Edward P. Cliff photograph collection, 1931-1972

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Cliff, Edward P. (Edward Parley), 1909-1987
Title
Edward P. Cliff photograph collection
Dates
1931-1972 (inclusive)
1962-1972 (bulk)
Quantity
1 box, (0.25 linear ft.)
Collection Number
USU_P0352
Summary
114 photographic images relocated from the Edward P. Cliff papers (MSS 13). The photographs are mostly publicity prints that document Mr. Cliff's career as a forester and a forest service employee including ceremonies, conferences, Forest Service activities, and meeting with high-ranking government officials as well as politicians (including JFK, and Lyndon B. Johnson). Also included are several photos of Woodsy Owl and Smokey the Bear. The majority of photographs are from 1962 to 1972.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions
Restrictions

Open to public research.

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Edward P. Cliff, the son of Edward Parley and Geneva Rachel Brown Cliff, was born in Heber City, Utah, September 3, 1909. He graduated with a B. S. degree from the College of Forestry at Utah State University in 1931, and received his Ph.D. in 1965. His successful career as a professional forester began at the Wenatchie National Forest in Washington state as a Junior Range Examiner in 1931. Edward P. Cliff held various assignments to the Supervisor of the Siskiyou National Forest in the state of Washington during 1939-1941. Other titles also held included: Supervisor of the Fremont National Forest at Lakeview, Oregon, 1941-1944; Assistant Director of Range Management in the Washington D. C. office, 1944-1946; and Assistant Regional Forester, Rocky Mountain region, 1950-1951.

In 1952, Edward P. Cliff permanently moved to Washington D. C. and was appointed Assistant Chief in charge of National Forest Resources Management, in which he worked closely with research and cooperative state and private forestry programs.

Upon his appointment as Chief Forester in 1962, and with direct responsibility for management of the U.S. national forests, Mr. Cliff provided leadership in coordinating the multiple use management of national forests, as well as furthering the cause of conservation. He also guided the Forest Service through periods of controversy, when government policies were questioned.

Edward P. Cliff retired from the Forest Service in May of 1972.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Edward P. Cliff photograph collection consists of 114 images removed from the Edward P. Cliff manuscript collection MSS 13. The photographs are mostly publicity prints that document Mr. Cliff's career as a forester and a forest service employee including ceremonies, conferences, Forest Service activities, and meeting with high-ranking government officials as well as politicians (including JFK, and Lyndon B. Johnson). Also included are several photos of Woodsy Owl and Smokey the Bear. The majority of photographs are from 1962 to 1972.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Permission to publish material from the Edward P. Cliff photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Edward P. Cliff photograph collection, 1931-1972. (P0352). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arrangement: Topical

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information is unknown

Processing Note

Removed from the Edward P. Cliff papers (COLL MSS 13). Register completed by Daniel Davis and Jessica Alexander, October 2006.

Related Materials

Edward P. Cliff papers (COLL MS 13)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

1:01:   Edward P. Cliff, as assistant forest ranger, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington State, August 1931Return to Top

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1:02:   General Inspection Trip, Bear Valley Allotment, Coronado National Forest, Gilbert Sykes, Lee Kirby, Ed Cliff, Heinie Merker, Bob Stewart, May 1944Return to Top

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1:03:   Edward P. Cliff, appointed assistant regional forester, Intermountain Region, September 1946Return to Top

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1:04:   Edward P. Cliff, succeeds John W. Spencer as Regional Forester of Rocky Mountain Area, November 25, 1949Return to Top

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1:05:   Edward P. Cliff, succeeds Christopher M. Granger as Assistant Chief of Forest Service, November 13, 1951Return to Top

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1:06:   Ezra Taft Benson, becomes Secretary of Agriculture, January 1953Return to Top

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1:07:   Orville Freeman, becomes Secretary of Agriculture, January 1961Return to Top

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1:08:   New Forest Service Chief, Edward P. Cliff, Under Secretary of Agriculture Chalres Murphy, and retiring Chief Dr. Richard McArdleReturn to Top

