Oral history interview with Robert E. Tucker 1975
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- Name
- Tucker, Robert E (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Robert E. Tucker 1975
- Abstract
- Education in forestry, ornithology; growth of Woodland Operations in Hodge, Louisana; problems of fire, disease protection; advs. of long term cropping and row thinning; use of abandoned farms for land base expansion; effects of merger with Gair, then Continental Can Company [CCC]; plantation management program; nursery operations; CCC's Woodland District organization; comparison of hardwoods to pi ne for pulp mills; demands of forester's job; responsibilities of land management position.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Foresters; Consolidation and merger of corporations; Real estate management; Forests and forestry; Company towns--Louisiana; Tucker, Robert E; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1975
- Note (Biographical)
- Forester.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark Nackman on May 2, 1975.
- Note (Provenance)
- Robert E. Tucker, Gift 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13548534
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-jvnh-a632
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.