Elaine W. Sadring collection of Mount St. Helens materials
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials regarding Mount St. Helens and its 1980 eruption, compiled by Portland, Oregon, resident Elaine W. Sadring. These consist of: a 1950s essay about the mountain's history and alleged beliefs of Native people about the mountain by Beatrice Buzzetti, who worked as a lookout for three summers on Coldwater Peak; 2 album pages with 9 photographs of the 1980 eruption, taken by Bob Showman of Precision Castparts Corporation; and the text of a four-sermon series, "Lessons Learned from Mt. St. Helens," that First Congregational Church of Portland minister Lincoln Y. Reed delivered from June to July 1980.
Dates
- circa 1951; 1980
Creator
- Sadring, Elaine W. (Elaine ElRae Wakefield), 1924-2002 (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Biographical Note
Elaine ElRae Sadring (née Wakefield, 1924-2002) was a lifelong resident of Portland, Oregon. She worked as an executive secretary for Georgia-Pacific and for Pacific Power & Light. She was a member of the First Congregational Church of Portland.
Sources: Obituary in the Oregonian, December 9, 2002; letter from ElRae Louise Wells to the Oregon Historical Society, October 24, 2022.
Historical Note
In the spring of 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington state began to show signs of an upcoming eruption, including a steam explosion on March 27, and a growing bulge on the north side of the mountain in April and May. On May 18, the mountain erupted. The eruption killed 57 people, destroyed almost all vegetation in the vicinity of the mountain, caused a debris landslide, and spewed ash that fell as far as 900 miles away.
Source: "Mount St. Helens erupts on May 18, 1980," by Greg Lane, HistoryLink.org, https://www.historylink.org/file/5457
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, four sermons by Lincoln Y. Reed about the eruption, and a 1950s report about Mount St. Helens by Beatrice Buzzetti, all of which were compiled by Elaine W. Sadring (1924-2002). Sadring was a resident of Portland, Oregon, and a member of the First Congregational Church of Portland, where Lincoln Y. Reed was pastor in 1980. Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, killing 57 people and causing major destruction in Washington state.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of ElRae Louise Wells, October 2022 (RL2022-151).
Creator
- Sadring, Elaine W. (Elaine ElRae Wakefield), 1924-2002 (Compiler, Person)
- Reed, Lincoln Y. (Lincoln Yuille), 1921-2010 (Author, Person)
- Buzzetti, Beatrice (Author, Person)
- Showman, Bob (Photographer, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Elaine W. Sadring collection of Mount St. Helens materials
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jeffrey A. Hayes
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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