History of the U.S. Conservation Movement: Records Relating to the Administration of Gifford Pinchot, 1st Chief of the United States Forest Service, 1905-1913 (via Gale Scholar Accelerate Program)

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Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) was an American forester and politician. He served as the fourth chief of the U.S. Division of Forestry, as the first head of the United States Forest Service, and as the 28th governor of Pennsylvania. This collection consists of records relating to Gifford Pinchot's tenure as head of the Forest Service. Included are correspondence, memorandums, reports, clippings, and copies of legislative records relating to conservation, coal lands, the Inland Waterways Commission, mining, school lands, laws, supervision of national forests, and other matters.


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