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Scope and Contents L-18 "History of Early Forest Work" by S. C. Bartrum, Roseburg, Oregon (100p; some pages missing). The paper includes recollections of the early days of the Forest, under the General Land Office, then called the Cascade Forest Reserve - South Division, 1899-1907. Bartrum notes interesting anecdotes regarding "Indian trails," deserted trapper cabins, hiring requirements for G.L.O. Rangers, "squatters," and the Prineville sheep men on the Rogue-Umpqua Divide. Attachments to the paper include...

Scope and Contents L-40 A photocopy of one chapter from "Memoirs," by Harold C. Chriswell, Bellingham, Washington. Memoirs is a privately produced document that contains a portion of Mr. Chriswell's memoirs of his Forest Service career, 1933-1971. The chapter "Memoirs" covers Chriswell's years at the RRNF, 1950-52. Chriswell recalls the heavy snowfall at Union Creek, and the Forest Service employees living there. The document includes a discussion of the typical workload, briefly mentions the mining claim...

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M-1 The Crater Forest Ranger, volumes 1-3, Medford, Oregon. A valuable source of information and anecdotes about Forest Service personnel and activities for the very early period. The volumes are incomplete. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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M-2 "Personnel Notes and Diary Extracts," Medford, Oregon (12p). Details of the activities of various Forest Service employees during 1908-1911. [RR-SNF/SOUHL]

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M-3 "The Rogues," volume I, nos. 1- 4, Medford, Oregon. The issues contain news items written by Forest Service personnel stationed at various Ranger Stations, Guard Stations, lookouts, CCC activities, and Supervisor's Office. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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M-3 "The Rogues," volume 2, nos. 1-4, Medford, Oregon. The issues contain news items written by Forest Service personnel stationed at various Ranger Stations, Guard Stations, lookouts, CCC activities, and Supervisor's Office. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]