Descriptive Summary
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Photograph Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3000
Phone: 435 797-2663
Fax: 435 797-2880
Email: scweb@usu.edu
USU_P0352
Cliff,
Edward P. (Edward Parley), 1909-1987
Edward P. Cliff photograph collection
1931-1972
1962-1972
1 box
0.25 linear ft.
114 photographic images relocated from the Edward P.
Cliff papers (MSS 13). The photographs are mostly publicity prints that document Mr.
Cliff's career as a forester and a forest service employee including ceremonies,
conferences, Forest Service activities, and meeting with high-ranking government
officials as well as politicians (including JFK, and Lyndon B. Johnson). Also included
are several photos of Woodsy Owl and Smokey the Bear. The majority of photographs are
from 1962 to 1972.
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
Copyright
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Department Head.
Edward P. Cliff photograph collection, 1931-1972. (P0352). Utah State University.
Special Collections & Archives Department.
Acquisition information is unknown
Removed from the Edward P. Cliff papers (COLL MSS 13). Register completed by Daniel
Davis and Jessica Alexander, October 2006.
Biographical Note
Edward P. Cliff, the son of Edward Parley and Geneva Rachel Brown Cliff, was born in
Heber City, Utah, September 3, 1909. He graduated with a B. S. degree from the College
of Forestry at Utah State University in 1931, and received his Ph.D. in 1965. His
successful career as a professional forester began at the Wenatchie National Forest in
Washington state as a Junior Range Examiner in 1931. Edward P. Cliff held various
assignments to the Supervisor of the Siskiyou National Forest in the state of Washington
during 1939-1941. Other titles also held included: Supervisor of the Fremont National
Forest at Lakeview, Oregon, 1941-1944; Assistant Director of Range Management in the
Washington D. C. office, 1944-1946; and Assistant Regional Forester, Rocky Mountain
region, 1950-1951.
In 1952, Edward P. Cliff permanently moved to Washington D. C. and was appointed
Assistant Chief in charge of National Forest Resources Management, in which he worked
closely with research and cooperative state and private forestry programs.
Upon his appointment as Chief Forester in 1962, and with direct responsibility for
management of the U.S. national forests, Mr. Cliff provided leadership in coordinating
the multiple use management of national forests, as well as furthering the cause of
conservation. He also guided the Forest Service through periods of controversy, when
government policies were questioned.
Edward P. Cliff retired from the Forest Service in May of 1972.
Arrangement: Topical
The Edward P. Cliff photograph collection consists of 114 images removed from the Edward
P. Cliff manuscript collection MSS 13. The photographs are mostly publicity prints that
document Mr. Cliff's career as a forester and a forest service employee including
ceremonies, conferences, Forest Service activities, and meeting with high-ranking
government officials as well as politicians (including JFK, and Lyndon B. Johnson). Also
included are several photos of Woodsy Owl and Smokey the Bear. The majority of
photographs are from 1962 to 1972.
Edward P. Cliff papers (COLL MS 13)
Images
Cliff,
Edward P. (Edward Parley), 1909-1987--Photographs.
Butz, Earl
L. (Earl Lauer), 1909---Photographs.
United
States. Forest Service--History--Photographs.
United
States. Forest Service--Officials and employees--Photographs.
Foresters--United
States--Photographs.
Presidents--United
States--20th century--Photographs.
Government publicity--United
States--Photographs.
Smokey Bear--Photographs.
Woodsy Owl--Photographs.
