Inman F. Eldredge oral history interview, 1959.

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Inman F. Eldredge oral history interview, 1959.

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Two oral history interviews with Inman F. Eldredge, the whole of the first at New Orleans, La., on February 3, 1959, and a portion of the second at Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on July 9, 1959. Eldredge discusses his education at the Biltmore Forest School in North Carolina, his employment with the U.S. Forest Service, developments in forestry in the United States, the pulp and paper industries, the turpentine industry, Choctawhatchee National Forest, his service with the 10th Engineers during World War I, and noteworthy American foresters.

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