Donald B. Zobel Collection of HistoricForestry and Vegetation Maps 1914-1989 1950-1980

Oregon. Dept. of Forestry.

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Franklin, Jerry F., 1936-

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Harshberger, John W. (John William), 1869-1929

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Botanist, naturalist, educator and author; B.S. and Ph.D., U. of Pennsylvania, (1892 and 1893); faculty, botany and biology, U. of Pennsylvania (1889-1929); officer and director of numerous professional societies; author of works on plant geography of North America; noted for research on various determining factors of plant distribution in North America. From the description of Papers, 1894-1929. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122492365 Philadelphia-born b...

Hodge, Edwin T. (Edwin Thomas), 1887-1970

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Zobel, Donald B.

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Donald B. Zobel was a faculty member in the Oregon State University Department of Botany and Plant Pathology from 1968 until his retirement in 2003. Zobel's research area was forest ecology; he worked on projects concerning the water relations of trees in the Himalayas and in North America and the recovery of plants buried by volcanic debris at Mount St. Helens. William W. Chilcote was Professor of Botany at Oregon State University from 1950 to 1981. From the description of Donald B....

Geological survey (U.S.)

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E.W. Glafcke was in charge of a crew during the United States Geological Survey's spirit leveling activities in Wyoming and Utah from 1896 to 1912. From the guide to the United States Geologic Survey photograph collection, 1892-1912, 1898-1902, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) First organized as a branch in 1889, the Topographic Division was established in 1947. From the description of Records of the Topographic Division. (Unknown). World...

United States. Bureau of Land Management

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Organized within the Department of the Interior, this federal agency is responsible for the management of public lands, the majority of which are in the Western states and Alaska. Responsibilities include energy and mineral development, grazing, wildlife and fisheries habitat and land use planning. From the description of Records, 1944-1979. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 54390737 Background information on this oral history project could not be found. ...

Chilcote, William W.

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California. Division of Forestry

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Oregon State University. College of Forestry

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The first forestry class was taught at OSU in 1896 and ten years later the first four-year degree program was established. Forestry was elevated to school status in 1913, with George Peavy as its first dean, and became a college in 1984. Graduate work was authorized in 1921; the Ph. D. program began in 1959. The Deans of the College have included: George Peavy (1910-1940), Earl G. Mason (1936-1942), Paul M. Dunn (1942-1955), Walter McCulloch (1955-1966), Carl H. Stoltenberg (1967-1990), George W...

United States., Department of the Intérior

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The Alaska Public Works Program was authorized during the 81st Congress through the Alaska Public Works Act, Public Law 264. The Act authorized the General Services Administration to construct public works in Alaska, at a total cost of $70 million, then to sell them to the Territory of Alaska or other public bodies in Alaska at a purchase price that would recover approximately 50% of the total estimated cost. The authority, set to expire June 30, 1955, was extended to June 30, 1959. The program ...

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...

Dyrness, C.T.

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OSU Research Forests

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The Soap Creek Valley History Project was initially authorized in 1989 by Dr. William Atkinson, Director of the Oregon State University Research Forests. Funding for the project was provided by the Oregon State University College of Forestry. The project included the transcription and publication of interviews conducted before 1989 as well as conducting new interviews which were published as a series of monographs. All of the new interviews done in 1989-1991 were conducted by Bob Zybach, who als...