Roy A. Phillips papers 1911-1944

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Roy A. Phillips papers 1911-1944

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This collection consists primarily of diaries Roy Phillips kept as a U.S. Forest Service employee supervising St. Joe, Nez Perce, Kaniksu, and Custer national forests in Idaho and Montana.

1.4 linear feet

eng,

University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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United States. Forest Service

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The evolution of the USDA Forest Service is rooted in the General Provision Act of l89l in which Congress authorized the President to designate particular areas of the forested public domain to be set aside as "reserves" for future use. The number and size of these reserves increased notably in l897 when the President was authorized to establish reserves in order to protect watersheds, to preserve timber, and to provide lumber for local use. There was no provision for management or...

Phillips, Roy A.

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Roy A. Phillips served many years with the U. S. Forest Service. He was supervisor of the St. Joe, Nez Perce, Kaniksu and Custer National Forests. In 1942 he left the Nez Perce Forest to work at the experimental rubber plantation in California. He returned to the Forest Service after the war and retired from the Custer National Forest in 1951. From the guide to the Roy A. Phillips papers, 1911-1944, (University of Montana-Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Speci...