Container List
1
1:01
Edward P. Cliff, as assistant forest ranger,
Wenatchee National Forest, Washington State
August 1931
1
1:02
General Inspection Trip, Bear Valley Allotment,
Coronado National Forest, Gilbert Sykes, Lee Kirby, Ed Cliff, Heinie Merker, Bob
Stewart
May 1944
1
1:03
Edward P. Cliff, appointed assistant regional
forester, Intermountain Region
September 1946
1
1:04
Edward P. Cliff, succeeds John W. Spencer as
Regional Forester of Rocky Mountain Area
November 25, 1949
1
1:05
Edward P. Cliff, succeeds Christopher M. Granger
as Assistant Chief of Forest Service
November 13, 1951
1
1:06
Ezra Taft Benson, becomes Secretary of
Agriculture
January 1953
1
1:07
Orville Freeman, becomes Secretary of Agriculture
January 1961
1
1:08
New Forest Service Chief, Edward P. Cliff, Under
Secretary of Agriculture Chalres Murphy, and retiring Chief Dr. Richard
McArdle
1
1:09
Edward P. Cliff, upon appointment as new Chief
Forester
March 8, 1962
1
1:10
Sir Edmund Hillary, with Secretary Freeman and
Chief Cliff, looking over his planned trip to National Forests of the
Northwest
1
1:11-1:12
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, Woodland
demonstration for business, industry, and government leaders at Chester, Virginia,
Tuesday
May 8, 1962
1
1:13
Chief Cliff receives Distinguished Service Award
from Secretary Freeman
May 18, 1962
1
1:14
Dr. H.O. Fleischer demonstrating an experimental
lathe to produce southern pine veneer as Chief Cliff watches through a microscope,
Forest Product Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin
May 10, 1962
1
1:15
Chief Cliff, Boyd L. Rasmussen, and G. Bryce
Bennett
1
1:16
Albert Gore, Frank Church, Tim Babcock, and Chief
Cliff in Washington D.C
1
1:17
Dedication of the Lewis and Clark Highway,
Packer's Meadow, near the Idaho-Montana line, Clearwater National Forest
August 19, 1962
1
1:18
Bear "Goldie" and New Mexico State Forester Ray L.
Bell at the National Airport, Washington D.C
September 8, 1962
1
1:19
Ray L. Bell shakes hands with Dr. Theodore Reed
(Director of the National Zoological Park)
September 8, 1962
1
1:20
Participants at a two day meeting of the Advisory
Committee on Multiple Use of the National Forests in Washington, D.C. with
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman
November 28, 1962
1
1:21-1:22
Color snapshots of Chief Cliff
1972
1
1:23
Chief Cliff explains to the National 4-H
Fellowship winners, "What We Get from Forest Land," Washington, D.C
March 1963
1
1:24
Don Fuqua, Farris Bryant, Houston W. Roberts and
Spessard L. Hollard at the Seaboard-sponsored cooperative field forestry program
held on the J.W. Blume woodlands in Suwannee County, Florida
1
1:25
Jimmy L. Miller, William R. Adams, and Otho B.
Bruce dicussing Seaboard's "Forestry Special" train
1
1:26
Chief Cliff presents New Mexico Governor Jack
Campbell with a Smokey Bear Doll in Washington, D.C
August 8, 1963
1
1:27
President Kennedy Prepares to deliver dedication
address at Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies
1
1:28
1963 meeting of Advisory Committee on Multiple Use
of the National Forests including Chief Cliff, William Richards, John A. Baker,
William McGregor, Arthur Greeley, and John Breckenridge
1
1:29
Retirement and swearing-in ceremonies in Secretary
Udall's Office. Left to right: Conrad L. Wirth, George B. Hartzog, and A. Clark
Stratton
January 8, 1964
1
1:30
Lumber Seminar (1/22/1964), Washington D.C.
including J.J. Byrne, Ed Thompson, Chief Cliff, Tom Heinowski, and Ross
Heffner
1
1:31
Regional Foresters and Directors Meeting,
Washington D.C
March 1964
1
1:32
Chief Cliff and John Baker at dedication of Sabino
Canyon Visitor Center, Tucson, Arizona
June 13, 1964
1
1:33
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman
addresses opening session of FAO-USDA/Canada, Forest Fire Control Training Course
and Seminar
1
1:34
Chief Cliff with Ann Thompson of Ogden, Utah
(American Legion Girls State)
1
1:35
Chief Cliff meets with Boy Scouts including
Kenneth Mitchell, Ross Butler, Ken Wilson, Randy Robertson, Paul Butler, Don
Hardenbrook, and Kurt Hardenbrook from Idaho
August 1964
1
1:36
Chief Cliff and USU President Daryl Chase at Logan
Forestry Sciences Laboratory Dedication
September 18, 1964
1
1:37
Rudolph Wendelin, New York Congressman Ostertag
(father of Smokey Bear Bill) and Chief Cliff
1
1:38
Chief Cliff and his Deputy Chiefs, with Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture John Baker, celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Forest
Service
1
1:39
Chief Cliff with Turkish Foresters, Washington
D.C
April 1965
1
1:40
Chief Cliff receiving honorary Doctorate of
Science degree from Utah State University
June 5, 1965
1
1:41
Chief Cliff receiving honorary Doctorate of
Science at Utah State University from Daryl Chase
June 5, 1965
1
1:42
Chief Cliff receiving honorary Doctorate of
Science at Utah State University from Daryl Chase
June 5, 1965
1
1:43
Third session of North American Forestry
Commission. Dr. L.Z. Rousseau, Chief Cliff, and L.N. Palomares, Washington D.C
October 1965
1
1:44
Third session of North American Forestry
Commission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Washington, D.C
October 18, 1965
1
1:45
Ninth Annual Conclave of the Association of
Southern Forestry Clubs, Stephen F. Austin College, Texas
April 23, 1966
1
1:46
Ed Schultz, Chief Cliff, and Ralph Steen
(President of Stephen F. Austin College)
April 23, 1966
1
1:47
Ed Schultz, Chief Cliff, and Lowell Halls, Stephen
F. Austin College
April 23, 1966
1
1:48
Dean Lawrence Walker, Jack McElroy, Ed Schultz,
and Chief Cliff, Stephen F. Austin College
April 23, 1966
1
1:49
Chief Cliff receiving "Hands of Cooperation
Award" from T.B. Edens, president of the National Forest Products Association,
Washington D.C
May 3, 1966
1
1:50
Chief Cliff at the USDA Exhibit of the Outstanding
Cost Reduction Ceremony, including President Lyndon B. Johnson (center), and
Secretary Orwell Freeman (right foreground)
1
1:51
Head table at fourth plenary session of Sixth
World Forestry Conference, Madrid, Spain. Right to left: Osara, Kalkinan, Chief
Cliff, Skold, Ticoulat, and Vakomies. Behind seated men: I.H. Ergas of the FAO
Rome staff, confers with J.C. Westoby of FAO, Rome
1966
1
1:52
Chief Cliff being interviewed by a Spanish
television reporter at the World Forestry Congress in Madrid
June 1966
1
1:53
Winifred Wagner of Anaconda Montana,
respresentative to the American Legion Girls State at Utah State University
July 29, 1966
1
1:54
General White Conservation Award, Washington D.C
May 1967
1
1:55
Dedication of Raphael Zon Memorial, Cutfoot
Experimental Forest, Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota
August 9, 1967
1
1:56
President Johnson announcing his signing of the
San Rafael Wilderness Act in the Cabinet Room of the White House, March 21, 1968.
Behind the President, left to right are: two secret servicemen; John A. Baker,
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture; Tom Kimball, Executive Director of National
Wildlife Federation; and an unidentified man. In the foreground are Gilbert
Grosvenor of the National Geographic Society; Chief Cliff, Vice-President of
Wildlife Management Institute; Porter Ward; H.R. Glascock, Jr., Executive
Secretary, Society of American Foresters and Dr. Spencer M. Smith Jr., Secretary,
citizens Committee on Natural Resources
March 21, 1968
1
1:57
Chief Cliff receiving NCSL award from Rocco C.
