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Collection Reference Number GLC00687.188
From Archive Folder Papers of George May Powell 
Title U.S. Department of Agriculture press release, Wood Users of Northwest Much Interested in Wood Preservation
Date 12 August 1909
Author United States. Department of Agriculture.  
Document Type Government document
Content Description The need to utilize wood according to actual use will prevent the scarcity of some woods and the more effective use of other woods. Certain areas in the U.S. are specializing in certain woods.
Subjects Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  Forestry  Government and Civics  Industry  Ecology and Wildlife Preservation  
People Powell, George May (1835-1905)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme Government & Politics; Agriculture
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Powell was a Lincoln supporter and served as a statistician in the Treasury Department during the Civil War. Active in religious work as a young man, he was the secretary and manager of the Evangelistic Press Association and led a topographical corps through Egypt and North Africa to create Sunday School maps of Palestine and the Holy Land. Powell participated in the American Forestry Commission, the Grange and Patrons of Husbandry, the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, and the National Geographic Society. He was active in Sabbath reform work.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945