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Re: Seeking Information about Forest Service Region 4
Jason Atkinson
Feb 3, 2020 2:42 PM
Dear Mr. McCrea,
Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!
We searched that National Archives Catalog and located five record series created by the Boise National Forest during the 1930s in the Records of the Forest Service (Record Group 95). To access these records, please contact the National Archives at Seattle (RW-SE) via email at seattle.archives@nara.gov.
We also located 4 record series created by the Forest Service’s Region 4 during the 1930s also in Record Group 95. To access these records, please contact the National Archives at Denver (RM-DV) via email at denver.archives@nara.gov.
And we located eight series titled Wildland Fire Statistics and Reports, 1/1/1907 - 12/31/1970; Annual Fire Reports , 1925 - 1948; Records of Budget Allocations for Fire Protection , 1926 - 1949; Fire Reports, General Correspondence, Forest Survey Files, and General Records, 1935 - 1956; General Correspondence , 1905 - 1952; General Correspondence, 1909 - 1937; Records of the Central Files , 1913 - 1944; and Records Relating to Expenditures and Appropriations , 1930 - 1945 in Record Group 95 that may contain information concerning the fire as well as Forest Service fire prevention programs and policies. The staff of the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) will be pleased to make the finding aids to these records available to you or your representative in the Textual Research Room located 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, near the University of Maryland--College Park campus. The Textual Research Room (Room 2000) hours are 8:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. The RDT2 consultation room hours are 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. No appointment is necessary. Prior to your visit, please consult College Park websites at https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/, https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/self-service-copying.html, and https://www.archives.gov/research/start/getting-started.pdf.
We hope this information is helpful. Best of luck with your research!