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

Alfred Gaskill
(1861 - 1950)

Biography

Alfred Gaskill was born in Pennsylvania, and by 1903 was employed with the Bureau of Forestry as Field Assistant earning $ 1,200.00 per year.  By 1905, when the US Forest Service formed, he had risen to the rank of Assistant Forest Inspector and was earning $ 1,600.00 per year. *  Later in his career Mr. Gaskill made a critical review of the Copeland Report (a.k.a. the National Plan for American Forestry) in February 1934.  This criticism was strongly rebuffed by F. A. Silcox who was then Chief of the US Forest Service. 

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

Subjects

Gaskill, Alfred (1861-1950)
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

Gaskill, Alfred. Silviculture Applied to Virgin Forest Conditions. Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters, May 1905. 
{delivered before the society March 12, 1903} 

Gaskill, Alfred How Shall Forests Be Taxed? Preceedings of the Society of American Foresters, 1904.

The Editors. Officers and Committees. Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters, May 1905.  
{Alfred Gaskill is listed as chairman of the Committee on Publications.  He is also listed as having worked with the Bureau of Forestry.} 

Gaskill, Alfred. A Shade Tree Guide: New Jersey Department of Conservation and Development. Hudson Printing Company, 1918.

Shantz, H. L. and Zon, Raphael. Atlas of American Agriculture: Natural Vegetation. US Department of Agriculture, Government Printing Office, 1924. 
{this publication has two Gaskill photos: 1) from California, 2) uncut spruce forest in the Adirondack Mountains, NY}

Gaskill, Alfred. Whither Forestry? Journal of Forestry (SAF), February 1934.  (pgs 196 – 201)

Silcox, F. A. Forward Not Backward.  Journal of Forestry (SAF), February 1934.  (pgs 202 – 207) 
{response}

Pinchot, Gifford. Breaking New Ground. Island Press, 1947 [1974]. 
{mentions Alfred Gaskill}

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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