John Osseward Papers - Archives West

John Osseward Papers, 1916-1983

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Osseward, John, -1984

Title

John Osseward Papers

Dates

1916-1983 (inclusive)

Quantity

15.21 cubic feet (16 boxes)

Collection Number

3818

Summary

Papers of John Osseward, a Seattle environmentalist.

Repository

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

Open to all users.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Request at UW

Languages

English

Sponsor

Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

John Osseward was a Seattle conservationist who was best known for his work with Olympic Park Associates (OPA), a citizens group that he founded and led. From its beginnings in 1948, OPA was concerned with the administration and protection of Olympic National Park, including issues such as boundary changes, logging, and road building. One particular concern centered on the inclusion of a strip of beach in the Olympic National Park and the prevention of road building there. On occasion, OPA also became involved in issues involving other wilderness areas.

John Osseward was also active in other conservation organizations. He was a founder of the Wilderness Bill Coordinating Committee, a trustee of National Parks Associates, a board member of the Wilderness Society, and a member of the North Cascades Conservation Council, the Mountaineers, and the Sierra Club. Osseward presented testimony at congressional and other hearings on behalf of many of these organizations. He died in Seattle in 1984.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The John Osseward Papers reflect the activities and interests of the conservation organizations with which he was involved, as well as the research he conducted in preparation for his testimonies at congressional and other hearings, especially in the area of forest management and forestry practice. Well documented topics include the Olympic National Park and the Wilderness Bill. In addition to testimony, the papers include correspondence, minutes, financial records, committee records, reports, legislation, writings, subject files, newsletters, and ephemera.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The creator's literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions.

Accession No. 3818-001, , 1916-1983
Accession No. 3818-002, , 1949-1973

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 3818-001: John Osseward papers, 1916-1983Return to Top

15 cubic feet (15 boxes)

Scope and Content: Accession no. 3818-1 has been arranged primarily according to the organizations with which Osseward was involved. Records are most voluminous for Olympic Park Associates, the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs, the Mountaineers, the National Parks Association, the North Cascades Conservation Council, the Sierra Club, the Wilderness Bill Coordinating Committee, and the Wilderness Society. Researchers should note that information about a single topic or issue, such as the Wilderness Bill or the North Cascades, can be found scattered throughout the records of the various organizations that were concerned with it. The accession also includes Osseward's personal papers resulting from activities not affiliated with any organization in particular. Personal papers include correspondence, clippings, and a large subject series on conservation issues. Osseward was not consistent in his filing practices, and similar subject matter may be found under multiple file headings. Major correspondents in the accession include the U.S. National Park Service, Polly Dyer, Philip H. Zalesky, Patrick D. Goldsworthy, Leo Gallagher, and Brock Evans.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Acquisition Info: Mrs. John Osseward donated Accession no. 3818-1 in 1986.

