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The responsibility of the State Forester was \"the\n         supervision and direction of all forest interests and all\n         matters pertaining to forestry within the state.\" The\n         Legislature provided no appropriations for funding of the\n         office and expenses were to be assumed by the University of\n         Virginia. In return, the State Forester was appointed the\n         Professor of Forestry at the University of Virginia and was\n         expected to teach one class. In 1916 the Legislature\n         appropriated increased funding for the Office allowing for the\n         hiring of five professionally trained forestry staff members\n         and the development of a state nursery.","In 1919 the legislature increased the duties of the State\n         Forester with the following responsibilties (1) the control of\n         all forest fire fighting measures; (2) the investigation of\n         methods of conservation and education in forestry; (3) the\n         cooperation with private landowners in sound forestry\n         practices; (4) the maintenance of the state forest nursery and\n         distribution of tree reforestation; (5) the right to purchase\n         and manage lands as state forest; (5) the investigation of\n         stream flows within the state.","The office files of Alfred Ackerman highlights four\n         specific topics of interest. The files documenting the Chapin\n         Jones Case involves the controversial and political firestorm\n         concerning the removal of Mr. Jones from the position of State\n         Forester. Mr. Jones had been State Forester for eighteen years\n         when Mr. William E. Carson (Chairman of the State Commission\n         on Conservation and Development) had several disputes\n         regarding the administration of the Office of the State\n         Forester. The request made by Mr. Carson for Jones to resign\n         and Jones' subsequent refusal and demand for an open hearing\n         on the issue, made for interesting news converage. This series\n         documents Mr. Ackerman's (former employee under State Forester\n         Chapin Jones) contributions to the case providing\n         correspondence, newclippings and a published report entitled\n         \"What Ails the Conservation Commission.\"","The second area of interest concerns the Shenandoah Park.\n         These files offer Alfred Ackerman's opinions and concerns\n         regarding the federal government's initial move to establish a\n         national park in the valley. This series contains, pamphlets,\n         correspondence, and reports discussing among other things the\n         validity of appropriating state tax dollars for a national\n         project.","The Virginia Forest Fire on White Cedar consists of\n         correspondence and research notes outlining the concerns of\n         the drainage of swamps and the forest growth in Virginia. The\n         files includes trip expense tallies for camping and\n         explorations made by Ackerman and the staff of the Office of\n         State Forester. There are research notes and reports from the\n         results of the Forest staffs research explorations.","The Virginia Forestry files contains correspondence, fire\n         reports, expense vouchers and research notes. This series\n         gives insight into the daily operations of the Office\n         concerning forestry issues. There are detailed prosecution\n         reports giving the names and address of alleged to have\n         started fires. The Fire report forms give the location of\n         fire, date of fire acres burned damage to growth and the names\n         of the accused fire perpetrators. 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This series\n         documents Mr. Ackerman's (former employee under State Forester\n         Chapin Jones) contributions to the case providing\n         correspondence, newclippings and a published report entitled\n         \"What Ails the Conservation Commission.\"","The second area of interest concerns the Shenandoah Park.\n         These files offer Alfred Ackerman's opinions and concerns\n         regarding the federal government's initial move to establish a\n         national park in the valley. This series contains, pamphlets,\n         correspondence, and reports discussing among other things the\n         validity of appropriating state tax dollars for a national\n         project.","The Virginia Forest Fire on White Cedar consists of\n         correspondence and research notes outlining the concerns of\n         the drainage of swamps and the forest growth in Virginia. 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The following is a brief chronology of the various\n         names of parent agencies of the Office of State Forester: (1)\n         State Geological Survey Commission, 1914-1926; (2) State\n         Conservation and Development Commission, 1926-1938; (3)\n         Virginia Conservation Commission, 1938-1948; (4) Department of\n         Conservation and Economic Development, 1948-1985; (4)\n         Department of Conservation and Historic Resources, 1985-1989;\n         and (5) Department of Conservation and Recreation, 1989-.\n         During these various reorganizations the responsibilities and\n         duties of the Office increased resulting in bureau and later\n         division status for the State Forester.","In 1914 the Legislature created the Office of State\n         Forester under the direction of the State Geological Survey\n         Commission. The responsibility of the State Forester was \"the\n         supervision and direction of all forest interests and all\n         matters pertaining to forestry within the state.