Reminiscences of Thomas Harvey Gill : oral history, 1964.

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Reminiscences of Thomas Harvey Gill : oral history, 1964.

Education; tropical forestry work in Mexico, survey of Caribbean forests; the Pack Foundation; United States contributions to forestry abroad, 1900-61: United States foreign aid in forestry, International Cooperation Administration, Agency for International Development; forestry in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; problems of international forestry.

Trancript: 67 leaves.

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Author, international forester. From the description of Reminiscences of Thomas Harvey Gill : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376668 ...