Processing Info: Processing completed in 1988.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Olympic Park Associates
		Organizational and Historical Features
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	3818-001	Miscellaneous on OPA Induction	1949, undated
1/2	3818-001	Agreement of Association	1948-1949
1/3	3818-001	By-laws and Amendments	1949-1967, undated
1/4	3818-001	Chronologies	1936-1959, undated
Box/Folder	Accession
1/5-2/14	3818-001	General Correspondence	1946-1983, undated
		Correspondence Collected by Osseward
Box/Folder	Accession
2/15-19	3818-001	U.S. National Park Service	1936-1951
Box/Folder	Accession
2/20	3818-001	Notices of Meetings/Agendas	1949-1977, undated
2/21-23	3818-001	Minutes	1951-1982
2/24-30	3818-001	Membership Records Scope and Content: Includes lists of members, officers, and trustees, as well as receipts for dues.	1949-1972
		Financial Records
Box/Folder	Accession
2/31-33	3818-001	Correspondence	1949-1972, undated
2/34-35	3818-001	Balance Sheet/Treasurer's Reports	1949-1971
2/36-40	3818-001	Worksheets	1949-1969
2/41-43	3818-001	Remittances, Cash Receipts, Sales	1951-1970
2/44	3818-001	Tax Returns and Related Material	1951-1970
2/45	3818-001	Vouchers	1949-1954
2/46-47	3818-001	Invoices and Statements	1949-1969
2/48-51	3818-001	Bank Statements and Receipts	undated
2/52	3818-001	Miscellaneous	undated
Box/Folder	Accession
3/1-11	3818-001	Speeches and Writings by Osseward	1947-1966, undated
3/12	3818-001	Writings by Others	undated
		Reports by Osseward and Others
Box/Folder	Accession
3/13-15	3818-001	Olympic Park	undated
3/16	3818-001	Boundary Study Committee	September, 1966
3/17	3818-001	Quinault Study Committee	1962
3/18	3818-001	Fred Overly on Sitka Spruce	1941
		Statements
Box/Folder	Accession
3/19-25	3818-001	Olympic National Park and Related Topics	1947-1981, undated
		Plans, Proposals, and Impact Studies
Box/Folder	Accession
3/26-33	3818-001	Olympic National Park	1973-1978, undated
3/34-35	3818-001	Quinault Valley	1973-1978, undated
4/1	3818-001	Soleduck District	1973-1978, undated
Box/Folder	Accession
4/2	3818-001	Declaration of Policy on Olympic National Park	1960
4/3	3818-001	Resolutions	1949-1964, undated
4/4-6	3818-001	Congressional Bills	1955-1959
		Notes
Box/Folder	Accession
4/7-16	3818-001	Statistics, Tables, and Graphs	undated
4/17	3818-001	OPA meetings	1955-1980
4/18	3818-001	National Park Policy	undated
Box/Folder	Accession
4/19	3818-001	Conferences	1953-1956, undated
4/20	3818-001	News Releases	1949, 1953, undated
4/21	3818-001	Newsletters	1967-1982
4/22	3818-001	Lists	undated
4/23-28	3818-001	Maps	undated
box:oversize
15	3818-001	Maps	1957
Box/Folder
4/29-33	3818-001	Publications	1935-1976, undated
4/34	3818-001	Postcards	1920, undated
4/35-37	3818-001	Pictures/Articles of the Olympics	1946-1960, undated
4/38-50	3818-001	Clippings	1946-1969, 1980, undated
Box
15	3818-001	Scrapbook	1943-1948
Box/Folder
5/1	3818-001	Ephemera	1952-1966, undated
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
5/2	3818-001	The Animals Crusaders	1953
5/3	3818-001	Beard, Dan - Dinner	1958
5/4	3818-001	Books - OPA	1964, 1966, undated
5/5-7	3818-001	Boundary Changes	1947-1967, undated
5/8	3818-001	Canadian National Parks	1947, 1953, undated
5/9-12	3818-001	Douglas, Justice William O. - Ocean Beach Hike	1958, 1964
5/13	3818-001	Fishing Regulations - U.S. Interior Dept.	1953
5/14-18	3818-001	Hearings on Olympic National Park Scope and Content: Includes notes, statements, and transcripts.	1936-1966, undated
5/19	3818-001	House Joint Memorial #11	1949
5/20	3818-001	"Investigate Please" - Reply	1949
5/21-23	3818-001	Kirk, Ruth - "The Olympic Rain Forest"	1966
5/24	3818-001	Land and Water Conservation Fund	1980
5/25	3818-001	Land Exchange - Olympic Park	1943-1967, undated
5/26	3818-001	Life Zones of Olympic National Park	1954
5/27	3818-001	Magnuson, Don - Meeting	1953
5/28-29	3818-001	Mission 66	1956
