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Jackson F. Kimball Collection, 1910-1945
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Kimball, Jackson F., ca. 1874-1944
- Title
- Jackson F. Kimball Collection
- Dates
- 1910-1945 (inclusive)19101945
- Quantity
- 4.1 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- Consult repository.
- Summary
- The Kimball Collection documents Jackson F. Kimball's work as a timber agent in Oregon, especially in the Klamath Falls area.
- Repository
-
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 - Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Jackson F. Kimball was probably born about 1874 in Maine, the state in which he grew up. He studied medicine and law in college, but left to become a timber cruiser. He ultimately moved west, staying briefly in Roseburg, Oregon, and then moving to Klamath Falls. In 1905 Kimball began working for the Weyerhauser Timber Company. He devised the company's policy pertaining to the leasing of its holdings for grazing purposes. Kimball worked for Weyerhauser until his death in 1944. In 1908 Kimball became associated with the Klamath/Lake Counties Forest Fire Association, later the Klamath Forest Protective Association. He was also interested in control of the Western Pine Beetle, a major pest in the forests of the Klamath region.
Kimball's timber work was not limited to Weyerhauser. He acted as agent/broker for the Day Brothers Lumber Company, the C.C. Yawkey Lumber Company (Yawkey was the owner of the Boston Red Sox), the Alexander-Yawkey Lumber Company (for whom he was an officer), several smaller timber/lumber and real estate interests, and individuals. Kimball was a shareholder and trustee of the American National Bank of Klamath Falls. From 1930-1940 he was the Klamath County chair for the Citizens' Military Training Camp. He spent considerable time in Salem lobbying the Oregon Legislature for timber and lumber industry-related legislation. Kimball died at his home in Klamath Falls on May 21, 1944. (Most of the above information is from Harry J. Drew's Weyerhauser Company: A History of People, Land and Growth, 1979.)
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Series one documents the agent/broker work that Kimball did in the Klamath Falls area for major lumber companies other than Weyerhauser Timber Company, his primary employer. These included Day Brothers Lumber Company, C.C. Yawkey Lumber Company, and Alexander-Yawkey Lumber Company. The Alexander-Yawkey Lumber Company files document its start in 1937 and its early operations near Prineville. Series two documents Kimball's agent/broker work for smaller lumber companies and individuals.
Series three consists of personal and work-related correspondence with individuals and organizations. Series four documents some of Kimball's professional activities involving lumber and timber organizations and his role in shaping state and federal legislation affecting the timber and lumber industries. Series five pertains to Kimball's personal investments and tax matters involving his interests. Series six includes photographs separated from the collection's files.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into six series: I. Lumber Company Files; II. Sales, Contracts, Leases & Trustee Files; III. General correspondence; IV. Professional Activities; V. Financial Records; and VI. Photographs. Most series are arranged alphabetically by subseries and then chronologically.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Lumber Company Files, 1910-1945Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Day Brothers Lumber
Company |
||
Box | ||
1 | General
correspondence |
|
Box | ||
1 | 1910-1945 | |
1 | C.L. Gilham (Portland
office) answers |
1911-1919 |
1 | Benton County
tract |
1929-1943 |
1 | R.A. Booth |
1927-1928; 1936 |
1 | Crescent block -
Deschutes Lumber Co. & Wheeler |
1941-1942 |
1 | Elliott Mill Co. &
Gales Creek Logging Co. (section 14-17-2, Lane Co.) |
1939-1944 |
1 | Elliott Mill Co. &
South Fork Logging Co. (section 26-16-4, Lane Co.) |
1938-1940 |
1 | Ewauna Box Company:
section 6-38-15 & 16 |
1939-1940 |
1 | Ewauna Box Company:
various sections |
1928-1942 |
1 | Fir tract |
1929-1942 |
1 | Glendale |
1929-1930 |
1 | Green/Day to Giustina
Bros. Lumber Company |
1941-1943 |
1 | Day - Hovey -
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. |
1927-1937 |
1 | Ivory Pine
Co. |
1938-1939 |
1 | Kalpine Plywood
Co. |
1942-1943 |
2 | W.H. Leehman grazing
lease (Ewana range) |
1932-1944 |
2 | G.C. Lorenz
sale |
|
Box | ||
2 | 1929-1945 | |
2 | Fall 1942 | |
2 | McCartie,
Jerry |
1935-1939 |
2 | Pelican Bay Lumber
Co. |
|
Box | ||
2 | Correspondence |
1924-1934 |
2 | Sale of
lands |
1937-1940 |
2 | Option
contracts |
1926-1933 |
2 | South Fork Logging Co.