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1:09:   Edward P. Cliff, upon appointment as new Chief Forester, March 8, 1962Return to Top

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1:10:   Sir Edmund Hillary, with Secretary Freeman and Chief Cliff, looking over his planned trip to National Forests of the NorthwestReturn to Top

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1:11-1:12:   Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, Woodland demonstration for business, industry, and government leaders at Chester, Virginia, Tuesday , May 8, 1962Return to Top

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1:13:   Chief Cliff receives Distinguished Service Award from Secretary Freeman, May 18, 1962Return to Top

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1:14:   Dr. H.O. Fleischer demonstrating an experimental lathe to produce southern pine veneer as Chief Cliff watches through a microscope, Forest Product Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, May 10, 1962Return to Top

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1:15:   Chief Cliff, Boyd L. Rasmussen, and G. Bryce BennettReturn to Top

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1:16:   Albert Gore, Frank Church, Tim Babcock, and Chief Cliff in Washington D.CReturn to Top

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1:17:   Dedication of the Lewis and Clark Highway, Packer's Meadow, near the Idaho-Montana line, Clearwater National Forest, August 19, 1962Return to Top

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1:18:   Bear "Goldie" and New Mexico State Forester Ray L. Bell at the National Airport, Washington D.C, September 8, 1962Return to Top

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1:19:   Ray L. Bell shakes hands with Dr. Theodore Reed (Director of the National Zoological Park), September 8, 1962Return to Top

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1:20:   Participants at a two day meeting of the Advisory Committee on Multiple Use of the National Forests in Washington, D.C. with Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman, November 28, 1962Return to Top

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1:21-1:22:   Color snapshots of Chief Cliff, 1972Return to Top

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1:23:   Chief Cliff explains to the National 4-H Fellowship winners, "What We Get from Forest Land," Washington, D.C, March 1963Return to Top

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1:24:   Don Fuqua, Farris Bryant, Houston W. Roberts and Spessard L. Hollard at the Seaboard-sponsored cooperative field forestry program held on the J.W. Blume woodlands in Suwannee County, FloridaReturn to Top

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1:25:   Jimmy L. Miller, William R. Adams, and Otho B. Bruce dicussing Seaboard's "Forestry Special" trainReturn to Top

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1:26:   Chief Cliff presents New Mexico Governor Jack Campbell with a Smokey Bear Doll in Washington, D.C, August 8, 1963Return to Top

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1:27:   President Kennedy Prepares to deliver dedication address at Pinchot Institute for Conservation StudiesReturn to Top

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1:28:   1963 meeting of Advisory Committee on Multiple Use of the National Forests including Chief Cliff, William Richards, John A. Baker, William McGregor, Arthur Greeley, and John BreckenridgeReturn to Top

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1:29:   Retirement and swearing-in ceremonies in Secretary Udall's Office. Left to right: Conrad L. Wirth, George B. Hartzog, and A. Clark Stratton, January 8, 1964Return to Top

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1:30:   Lumber Seminar (1/22/1964), Washington D.C. including J.J. Byrne, Ed Thompson, Chief Cliff, Tom Heinowski, and Ross HeffnerReturn to Top

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1:31:   Regional Foresters and Directors Meeting, Washington D.C, March 1964Return to Top

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1:32:   Chief Cliff and John Baker at dedication of Sabino Canyon Visitor Center, Tucson, Arizona, June 13, 1964Return to Top

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1:33:   Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman addresses opening session of FAO-USDA/Canada, Forest Fire Control Training Course and SeminarReturn to Top

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1:34:   Chief Cliff with Ann Thompson of Ogden, Utah (American Legion Girls State)Return to Top

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1:35:   Chief Cliff meets with Boy Scouts including Kenneth Mitchell, Ross Butler, Ken Wilson, Randy Robertson, Paul Butler, Don Hardenbrook, and Kurt Hardenbrook from Idaho, August 1964Return to Top

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1:36:   Chief Cliff and USU President Daryl Chase at Logan Forestry Sciences Laboratory Dedication, September 18, 1964Return to Top

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1:37:   Rudolph Wendelin, New York Congressman Ostertag (father of Smokey Bear Bill) and Chief CliffReturn to Top