5/30	3818-001	Murie, Dr. Olaus J. - Lecture	1953
5/31	3818-001	National Parks Magazine Article	1950
5/32	3818-001	Newsletter Article	1956
5/33-35	3818-001	North Quinault Blow-down	1957
5/36-38	3818-001	Ocean Strip	1939-1964, undated
5/39	3818-001	Olzendam, Roderick	1952-1957
5/40-43	3818-001	Oregon Dunes	1959, undated
5/44	3818-001	Overly, Fred J.	1952-1958
5/45-46	3818-001	Ozette Indian Reservation, Makah Tribe	1970, undated
5/47	3818-001	Pacific Scenic Highway	1960
5/48	3818-001	Pamphlet Work	undated
5/49-51	3818-001	Point of Arches	undated
5/52-54	3818-001	Quinault	1964-1977, undated
5/55	3818-001	Rayonier, Inc.	undated
5/56-57	3818-001	Roads in Olympic National Park	1955-1960, undated
5/58	3818-001	Rotary Debate, Yakima, Washington	1958
5/59	3818-001	Rutter, John - Meetings	1966, 1972
		Salvage in Olympic Park Forests
Box/Folder	Accession
6/1-2	3818-001	Miscellaneous	undated
6/3	3818-001	Forest Contracts and Timber Sale Permits	undated
6/4-6	3818-001	Photographs of Salvage Operations 33 items	undated
Box/Folder	Accession
6/7	3818-001	Save the McKenzie River	1955
6/8	3818-001	Seven Lakes Basin	1960
6/9	3818-001	Tax Exemption Status	1949-1950
6/10	3818-001	Trustees' Park Tour - OPA	1967
6/11	3818-001	Union Support of OPA	undated
6/12	3818-001	Washington State Parks Association, Aberdeen, Washington, Meeting	1953
6/13	3818-001	Washington University Radio Forum on Olympic National Park	1949
6/14	3818-001	Westland, Jack	1955, undated
6/15	3818-001	White Pass/Goat Rocks	1959
6/16	3818-001	Wilderness Hearings Preparations	1972
6/17	3818-001	Women's Clubs Support of Olympic Park Association	undated
		Washington Governor (Arthur Langley) Olympic Park Review Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
6/18	3818-001	General Correspondence	1953-1954
6/19-20	3818-001	Incoming Letters	1953-1954
6/21	3818-001	Membership Material	undated
6/22-23	3818-001	Reports	1953-1954
6/24	3818-001	Statements	1953
6/25	3818-001	Writings and Notes	1953, undated
6/26	3818-001	Forestry Statistics and Graphs	1953, undated
6/27	3818-001	Clippings	1953-1955, undated
		Seattle Chamber of Commerce Outdoor Recreation Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
6/28	3818-001	Organizational Features	undated
6/29	3818-001	Incoming Letters	1960-1963
6/30	3818-001	Memoranda/Meetings Notices	1960-1964
6/31	3818-001	Minutes	1960-1962
6/32	3818-001	Membership Lists	1961-1963, undated
6/33	3818-001	Reports	1963
6/34	3818-001	Newsletters	January, May, 1962
6/35	3818-001	Conferences and Conventions	1962-1963
		Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs
Box/Folder	Accession
6/36-39	3818-001	General Correspondence	undated
6/40	3818-001	Statements and Writings	1960-1967
6/41	3818-001	Newsletters	1956, 1971
6/42	3818-001	Publications	1962, 1967
6/43	3818-001	Clippings and Ephemera	undated
6/44-56	3818-001	Conferences and Conventions Scope and Content: Includes programs, notes, mailings, and resolutions.	1956-1966, undated
		Mountaineers
Box/Folder	Accession
6/57-59	3818-001	General Correspondence	1954-1978, undated
6/60	3818-001	Memoranda	1961, 1963, undated
6/61	3818-001	Financial Records	1961-1962
		Minutes
Box/Folder	Accession
6/62-64	3818-001	Conservation Division	1955-1969, undated
6/65	3818-001	Good Outdoor Manners Committee Scope and Content: Includes reports.	1959-1960, undated
6/66	3818-001	Miscellaneous	1962
Box/Folder	Accession
6/67	3818-001	Writings	1959, 1964
6/68	3818-001	Statements	1955-1961
6/69	3818-001	Speeches, Studies & Statistics	1955-1972, undated
6/70	3818-001	Notes	undated
6/71	3818-001	Mailings and Publications	1954, 1967, 1970-1971, undated
7/1	3818-001	Announcements	1955-1959, undated
7/2	3818-001	Elections	1956-1979
7/3	3818-001	Clippings	1950-1960, undated
7/4	3818-001	Ephemera	1956, 1959, undated
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
7/5	3818-001	Billboards - Senate Bill 189, House Bill 198	1961
