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INTRODUCTION 



This document has been prepared for the Re 

 gional Cultural History Project sponsored by the 

 Bancroft Library at the University of California. 

 According to a letter of March 20, 1964, from 

 Henry Vaux, Dean of the School of Forestry at 

 the University of California, to Mrs. Amelia Pry, 

 the Project desires information from persons long 

 associated with the Forest Service on the history 

 of the Forest Service since 1905 as a conservation 

 agency. My contribution consists of a partial 

 history of my participation in the work of the 

 Forest Service, observations on the characteristics 

 of some individual leaders in the Service, and other 

 pertinent material. 



I entered the Forest Service as a Technical 

 Assistant on July 1, 1907, after graduation from 

 what was then Michigan Agricultural College, now 

 Michigan State University. I progressed through 

 the ranks of Deputy Forest Supervisor, Forest 

 Supervisor, Assistant Regional Forester, Regional 

 Forester, Director of the Forest Survey, and, 



