Box 04

Abstract

Jeffery LaLande worked as an independent historian outside of his Forest Service career, and this collection resulted from his independent research. These papers include correspondence with researchers on various topics; files from essays, articles, book reviews, and books he has written; and his peer reviews, requested by various editors, of manuscripts submitted for publication.

Scope and Contents D-5 "Special Fire Study," H. D. Foster, O-Fire, Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon (20p). The study describes the installation of weather instruments on Windy Peak, evaluates the fire-fighting qualities of various tools, and studies detection and suppression times for three fires. The study notes some of Ranger Gribble's fire prevention slogans on signs in the Ashland Watershed: "Keep Vulcan Quiet Till Pluvius Returns"...and Foster's comments: "To be sure, few who read the notice would...

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D-6 Crater National Forest "Fire History," O-Fire, Medford, Oregon (20p). The document details acres burned since 1910, fire causes, ecterea by District. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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D-7 District Forester "Letter to Crater National Forest Supervisor," dated July 26, 1916, O-Fire, Portland, Oregon (7p). The letter contains comments on a Fire Management Report prepared for the Klamath and Crater National Forests, by Arthur Ringland; item D-9. The file includes an additional 16-page letter by Assistant District Forester. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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D-8 "The Fire Lookout System on the Crater National Forest," by Harold D. Foster, RS-Reports (Annual Technical Report), Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon (94p). An extensive report dealing with the improvement needs of then-existing lookouts, recommendations for additional lookouts, and describes present and projected guard patrols of various areas. Documents include many photographs from lookout points. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

Scope and Contents D-9 "Report on Fire Protection Problems of the Klamath and Crater National Forests," by Arthur C. Ringland, F-Studies, U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D. C. (46p). A controversial report representing an opposing philosophy to the ideas in item D-4, and detailing the socio-economic problems to fire control in the Applegate drainage. The report proposes, among other measures, a widely-expanded controlledburning program. Arthur Ringland began his Forest Service career as one of Gifford...

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D-12 Assistant District Forester, "Comments on 1925 Fire Plan," O-Supervision, U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon (15p). Details deficiencies in fire suppression on the Crater NF and relates the events of several fires in the Prospect Ranger District. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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D-15 "Memorandum for the Files: Fire Control Plan," F. H. Brundage, Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon. The memo includes comments by District (i.e., Regional) Forester (7p). The document identifies the fire control problems on the Forest, such as lack of supervision, enforcement, incendiarism, and the need for a central dispatcher for fire suppression. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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D-16 Rogue River National Forest, "Acres Burned, Timber Destroyed and Fire Causes - Annual Figures," compiled by 1960s Forest Supervisor Carroll Brown and subsequent compilers, Medford, Oregon (15+p). These notes duplicate some of the material in volume 2 of the Forest History. The file includes newspaper articles from recent fire seasons. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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D-17 "Ode to a Pork Chop," by Randy Perkins, Rogue River National Forest, Medford, Oregon. A poem in the comic vein, concerning the mistaken ordering of 400 lbs. of excess pork chops for the crews fighting the 1955 Sterling Peak fire. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]