Description
Tom Greig was a member of the Save-the-Redwoods League and a Councillor beginning in the late 1920s. He began his work with the League after he moved to Berkeley in 1933. Prior to this he worked as a banker in Crescent City and Eureka and collaborated with landscape architect Emerson Knight around the establishment of the first proposed boundaries for the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Greig also became one of the first to suggest that the superlative groves in Del Norte County could be used as possible park projects and aided the League with land acquisition as well as property transactions. He served on the League's Committees for membership and the study of taxation and after his retirement in 1954 focused more on property acquisition around the Bull Creek watershed. In this interview, Greig discusses his family history, education, time as a banker, and work aiding the League with property acquisition and boundaries. Appended are copies of his letters to Newton B. Drury, secretary of the League, concerning Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.