Siciliano, Vice-President of the NCSL Board of Directors. At left is the Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture, John A. Baker, Washington D.C
April 27, 1968
1
1:58
Former Chief Richard McAidle, recipient of the
National Civil Service League Award, congradulates Chief Cliff, Washington D.C
April 27, 1968
1
1:59
1968 FFA Forestry Winners visit Chief Cliff
1968
1
1:60
1968 FFA Forestry Winners with Chief Cliff
September, 1968
1
1:61
1968 FFA Forestry Winners visit Chief Cliff
September, 1968
1
1:62
Golden Smokey Award for 1968, accepted by Bill
Kraus, Western Fire Weather Coordinator, New Orleans, Louisiana
October 9, 1968
1
1:63
Chief Cliff presents the "National Forests of
America" to Secretary Feeman
October 1968
1
1:64
President Robert White Jr. watches Chief Cliff
drive a golden spike into a section of a railroad tie to mark the fiftieth
anniversary of the Railway Tie Association, October 17, Atlanta, Georgia
1968
1
1:65
Chief Cliff watches the President of the Railway
Tie Association drive a golden spike into a section of the railroad to mark the
fiftieth anniversary of the Railway Tie Association, Atlanta, Georgia
1968
1
1:66
Paul Sjoblom, State Forester, Utah; Chief Cliff;
Senator Frank Moss, Utah; and Bill Hartshorn, Assistant Secretary of Interior
standing by the First National Christmas tree from Utah, The Ellipse, Washington
D.C
December 10, 1968
1
1:67
Chief Cliff presents citation to Joseph J. Chomon,
Director of Nature Center Division, National Audubon Society. From left to right:
James O'Keefe, Supervisor, George Washington National Forest, Virginia; Joseph J.
Shomon, Chief Cliff, and Richard Costley, Director Division of Recreation, Forest
Service
December 18, 1968
1
1:68
See photo 67
1
1:69
Alyse F. Moore, student at the Forestry School of
Stephen F. Austin State College, Nacogdoches, Texas, listens as Chief Cliff
explains the attributes fo the once widely used West Coast type logging axe
January, 1969
1
1:70
Chief Cliff and the Report to the Nation 1970 Boy
Scout Team, Boy Scout Week
1
1:71
See Photo 70
1
1:72
See Photo 70
1
1:73
See Photo 70
1
1:74
Forest Supervisor--The Assistant Regional
Forester's Meeting, Ogden, Utah
Spring 1970
1
1:75
Chief Cliff and staff on the tenth anniversary of
Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act, Washington D.C
June 12, 1970
1
1:76
Chief Cliff talks with members of the Indonesian
Forestry delegation, Washington D.C
June 5, 1070
1
1:77
Chief Cliff presents Secretary of Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin with First National Forest Recreation Permit, Washington D.C
July 1, 1970
1
1:78
Chief Cliff and Governor Tom McCall of Oregon,
dedicate Osprey Management Area at Crane Prairie Reservoir on Deschutes National
Forest, Oregon
August 9, 1970
1
1:79
Deschutes National Forest, Osprey on nest with
young
August 1970
1
1:80
Chief Cliff and party touring the reservoir at
Deschutes National Forest, Oregon
August 1970
1
1:81
Chief Cliff fishing on the Metolius River,
Deschutes National Forest
August 9, 1970
1
1:82
Chief Cliff and catch on the Metolius River,
Dechutes National Forest
August 9, 1970
1
1:83
International Forestry Meeting, U.S. Japanese
Natural Resources Conference, Washington D.C
August 31, 1970
1
1:84
Regional Foresters and Directors Meeting,
Washington D.C
January 18, 1971
1
1:85
Agriculture Secretary Hardin and Chief Cliff with
Woodsy Owl at the Launching of Woodsy Owl Ceremony, Washington D.C
September 15, 1971
1
1:86
Agriculture Secretary Hardin with Woodsy Owl at
the Launching of Woodsy Owl Ceremony
