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Logging

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Luzerne Besser papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2327
Abstract

Manuscript agreement between Luzerne Besser and James W. Foster, October 25, 1856, regarding the cutting of white fir logs.

Dates: 1856 October 25

Louis Blaine letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2625
Abstract

Manuscript letters to Louis Blaine's wife and children regarding his work and life at the lumber camp in Globe, Washington.

Dates: 1915-1916

Bridal Veil, Oregon logging scenes photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 390
Abstract

Album containing 12 black and white photographs of logging scenes and other views of Bridal Veil, Oregon, and the Columbia River Gorge.

Dates: circa 1900-1910

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

William K. Dyche collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 856
Abstract

Collection includes typescript documents discussing William K. Dyche's logging and railroad work experiences from 1899-1915 in Wyoming, in Idaho, and in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and with the Algoma Lumber Co.

Dates: circa 1900-1953

J. F. Ford photograph album of logging and Northwest scenes

 Collection
Identifier: Album 194
Abstract

Album of black and white photographs by J. F. Ford, most of which depict logging activities. Also included are cityscapes of Portland and Astoria, Oregon; sternwheel steamboats; and Northwest landscapes.

Dates: circa 1890-1900

J. F. Ford photograph album of Oregon and Washington scenes

 Collection
Identifier: Album 162
Abstract

One album containing 25 black and white photographs of scenes in Oregon and Washington state, most with the mark of photographer J. F. Ford. A significant number of the photographs depict logging scenes. Others are of places in the Columbia River Gorge; Mount Hood; Mount Rainier; the steamer Bailey Gatzert; a shipwreck on Clatsop Beach; a cottage in Seaside, Oregon; and construction of a log raft in Stella, Washington.

Dates: 1900

Reuben H. Hitchcock collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 239
Abstract

Ephemera, correspondence, and clippings relating to the Spruce Production Division in Oregon and Washington during World War I, and to Colonel Reuben H. Hitchcock, who served as the division's manager of government operations.

Dates: circa 1917-1919

Darius Kinsey photographic collection on logging in the Pacific Northwest

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 680
Abstract

Eight black and white photographs of the logging industry in the Pacific Northwest, including workers, trains and oxen.

Dates: circa 1890-1945

Masten Logging Company account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1371
Abstract

Account book with certificate of decrease in capital stock and township map showing timber land.

Dates: 1907-1910