Theodore Patrick Flynn (1891-1954) was an equipment development engineer for the U.S. Forest Service, Region 6, and director of the USFS Equipment Laboratory in Portland, Oregon, 1936-1949. Collection includes biographical materials, patents, blueprints, specifications, reports, photographs, clippings, a photo album, and memorabilia regarding design of specialized equipment used in forestry and construction work, particularly for controlling forest fires.

Oral history interview with Clark Hansen conducted by Jim Strassmaier and Michael O’Rourke on December 8, 1989, and October 31, 2000. Hansen discusses his experiences in Oregon as a ranger with the U.S. Forest Service during the 1970s, and talks about a group of members of Charles Manson’s cult, the Manson Family, who hid in the Bagby area during the summer of 1976.

Collection includes 1 elevation, with weather vane plan, on 1 sheet and 237 blueprint plans, elevations, sections, details and schedules on 55 sheets of Timberline Lodge in the Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon.