Interviews conducted l967-l968 by Lois C. Stone for the Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library. Sponsored by The Forest History Society. Photographs and documentary material included. Interviewees: Gladys Austin, widow of Lloyd Austin, the first director; Francis I. Righter, geneticist and director; William G. Cumming, supervisor; Alfred R. Liddicoet, scientist; Jack Carpender, geneticist; and Nicholas T. Mirov, geneticist and plant physiologist. Discussion of James G. Eddy, the founder of the Institute; its history as an independent station and as part of the U.S. Forest Service; significant research projects and achievements. Appended: Statement on Robert Harrison Weidman by Mrs. R. H. Weidman; copies of letters and documents, etc.