7/6	3818-001	Conservation Committee	1961, undated
7/7-9	3818-001	Conservation Handbook	1958, 1961, undated
		Glacier Peak
Box/Folder	Accession
7/10	3818-001	Letters and Facts	1957-1959, undated
7/11	3818-001	Reports and Recommendations	1956-1960, undated
7/12	3818-001	Proposals	1959, undated
7/13	3818-001	Statements	1959, undated
7/14	3818-001	Publications and Clippings	1955-1960, undated
7/15	3818-001	Maps and Postcards	1949, 1956, 1959, undated
Box/Folder	Accession
7/16-18	3818-001	Initiative 25 - Columbia River Salmon Fishing	1950, 1958-1960, undated
7/19	3818-001	Preserving the North Cascades	1963, undated
7/20	3818-001	Vandalism	1959-1960, undated
		Mountaineers Conservation Division, Alaska Subcommittee
Box/Folder	Accession
7/21	3818-001	General Correspondence	1965-1971
7/22	3818-001	Minutes	1966-1967, undated
7/23	3818-001	Studies by Sitka Conservation Society	1968-1969
7/24	3818-001	Notes and Statistics on Alaska	1954, 1966-1970, undated
7/25	3818-001	Newsletters on Alaska	1968-1969
7/26	3818-001	Publications on Alaska	1968-1969, undated
7/27	3818-001	Conferences	1969
7/28	3818-001	Maps	1960-1969, undated
7/29	3818-001	Clippings	1969-1972
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
7/30	3818-001	Alaska Timber Sales	1964-1965, undated
7/31	3818-001	Anderson, Dewey - Testimony on Timber Supply Act	1969
		Washington State Junior Sportsmans Council
Box/Folder	Accession
7/32	3818-001	Organizational Features	undated
7/33	3818-001	General Correspondence	1959
7/34	3818-001	Newsletters	1958-1959
7/35	3818-001	Conferences	1953-1959
7/36	3818-001	Junior Sportsmen's Conservation Camp	1959, undated
		National Parks Association
Box/Folder	Accession
7/37	3818-001	Organizational Features	1948-1965, undated
7/38-53	3818-001	General Correspondence	1949-1973, undated
7/54-55	3818-001	Memoranda	1961-1967
7/56	3818-001	Notices and Mailings	1954-1965, undated
		Meeting Notices/Agendas
Box/Folder	Accession
7/57	3818-001	Corporation and Board of Trustees	1955-1971, undated
7/58	3818-001	Executive/Finance and Budget Committees	1961-1968
		Minutes
Box/Folder	Accession
7/59-60	3818-001	Corporation and Board of Trustees	1960-1968
7/61-64	3818-001	Executive/Finance and Budget Committees	1960-1971
Box/Folder	Accession
8/1-4	3818-001	Financial Records and Membership Analyses	1959-1971
8/5	3818-001	Papers	1961-1966
		Reports
Box/Folder	Accession
8/6	3818-001	Miscellaneous	1960-1971
8/7-13	3818-001	Executive Secretary, NPA	1960-1968
Box/Folder	Accession
8/14-17	3818-001	Statements	1949-1969, undated
8/18	3818-001	Testimony	1961-1971, undated
8/19	3818-001	Wilderness Plans	1966
8/20	3818-001	Analyses of Congressional Bills	1963-1966
8/21	3818-001	Resolutions	1955, 1958
8/22	3818-001	Notes and Statistics	undated
8/23	3818-001	Checklist of Events	1961
8/24	3818-001	Conferences and Conventions	1960-1962
8/25	3818-001	News Releases	1950-1972
8/26-27	3818-001	Publications	1945-1972, undated
8/28	3818-001	Clippings	1961-1966, undated
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
8/29	3818-001	Cave Research Center	undated
8/30	3818-001	Conservation on the March	1956-1957
8/31-32	3818-001	Everglades	1966-1969, undated
8/33-35	3818-001	Grand Canyon Dams	1961-1967, undated
8/36	3818-001	Hunting in National Parks	1961-1962, undated
		North Cascades
Box/Folder	Accession
8/37-39	3818-001	Hearings	1963-1970
8/40-41	3818-001	Master Plan / Wilderness Proposal	1970, undated
8/42	3818-001	Miscellaneous	undated
		Pacific Northwest Dams
Box/Folder	Accession
8/43	3818-001	Columbia River	undated
8/44	3818-001	Glacier National Park	undated
Box/Folder	Accession
8/45-49	3818-001	Potomac River Basin	1962-1969
8/50	3818-001	Rainbow Bridge Monument	1961-1962
8/51	3818-001	Student Conservation Program	1962-1963
		North Cascades Conservation Council
Box/Folder	Accession
9/1	3818-001	General Correspondence	1958-1971
