Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Gisborne's Collection of Fire Related Papers |
Catalog Number |
2014.030.128 |
Object Name |
Miscellaneous |
Scope & Content |
Gisborne's Collection of Fire Related Papers 1929-1946 >> From a file labeled "Gisborne File" >> A manuscript on the 1929 Half Moon Fire (103,400 acres) on the Flathead and Blackfeet National Forests and Glacier National Park; two photographs to illustrate the article and a map of the fire with Gisborne's notes >> Sector Boss job description >> Idea for a talk on industrial forestry and regulation, 1946 >> 1945 Memo to Gisborne with attached C-7 War Ration Coupons to buy enough gas to get home >> 1940 report on the Smokejumpers / Parachute project and tentative plans for 1941, approx 20 pages >> Memo on Research Reorganization, 1935 >> Tillamook Fire (Oregon) of 1933 is described in the Service Bulletin October 9, 1933 by Richard E, McArdle. (The Tillamook Burn was a series of forest fires in the Northern Oregon Coast Range of Oregon in the United States that destroyed a total area of 355,000 acres (554.7² miles/1,400 km²) of old growth timber in what is now known as the Tillamook State Forest. The fires spanned the years of 1933–1951.) >> 1929 memo by L. C. Stockdale on disappearance of a firefighter on the Flathead National Forest >> List of Historic forest fires >> Memo 1929 - can a dropped cigarette start a fire? >> Lightning Observation Notes by R. L. Slee, Yaak Mountain Lookout, Troy Ranger District, Kootenai National Forest, MT 1932 See Attached PDFs - 1940 Parachute Report; Tillamoock Fire and Half Moon Fire |
Additional File |
Click Here to view 1940 Parachute Report. Click Here to view Tillamook Report. Click Here to view HalfMoon Fire. |
Year Range from |
1929 |
Year Range to |
1946 |
People |
Cooley, Earl Gisborne, Harry T. McArdle, Richard E. Robinson, Rufus Stockdale, L. C. |
Subjects |
Tillamook Fire Research reorganization Flathead NF Blackfeet NF Glacier National Park Half Moon Fire War Ration coupons Lightning Parachute Report Smokejumpers |
Search Terms |
Fire Research World War II Fire-Weather Smokejumpers |
Catalog date |
2025-03-12 |
Extent of Description |
Approx 80 pages, letter size paper and Form 876 Notebook |
Collection |
Wellner, Chuck |
Relation |
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