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1:38:   Chief Cliff and his Deputy Chiefs, with Assistant Secretary of Agriculture John Baker, celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Forest ServiceReturn to Top

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1:39:   Chief Cliff with Turkish Foresters, Washington D.C, April 1965Return to Top

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1:40:   Chief Cliff receiving honorary Doctorate of Science degree from Utah State University, June 5, 1965Return to Top

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1:41:   Chief Cliff receiving honorary Doctorate of Science at Utah State University from Daryl Chase, June 5, 1965Return to Top

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1:42:   Chief Cliff receiving honorary Doctorate of Science at Utah State University from Daryl Chase, June 5, 1965Return to Top

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1:43:   Third session of North American Forestry Commission. Dr. L.Z. Rousseau, Chief Cliff, and L.N. Palomares, Washington D.C, October 1965Return to Top

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1:44:   Third session of North American Forestry Commission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Washington, D.C, October 18, 1965Return to Top

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1:45:   Ninth Annual Conclave of the Association of Southern Forestry Clubs, Stephen F. Austin College, Texas, April 23, 1966Return to Top

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1:46:   Ed Schultz, Chief Cliff, and Ralph Steen (President of Stephen F. Austin College), April 23, 1966Return to Top

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1:47:   Ed Schultz, Chief Cliff, and Lowell Halls, Stephen F. Austin College, April 23, 1966Return to Top

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1:48:   Dean Lawrence Walker, Jack McElroy, Ed Schultz, and Chief Cliff, Stephen F. Austin College, April 23, 1966Return to Top

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1:49:   Chief Cliff receiving "Hands of Cooperation Award" from T.B. Edens, president of the National Forest Products Association, Washington D.C, May 3, 1966Return to Top

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1:50:   Chief Cliff at the USDA Exhibit of the Outstanding Cost Reduction Ceremony, including President Lyndon B. Johnson (center), and Secretary Orwell Freeman (right foreground)Return to Top

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1:51:   Head table at fourth plenary session of Sixth World Forestry Conference, Madrid, Spain. Right to left: Osara, Kalkinan, Chief Cliff, Skold, Ticoulat, and Vakomies. Behind seated men: I.H. Ergas of the FAO Rome staff, confers with J.C. Westoby of FAO, Rome, 1966Return to Top

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1:52:   Chief Cliff being interviewed by a Spanish television reporter at the World Forestry Congress in Madrid, June 1966Return to Top

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1:53:   Winifred Wagner of Anaconda Montana, respresentative to the American Legion Girls State at Utah State University, July 29, 1966Return to Top

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1:54:   General White Conservation Award, Washington D.C, May 1967Return to Top

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1:55:   Dedication of Raphael Zon Memorial, Cutfoot Experimental Forest, Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota, August 9, 1967Return to Top

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1:56:   President Johnson announcing his signing of the San Rafael Wilderness Act in the Cabinet Room of the White House, March 21, 1968. Behind the President, left to right are: two secret servicemen; John A. Baker, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture; Tom Kimball, Executive Director of National Wildlife Federation; and an unidentified man. In the foreground are Gilbert Grosvenor of the National Geographic Society; Chief Cliff, Vice-President of Wildlife Management Institute; Porter Ward; H.R. Glascock, Jr., Executive Secretary, Society of American Foresters and Dr. Spencer M. Smith Jr., Secretary, citizens Committee on Natural Resources, March 21, 1968Return to Top

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1:57:   Chief Cliff receiving NCSL award from Rocco C. Siciliano, Vice-President of the NCSL Board of Directors. At left is the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, John A. Baker, Washington D.C, April 27, 1968Return to Top

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1:58:   Former Chief Richard McAidle, recipient of the National Civil Service League Award, congradulates Chief Cliff, Washington D.C, April 27, 1968Return to Top

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1:59:   1968 FFA Forestry Winners visit Chief Cliff, 1968Return to Top

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1:60:   1968 FFA Forestry Winners with Chief Cliff, September, 1968Return to Top

