The Works of A. E. Douglass

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Stephen Sorensen

A. E. Douglass (1867-1962) is commonly known as the Father of Dendrochronology. This article contains a list that I created of Douglass’ works.

Works

1909: The Monthly Weather Review published his first paper on dendrochronology.^{[1, p.315]}

1914: His paper from 1909 was updated to be added to The Climatic Factor (Washington: Carnegie Institution).^{[1, p.316]}

The Carnegie Series^{[1, p.311]}

1919: Climate Cycles and Tree Ring Growth, Vol. 1

1928: Climate Cycles and Tree Ring Growth, Vol. 2

1936: Climate Cycles and Tree Ring Growth, Vol. 3

Volume 4 was never finished but an unfinished version of it is currently being held in the Special Collections of the University of Arizona Library.

Tree-Ring Bulletin Publications^[3]

Volume 1, Number 1: Douglass, A.E. 1934. Editorial. Tree-Ring Bulletin 1(1):2-3.

Volume 1, Number 2: Douglass, A.E. 1934. Accuracy in dating- I. Tree-Ring Bulletin 1(2):10-11.

Volume 1, Number 3: Douglass, A.E. 1935. Accuracy in dating – II. The presentation of evidence. Tree-Ring Bulletin 1(3):19-21.

Volume 1, Number 4: Douglass, A.E. 1935. Estimated ring chronology I: 1800-1934. Tree-Ring Bulletin 1(4):27.

Volume 2, Number 1: Douglass, A.E. 1935. Estimated ring chronology III: 1500-1650. Tree-Ring Bulletin 2(1):6.

Volume 2, Number 2: Douglass, A.E. 1935. Estimated ring chronology IV: 1350-1500. Chronology V: 1200-1350. Chronology VI: 1050-1200. Chronology VII: 900-1050. Tree-Ring Bulletin 2(2):13-16.

Volume 2, Number 3: Douglass, A.E. 1936. Estimated ring chronology VIII: 750-900. Tree-Ring Bulletin 2(3):24.

Volume 2, Number 4: Douglass, A.E. 1936. The central Pueblo chronology. Tree-Ring Bulletin 2(4):29-34.

Volume 3, Number 2: Douglass, A.E. 1936. Estimated ring chronology IX: 600-750. Tree-Ring Bulletin 3(2):16.

Volume 3, Number 3: Douglass, A.E. 1937. Typical ring-record from Chaco Canyon: 700 to 850, CK-331. Tree-Ring Bulletin 3(3):20-21.

Volume 4, Number 1: Douglass, A.E. 1937. Tree-ring work, 1937. Tree-Ring Bulletin 4(1):3-6.

Volume 4, Number 3: Douglass, A.E. 1938. Estimated tree-ring chronology: 450-600 A.D.. Tree-Ring Bulletin 4(3):8.

Volume 5, Number 1: Douglass, A.E. 1938. Estimated tree-ring chronology: 300-450 A.D. Tree-Ring Bulletin 5(1):8.

Volume 5, Number 2: Douglass, A.E. 1938. Southwestern dated ruins: V. Tree-Ring Bulletin 5(2):10-13.

Volume 5, Number 3: Douglass, A.E. 1939. Estimated tree-ring chronology: 150-300 A.D. Tree-Ring Bulletin 5(3):18-20.

Volume 6, Number 1: Douglass, A.E. 1939. Editorial. Tree-Ring Bulletin 6(1):2.

Volume 6, Number 1: Douglass, A.E. 1939. Notes on beam dating by sap-heart contact. Tree-Ring Bulletin 6(1):3-6.

Volume 6, Number 2: Douglass, A.E. 1939. Typical site of trees producing the best crossdating. Tree-Ring Bulletin 6(2):10-11.

Volume 6, Number 3: Douglass, A.E. 1940. Examples of spiral compression wood. Tree-Ring Bulletin 6(3):21-22.

Volume 6, Number 3: Douglass, A.E. 1940. Compression wood and the recent chronology in Mesa Verde firs. Tree-Ring Bulletin 6(3):23-24.

Volume 6, Number 4: Douglass, A.E. 1940. Editorial: A bibliography. Tree-Ring Bulletin 6(4):26-27.

