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George E. Nichols to Horace Kephart, April 30, 1923, page 1

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George E. Nichols to Horace Kephart, April 30, 1923, page 1

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George E. Nichols to Horace Kephart, April 30, 1923, page 2

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  • YALE UNIVERSITY OSBORN BOTANICAL LABORATORY NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT April 30, 1923. Mr. Horace Kephart Bryson City, N. C. Dear Sir: In complying with your request for folders describing the Bergan Carrying-frame Knapsack I am going to take the liberty, first of all, of writing you a personal letter, the purpose of which will become obvious presently. Your books on camping, woodcraft, and camp cookery have been with me for so many years that I cannot help but feel a sort of one-sided acquaintance with you. Those books formed the nucleus of my out-of- doors library, and I have yet to find anything that eclipses them or even approaches them for all-round usefulness. By way of introducing myself, I will say that I am associate professor of botany in Yale University, having been connected with the faculty here ever since I graduated in 1904. For the past three summers I have also been associated with the staff of the University of Michigan Biological Station, in northern Michigan, a connection which continues this coming summer. In connection with my profession, which is botany, I have spent the greater part of every summer for the past twenty years in the field and, no matter what the nature of the trip, a knapsack has come to constitute an almost invariable part of my field equipment. I have used a knapsack both for light loads and for heavy; I have carried one on short excursions and on exploring trips where we had to shoulder all our duffle day after day; I have toted a knapsack over the barren grounds of the north and the deserts of Arizona, through the spruce woods of northern Maine and the tropical mountain forests of Jamaica, up the slopes of Pikes Peak, Mt. Rainier, and the Sierras. I have tried out different kinds of knapsacks, and I have made my own. In short, when it comes to knapsacks, I feel that I know what I am talking about. Three years ago a Norwegian student of mine suggested that I try out his knapsack — a Bergan. To make a long story short, I would not part with my Bergan today for a dozen times what it cost me, if to do so meant going without one. As a carrying equipment, in my opinion, the Bergan is absolutely in a class by itself. My enthusiasm over the Bergan has led me to offer my cooperation in making it more widely known to the American out-of-door public. So far as any profits may eventually accrue from its sale, my own personal interest lies chiefly in creating an income which may help to finance certain field studies of .the vegetation of northeastern America which I have in mind. As yet, anything in the way of net profits is problematical, but I am firmly convinced that, once started, the Bergan is destined to be-
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Horace Kephart

Background and Early Career Horace Kephart was born in 1862 in Pennsylvania, but spent much of his youth in Iowa. He went on to achieve success in two careers. Trained as a...

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