September 15, 1971
1
1:87
Agriculture Secretary Hardin presents Silver
Smokey Award to Elmer F. Osterman, Orange County California state Ranger,
Washington D.C
February 1972
1
1:88
Regional Foresters and Directors Meeting,
Washington D.C
February, 1971
1
1:89
Forest Service presents certificate of
appreciation to General Electric Co. for production of television documentary
movie "Wildfire," Washington D.C., February 23, 1972, Secretary of Agriculture,
Earl Butz; Forest Service Chief Cliff; and GE Vice-President, Doug
Moore
1
1:90
Chief Cliff shows Forest Service's Fire Weather
manual to men from General Electric Co., Deputy Chief Ed Schultz to the
left
1
1:91
New wood products develpoed by reserach are
described in exhibit of U.S. Forest Service products for representatives of
General Electric Co., Washington D.C
February 23 1972
1
1:92
Chief Cliff meets with GE communications chief,
Art Demaris; GE Washington representative, James Squires; GE Vice President for
Corporate Relations, Doug Moore
1
1:93
GE's Vice President, Doug Moore is briefed on
Forest Service wood product research, Washington D.C
February 23, 1972
1
1:94
Chief Cliff (1931); Ellis Armstrong (1936); Burton
Hilcock (1947), All Utah State University Graduates in high federal positions,
Washington D.C
November 23, 1971
Forest Service Booklet on Wildlife (Photos
95-100)
1
1:95
C.R. Gutermuth, former V.P. for the Wildlife
Management Institute; Tom Kimball, Executive Director for the National Wildlife
Federation; Chief Cliff of U.S. Forest Sevice, at the Forest Service National
Wildlife Federation Reception, Washington D.C
March 21, 1972
1
1:96
Chief Cliff autographs copies of the new Forest
Service booklet as Tom Kimball and Forest Service audio-visual head, Dick
Mosher, watch
1
1:97
Tom Kimball autographs a copy of the new
booklet
1
1:98
Chief Cliff presents new Forest Service
booklet, "Wildlife for Tomorrow," to Tom Kimball, Washinton D.C
March 21, 1972
1
1:99
Tom Kimball stands with Chief Cliff, Mrs. Cliff
and daughter at the Forest Service Wildlife Federation reception, Washington
D.C
March 21, 1972
1
1:100
Chief Cliff stands with the artist, Mr. Hines
and wife and with the writer, Don Wolfe and wife, of "Wildlife for
Tomorrow."
1
1:101
At the sixth session of the North American
Forestry Commission, Washington D.C
March 27-31, 1972
Retirement Reception for Chief Cliff and wife, USDA
Patio, Washington D.C.,(Photos 102-114)
April 27, 1972
1
1:102
Ed and Kathryn Cliff with costumed character of
Smokey Bear
1
1:103
Chief Cliff receives the best wishes of Under
Secretary, J. Philip Campbell
1
1:104
Ed and Kathryn Cliff greet Harol Lewis, retired
director of USDA Office of Information, at Patio reception
1
1:105
Retiring Chief Cliff gets ready to rise as his
wife chats with Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz
1
1:106
Remarks by Chief Cliff at the
reception
1
1:107
Remarks by Chief Cliff at the
reception
1
1:108
Secretary Butz, Chief Cliff and incoming Chief
John McGuire; Dr. Tom Cowden, Assistant Secretary at the left
1
1:109
Chief Cliff greets Secretary Earl Butz after
his remarks
1
1:110
Rudy Wendelin, Forest Service artist, presents
his western painting to the Chief
1
1:111
Dr. Tom Cowden, Assistant Secretary; Mrs.
Cliff; Secretary Earl Butz; and Chief Cliff
1
1:112
Chief Cliff makes his response. Left to right:
Dr. Tom Cowden; Mrs. Cliff; Secretary Butz; and incoming Chief, John
McGuire
1
1:113
Incoming Chief, John McGuire, shows
appreciation of a joke by Chief Cliff
1
1:114
Retiring Chief Cliff at the podium