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Keep Oregon Green Association records , 1940-1963
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Keep Oregon Green Association
- Title
- Keep Oregon Green Association records
- Dates
- 1940-1963 (inclusive)19401963
- Quantity
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2 linear feet, (2 containers)
- Collection Number
- Bx 112
- Summary
- Geep Oregon Green Association is a non-profit group that organized in Oregon in 1940 expressly for the purpose of educating the public about forest fire prevention. The collection contains annual meeting minutes, correspondence, budget files, printed matter, subject files, a history of KOG, and clippings.
- Repository
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University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
UO Libraries--SCUA
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 5413463068
spcarref@uoregon.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
- Additional Reference Guides
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See the Current Collection Guide for detailed description and requesting options.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Historical NoteReturn to Top
"In the beginning, about July 1940, Oregon's State Forester, Nels Rogers, John B. Woods, Edmund Hayes, and others, started a Keep Oregon Green (KOG) program.
Early in 1941, Governor Sprague called an organizational meeting and a KOG Committee of some 65 public-spirited citizens was established. From this group was named an executive committee which included Edmund Hayes, Row River Lumber Co., Chair; Dean Johnson, C.D. Johnson Lumber Company, Vice Chair; John B. Woods, Oregon Forest Fire Association, Executive Secretary; H. J. Cox, Willamette Valley Lumbermen's Association; Nels Rogers, State Forester; John C. Kuhns, U.S. Forest Service; and Walter Wiesendanger, businessman, Klamath Falls. another important supporter was Arthur W Priaulx of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association.
A full-scale KOG program was launched by Richard Kuehner, a 4-H Club extension agent from Lane County, in 1942. About 65 prominent and influential people, willing to lend their names to the cause, were appointed to a KOG "General Committee." Then a public-spirited individual from each county was appointed as "County Chairman," and this chairman appointed a local committee within his/her county. Statewide newspaper and radio committees made up of influential leaders in these fields were appointed.
During this time also, the Oregon Green Guard program for youth participation was initiated. Mr. Kuehner developed a program unique in nature that maintained the identity of KOG, yet was flexible enough for individual participation in fire prevention or group participation on a project basis by which merit badges and other awards could be earned. Applications were distributed statewide, mainly through the schools, 4-H clubs, Boy Scouts, and other youth groups.
In 1948, Albert Wiesendanger, District Ranger, U.S. Forest Service, took an early retirement from the Mount Hood National Forest and most successfully maintained enthusiastic support of the program for over 20 years."
[Source: http://www.keeporegongreen.org/in%20the%20beginning.html]
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains annual meeting minutes, correspondence, budget files, printed matter, subject files, a history of KOG, and clippings.
Correspondence is arranged in date order from 1951 to 1961.
Annual meeting minutes are also arranged in date order from 1940-1963.
Subject files include correspondence, memos, printed matter, and research information. Subject titles include forest prevention activities, conferences, radio alerts, red hat days, rose festival, Green Guards, hunter fires, deer season, hunting maps, Keep Washington Green, and clippings. Green Guards material includes guard manuals.
Also included are articles about KOG and a history of the organization.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Forest fires--Oregon--Prevention and control.
- Forest protection--Oregon
- Forests and forestry--Fire management--Oregon
Personal Names
- Hayes, Edmund
- Priaulx, Arthur W.
- Rogers, Nelson S., 1891-
- Wiesendanger, Albert
- Wiesendanger, Walter
- Woods, John B.
Form or Genre Terms
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Financial records
