This bibliography lists the oral history interviews with USDA Forest Service employees and related individuals that are filed in the Forest Service Headquarters History Collection. For additonal information please contact the Forest History Society staff. The list of Forest History Society oral history interviews related to forestry and forest history is available online.

Crafts, Edward C. and Fry, Amelia R. Congress and the Forest Service, 1950-1962. Berkeley: University of California, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office, 1975. Sponsored by Resources for the Future and the United States Forest Service.

Ringland, Arthur C., Fry, Amelia R., Mezirow, Edith, Ingersoll, Fern, and Dreis, Thelma. Conserving Human and Natural Resources. Berkeley: University of California, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office, 1970. Produced under the auspices of Resources For the Future.

Isaac, Leo A. and Fry, Amelia R. Douglas Fir Research in the Pacific Northwest, 1920-1956. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office for the Forest History Society, 1967. Produced under the auspices of the Forest History Society and the Hill Family Foundation.

Harper, Verne Lester, Jemison, George M., Forsling, Clarence L., Maunder, Elwood R., Brandt, Linda, and Burman, Karen. Early Forest Service Research Administrators: Interviews with Verne Lester Harper, George M. Jemison, Clarence L. Forsling Conducted by Elwood R. Maunder. Santa Cruz, Calif.: Forest History Society, 1978.

Austin, Gladys, Righter, Frances I., Cumming, William G., Liddicoet, Alfred R., Eddy, James G., Carpender, Jack, Mirov, Nicholas T., and Stone, Lois C., interviewer. The Eddy Tree Breeding Station: Institute of Forest Genetics. Berkeley: University of California, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office, for the Forest History Society, 1974.

Fry, Amelia R. Edward I. Kotok : The U.S. Forest Service : Research, State Forestry, and FAO. Berkeley, CA : University of California, Berkeley, 1975. 346 p.

Fritz, Emanuel, Maunder, Elwood R., and Fry, Amelia R. Emanuel Fritz: Teacher, Editor, and Forestry Consultant. Santa Cruz, Calif.: Berkeley, Calif.: Forest History Society : University of California, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office, 1972.

Maunder, Elwood R. Dr. Richard E. McArdle: An Interview with the former Chief, U.S. Forest Service, 1952-1962.. Santa Cruz, CA: Forest History Society, 1975.

Steen, Harold K. The Evolution of Tropical Forestry : Evolution and Beyond -- An Interview with Frank H. Wadsworth. Durham, NC: Forest History Society, 1993.122 p.

Krause, Bonnie J. Family of the Hills : An Oral History of Odie and Florence Bridgeman, Union County, Illinois. U.S. Forest Service, Eastern Region, 1985. 34 p.

Granger, Christopher M. and Fry, Amelia R. Forest Management in the United States Forest Service 1907-1952. Berkeley: University of California, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office, 1965. "Produced under the auspices of Resources for the Future" (on title page).

Coffman, John D., Albright, Horace M., and Fry, Amelia R. Forest Protection in the National Parks. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office, 1973. Sponsored by U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Oral History Project.

Roberts, Paul H., Kelley, Evan W 1882-1966, Keller, John W., and Fry, Amelia R. Forest Service Issues and Legislation to 1951. Berkeley: University of California, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office, 1974. (Three separate oral history interviews bound together in this single volume; the 2 additional interviews are with Evan W. Kelley ("The Making of a Regional Forester") and with John W. Keller ("Recollections of Gifford Pinchot"). Sponsored by Resources for the Future and the U.S. Forest Service.

Harper, Verne Lester and Maunder, Elwood R. A Forest Service Research Scientist and Administrator Views Multiple Use. Santa Cruz, Calif.: Forest History Society, Oral History Office, 1972. Produced under cooperative agreement between the United States Forest Service and the Forest History Society.

Crafts, Edward C. and Schrepfer, Susan R. Forest Service Researcher and Congressional Liaison: An Eye to Multiple Use. Santa Cruz, Calif.: Forest History Society, Oral History Office, 1972. Produced under cooperative agreement between the United States Forest Service and the Forest History Society.

Krueger, Myron E., Colgan, Richard A., and Fry, Amelia R. Forestry and Technology in Northern California 1925-1965. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office for the Forest History Society, 1968. Produced under the auspices of the Forest History Society.