\" The\n         Legislature provided no appropriations for funding of the\n         office and expenses were to be assumed by the University of\n         Virginia. In return, the State Forester was appointed the\n         Professor of Forestry at the University of Virginia and was\n         expected to teach one class. In 1916 the Legislature\n         appropriated increased funding for the Office allowing for the\n         hiring of five professionally trained forestry staff members\n         and the development of a state nursery.","In 1919 the legislature increased the duties of the State\n         Forester with the following responsibilties (1) the control of\n         all forest fire fighting measures; (2) the investigation of\n         methods of conservation and education in forestry; (3) the\n         cooperation with private landowners in sound forestry\n         practices; (4) the maintenance of the state forest nursery and\n         distribution of tree reforestation; (5) the right to purchase\n         and manage lands as state forest; (5) the investigation of\n         stream flows within the state."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOffice of the State Forester, Office Files of Alfred\n            Ackerman, 1920-1961. Accession 28896, State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Office of the State Forester, Office Files of Alfred\n            Ackerman, 1920-1961. Accession 28896, State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe office files of Alfred Ackerman highlights four\n         specific topics of interest. The files documenting the Chapin\n         Jones Case involves the controversial and political firestorm\n         concerning the removal of Mr. Jones from the position of State\n         Forester. Mr. Jones had been State Forester for eighteen years\n         when Mr. William E. Carson (Chairman of the State Commission\n         on Conservation and Development) had several disputes\n         regarding the administration of the Office of the State\n         Forester. The request made by Mr. Carson for Jones to resign\n         and Jones' subsequent refusal and demand for an open hearing\n         on the issue, made for interesting news converage. This series\n         documents Mr. Ackerman's (former employee under State Forester\n         Chapin Jones) contributions to the case providing\n         correspondence, newclippings and a published report entitled\n         \"What Ails the Conservation Commission.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe second area of interest concerns the Shenandoah Park.\n         These files offer Alfred Ackerman's opinions and concerns\n         regarding the federal government's initial move to establish a\n         national park in the valley. This series contains, pamphlets,\n         correspondence, and reports discussing among other things the\n         validity of appropriating state tax dollars for a national\n         project.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Forest Fire on White Cedar consists of\n         correspondence and research notes outlining the concerns of\n         the drainage of swamps and the forest growth in Virginia. The\n         files includes trip expense tallies for camping and\n         explorations made by Ackerman and the staff of the Office of\n         State Forester. There are research notes and reports from the\n         results of the Forest staffs research explorations.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Forestry files contains correspondence, fire\n         reports, expense vouchers and research notes. This series\n         gives insight into the daily operations of the Office\n         concerning forestry issues. There are detailed prosecution\n         reports giving the names and address of alleged to have\n         started fires. The Fire report forms give the location of\n         fire, date of fire acres burned damage to growth and the names\n         of the accused fire perpetrators. There is correspondence from\n         members of the private sector as well as the federal\n         government seeking information and advice about forestry\n         concerns.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The office files of Alfred Ackerman highlights four\n         specific topics of interest. The files documenting the Chapin\n         Jones Case involves the controversial and political firestorm\n         concerning the removal of Mr. Jones from the position of State\n         Forester. Mr. Jones had been State Forester for eighteen years\n         when Mr. William E. Carson (Chairman of the State Commission\n         on Conservation and Development) had several disputes\n         regarding the administration of the Office of the State\n         Forester. The request made by Mr. Carson for Jones to resign\n         and Jones' subsequent refusal and demand for an open hearing\n         on the issue, made for interesting news converage. This series\n         documents Mr. Ackerman's (former employee under State Forester\n         Chapin Jones) contributions to the case providing\n         correspondence, newclippings and a published report entitled\n         \"What Ails the Conservation Commission.\"","The second area of interest concerns the Shenandoah Park.\n         These files offer Alfred Ackerman's opinions and concerns\n         regarding the federal government's initial move to establish a\n         national park in the valley. This series contains, pamphlets,\n         correspondence, and reports discussing among other things the\n         validity of appropriating state tax dollars for a national\n         project.","The Virginia Forest Fire on White Cedar consists of\n         correspondence and research notes outlining the concerns of\n         the drainage of swamps and the forest growth in Virginia. The\n         files includes trip expense tallies for camping and\n         explorations made by Ackerman and the staff of the Office of\n         State Forester. There are research notes and reports from the\n         results of the Forest staffs research explorations.","The Virginia Forestry files contains correspondence, fire\n         reports, expense vouchers and research notes. This series\n         gives insight into the daily operations of the Office\n         concerning forestry issues. There are detailed prosecution\n         reports giving the names and address of alleged to have\n         started fires. The Fire report forms give the location of\n         fire, date of fire acres burned damage to growth and the names\n         of the accused fire perpetrators. 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