Weeks Law Silver Jubilee

Weeks Law Silver Jubilee

Forest conservation

Forest reserves -- Law and legislation

Special events

United States. Weeks Act

Acquisition of property

Government purchasing of real property

This program and accompanying speeches were part of the “Silver Jubilee,” a celebration of the passage of the Weeks Law in 1911. This was a 25th anniversary celebration held in 1936. The Weeks Law was considered to be “a milestone in the nation-wide conservation movement.” The law allowed the federal government to purchase private land to create national forests in the eastern U.S.

Glenn, L. C. (Leonidas Chalmers), 1871-1951

Pratt, Joseph Hyde, 1870-1942

Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests

Appalachian National Park Association Records

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1936-09-15

United States. Forest Service

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Reproduced with permission of North Carolina Western Regional Archives;

Buncombe County (N.C.)

Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

United States

11" x 8.5"(dimension)

29 pages(pages)

8.75" x 5.5"(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America