Connaughton, Charles A. and Maunder, Elwood R. Forty-Three Years in the Field with the U.S. Forest Service: An Interview with Charles A. Connaughton. Santa Cruz, Calif.: Forest History Society, 1976.

Maunder, Elwood R. Frederick W. Grover : Multiple Use in U.S. Forest Service Land Planning. Santa Cruz, CA : Forest History Society, 1972. 212 p.

King, R. T. The Free Life of a Ranger: Archie Murchie in the U.S. Forest Service, 1929-1965. Reno: University of Nevada Oral History Program, 1991.

West, Terry and Townsend, Curt. From Pack Mules to Helicopters : Four Decades on the Siskiyou National Forest. s.l. : s.n., 1984. 94 p.

Hartzer, Ronald B. and Clary, David A. Half a Century in Forest Conservation: A Biography and Oral History of Edward P. Cliff. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Forest Service, 1981.

Schrepfer, Susan R. Hamilton K. Pyles : Multiple Use of the National Forests. Santa Cruz, CA : Forest History Society, Oral History Office, 1972. 211 p.

History : U.S. Forest Service History Program -- Oral History. 1983, 1982, 1984. approx. 200 p. Interview with Cliff Miller, Region 1 retiree Bert R. Wilke, and Arval L. Anderson.

International Forestry : Robert K. Winters Interview. 1986. 64 p.
Original transcript of interview with Robert K. Winters, former director, USFS International Forestry (June 27, July 3, and July 11, 1986).

International Forestry : Tropical Forestry -- Frank H. Wadsworth Interview. 1993. 41 p.
"The Evolution of Tropical Forestry: Puerto Rico and Beyond", interview with Frank H. Wadsworth by Harold K. Steen, foreward by Stanley L. Krugman (draft, August 20, 1993).

McGuire, John R. and Steen, Harold K. An Interview with John R. McGuire, Forest Service Chief 1972-1979. [Durham, N.C.]: Forest History Society in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, 1988.

Severance, Carol C. An Interview with Beverly Holmes. Durham, NC: Forest History Society, Inc., 2002. 64 p.

Steen, Harold K. An Interview with F. Dale Robertson. Durham, NC: Forest History Society, Inc., 1999. 136 p.

Steen, Harold K. An Interview with George M. Leonard. Durham, NC: Forest History Society, Inc., 1999. 111 p.

Reinier, Jacqueline S. An Interview with Geri Vanderveer Bergen. Durham, NC: Forest History Society, Inc., 2001. 136 p.

Steen, Harold K. An Interview with Jack Ward Thomas. Durham, NC: Forest History Society, Inc., 2002. 120 p.

Reinier, Jacqueline S. An Interview with Wendy Milner Herrett. Durham, NC: Forest History Society, Inc., 2001. 150 p.

Maunder, Elwood R. J. Herbert Stone : A Regional Forester's View of Multiple Use. Santa Cruz, CA : Forest History Society, Oral History Office, 1972. 245 p.

Fry, Amelia R. John H. Sieker : Recreation Policy and Administration in the U.S. Forest Service; and, Lloyd Swift : Wildlife Policy and Administration in the U.S. Forest Service. Berkeley, CA : University of California, Berkeley, 1968. 49, 29 p.

Kneipp, Leon F., Fry, Amelia R., Mezirow, Edith, Ingersoll, Fern, and Mason, Ira J. Land Planning and Acquisition, U.S. Forest Service. Berkeley: University of California, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office, 1976. Sponsored by Resources for the Future and the United States Forest Service.

Larson, Ronald C. and Lage, Ann. Management Technology of the U.S. Forest Service: An Oral History with Gordon D. Fox, Walter L. Graves, Chester A. Shields, Robert H. Torheim. s.l. : Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station and Forest History Society, 1980. 182 p.

Evans, Robie M. and Maunder, Elwood R. Memoirs of a Pioneering Forester in the West. Santa Cruz, Calif.: Forest History Society, 1977.

Peirce, Earl S. and Schrepfer, Susan R. Multiple Use and the U.S. Forest Service 1910 to 1950. Santa Cruz, Calif.: Forest History Society, Oral History Office, 1972. Produced under cooperative agreement between the United States Forest Service and the Forest History Society.

Show, S. Bevier and Fry, Amelia Roberts. National Forests in California. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Regional Cultural History Project, 1965.

National Forests : Specific -- Bridger National Forest. 1981. 30 p. Transcript of oral history interview with John J. (Jack) Albano.

