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

Harold D. Foster

Biography

Harold Foster was from New Jersey and began working with the Bureau of Forestry in 1903 as a student assistant earning $300 per year.  His employment listing was “in the field.”  He rose to the position of Forest Assistant by 1905, when the US Forest Service formed, and was earning $1,100 per year. *

* source: Official Register of US Government Employees at the National Archive (Washington, DC).
Subjects

LCSH :
Foster, Harold D.
United States. Forest Service
Forests and Forestry --- United States
Forestry and Community
Forestry Extension North Carolina
Forestry Extension Southern States
Forestry Industry
Forestry Innovations
Forestry Schools and Education
Forestry Schools and Education --- North Carolina
United States. Department of the Interior

Bibliography Foster, H. D. and Ashe W. W. Chestnut Oak in the Southern Appalachians. USDA Forest Service Circular # 135, US Government Printing Office, 1908.
Citation  U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
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