9/2	3818-001	Memoranda and Mailings	1958-1970, undated
9/3	3818-001	Announcements and Memos	1959-1963, undated
		Minutes
Box/Folder	Accession
9/4	3818-001	Board of Directors	1959-1961
9/5	3818-001	Executive Committee	1959-1962
Box/Folder	Accession
9/6	3818-001	Elections of Board Members and Officers	1960-1964
9/7	3818-001	Reports	1961-1963
9/8	3818-001	Statements and Testimony Regarding the Wilderness Bill	1958-1959
9/9	3818-001	Notes	undated
9/10-11	3818-001	Newsletters	1958-1962
9/12	3818-001	Publication - The Wild Cascades	1962-1965, 1978-1979
9/13	3818-001	Clippings	1966-1970, undated
9/14	3818-001	Woodward, Walt - Seattle Times Articles	1965-1966, undated
		Northwest Conservation League
Box/Folder	Accession
9/15	3818-001	General Correspondence	1947-1949, undated
9/16	3818-001	Announcements of Meetings/Mailings	1943-1949
9/17	3818-001	Speeches and Writings by Osseward Regarding Olympic National Park	1947, undated
9/18	3818-001	Notes	undated
9/19-20	3818-001	Lists	undated
9/21	3818-001	Publication - The Northwest Conservationist	1947
9/22	3818-001	Conferences and Conventions	1943-1951
9/23	3818-001	Ephemera	undated
		Pacific Northwest Conservation Council
Box/Folder	Accession
9/24	3818-001	Organizational Features	1955, undated
9/25	3818-001	General Correspondence	1956-1959
9/26	3818-001	Meeting	1959
9/27	3818-001	Tax Exemption	1956-1967, undated
		Sierra Club
Box/Folder	Accession
9/28	3818-001	General Correspondence	1959-1967, undated
9/29	3818-001	Memoranda	1966-1967
9/30	3818-001	Mailings	1960-1983, undated
9/31-36	3818-001	Information Distributed by the Sierra Club Scope and Content: Includes letters, statements, memoranda, and other material.	1954-1958, undated
9/37	3818-001	Minutes of the Conservation Committee	1954-1955
9/38	3818-001	Speeches and Writings	1962, undated
9/39	3818-001	Statements by David Brower	1955-1958
9/40	3818-001	Conferences and Conventions	1955-1961
9/41-42	3818-001	Newsletters	1960-1966
9/43	3818-001	Bulletins	1947, 1954, 1960-1961
9/44-45	3818-001	Publications and Pamphlets	1945-1967, undated
9/46	3818-001	News Releases	1959-1967
9/47	3818-001	Clippings	1962-1967, undated
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
9/48-49	3818-001	Dinosaur National Monument/Echo Park	1955-1959
9/50-51	3818-001	Forest Service Policy	1959-1961, undated
9/52	3818-001	Grand Canyon	1963-1966, undated
9/53	3818-001	Rainbow Bridge	1958, undated
9/54	3818-001	Redwoods	1964-1967, undated
		Sierra Club, Pacific Northwest Chapter
Box/Folder	Accession
9/55	3818-001	Minutes	1965-1966
9/56	3818-001	Newsletters and Announcements	1957-1978, undated
9/57	3818-001	Publications	1964, 1968
		Trustees for Conservation
Box/Folder	Accession
9/58	3818-001	Organizational Features	1954, undated
9/59	3818-001	General Correspondence	1955-1959, undated
9/60	3818-001	Minutes of Annual Meetings	1956-1961
9/61	3818-001	Notices of Meetings	1956-1967
9/62	3818-001	Mailings	1955-1961
9/63	3818-001	Progress Reports	1955
9/64	3818-001	Publications on Dinosaur National Monument	undated
9/65	3818-001	News Releases	undated
9/66	3818-001	Clippings	undated
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
9/67	3818-001	Dinosaur National Monument/Echo Park	1954-1956, undated
9/68	3818-001	Wilderness Bill	1957, undated
		Wilderness Bill Coordinating Committee (Wash.)
Box/Folder	Accession
10/1-6	3818-001	General Correspondence	1958-1962, undated
10/7	3818-001	Memoranda	1958
10/8-9	3818-001	Mailings	1958-1963
10/10	3818-001	Speeches and Writings	1958, 1959
10/11-13	3818-001	Statements Regarding Wilderness Bill	1958-1959, 1964, undated
10/14-15	3818-001	Notes and Statistics	1958-1964, undated
10/16	3818-001	Resolutions	undated
10/17	3818-001	Publications	undated
10/18	3818-001	News Releases	1958, undated
10/19	3818-001	Clippings	undated
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
10/20	3818-001	Bend Hearings	Nov. 1958