National Forests : Specific -- Caribou National Forest. 1981. 15 p. Transcript of oral history interview with retired ranger Moses Christensen.

National Forests : Specific -- Carson National Forest. 1969. 28 p. "Timber Cruising on National Forests of the Southwest" by R.E. Marsh, part of a U Cal Berkeley oral history project, August 1969.

National Forests : Specific -- Dixie National Forest. 1981. 25 p. Transcript of oral history interview with Bryson (Bike) Cook, ranger on several Wasatch and Dixie Ranger Districts.

National Forests : Specific -- Fishlake National Forest. 1981. 14 p. Transcript of oral history interview with Hanmer (Ham) Christensen, who worked on several Fishlake Ranger Districts.

National Forests : Specific -- Humboldt National Forest. 1981, no date. approx. 50 p. Transcript of oral history interviews with ranchers George Swallow and Hugh Bieroth.

National Forests : Specific -- Manti-La Sal National Forest. 1981. approx. 50 p. Transcripts of oral history interviews with forest rangers J.W. Humphrey and Wells Thursby.

National Forests : Specific -- Teton National Forest. 1965. 22 p. Transcript of oral history interview with Harry H. (Rip) Van Winkle (1965, cover letter dated 1981).

Oral History : A.O. Waha, Early Days in the Forest Service. 1940-? 63 p.
"Early Days in the Forest Service" -- personal reminiscence by A.O. Waha concerning his Forest Service Career, beginning around 1910. Includes original typed manuscript and photocopy.

Oral History : Arnold Bolle. 1990. 47 p.
Transcript of oral history interview with Arnold W. Bolle concerning the Bitterroot National Forest controversy of 1970.

Oral History : Charles S. Cowan. 1959. 12 p.
"Forest Protection Under the Microscope: An Interview With Charles S. Cowan" by Elwood R. Maunder (from Forest History, Winter 1959).

Oral History : Edward Cliff. 1981. 322 p. Edited transcript of oral history interview with former USFS Chief Edward P. Cliff (published as "Half a Century in Forest Conservation).

Oral History : General. 1977. Interview with Virginia Durr and Flora Riffe (photocopied from "Oral History: Sounding from the Sony Age" by Joseph Roddy in RF Illustrated (the Rockefeller Foundation Newsletter), vol. 3, no. 3, May 1977.

Oral History : Interview, Paul Sweetland, Jr. 1992. 241 p. Direct-from-tape transcript of oral history interview with Paul Sweetland.

Coleman, Donald G. An Oral History Interview with A.L. Heim. Madison, WI : U.S. Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 1961. 11 p. RPI-82.

Demmon, Elwood Leonard and Maunder, Elwood R. Oral History Interview with Elwood Leonard Demmon. St. Paul, Minn.: Forest History Society, Inc., 1959.

Coleman, Donald G. An Oral History Interview with George M. Hunt. Madison, WI : U.S. Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 1961. 9 p. RPI-83.

Cline, McGarvey and Coleman, Donald G. An Oral History Interview with McGarvey Cline. Madison, Wis.: U.S. Dept.of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin, 1962. RPI-87.

Oral History : R-4 Oral History Interviews Re: Grazing and Range. 1965-1968. approx. 100 p. Transcripts of oral history interviews: Louise Marvel (Battle Mountain ranching); David Hagenbarth (primarily Targhee National Forest); James Mickelson (Big Piney, WY, ranching); Edwin Cazier (Bridger-Teton/Sawtooth); Sydney Tremewan (Humboldt NF); Carl B. Arentson (FS career); Charles Redd (sheep and cattle in the LaSal); Delbert and Ora Chipman (early livestock business); Charles DeMoisy (FS career).

Oral History : Region 1 Interviews. 1990. approx. 150 p. Oral history interviews conducted in 1990 by Gerald Williams with the following: Arnold W. Bolle (about the Bitterroot National Forest Controversy of 1970), Bernie Alt (about national grasslands), Bill Hicks, John Hossack, and Bill Worf.

Oral History : Region 8 Interviews. 1978, and 2000-2002. 246 p. Oral history interviews conducted, 2000-2002 by Jim McConnell with R-8 retirees: Jack Alcock, William Bryan, H.C. Eriksson, J. Frank Palmer, Paul Russell, and Archer Smith Jr. Also contains an oral history interview with Ruth Schaap, wife of Ranger Lester Schaap, conducted by Sharon Young (now Jewell) in 1978.

