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Ernest Newsted Papers, 1948-1974
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Newsted, Ernest S.
- Title
- Ernest Newsted Papers
- Dates
- 1948-1974 (inclusive)19481974
1956-1969 (bulk)19561969 - Quantity
- 1.50 cubic feet, including 108 maps and 133 photographs, (2 boxes, including 1 oversize box, and 11 map folders)
- Collection Number
- MSS Newsted
- Summary
- The Ernest Newsted Papers consists of materials collected by Ernest Newsted (1909-2001), logging superintendent with Brooks-Scanlon in Bend, Oregon from the 1950s to the 1970s. In his role, he managed logging operations, including evaluating the quality of timber, creating tree harvesting plans, and researching logging equipment purchases.
- Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Ernest Newsted (1909-2001) was born in Eureka, California and moved to Washington State, where he graduated from high school. In 1929, Newsted and Lenore Kaas were married. He was active in the Shriners, Masons, and with the International Executive Service Corps.
Newsted raised dairy cattle before beginning a career in logging on the Olympic Peninsula. In the mid-1950s, he became a logging superintendent with Brooks-Scanlon in Bend, Oregon. In his role, he managed logging operations, including evaluating the quality of timber, creating tree harvesting plans, and researching logging equipment purchases.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Ernest Newsted Papers consists of materials assembled by Newsted, primarily documenting his years as a logging manager at Brooks-Scanlon in the 1950s and 1960s. The collection includes timber sale auction announcements, maps, correspondence, memos, blueprints, equipment brochures, photographs and drawings. Monthly operating reports from Newsted’s time at Blue Mountain Mills are also included.
The photographs include snapshots of logging operations and equipment. Maps in the collection are related to timber sales and road construction, mainly in areas within the Deschutes National Forest.
The Ernest Newsted Collection includes 108 maps, 111 photographs and 22 negatives. Many of the maps are fragile and several photographs are damaged.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Ernest Newsted Papers (MSS Newsted), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The Ernest Newsted Papers are arranged in two series: 1: Logging Districts, 1948-1968; 2: Logging Equipment, 1950-1974
Acquisition Information
The Ernest Newsted Papers were transfered to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center in 2016 by the Oregon State University College of Forestry.
Processing Note
Several of the maps were encapsulated at the time this finding was prepared in 2017. There are about 35 additional maps in the collection that would benefit from encapsulation. The folders that include these items are noted on a list in the central file.
Related Materials
The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings include a variety of collections that document logging and forestry in Oregon, including the College of Forestry Records (RG 139), Oliver Matthews Collection (MSS Matthews), Jackson F. Kimball Collection (MSS Kimball), J. F. Ford Photographs (P 308) and C.D. Johnson Lumber Company Toledo Mill Collection (MSS JohnsonMill). The Harold Frosham Photographs (P 271) include images of the Brooks-Scanlan Lumber Company.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Logging Districts, 1948-1968Return to Top
Series 1 consists of maps, auction notices and correspondence regarding timber sales near Bend, Oregon.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1.01 | Bend District
Contains documents regarding West Wickiup and Ketchketch Butte, North Lookout Mountain, Wuski Butte, East Siah Butte and Lemish-Benchmark Butte. Includes 2 maps.
|
1957-1962 |
| map-folder | ||
| 1 | Bend District
Contains maps of East Siah Butte, Lookout Mountain, Wuski Butte, Round Mountain, West Wickiup and Ketchketch Butte, West Sheridan Mountain, Wake Butte and Lemish-Benchmark Butte. Includes 12 maps.
|
1958-1964 |
| 2 | Maps
Contains maps of Warm River, Dorrance Meadow and Swede Ridge. Includes 3 maps.
|
1965-1968 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1.02 | Metolius District
Contains documents regarding Prairie Farm, Crook County, Grant County and Harney County. Includes 4 maps.
|
1963 |
| 2.01 | Metolius District
Contains documents regarding private road construction. Includes 2 maps.
