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  <titleInfo>
    <title>George Patrick Ahern papers, 1911-1932</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Ahern, George Patrick</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1859-1942</namePart>
    <role>
      <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm>
    </role>
  </name>
  <typeOfResource collection="yes" manuscript="yes">mixed material</typeOfResource>
  <originInfo>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>35</extent>
    <extent>1</extent>
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  <abstract>Primarily letters exchanged between Ngan Han, chief forester of China, and Ahern as director, Philippine Bureau of Forestry, concerning the Philippine Forest School, Los Baños, the establishment of a forest school in China, and education and military training in China.  Includes article entitled  Restoring China's Forests, by Thomas H. Simpson, published in the March 1916 edition of Review of Reviews concerning Ahern's travels in China, his forestry career, and the reforestation movement.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Typewritten transcripts.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note>Army officer, conservationist, and director, Philippine Bureau of Forestry.</note>
  <note>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Han, Ngan</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Simpson, Thomas H</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Education</topic>
    <geographic>China</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Forests and forestry</topic>
    <geographic>China</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Forests and forestry</topic>
    <geographic>Philippines</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Military education</topic>
    <geographic>China</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Army officers</occupation>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Conservationists</occupation>
  </subject>
  <identifier type="lccn">mm 73005003</identifier>
  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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