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1:61:   1968 FFA Forestry Winners visit Chief Cliff, September, 1968Return to Top

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1:62:   Golden Smokey Award for 1968, accepted by Bill Kraus, Western Fire Weather Coordinator, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 9, 1968Return to Top

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1:63:   Chief Cliff presents the "National Forests of America" to Secretary Feeman, October 1968Return to Top

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1:64:   President Robert White Jr. watches Chief Cliff drive a golden spike into a section of a railroad tie to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Railway Tie Association, October 17, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968Return to Top

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1:65:   Chief Cliff watches the President of the Railway Tie Association drive a golden spike into a section of the railroad to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Railway Tie Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968Return to Top

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1:66:   Paul Sjoblom, State Forester, Utah; Chief Cliff; Senator Frank Moss, Utah; and Bill Hartshorn, Assistant Secretary of Interior standing by the First National Christmas tree from Utah, The Ellipse, Washington D.C, December 10, 1968Return to Top

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1:67:   Chief Cliff presents citation to Joseph J. Chomon, Director of Nature Center Division, National Audubon Society. From left to right: James O'Keefe, Supervisor, George Washington National Forest, Virginia; Joseph J. Shomon, Chief Cliff, and Richard Costley, Director Division of Recreation, Forest Service, December 18, 1968Return to Top

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1:68:   See photo 67Return to Top

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1:69:   Alyse F. Moore, student at the Forestry School of Stephen F. Austin State College, Nacogdoches, Texas, listens as Chief Cliff explains the attributes fo the once widely used West Coast type logging axe, January, 1969Return to Top

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1:70:   Chief Cliff and the Report to the Nation 1970 Boy Scout Team, Boy Scout WeekReturn to Top

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1:71:   See Photo 70Return to Top

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1:72:   See Photo 70Return to Top

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1:73:   See Photo 70Return to Top

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1:74:   Forest Supervisor--The Assistant Regional Forester's Meeting, Ogden, Utah, Spring 1970Return to Top

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1:75:   Chief Cliff and staff on the tenth anniversary of Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act, Washington D.C, June 12, 1970Return to Top

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1:76:   Chief Cliff talks with members of the Indonesian Forestry delegation, Washington D.C, June 5, 1070Return to Top

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1:77:   Chief Cliff presents Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin with First National Forest Recreation Permit, Washington D.C, July 1, 1970Return to Top

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1:78:   Chief Cliff and Governor Tom McCall of Oregon, dedicate Osprey Management Area at Crane Prairie Reservoir on Deschutes National Forest, Oregon, August 9, 1970Return to Top

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1:79:   Deschutes National Forest, Osprey on nest with young, August 1970Return to Top

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1:80:   Chief Cliff and party touring the reservoir at Deschutes National Forest, Oregon, August 1970Return to Top

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1:81:   Chief Cliff fishing on the Metolius River, Deschutes National Forest, August 9, 1970Return to Top

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1:82:   Chief Cliff and catch on the Metolius River, Dechutes National Forest, August 9, 1970Return to Top

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1:83:   International Forestry Meeting, U.S. Japanese Natural Resources Conference, Washington D.C, August 31, 1970Return to Top

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1:84:   Regional Foresters and Directors Meeting, Washington D.C, January 18, 1971Return to Top

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1:85:   Agriculture Secretary Hardin and Chief Cliff with Woodsy Owl at the Launching of Woodsy Owl Ceremony, Washington D.C, September 15, 1971Return to Top

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1:86:   Agriculture Secretary Hardin with Woodsy Owl at the Launching of Woodsy Owl Ceremony, September 15, 1971Return to Top

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1:87:   Agriculture Secretary Hardin presents Silver Smokey Award to Elmer F. Osterman, Orange County California state Ranger, Washington D.C, February 1972Return to Top

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1:88:   Regional Foresters and Directors Meeting, Washington D.C, February, 1971Return to Top

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1:89:   Forest Service presents certificate of appreciation to General Electric Co. for production of television documentary movie "Wildfire," Washington D.C., February 23, 1972, Secretary of Agriculture, Earl Butz; Forest Service Chief Cliff; and GE Vice-President, Doug MooreReturn to Top

