forestry

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This collection contains a single black and white photograph, circa 1910, of the U.S. Forest Service, Office of Geography, Drafting Department personnel. Four staff members, two women and two men, are shown at their drafting desks. The names of the individuals are listed on the back of the photograph, and include: Ernst Lubeck, Gilbert Reeder, Rosalie Holberg, and Clara Huggins. The location is not noted on the photograph, but is likely the Intermountain Regional Office in Ogden, Utah.

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The U.S. Forest Service Smokey Bear Collection consists of various materials related to the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) campaign and the promotion of the campaign's symbol, Smokey Bear. Collection materials include posters, photographs, audiovisuals, document files, publications, cartoons, original artwork, and a wide variety of promotional products, artifacts, and ephemera, some of which are from countries outside the United States.

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The U.S. Forest Service Uniform is a uniform jacket from the 1960s. It belonged to Donald K. Morriss, former Head of Timber Inventory in the Washington Office, who retired in 1967 and moved to Port Charlotte, Florida.

Content Description The U.S. Forest Service Woodsy Owl Collection includes films, slides, negatives, videotapes, posters, original artwork, song sheets, bumper stickers, embroidered patches, keyrings, campaign materials, costumes, distribution materials, legislation, photograph albums, and other miscellaneous items. Campaign materials consist of publication proposals, drafts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, news releases, newsletters, magazines, and public service announcement statistics and...

Content Description The U.S. National Arboretum Collection Cherry Tree Files contain materials related to the history of cherry trees introduced to the District of Columbia from Japan. The files were compiled by botanist Roland Maurice Jefferson beginning in 1973, during his career as a botanist at the U.S. National Arboretum, and after his retirement. One of the products of this research was the publication, The Japanese Flowering Cherry Trees of Washington, D.C.: A Living Symbol of Friendship (1977),...

Content Description The USDA Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory Photograph Collection includes photographs, associated notes, and a record book on various U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) activities and personnel, dated between 1888 and 1968. The collection contains a series of photographs related to testing insecticide spraying apparatuses on different crops between 1912 and 1944. Much of the collection consists of photographs of employees from departments of Plant Industry and Plant Pathology, and...

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The Wye Oak Tree Collection contains preserved leaves, a piece of wood, and lightning rod nails from Maryland's Wye Oak tree. There are also a Maryland Centennial Garrett State Forest commemorative plaque, two Wye Oak pins, Big Tree and Champion Tree literature, one mounted and framed print of the Wye Oak, three mounted and framed displays of Wye Oak leaves, and two books.