10/21	3818-001	The Wilderness Bill and Analysis	1958
		Wilderness Society
Box/Folder	Accession
10/22-26	3818-001	General Correspondence	1958-1978, undated
10/27-29	3818-001	Memoranda	1953-1971, undated
		Mailings
Box/Folder	Accession
10/30	3818-001	Executive Directors Reports	1965-1967
10/31	3818-001	Joint Wilderness Hearings Announcements	1967, 1969
Box/Folder	Accession
10/32	3818-001	Financial Records - Includes Letters	1964, 1966
10/33-34	3818-001	Minutes - Executive Committee	1964-1969
10/35-40	3818-001	Annual Meetings - Wilderness Society Council	1964-1969
10/41-42	3818-001	Other Wilderness Society Meetings	1967, undated
10/43	3818-001	Speeches and Writings by Osseward Regarding Wilderness Bill	1964, undated
10/44	3818-001	Papers and Reports	1964-1965, undated
10/45	3818-001	Projects	1968-1969
10/46-48	3818-001	Statements	1963-1972, undated
10/49-50	3818-001	Notes and Statistics	1963-1966, undated
10/51-52	3818-001	Publications	1957-1973, undated
10/53	3818-001	Photograph	undated
10/54-55	3818-001	News Releases	1958-1970, undated
10/56	3818-001	Clippings	undated
10/57	3818-001	Ephemera	1949-1970, undated
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
10/58	3818-001	Citizens League Against the Sonic Boom	1967-1968
10/59-61	3818-001	Mt. Jefferson/Oregon Cascades Scope and Content: Includes statements by Osseward.	1956-1966, undated
		Redwoods
Box/Folder	Accession
10/62	3818-001	Hearings	1966
11/1	3818-001	Proposal	1966
11/2	3818-001	Study and Plan	undated
11/3	3818-001	Publications	1954, 1964-1967
11/4	3818-001	Clippings	1966-1967, undated
Box/Folder	Accession
11/5	3818-001	Tongass National Forest, Alaska	1960, 1968-1969, undated
11/6	3818-001	Upper Selway River Wilderness	1965, undated
11/7	3818-001	Wild Rivers	1965-1967, undated
11/8	3818-001	Wilderness Bill Hearings	1963-1964
11/9	3818-001	Wilderness Panel Discussion, Idaho	1963
11/10	3818-001	Zahniser, Howard	1964, undated
		Personal Papers
Box/Folder	Accession
11/11-19	3818-001	Incoming Letters	1944-1979
11/20	3818-001	Outgoing Letters	1958-1969
11/21-26	3818-001	General Correspondence	1943-1967
11/27	3818-001	Letters Collected by Osseward	1957-1972
11/28	3818-001	Mailings	1956-1980
11/29	3818-001	Hearing Testimony	1957
11/30	3818-001	Statements	1935-1969
		Writings
Box/Folder	Accession
11/31	3818-001	by Osseward	1948-1962, undated
11/32-33	3818-001	by Others	1949-1980, undated
Box/Folder	Accession
11/34	3818-001	Reports	1943-1969
11/35-38	3818-001	News Releases	1964-1967
		Newsletters
Box/Folder	Accession
11/39	3818-001	Audubon Society	1973
11/40	3818-001	Conservation Education and Action Council	1966-1967
11/41	3818-001	McCloskey, J. Michael, Northwest Conservation Representative	1961-1964
11/42	3818-001	Mazama Conservation Committee	1959-1962
11/43	3818-001	Miscellaneous	1963-1979
		Conferences and Conventions
Box/Folder	Accession
11/44	3818-001	Thirteenth Institute of Government, Seattle, Wash.	1948
11/45	3818-001	Washington State Forestry Conferences	1947-1962
11/46	3818-001	First World Conference on National Parks, Seattle, Wash.	1962
11/47	3818-001	Fifth World Forestry Congress, Seattle, Wash.	1960
Box/Folder	Accession
12/1	3818-001	Membership Lists	1948-1963
12/2	3818-001	Address Lists	1948-1966
12/3-4	3818-001	Miscellaneous Lists	1958, undated
12/5	3818-001	Maps	1940-1968
12/6	3818-001	Notebook	1963-1970
		Clippings
Box/Folder	Accession
12/7	3818-001	Atomic Power	1958
12/8	3818-001	By Byron Fish	1958-1966
12/9	3818-001	Conservation	1947-1961
12/10	3818-001	Forest Service	1948-1958
12/11	3818-001	Forestry and Timber Trade	1945-1969
12/12	3818-001	Groups	1949-1960
12/13	3818-001	National Parks, General	1948-1952
12/14	3818-001	People	1948-1962
12/15	3818-001	Poggie	1953
12/16	3818-001	Pollution	1949-1958
12/17	3818-001	Rainier	1954-1960
12/18	3818-001	State Forests	1949-1958
12/19	3818-001	State Parks	1947-1958
12/20	3818-001	Tacoma Sportsmen's Club	1958-1963
