Series 1: Edwin F. Conger, Education and Professional Life, 1910-1970

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The first series in this collection provides background materials on the life and career of Edwin Fisher Conger (New Jersey native but long-time Staunton, Va., resident). His autobiography provides many helpful details on his education and entry into the pole-producing and treating business, introduces information on several of the companies he acquired and operated, and presents useful material on his lifelong interest in and support of American forestry and the influence of his forestry mentor, Dr. Carl A. Schenck (who is extensively featured later in the collection).

Among the most important pieces in this series is the photograph album (folder 4) compiled throughout Conger's business career (now disassembled for preservation purposes)-it contains important imagery of the pole-treatment business and the operations of Conger's various companies (detailed below), including images of creosoting operations, timber lands, the Virginia Creosoting Company plant in Culpeper, the Norfolk Creosoting Company plant, E.F. Conger Company plant in Waynesboro, Piedmont Company plants and yards, general operations, and tributes to Dr. Carl A. Schenck, Conger's longtime friend and forestry mentor (see Series 5.2)

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