Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
F. A. Silcox, Forest Service Chief 1933-1939 |
Catalog Number |
2021.012.027 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Scope & Content |
F. A. Silcox, Forest Service Chief 1933-1939 >> 7-Page narrative by Silcox beginning with his childhood, Student at The Yale Forestry School in 1904, Summer field work in 1904 timber cruising in western West Virginia; 1905 Graduate from Yale; First Forest Service assignment Leadville National Forest, Colorado; Conflicts between the college trained foresters an the old Guards, at times reaching bitterness; Strong Cattle, and timber owners resistance to any controls; Regional Forester Missoula leaving in 1917; Joined the U.S. Army 10th Engineering Regiment and commissioned as a Captain; But assigned to go to Seattle to handle labor problems associated with ship construction; After the war he accepted a position in private industry as Director of Industrial Relations; 1933 returned to the Forest Service as Chief. >> 1912 Silcox memo to Pinchot of the need now to discuss problems with scientific forest management, 2-pages >> These papers are copies from the Gifford Pinchot Archives in the Library of Congress. Early USFS rangers were asked to send their stories to Pinchot for his planned book. |
Year Range from |
1937 |
Year Range to |
1937 |
People |
Silcox, Ferdinand A. |
Subjects |
World War I Yale University |
Search Terms |
Pinchot Papers World War I |
Catalog date |
2021-03-01 |
Extent of Description |
8.5" X 11.0", 9 Pages |
Collection |
Gaston, Bibi |