12/21	3818-001	Tourists	1949-1959
12/22	3818-001	Washington State Economics	1949-1960
12/23	3818-001	Wilderness	1937-1961
12/24	3818-001	Women's Club	1954-1955
12/25-27	3818-001	Miscellaneous	1953-1980
Box	Accession
14	3818-001	Publications	1938-1969
14	3818-001	Ephemera	1947-1970
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
12/28	3818-001	Agencies Affecting Land (Wash.)	1960
12/29	3818-001	Air Pollution	1953-1966
12/30	3818-001	Alaska Conservation Society	1960
12/31	3818-001	Alaska Forests and Forest Industries	1947-1948
12/32	3818-001	Alaska Oil Pipeline	1969-1972
12/33-34	3818-001	Arboretum - Bridge	1952-1960
12/35	3818-001	Audubon Society	1954-1973
12/36	3818-001	Automation	1959
12/37	3818-001	Beaver Marsh	undated
12/38	3818-001	Blake Island	1959
12/39	3818-001	Business and Economics - Bibliographies	1955-1959
12/40	3818-001	Citizens Committee on Natural Resources	1957
12/41	3818-001	Clark, Irving M.	1955, 1960
12/42	3818-001	Colorado Open Space Coordinating Council, Inc.	1966
12/43	3818-001	Conservation Education	1950-1959
12/44	3818-001	Dinosaur National Monument (Echo Park Dam)	1954-1961
12/45	3818-001	Forest Service, U.S.	1963-1967
box:oversize
15	3818-001	Forest Service, U.S.	1963-1967
Box/Folder
12/46	3818-001	Forest Taxation	1961
12/47	3818-001	Forestry	1946-1972
12/48	3818-001	Forestry - Bibliographies	1916-1964
13/1	3818-001	Forestry - Clippings	1943-1947
13/2	3818-001	Forestry - Ellery Foster (LWA)	1948-1949
13/3	3818-001	Forestry and Lumber Matters	1920-1942
13/4	3818-001	Forestry Measures	1952-1966
13/5	3818-001	Forestry Publications	1949-1952
13/6	3818-001	Forestry Study - Timber Is King	1955, undated
13/7	3818-001	Governor's Outdoor Recreation Program	1962-1963
13/8	3818-001	Great Basin National Park	undated
13/9	3818-001	Hunting Game in National Parks	1961-1962
13/10	3818-001	Indians	1960-1961
13/11	3818-001	Initiative 25	1959
13/12	3818-001	Land Problems (Wash.)	1961-1962
13/13	3818-001	Land Speculation	1966-1967
13/14	3818-001	Legislation	1955-1964
13/15	3818-001	Limited Areas Reclassification	1961
13/16	3818-001	Loaned Documents	1965
13/17	3818-001	Mechanization in Wild and Wilderness	1966
13/18	3818-001	Minam Area, Oregon	1961
13/19	3818-001	Mount Rainier National Park	1961, undated
13/20	3818-001	Multiple Use	1960
13/21	3818-001	Multiple Use in National Parks	1960-1962
13/22	3818-001	National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review	1958, undated
13/23-24	3818-001	National Parks	1947-1966
13/25	3818-001	National Wildlife Federation	1958-1960
13/26	3818-001	Natural Resources Advisory Committee	undated
13/27	3818-001	Natural Resources Council of America	1956-1969
13/28	3818-001	Nature Conservancy	1957-1958
13/29	3818-001	Ocean Shores Deal	1960-1971
13/30	3818-001	Pegues, Rodger W.	1965
13/31	3818-001	Point Reyes	1961
13/32	3818-001	Population Reference Bureau	1964-1967
13/33	3818-001	President Johnson - Natural Beauty and Conservation	1965
13/34	3818-001	Public Land Law Review Commission Hearing	1967
13/35	3818-001	Reclamation	1955
13/36	3818-001	Save-the-Redwoods League	1952-1956
13/37-38	3818-001	Statistics	1947-1966
13/39	3818-001	Suburbia	1956-1958
13/40	3818-001	Teepee Falls	1958-1960
13/41	3818-001	Three Sisters Area	1955-1958
13/42	3818-001	Timber Access Roads	1953
13/43	3818-001	Timber Resources Review	undated
13/44	3818-001	Vietnam	1966
13/45	3818-001	Washington Roadside Council	1963
13/46	3818-001	Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs	undated
13/47	3818-001	Washington State Legislature - Bills	1949-1961
13/48	3818-001	Washington State Legislature - Member Lists	1955-1963
13/49	3818-001	Washington State Parks	1947-1967
13/50	3818-001	Water Pollution Control	1956
13/51	3818-001	Watershed Protection	undated
13/52	3818-001	Weyerhaeuser - Advertisements	1953-1958
13/53	3818-001	Wildlife Management	1950
13/54	3818-001	Yellowstone National Park	1960

