Inventory of the John R. McGuire Photograph Albums, 1970s - 1980
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Descriptive Summary
| Abstract: | John R. McGuire (1916-2002) served as the tenth Chief of the United States Forest Service from 1972 to 1979. |
| The collection includes three photograph albums that depict various parties and events during the 1970s and 1980s. Images include Smokey Bear's Retirement (1975); Smokey Bear's "House Warming" Ceremony at the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. (1978); Moon Tree Planting; a Grey Towers photograph depicting Fritz Mondale, Max Petersen, and John McGuire; and various photographs of John McGuire with John Ford, Walter Jahn, and others. The third album was presented to McGuire by the Pacific Southwest Region staff on his retirement. | |
| Title: | John R. McGuire Photograph Albums, 1970s - 1980 |
| Creator: | McGuire, John R. |
| Repository: | Forest History Society Library and Archives |
| Call Number: | 2889 |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Extent: | 0.5 linear feet (3 photographs albums) |
Biographical Note
John R. McGuire (1916-2002) served as the tenth Chief of the United States Forest Service from 1972 to 1979.
» The biographical information below was taken from the Forest History Society's U.S. Forest Service History web portal: John R. McGuire.
John Richard McGuire was born on April 20, 1916, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated with a degree in forestry from the University of Minnesota. He briefly went to work for the Forest Service, then decided to go back to school to be a research forester. He earned his M.F. degree from Yale University in 1941 and worked at the Forest Service research facility on campus. When World War II broke out, he entered the Army, moving up to the rank of major with the Corps of Engineers in the Pacific Theater. After the war, he returned to the Forest Service in a research position at the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station in New Haven, Connecticut. He moved in 1950 to a research station at Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, while completing his M.A. in economics at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1962, McGuire became director of the Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station in Berkeley, California. He moved to the Washington D.C. office in 1967, then was chosen chief in 1971, during a time of increasing environmental awareness by the public. He served as chief until 1979.
While serving as chief, McGuire made changes to strengthen the roles of the branches of state and private forestry and that of research to help implement the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (RPA) of 1974 and the National Forest Management Act of 1976. McGuire faced increasing opposition to forestry practices being carried out on the national forests. Most notable was the Congressional hearings over clearcutting on the national forests. The hearings came about after a report of a committee headed by University of Montana School of Forestry Dean Arnold Bolle on clearcutting on the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana and a lawsuit over clearcutting on the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. McGuire was instrumental in having the Forest Service review, then change forest management practices, modify and integrate its methods of land management. Major issues facing the chief were the roadless area review and evaluation (RARE) and RARE II decisions, mounting controversy over the management of national forests, and new direction from Congress which mandated planning at the national forest, region, and national levels through the Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the National Forest Management Act of 1976.
McGuire passed away on April 6, 2002 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. His widow, Marjory McGuire, worked with the Forest History Society to create the John R. McGuire endowment to assist with the maintenance and development of the U. S. Forest Service History Collection, a vast collection of historical materials relating to the history of the agency that was compiled by agency personnel working in the Washington Office. The endowment also supports the development and maintenance of interviews related to the U.S. Forest Service produced by the FHS Oral History Program.
Collection Overview
The collection includes three photograph albums that depict various parties and events during the 1970s and 1980s. Images include Smokey Bear's Retirement (1975); Smokey Bear's "House Warming" Ceremony at the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. (1978); Moon Tree Planting; a Grey Towers photograph depicting Fritz Mondale, Max Petersen, and John McGuire; and various photographs of John McGuire with John Ford, Walter Jahn, and others. The third album was presented to McGuire by the Pacific Southwest Region staff on his retirement.
Collection Arrangement
1. Photograph Albums, 1970s-1980
Subject Headings
- McGuire, John R.
- Smokey Bear -- Photographs
- United States. Forest Service -- History -- Photographs
- United States. Forest Service -- Officials and employees
Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Photograph Albums, 1970s-1980.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John R. McGuire Photograph Albums, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Marjory McGuire prior to 2006.
Processing Information
Processed by Staff and Amanda Ross
Encoded by Amanda Ross, May 2009
Funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission supported the encoding of this finding aid. Support for digitization and outreach provided by the Alvin J. Huss Endowment.