Pitts, Kathy. Oral History Interview with Ann Denton. Sacramento, CA: USDA Forest Service Region Five and Oral History Program, 1990.

Douglass, Susan. Oral History Interview with Carl C. Wilson. Sacramento, CA: USDA Forest Service; Capital Campus Public History Program and Oral History Program, 1991.

Rouillard, Jerry. Oral History Interview with Earl Eugene Bachman. Sacramento, CA: USDA Forest Service; Capital Campus Public History Program and Oral History Program, 1990.

Protteau, Lyn. Oral History Interview with Glenn Spencer Smith. Sacramento, CA: USDA Forest Service; Capital Campus Public History Program and Oral History Program, 1990.

Johnson, Linda A. Oral History Interview with Grace Yonemura. Sacramento, CA: USDA Forest Service Region Five Oral History Program, 1992.

Allen, Judy. Oral History Interview with Douglas R. Leisz. Sacramento, CA: USDA Forest Service; Capital Campus Public History Program and Oral History Program, 1990.

Carruther, Becky. Oral History Interview with Joseph Harry (Joe) Harn. Sacramento, CA: USDA Forest Service; Capital Campus Public History Program and Oral History Program, 1990.

Rouillard, Jerry. Oral History Interview with Joseph T. Radel. Sacramento, CA: USDA Forest Service; Capital Campus Public History Program and Oral History Program, 1991.

Osanna, Dan.Oral History Interview with Roselyn Rosenfeld. Sacramento, CA: USDA Forest Service Region Five Oral History Program, 1992.

Douglass, Susan. Oral History Interview with W. Jane Westenberger. Sacramento, CA: USDA Forest Service; Capital Campus Public History Program and Oral History Program, 1990 and 1991.

Maunder, Elwood R., Keen, F. Paul, and Hall, Ralph C. Oral History Volume of Forest Entomology in the West. s.l.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1977. Prepared for the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station under Cooperative Agreement 21-340. Interviews with forest entomologists F. Paul Keen and Ralph C. Hall.

Oral History : W. E. Tangren. 1965, 1981. approx. 25 p. Interview of W. E. Tangren concerning his Forest Service career, by Arnold R. Standing on April 21, 1965 (transcribed by the Forest Service in 1981).

Ingersoll, Fern. R. Clifford Hall : Forest Taxation Study 1926-1935; and Harold B. Shepard : The Forest Insurance Study, a Written Memoir. Berkeley, CA : University of California, Berkeley, 1967. 121 p.

Black, S. Rexford and Fry, Amelia R. S. Rexford Black: Private and State Forestry in California, 1917-1960. Berkeley: University of California, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office, 1968. Produced under the auspices of Forest History Society.

Fry, Amelia R. Samuel T. Dana : The Development of Forestry in Government and Education. Berkeley, CA : University of California, Berkeley, Regional Oral History Office, 1967. 97 p.

Clepper, Henry, Pomeroy, Kenneth B., Hornaday, Fred, and Fry, Amelia R. The Society of American Foresters. Berkeley: University of California, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office, 1968. Produced under the auspices of Resources For the Future. Three oral history interviews bound together in one volume: (1) Henry Clepper, "The Society of American Foresters"; (2) Kenneth Pomeroy, "The American Forestry Association: Operations"; (3) Fred Hornaday, "The American Forestry.

Fry, Amelia R. A Summary of the Career of Tom Gill, International Forester. Berkeley, CA : University of California, Regional Oral History Office, 1969. 75 p.

Fry, Amelia R. Thornton T. Munger : Forest Research in the Northwest. Santa Cruz, CA : Forest History Society, 1967. 245 p.

Roth, Dennis M. and Williams, Jerry. Timber Management in the Pacific Northwest: Oral History of Five Region 6 Employees: Al Wiener; John Todd; Glen Jorgensen; Walt Lund; Jack Usher. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Forest Service, 1986. 262 p.

Steen, Harold K. View from the Top: Forest Service Research. Durham, N.C.: Forest History Society, 1994. Interviews with R. Keith Arnold, Murlyn Bennet Dickerman, and Robert Erwin Buckman.

Maunder, Elwood R. Voices from the South -- Recollections of Four Foresters : Interviews with Inman F. Eldredge, Elwood L. Demmon, Walter J. Damtoft, Clinton H. Coulter. Santa Cruz, CA : Forest History Society, 1977. 252 p.