Volume 7, Number 1: Douglass, A.E. 1940. Notes on the technique of tree-ring analysis, I. Tree-Ring Bulletin 7(1):2-8.

Volume 7, Number 4: Douglass, A.E. 1941. Notes on the technique of tree-ring analysis, II: Cell illumination. Tree-Ring Bulletin 7(4):28-34.

Volume 8, Number 1: Douglass, A.E. 1941. Age of Forestdale Ruin excavated in 1939. Tree-Ring Bulletin 8(1):7-8.

Volume 8, Number 2: Douglass, A.E. 1941. Notes on the technique of tree-ring analysis, III: Charcoal treatment. Tree-Ring Bulletin 8(2):10-16.

Volume 9, Number 2: Douglass, A.E. 1942. Checking the date of Bluff Ruin, Forestdale: A study in technique. Tree-Ring Bulletin 9(2):2-7.

Volume 9, Number 3: Douglass, A.E. 1943. Advances in dendrochronology, 1943. Tree-Ring Bulletin 9(3):18-24.

Volume 10, Number 1: Douglass, A.E. 1943. Notes on the technique of tree-ring analysis, IV: Practical instruments. Tree-Ring Bulletin 10(1-2):2-8.

Volume 10, Number 2: Douglass, A.E. 1943. Notes on the technique of tree-ring analysis, V: Practical instruments. Tree-Ring Bulletin 10(1-2):10-16.

Volume 11, Number 2: Douglass, A.E. 1944. Tabulation of dates for Bluff Ruin, Forestdale, Arizona. Tree-Ring Bulletin 11(2):10-16.

Volume 11, Number 4: Douglass, A.E. 1945. Survey of sequoia studies. Tree-Ring Bulletin 11(4):26-32.

Volume 12, Number 2: Douglass, A.E. 1945. Survey of sequoia studies, II. Tree-Ring Bulletin 12(2):10-16.

Volume 13, Number 1: Douglass, A.E. 1946. Sequoia survey-III: Miscellaneous notes. Tree-Ring Bulletin 13(1):5-8.

Volume 14, Number 2: Douglass, A.E. 1947. Photographic tree-ring chronologies and the Flagstaff sequence. Tree-Ring Bulletin 14(2):10-16.

Volume 15, Number 4: Douglass, A.E. 1949. Note on the early Durango Collections. Tree-Ring Bulletin 15(4):24.

Volume 16, Number 1: Douglass, A.E. 1949. A superior sequoia ring record. Tree-Ring Bulletin 16(1):2-6.

Volume 16, Number 3: Douglass, A.E. 1950. A superior sequoia ring record. II. A.D. 870-1209. Tree-Ring Bulletin 16(3):24.

Volume 16, Number 4: Douglass, A.E. 1950. A superior sequoia ring record. III. A.D. 360-886. Tree-Ring Bulletin 16(4):31-32.

Volume 17, Number 3: Douglass, A.E. 1951. A superior sequoia ring record. IV. 7 B.C. – A.D. 372. Tree-Ring Bulletin 17(3):23-24.

Volume 17, Number 4: Douglass, A.E. 1951. A superior sequoia ring record. V. 271 B.C. – 1 B.C. Tree-Ring Bulletin 17(4):31-32.

Other Resources

Arizona Archives Online has a list of his papers available online.^[2]
They have them split into 6 series:
Series I: Personal Material (Part I), 1867-1962
Series II: Astronomy Materials, 1890-1965
Series III: University of Arizona, 1904-1962
Series IV: Tree-Ring Material, 1894-1966
Series V: Personal Material (Part II), 1867-1965
Series VI: Motion Picture Films, 1929-2011

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References:

[1] – Bannister, Bryant, et al. “Remembering A. E. Douglass.” Journal of the Southwest, vol. 40, no. 3, 1998, pp. 307–318. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40170111. Accessed 5 Jan. 2021.

[2] – http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/uoa/UAAZ072.xml. Accessed 5 Jan. 2021.

[3] – https://www.treeringsociety.org/TRBTRR/TRBTRR.htm. Accessed 5 Jan. 2021.

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