Three Glimpses of Earle Clapp : koral history transcript / tape recorded interview conducted by Amelia R. Fry in 1967. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1970 : and related material, 1936-1970.

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Three Glimpses of Earle Clapp : koral history transcript / tape recorded interview conducted by Amelia R. Fry in 1967. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1970 : and related material, 1936-1970.

Rough-edited typed transcript of a tape-recorded interview conducted Nov. 15, 1967 by Mrs. Fry re his childhood, study of forestry, and early days in the U.S. Forest Service; Mrs. Fry's correspondence with Clapp, 1964-67; Clapp's letter, Apr. 4 1963 to Paul Roberts re proposed reorganizations of the Service and Roberts' correspondence with Mrs. Fry re the letter; copy of a memo, Mar. 19, 1936, from Clapp re the future of the research organization of the Forest Service; obituary clipping.

Transcript : 1 folder. + related material.

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Fry, Amelia R.

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Clapp, Earle H. (Earle Hart), 1877-1970

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Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office

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According to the University of California, Berkeley Bancroft Library website: "The Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) is a research program of the University of California, Berkeley, working within The Bancroft Library. ROHO conducts, teaches, analyzes, and archives oral and video history documents in a broad variety of subject areas critical to the history of California and the United States." For more information regarding the ROHO and their work please consult their website: http://bancroft....

Roberts, Paul H. (Paul Henley), 1891-

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Biographical note: Forest Service employee; Roberts arrived in Arizona in 1912 and worked as a member of a Forest Service Range Reconnaissance crew, later became Inspector of Grazing for the Southwestern Region of the Forest Service. Still later, from 1922 to 1931, he served in Holbrook, Arizona as Supervisor of the Sitgreaves National Forest. From the description of Resume of Arizona Wool Growers' Association minutes, ca. 1897-1923. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Divi...

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...