University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
Special Collections/University Archives

Oral History Register
for

William Nothstein, 1902-


"Civilian Conservation Corpsmen, National Forests in NC, 1971"
James K. Vessey/Peter J. Hanlon - U.S. Forest Service Photograph Collection
D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville, 28804

Title

 William Nothstein Oral History

Creator

 William Nothstein
Alt. Creator Interviewer: Dr. Louis D. Silveri

Subject

 LCSH:

Subject

Keyword: Forestry ; Nantahala National Forest ; Bent Creek ; Logging ; Pinchot, Gifford ; Timber stand improvement ; Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) ; Clear-cutting ; Schenck, Karl ; United States Forest Service ; WWII ; Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest ; U.S. Forest Service Southeastern Experiment Station ; Great Smokey Mountains National Park

Description

Nothstein describes the measurement of timber stands and the methods he used for fighting forest fires. He is a strong proponent of careful timber management and an equally strong opponent of clear-cutting of forests.

The interview is valuable for its references to Karl Schenck's career, Nothstein's war time efforts to encourage war production by the lumber industry, and for an over all picture of the work and career of a Forest Service employee.

Publisher

D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804

Contributor

 William Nothstein

Date

Electronic Record Issued: 2001-07-25

Type

Sound ; Text

Format

 67 double-spaced pages ; 2 reel to reel tapes ; 2 audio cassettes

Identifier

 http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/SHRC/nothstein.html

Source

Louis D. Silveri Oral History Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804

Language

English

Relation

 James K. Vessey/Peter J. Hanlon Collection ; U.S. Forest Service Photograph Collections

Coverage

 c1920's-1976 ; Western North Carolina
Rights Quotations of no more than 250 words, not involving unpleasant references to any individual by name or inference, are hereby granted, provided a full copy of the interview transcript is given to the interviewee.;  Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Acquisition

Donor number: 23 ;  Date of acquisition: August, 1977

Processed By

 Southern Highlands Research Center staff , 1978 ; Special Collections staff, 2001

Interview Date

 1977-07-22

Biography

A graduate of the Pennsylvania State Forest School with a Bachelor of Science in Forestry, William Nothstein was a self-designated Pennsylvania Dutchman who fell in love with Western North Carolina after spending a short time in the area while in college. After graduation he devoted the years 1927 to 1968 to work in the forests of the area.

His first position with the Forest Service was with the Southeastern Experiment Station at Bent Creek, near Asheville. He also assisted in the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. At other times he worked in the Nantahala National Forest, and traveled through Western North Carolina conducting a program on prevention of forest fires.

He headed the timber stand improvement program for the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Nantahala National Forest, and praised CCC for benefiting the forests of Western North Carolina and the Appalachians more than any other Government program.

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