Organizational Directories

The Forest History Society holds a full collection of U.S. Forest Service Organizational Directories, which consist of USFS personnel information such as employee names, positions, and office locations. The USFS directories were originally published monthly as "Field Programs" beginning in 1904. Later directories, which were referred to as "Service Directories" or "Organizational Directories" were issued two to three times a year on average. For a complete listing of dates the directories were published see the table below.

The Internet Archives has scanned a collection of Directories from 1904-1909.

Since 2004, Directories have not been printed but have been updated online at https://hrm.gdcii.com/directory/

USFS Directories

Search Assistance

Our library staff will be glad to perform searches of the directories for you. Staff members can copy/scan relevant pages corresponding to any requested names. Please contact library staff, by email at library@foresthistory.org or by telephone, 919-682-9319.

USFS Directories, Dates Published

Beginning in August 1904, the USFS began issuing "Field Programmes". However, employee listings did not begin to appear in these publications until July 1905. Field Programs were published from 1905 to 1920. The directories were then issued under the title "Forest Service Directory" from 1920 until 1951, and finally as "Organizational Directory" from 1952 until the present.

Note that no directories were published from January to June of 1905, as well as for the entire years of 1947, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1969, and 1974.

Year  Months Issued
1905 July, August, September, October, November, December
1906 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1907 January, February, March, April, June, August, September, October, November, December
1908-1909 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1910 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, October
1911 January, April, July, October
1912 January, July, October
1913 - 1920 January, April, July, October
1921 - 1931 April, October
1932 - 1933 April
1934 July
1935 - 1936 November
1937 May, November
 1938 June
1939 - 1940 January, July
1941  May
1942 - 1946 April
1947 No Directory Published
1948 - 1951 January
1952 - 1953 March
1954 July
1955-1957 No Directory Published
1958 July
1959 No Directory Published
1960 - 1965 January
1966 August
1967 - 1968 April
1969 No Directory Published
1970 - 1972 January
1973 May
1974 No Directory Published
1975 February
1976 January
1977 January, October
1978 - 1979 May
1980 March
1981 March, August
1982 February, October
1983 July
1984 May, December
1985 December
1986 October
1987 August
1988 June
1989 May
1990 June
1991 - 1992 July
1993 - 1995 June
1997 November
2000 June
2004 March