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Albert Hale Sylvester papers, 1897-1965
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Sylvester, Albert Hale, 1871-1944
- Title
- Albert Hale Sylvester papers
- Dates
- 1897-1965 (inclusive)18971965
1930-1940 (bulk)19301940 - Quantity
- 0.46 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- 1518 (mss), 1518-001 (accession)
- Summary
- Papers of a forest supervisor of the Wenatchee National Forest, 1908-1931
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access restricted: For terms of access, contact Special Collections for details.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Forester.
Albert Hale Sylvester was born in 1871 and died in 1944. He was a Forest Supervisor of the Wenatchee National Forest, 1908-1931. Sylvester mapped much of the area in the United States Geologic Survey, and then in the Forest Service named more than 3,000 place names in the area.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence, biographical and other writings, speeches, poems, photos, and clippings, relating primarily to Sylvester's position as supervisor of Wenatchee National Forest, and to his activities mapping and naming places there.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Biographical Information 4 items
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1/2 | Incoming Letters 11 items
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1931 |
1/3 | Incoming Letters 2 items
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1939, 1944 |
1/4 | Outgoing Letters 3 items
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1928, 1937, 1943 |
1/5 | Legal Documents 3 items
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1/6 | Report 1 item
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1/7 | Speech 1 item
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1/8 | "Notes on History of Lake Wenatchee" writing 1 item
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approximately 1935 |
1/8 | "Place-Naming In the Northwest" writing 1 item
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undated |
1/8 | "Place Names within and bordering Icicle Creek Watershed" writing 1 item
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undated |
1/8 | "Above and Beyond Our World" writing 1 item
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1934 |
1/8 | "The Formula, Chapter 2" writing 1 item
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1933 |
1/8 | "Celestial Mechanics" writing 1 item
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1934 |
1/8 | "The Supervisor's Ten Commandments" writing 1 item
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undated |
1/8 | "Forests, Their Uses and Management" (fragment) writing 1 item
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undated |
1/9 | Poems to wife Alice Peirce Sylvester 20 items
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1916, 1927-1928, 1932-1933, 1935, 1937, 1939 |
1/10 | Poems to children Margaret (Peggy) Sylvester and Richard Sylvester 13 items
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1919-1920, 1925-1926, 1928, 1931-1937, 1939, 1943 |
1/11 | Poems to Margaret Sylvester 10 items
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undated |
1/12 | Poems, miscellaneous 27 items
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1/13 | Poems, miscellaneous 39 items
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1/14 | Notes | |
1/15-18 | Photographs 32 items
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1/19 | Clippings | |
1/20 | Memorabilia | |
1/21 | Scrapbook - Forest Remembrances, pictures and letters written by Sylvester's colleagues for his retirement, May 25, 1931 1 item
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1925 |
1/22 | Ephemera | |
1/23 | "Notes on the Activities of Lieutenants Crook, McCall, and Turner in Eastern Washington Territory, August-September 1958" 1 item
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Sylvester, Albert Hale, 1871-1944--Archives
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