(section 9-16-6, Lane Co.) |
1940-1941 |
2 | Telford-Reed Lumber
Co. |
1927-1929 |
2 | Scale on salvage
operations (exchange with Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.) |
1933-1934 |
2 | Timber values |
1928-1929 |
C.C. Yawkey Lumber
Co. |
||
Box | ||
2 | General
correspondence |
1924-1944 |
2 | Blowdown |
1922-1924 |
2 | Algoma Lumber
Co. |
1937-1943 |
3 | Wheeler-Olmstead Co.
right-of-way |
1926 |
3 | Dallas - California
Highway right-of-way |
1924 & 1937-1943 |
3 | Wood sales |
1937-1943 |
3 | State Industrial Accident
Commission |
1937-1944 |
3 | Tax file (condemnation -
right-of-way proceeding) |
1941-1942 |
Alexander-Yawkey Lumber
Co. |
||
Box | ||
3 | General
correspondence |
1937-1944 |
3 | Clippings |
1936-1937 |
Day Brothers Lumber
Company |
||
Map Case | ||
* | Day-Hovey-Weyerhaeuser
Timber Co., plat grids |
|
* | Ewana Box Co., plat of
sale (section 6-38-15 & 16) |
1939 |
C.C. Yawkey Lumber
Co. |
||
Map Case | ||
* | Map of Crater Lake
district (from 1933-35 general correspondence) |
|
* | Map showing railroad
survey into Wheeler Olmstead timber (from Wheeler-Olmstead Co.
right-of-way) |
1926 |
Alexander-Yawkey Lumber
Co. |
||
Map Case | ||
* | Map of Prineville
Municipal Railroad industrial spur (from 1937 general
correspondence) |
|
* | Map of Ochoco Heights
subdivision, Prineville, Oregon (from Oct. 1938 general
correspondence) |
Series II: Sales, Contracts, Leases, & Trustee Files, 1922-1944Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
3 | Blocklinger Hill |
1930 |
3 | Buzard, R.T. (Buzard-Burkhart
Pine Company) |
1941-1943 |
3 | Crater Lake Lumber
Co. |
1930-1937 |
3 | Davis, A.J. sale to Loe
Brothers |
1930 |
3 | Dineen, Elizabeth & Emma
McConathy |
|
Box | ||
3 | General
correspondence |
1926-1943 |
3 | Linn County
lands |
1931-1941 |
3 | Sale to Henry Sause,
Jr. |
1941 |
3 | Fruit Growers Supply
Company |
1929-1935 |
3 | Gardinier, Frank |
1931 |
3 | Gilbert, Wells |
1932-1935 |
3 | Groat, Rose |
1923-1928 |
3 | Hanson Ranch (J. Fred
Hanson) |
1929-1931 |
3 | Hovey, Chester L. &
Richard R. |
|
Box | ||
3 | General
correspondence |
1922-1928 |
3 | Dineen-McConathy
sales |
1926-1935 |
3 | Kimball, Cummings &
Withrow, Inc., general correspondence |
1922-1930 |
3 | Klamath Indian
Reservation |
|
Box | ||
3 | Timber sales |
1927-1937 |
3 | Pine beetle |
1927 |
4 | Lindsay, Edwin B.
