Interviews conducted 1966 and 1976 by Amelia R. Fry for the Regional Orl History Office, Bancroft Library. Copy of an article by George W. Thomson included as an introduction. Photographs inserted. Comments on nineteen-year career with U.S. Forest Service, supervising four national parks in California, 1925-1944; srevice in California, 1944-1966, as state forester, director of Department of Natural Resources and director of Department of Conservation; teaching career after retirement. Appended: photocopies of documentary material supporting the interview. With this, as v. 2 (portfolio): additional documentary material, including speeches and clippings.