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United States. Forest Service

 Organization

administrative history

Citation:
US Forest Service, website viewed July 6, 2011: About us - Meet the Forest Service (9 regions; regions contain forests and grasslands; forests divided into districts; founded 1905; purposes include protection, conservation, research, access, education; forest rangers in districts, forest supervisors in forests, regional foresters in regions, chief at national level)

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Forest Service Region IV research materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1609
Scope and Contents

Oral histories and other research materials and findings collected during the research of the history of Region IV of the Forest Service.

Dates: 1827-1984

Oral history interview with Cecil Jones

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231030286]
Identifier: MSS 6702
Abstract

Oral history interview with Cecil Jones, conducted on 1 July 1971 by Suzanne Jansen for the Utah State Historical Society and California State University, Fullerton, Oral History Program.

Dates: 1 July 1971

LaFayette S. Kartchner journals and personal history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6213
Abstract

This collection contains a personal history of Lafayette S. Kartchner, written 1975, and 39 journals spanning from 1928-1929, 1956-1991. Topics included in his history: his involvement in fighting at the Mexican border in 1916, his military service in France during World War I, his career as a U.S. Forest Ranger, his mission to the Mexican Mission for the LDS Church, and his family through the years.

Dates: Other: 1928-1991

Felix Koziol papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6210
Abstract

This collection includes correspondence, certificates, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, pamphlets, newsletters, books, articles, and other papers that document Koziol’s U.S. Forest Service career and his contributions to Utah winter sports, dated circa 1920-1976.

Dates: approximately 1920-1976

United States Forest Service maps of American Fork campgrounds

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233637138]
Identifier: MSS 7697
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of maps of the campus for American Fork recreation zone D (mutual zone and Koholowo camp). The maps are very intricate and outline various features such as toilets, picnic areas, baseball parks and various other places. The collection dates 1949-1959.

Dates: 1949-1959

US Forest Service Oral History Project case files, 1992-1994

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 27 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts, contact information, and biographical information for the participants, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews conducted by the US Forest Service Oral History Project, 1992-1994.

Dates: 1992-1994

US Forest Service Oral History Project transcripts, 1992-1993

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 27 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts of recorded interviews done with participants in the US Forest Service Oral History Project, as well as background information about those participants, 1992-1993.

Dates: 1992-1993

US Forest Service Oral History Project transcripts and case files, 1992-1994

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 27
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts from and contact information for participants in the US Forest Service Oral History Project, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews, and transcripts for those interviews, 1992-1994.

Dates: 1992-1994

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Type
Collection 5
Archival Object 3
 
Subject
Forest rangers -- United States 3
Forest reserves -- United States 3
Interviews 3
Latter Day Saints -- West (U.S.) -- History 3
Utah -- History 3