Angela Janszen Burke papers, 1933-1986.

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Angela Janszen Burke papers, 1933-1986.

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The Angela Janszen Burke Papers consist of photographs, correspondence, clippings, biographical information, and memorabilia documenting Burke's career and interests. Of particular value are materials concerning the Alaska Spruce Log Program (1942-1944), the purpose of which was to supply the military industry with Sitka spruce for the manufacture of de Havilland Mosquito bombers during World War II. They include photographs of logging and camp life at Edna Bay on Kosciusko Island, Southeast Alaska, and thirty issues of "The Sprucelogue" (1943-1944), Burke's newsletter about life at the Edna Bay camp.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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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...

Burke, Angela Janszen.

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Angela Janszen (1899-1987) was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She worked at a variety of clerical jobs both in federal civil service and the private sector. It was while working for a lumber company that she became fascinated with forestry and set her sights on joining the Forest Service. Undeterred by the service's policy against hiring women as forest rangers, she jumped at the chance for a temporary position as clerk in the Washington, D.C., office in 1933, and remained with the Forest ...