.
  • Nicholson, Katharine Stanley. Historic American Trees. New York: Frye Publishing Company, 1922.
  • Preston, Dickson J. Wye Oak, History of a Great Tree
  • Randall, C. E. and Daisy Priscilla Edgerton. Famous Trees: miscellaneous publication no. 295. Washington, D.C.: U.S.D.A. 1938.
  • Randall, C. E. and Daisy Priscilla Edgerton. Famous Trees: trees associated with notable persons, events and places. Washington, D.C.: U.S.F.S., 1935.
  • Randall, Charles Edgar and Henry Clepper. Famous and Historic Trees. Washington, D.C.: The American Forestry Association, 1976.
  • Simmons, James Raymond. The Historic Trees of Massachusetts. Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1919.
  • Wertz, Halfred W. and M. Joy Callender. Penn's Woods 1682-1982: The Oldest Trees in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Eastern Shore, Maryland. Wayne, Pennsylvania: Haverford House, 1981.
  • Wildman, E. E. Penn's Woods 1682-1932. 1933.

    • United Kingdom Historic Tree Bibliography

  • Morton, Andrew. Tree Heritage of Britain and Ireland. 1998.
  • Pakenham, Thomas. Meetings with Remarkable Trees. New York: Random House,1999.
  • Wilkinson, Gerald. Epitaph for the Elm. 1978.
  • Wilks, J. H. Trees in History and Legend of the British Isles. 1972.

    • World Historic Tree Bibliography

  • Boyer, Marie-France. Tree-Talk: Memories, Myth and Timeless Customs. New York: Thames and Hudson Inc., 1996.
  • Pakenham, Thomas. Remarkable Trees of the World. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2002.
  • Solness, Peter. Tree Stories. Neutral Bay, Australia: Chapter & Verse, 1999.



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