|
1962 |
| map-folder | ||
| 3 | Metolius District
Contains maps of South Jack Lake, Black Butte, North Black Butte, Green Ridge, South Green Ridge and Dugout Lake. Includes 12 maps.
|
1956-1965 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1.03 | Non-Operating Areas
Contains documents regarding Sink Creek and Canyon Creek. Includes 2 maps.
|
1959 |
| map-folder | ||
| 4 | Non-Operating Areas
Contains maps of Black Butte, Cache Lake, Cache Mountain, Pole Creek, Upper Pole Creek, Lookout Mountain, Trout Creek, Sink Creek, Round Lake, Polytop, Bulb Farm, Cold Springs, Sanitam, Mouth Creek, Metolius River, Quartz Mountain and Prineville, Fort Rock and Cinder Cone. Includes 29 maps.
|
1957-1967 |
| 5 | North of Bend
Contains maps of Bull Springs Tree Farm, Quartz Mountain, Browns Mountain, North Black Butte and Santiam-McKenzie. Includes 5 maps.
|
1961 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1.04 | Sisters District
Contains documents regarding Black Pine Springs, Cache Lake and West Sheridan Mountain. Includes 4 maps.
|
1958-1960 |
| 2.02 | Sisters District
Contains documents regarding Green Ridge. Includes 1 map.
|
1960 |
| map-folder | ||
| 6 | Sisters District
Contains maps of Cache Mountain, Cache Lake, McKenzie, Black Pine Springs, Cache Creek, Sisters and LaPine. Includes 10 maps.
|
1948-1963 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1.05 | South of Bend
Includes documents regarding Swede Ridge and Sink Creek. Includes 1 map.
|
1959 |
| map-folder | ||
| 7 | South of Bend
Contains maps of Cache Lake, North Lookout Mountain, West Wickiup and Ketchketch Butte, Bend, West Sheridan Mountain, Round Mountain and East Siah Butte. Includes 9 maps.
|
1957-1964 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1.06 | West of Bend
Contains maps of Aspen Butte and Long Butte and photographs of Paisley Mill. Includes 5 maps and 3 photographs.
|
1959 |
| map-folder | ||
| 8 | West of Bend
Contains maps of Quartz Mountain, Polytop, Browns Mountain, Aspen Butte and Fort Rock. Includes 7 maps.
|
1956-1963 |
Series 2: Logging Equipment, 1950-1974Return to Top
Series 2 includes brochures, drawings, photographs, reports and correspondence regarding logging equipment and operations.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2.03 | Blue Mountain Mills Operating Reports |
1954-1955 |
| 1.07 | Brooks-Scanlon Sawmill Studies |
1956 |
| 1.08 | Dierks Forests, Inc. Brochure |
1967 |
| 1.09 | Drivers Daily Log |
circa 1960s |
| 1.10 | Field Notebooks |
circa 1950s-1970s |
| 2.04 | Logging Equipment |
circa 1960s |
| map-folder | ||
| 9 | Logging Equipment |
1967-1968 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1.11 | Logging Equipment Brochures |
1964-1968 |
| 1.12 | Logging Equipment Photographs
Includes 51 photographs, with 4 in poor condition.
|
circa 1960s |
| 1.13 | Logging Reference Books |
1957-1969 |
| 1.14 | Scott Corbett Delimber
Includes 16 photographs.
|
1968 |
| 1.15 | Technical Drawings |
circa 1960s |
| map-folder | ||
| 10 | Technical Drawings |
circa 1960s |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1.16 | Test Logs to Willamette Valley Mill Photographs
Includes 8 photographs.
|
circa 1960s |
| 1.17 | Tree Shears |
1967-1969 |
| map-folder | ||
| 11 | Tree Shears |
1967-1968 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1.18 | Tree Shears Photographs
Includes 21 photographs and 22 negatives.
|
1969 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Logging--Machinery.
- Logging--Oregon.
- Lumbering--Machinery--Oregon.
- Lumbering--Oregon.
- Timber--Oregon.
Corporate Names
- Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company.
Form or Genre Terms
- Maps (documents)
- Photographic prints.
Finding Aid Authors: Anne Keech.
2017
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