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Reminiscences of John D. Coffman : oral history, 1973.

Creator: Coffman, John D., 1882-1973.
Project: Forest history (B) project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 92 leaves. Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history.
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Forester.

Scope and Contents

Education at Cornell, Yale, and the Pinchot Estate; United States Forest Service 1909, working in northern California; fire control expert, National Park Service, 1928; Civilian Conservation Corps work, 1933; protection and fire suppression techniques; United States Forest Service and National Park Service relations; type-mapping. The manuscript includes several accounts written by him.

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