(Trustee)-Big Lakes Box Co. |
1941-1943 |
4 | Lorenz Lumber Co.-Crater Lake
sale |
1930-1945 |
4 | Lynch & Sullivan (grazing
leases) |
1939-1944 |
4 | Shumway, Jack (grazing leases
with Weyerhaeuser, Day Bros., and Soper Lumber Companies) |
1934-1942 |
4 | Steiger, J.J. |
1922-1928 |
4 | U.S. National
Bank-Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. sale |
1932 |
4 | Ward, M.J. (grazing
lease) |
1928 |
4 | Webber, George C. |
1935-1944 |
4 | Wheeler, William |
1931 |
4 | Wilshire, W.E. (grazing
leases) |
1934-1940 |
4 | Winnard, N.E. |
1927-1930 |
4 | Wolf Creek Timber
Co. |
1931 |
4 | Real estate
contracts |
1926-1937 |
4 | Lands for sale |
1933-1936 |
4 | Loggers and logging
information, Klamath District |
1930-1931 & undated |
4 | Scrip |
1931-1937 |
Map Case | ||
* | Map of Whiskey Creek Unit
(from Crater Lake Lumber Co.) |
ca. 1936 |
* | Map of Trinity National
Forest, California (from U.S. National Bank-Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. sale,
1932) |
1930 |
* | Map of Township 33, South
Range 7, Klamath Co.? (from Scrip file) |
Series III: General Correspondence, 1925-1944Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
4 | Personal
correspondence |
1929-1938 |
4 | Miscellaneous
correspondence |
1920-1921, 1927-1928 and 1935-1944 |
4 | Books and
magazines |
1925-1942 |
4 | Christmas card
lists |
1926-1937 |
4 | Citizens' Military Training
Camp (Klamath County chair) |
1930-1940 |
4 | Cummings, K.G. |
1941-1943 |
4 | Daggett, J.F.
"Junior" |
1936-1940 |
4 | Flynn, E.F. |
1927 |
4 | Hulet, Charles C. |
1931 |
4 | Jewett, C.F. |
1935 |
4 | Monaghan, J.L. |
1936 |
4 | Wing, E.V. |
1934-1943 |
Series IV: Professional Activities, 1928-1938Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
4 | Klamath Indian Forest
Bill |
1929-1930 |
4 | National Lumber Manufacturers
Association, Inc. |
1929-1932 |
4 | National Recovery
Administration re: lumber and timber products industries |
1933-1934 |
4 | Oregon timber organizations
legislative program |
1938 |
4 | U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
Western Dvisional Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii |
1928 |
4 | Christopher Columbus essay
(unattributed) |
undated |
Series V: Financial Records, 1927-1945Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
4 | Investments |
|
Box | ||
4 | American National Bank
(Klamath Falls) |
1933-1936 |
4 | California Oregon Power
Company |
1927-1930 |
4 | Universal Bond &
Mortgage Corporation |
1930-1940 |
4 | Kimball, Cummings &
Withrow (real estate), tax information |
1931-1936 |
4 | Income tax matters (J.F.
Kimball) |
1930-1945 |
4 | Social Security & State
Unemployment Insurance |
1937-1944 |
4 | Insurance
(personal) |
1928-1930 |
4 | Accident, J.F.
Kimball |
1939 |
4 | Heating oil
contracts |
1927-ca. 1942 |
Series VI: PhotographsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
5 | Dineen home, Cloverdale,
CA |
1928 |
5 | Cloverdale Fair 3 views
|
ca. 1920s |
5 | Unidentified man & dog
(from Yawkey Lumber Co. - Algoma Lumber Co., 1939, file) |
|
5 | Unidentified military officer
(from Citizens' Military Training Camp file) |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Forest fires--Oregon--Prevention and control.
- Forest landowners--Oregon.
- Forest products industry--Oregon.
- Logging--Oregon.
- Lumber trade--Oregon.
- Lumber--Law and legislation--Oregon.
- Lumber--Law and legislation--United States.
- Lumbering--Oregon.
- Timber--Law and legislation--Oregon.
- Timber--Law and legislation--United States.
- Timber--Oregon.
Personal Names
- Long, George S., 1853-1930.
Corporate Names
- Alexander-Yawkey Lumber Company (Prineville, Or.)
- Brown & Brown, Inc. (Portland, Or.)
- C.C. Yawkey Lumber Company (Madison, Wis.)
- Day Brothers Lumber Company (New Orleans, La.)
- Klamath Forest Protective Association.
- Klamath Indian Reservation (Or.)
- Pelican Bay Lumber Company (Klamath Falls, Or.)
- Weyerhauser Timber Company.
Geographical Names
- Klamath Falls (Or.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs.
Other Creators
-
Personal Names
- Alexander, Ben, 1894-1944. (creator)
- Daggett, J. F. (creator)
- Day, R. N. (creator)
- Gilham, C. L. (creator)
- Hovey, Chester L. (creator)
- Long, George S., 1853-1930. (creator)
- McCullough, Matthew P. (creator)
- Monaghan, J. L. (creator)
- Yawkey, Cyrus Carpenter, 1862-1943. (creator)