Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Oral History of Archer Smith, Jr., Forester, R-8 and R-5 |
Catalog Number |
2004.069.018a |
Object Name |
Transcript |
Scope & Content |
Oral History of Archer Smith, Jr., Forester, R-8 and R-5 >> Oral history interview by James L. McConnell and Jerry Henderson, April 18, 2000, Eastover, South Carolina >> Archer Smith spent time in Region 5 and returned to the Southern Region (R-8) to help the region learn how to use fire. Forest Service April 1934 to May 1970 >> Graduated from Penn State University; First Forest Service job at Charleston, SC on land acquisition for the Francis Marion NF, lands had been cut over and mostly burned; Taking the Civil Service exam; Was on the Sumter NF until about 1938; Accepted offer to transfer to California in a fire job on the Sierra NF. Audie Wofford was the ranger; Transfer to Upper Lake District and later Paskenta District, Mendocino NF as assistant ranger; Later in Smith career he detailed to Washington Office to help write the Fire Prevention Handbook; 1938 California started training prisoners to fight fires; 1943 H. M. Sears offered Smith a job in the Southern Region in the emergency fire control program to protect military bombing ranges; 1951-1957 Assistant Forest Supervisor on the Francis Marion NF; Joe Riebold was supervisor; Assigned to the Region Office twice; Fire in Bar Harbor Maine; Building employee housing on ranger districts; Fire control on various regional fires; Verse that Smith wrote; Hurricanes Hazel and Hugo; Naval stores 1936 |
Additional File |
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Year Range from |
2000 |
Year Range to |
2000 |
People |
Smith Jr., Archer Wofford, Audie K. Sears, H. M. Riebold, R. J. "Joe" |
Subjects |
Bar Harbor Maine Fire Brasstown Fire CCC Civil Service exam Employee housing Fire Prevention Francis Marion NF Hurricane Hugo Land acquisition Mendocino NF Naval Stores Oral history Sierra NF Southern Region Sumter NF Sumter NF |
Search Terms |
Oral History HRP-CCC Lands-Real Estate Management Timber-other |
Catalog date |
2019-05-29 |
Extent of Description |
Letter size, 24 pages |
Collection |
McConnell, James L. |