Pencil sketch of lower part of a pair of soft maples, including many visible roots. Handwritten note across top: "Soft maple - St Croix river Oct 7th 1942 / mink". Handwritten note at lower left: "Raccoon". "St Croix" refers to the Saint Croix river; may be a sketch for a painting that included a mink and a raccoon. Reverse side of paper has a s...
Pencil sketch of the lower section of an elm tree with raised and visible roots; artist has particularly noted "space below root." Possibly other trees in background, or part of one tree.
Pencil drawing of White Ash tree. Study for tree later used in Victor H. Cahalane, "The Mammals of North America" (1946), in the entry on "Beaver," page 453.