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Forestry and Forestry Products

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:

California parks photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1112
Abstract

Collection consists of four black and white photographs of scenes at parks in California, primarily of redwood forests. Places depicted are Prairie Creek State Park, the Mill Creek-Smith River project in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Bull Creek Flat in Humboldt State Park, and Del Norte Coast State Park. The photos appear to have been removed from album pages or an unidentified exhibit or display, and photocopies of captions for each image are included in the collection.

Dates: circa 1900-1939

Cascades Plywood Corporation records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1732
Abstract

In 1944, the Cascades Plywood Corporation purchased Evan Products Company of Portland. In 1945, Cascades merged with the Oak Ridge Timber Company. Cascades later acquired the assets of the Lyon Lumber Company. Records include correspondence; company history with profit/loss records; biography of Max D. Tucker, president; scrapbook; agreements and minutes; and ownership summaries.

Dates: 1944-1959

Logging in Clifton, Oregon photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 345
Abstract

Album containing 71 black and white photographs of the logging industry in and around Clifton, Oregon, including workers, lumber camps, sawmills, and steam-powered logging equipment.

Dates: 1890-1909

Charles Congleton papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2706
Abstract

Charles Congleton was born in Kentucky and moved to Oregon in 1904. He worked as a forest ranger from 1907-1927 with the Paulina Ranger District. Collection includes diaries describing Congleton's work with the Forest Service; correspondence regarding fishing and the history of the Ochoco National Forest; certificates; and autobiographical materials.

Dates: 1907-1960

David Coward photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 777
Abstract

Small collection consisting primarily of black and white panoramic photographs: one of Portland, Oregon, and five group portraits of employees of the Jones Lumber Company in Portland. Also included is a color aerial photograph of the Valsetz Lumber Company in Valsetz, Oregon.

Dates: 1923-1950

Maurice Edgar Crumpacker papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2490
Abstract

Papers of Maurice E. Crumpacker (1886-1927), primarily relating to the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, which Crumpacker oversaw while serving as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I. Crumpacker was an attorney in Portland, Oregon, and later was a U.S. congressman.

Dates: 1917-1922

Dant & Russell, Inc. history

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1475
Abstract

Typescript history, circa 1950-1974, of the lumber brokerage business owned by Charles E. Dant and C. S. Russell, founded in 1904.

Dates: circa 1950-1974

Dog Mountain Story

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1031
Abstract

Reminiscences of Dave Tozer about working at a fire lookout station on Dog Mountain, Washington, for the U.S. Forest Service in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The reminiscences include reproductions of photographs taken during that time.

Dates: 2019

Doty Lumber & Shingle Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1738
Abstract

Records include inventory of logging plant and appraisals of sawmill plant, including floor plans and correspondence.

Dates: 1910-1927

Anna M. Dugan photographic collection on Hull-Oakes Lumber Co.

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 760
Abstract

Twenty-eight black and white photographs depicting employees, scenes, and lumbering activities at Hull-Oakes Lumber Company in Monroe, Oregon.

Dates: 1959