Fry, Amelia R. Walter F. McCulloch : Forestry and Education in Oregon, 1937-1966. Berkeley, CA : University of California, Berkeley, 1968. approx. 150 p.

Wilderness : Laws and Legislation -- McArdle Interview. 1975. approx. 20 p. "Wilderness Politics: Legislation and Forest Service Policy", interview of Richard E. McArdle by Elwood Maunder (from Journal of Forest History, October 1975).

Schofield, William R. and Fry, Amelia R. William R. Schofield: Forestry, Lobbying, and Resource Legislation 1931-1961. Berkeley: University of California, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office, 1968. Produced under the auspices of the Forest History Society.

Albano, John J. (Jack)
Alcock, John (Jack)
Alt, Bernie
Anderson, Arval
Arnold, Richard Keith
Arentson, Carl B.
Austin, Gladys
Bachman, Earl Eugene
Bergen, Geri Vanderveer
Bieroth, Hugh
Black, S. Rexford
Bolle, Arnold W.
Bridgeman, Florence
Bridgeman, Odie
Bryan, William H.
Buckman, Robert E. (Robert Erwin)
Carpender, Jack
Cazier, Edwin
Chipman, Delbert
Chipman, Ora
Christensen, Hanmer
Christensen, Moses
Clepper, Henry
Cliff, Edward P.
Cline, McGarvey
Coffman, John D.
Colgan, Richard A.
Connaughton, Charles A.
Cook, S. Bryson (Bike)
Coulter, Clinton H.
Cowan, Charles S.
Crafts, Edward C. (1975)
Crafts, Edward C. (1972)
Cumming, William G.
Damtoft, Walter J.
Dana, Samuel Trask
Demmon, Elwood Leonard (1959)
Demmon, Elwood Leonard (1977)
DeMoisy, Charles
Denton, Ann
Dickerman, M.B. (Murlyn Bennet)
Durr, Virginia
Eddy, James G.
Eldredge, Inman F.
Eriksson, H. C.
Evans, Robie M.
Forsling, Clarence L.
Fox, Gordon D.
Fritz, Emanuel
Gill, Tom
Granger, Christoper M.
Graves, Walter L.
Grover, Frederick W.
Hagenbarth, David
Hall, Ralph Clifford
Harn, Joseph Harry
Harper, Verne Lester (1978)
Harper, Verne Lester (1972)
Heim, A.L.
Herrett, Wendy Milner
Hicks, Bill
Holmes, Beverly C.
Hornaday, Fred
Hossack, John
Humphrey, J.W.
Hunt, George M.
Isaac, Leo A.
Jemison, George M.
Jorgenson, Glen
Keen, F. Paul
Keller, John W.
Kelley, Evan W.
Kneipp, Leon F.
Kotok, Edward I.
Krueger, Myron E.
Leisz, Douglas R.
Leonard, George M.
Liddicoet, Alfred R.
Lund, Walt
Marsh, R.E.
Marve, Louise
McArdle, Richard E.
McCulloch, Walter F.
McGuire, John Richard
Mickelson, James
Miller, Cliff
Mirov, Nicholas T.
Munger, Thornton T.
Murchie, Archie
Palmer, J. Frank
Peirce, Earl S.
Pomeroy, Kenneth
Pyles, Hamilton K.
Radel, Joseph T.
Redd, Charles
Riffe, Flora
Righter, Frances I.
Ringland, Arthur C.
Roberts, Paul H.
Robertson, F. Dale
Rosenfeld, Roselyn
Russell, Paul
Schaap, Ruth
Schofield, William R.
Shepard, Harold B.
Shields, Chester A.
Show, S. Bevier
Sieker, John H.
Smith, Archer Jr.
Smith, Glenn Spencer
Stone, J. Herbert
Swallow, George
Sweetland, Paul
Swift, Lloyd
Tangren, W. E.
Thomas, Jack Ward
Thursby, Wells
Todd, Jack
Torheim, Robert H.
Townsend, Curt
Tremewan, Sydney
Usher, Jack
Van Winkle, Harry H. (Rip)
Wadsworth, Frank H. (1993-1)
Wadsworth, Frank H. (1993-2)
Waha, A.O.
Westenberger, W. Jane
Wiener, Al
Wilke, Bert R.
Wilson, Carl C.
Winters, Robert K.
Worf, Bill
Yonemura, Grace

Updated: October 29, 2004