Reminiscences of Walter Clay Lowdermilk : oral history, 1968.

Biographical Note

Conservationist.

Scope and Contents

Childhood and education; Forest Service, 1915-17; Lumberjack Regiment, 1917-20; Forest Service, Missoula, Montana, 1920-22; China, 1922-27; studies of erosion, Nanking incident; Soil Erosion Service, Washington, 1933-35; Soil Conservation Service, 1935-37; consultant on soil, forest, and water conservation and reclamation in China, Israel, Africa, and United States.

Subjects

• Chall, Malca, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• China--Description and travel.
• China--History--Republic, 1912-1949.
• Conservationists--Interviews.
• Conservation of natural resources.
• Interviews.
• Lowdermilk, W. C. (Walter Clay), 1888-1974.
• Oral histories.
• Soil conservation.
• Soil erosion.
• United States. Forest Service.

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