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1:90:   Chief Cliff shows Forest Service's Fire Weather manual to men from General Electric Co., Deputy Chief Ed Schultz to the leftReturn to Top

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1:91:   New wood products develpoed by reserach are described in exhibit of U.S. Forest Service products for representatives of General Electric Co., Washington D.C, February 23 1972Return to Top

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1:92:   Chief Cliff meets with GE communications chief, Art Demaris; GE Washington representative, James Squires; GE Vice President for Corporate Relations, Doug MooreReturn to Top

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1:93:   GE's Vice President, Doug Moore is briefed on Forest Service wood product research, Washington D.C, February 23, 1972Return to Top

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1:94:   Chief Cliff (1931); Ellis Armstrong (1936); Burton Hilcock (1947), All Utah State University Graduates in high federal positions, Washington D.C, November 23, 1971Return to Top

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Forest Service Booklet on Wildlife (Photos 95-100)Return to Top

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1:95: C.R. Gutermuth, former V.P. for the Wildlife Management Institute; Tom Kimball, Executive Director for the National Wildlife Federation; Chief Cliff of U.S. Forest Sevice, at the Forest Service National Wildlife Federation Reception, Washington D.C
 March 21, 1972
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1:96: Chief Cliff autographs copies of the new Forest Service booklet as Tom Kimball and Forest Service audio-visual head, Dick Mosher, watch
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1:97: Tom Kimball autographs a copy of the new booklet
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1:98: Chief Cliff presents new Forest Service booklet, "Wildlife for Tomorrow," to Tom Kimball, Washinton D.C
 March 21, 1972
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1:99: Tom Kimball stands with Chief Cliff, Mrs. Cliff and daughter at the Forest Service Wildlife Federation reception, Washington D.C
 March 21, 1972
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1:100: Chief Cliff stands with the artist, Mr. Hines and wife and with the writer, Don Wolfe and wife, of "Wildlife for Tomorrow."
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1:101: At the sixth session of the North American Forestry Commission, Washington D.C
 March 27-31, 1972

Retirement Reception for Chief Cliff and wife, USDA Patio, Washington D.C.,(Photos 102-114) , April 27, 1972Return to Top

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1:102: Ed and Kathryn Cliff with costumed character of Smokey Bear
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1:103: Chief Cliff receives the best wishes of Under Secretary, J. Philip Campbell
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1:104: Ed and Kathryn Cliff greet Harol Lewis, retired director of USDA Office of Information, at Patio reception
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1:105: Retiring Chief Cliff gets ready to rise as his wife chats with Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz
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1:106: Remarks by Chief Cliff at the reception
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1:107: Remarks by Chief Cliff at the reception
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1:108: Secretary Butz, Chief Cliff and incoming Chief John McGuire; Dr. Tom Cowden, Assistant Secretary at the left
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1:109: Chief Cliff greets Secretary Earl Butz after his remarks
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1:110: Rudy Wendelin, Forest Service artist, presents his western painting to the Chief
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1:111: Dr. Tom Cowden, Assistant Secretary; Mrs. Cliff; Secretary Earl Butz; and Chief Cliff
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1:112: Chief Cliff makes his response. Left to right: Dr. Tom Cowden; Mrs. Cliff; Secretary Butz; and incoming Chief, John McGuire
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1:113: Incoming Chief, John McGuire, shows appreciation of a joke by Chief Cliff
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1:114: Retiring Chief Cliff at the podium

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Foresters--United States--Photographs.
  • Government publicity--United States--Photographs.
  • Presidents--United States--20th century--Photographs.
  • Smokey Bear--Photographs.
  • Woodsy Owl--Photographs.

Personal Names

  • Butz, Earl L. (Earl Lauer), 1909---Photographs.
  • Cliff, Edward P. (Edward Parley), 1909-1987--Photographs.

Corporate Names

  • United States. Forest Service--History--Photographs.
  • United States. Forest Service--Officials and employees--Photographs.

Finding aid created by Daniel Davis and Jessica Alexander, October 2006.
2008

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