Accession No. 3818-002: John Osseward papers, 1949-1973Return to Top

.21 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Accession no. 3818-2 contains additional materials documenting Olympic National Park and the work of the Olympic Park Associates. The accession also includes additional material from the Wilderness Bill Coordinating Committee about the Wilderness Bill.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Mrs. John Osseward donated Accession no. 3818-2 in 2003.

Processing Info: Processed in 2005.

Processed by Shawn Kilburn.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Olympic Park Associates
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	3818-002	Organizational Features: Agreement of Association	undated
1/2	3818-002	Historical Features: Olympic National Park History	undated
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
1/3	3818-002	Land Use Planning Citizens Committee, Soleduck Planning Unit - Olympic National Forest	1968, 1973
1/4	3818-002	Nature Conservancy Land Purchase of the Quinault Area	1966-1968
1/5	3818-002	Wilderness Hearings and Master Plan for the Olympic National Park	1972-1973, undated
		Lists
Box/Folder	Accession
1/6	3818-002	OPA Officers - Board of Directors	1949-1954, 1958, undated
1/7	3818-002	Group Membership and Non-membership Support	1955, undated
Box/Folder	Accession
1/8	3818-002	Olympic Forest Study Committee	1971-1972, undated
		Wilderness Bill Coordinating Committee (Wash.)
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
1/9	3818-002	Wilderness Bill - Revised	1956-1960, 1966, undated
1/10-11	3818-002	Wilderness Bill S174 Data	1957-1963, undated
Box/Folder	Accession
1/12	3818-002	Bulletins	1958
box:oversize
Miscellaneous Oversize Box 2	3818-002	Bulletins	1959
Box/Folder
1/13	3818-002	Publication: A Handbook on the Wilderness Act	1964
1/14	3818-002	Maps	1960, 1970, undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Conservation of natural resources--Political aspects--Alaska
Conservation of natural resources--Political aspects--Washington (State)
Conservation of natural resources--Societies, etc
Conservation of natural resources--United States
Conservation of natural resources--Washington (State)--Citizen participation
Conservationists--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
Forest management--Washington (State)
Mountaineering--Washington (State)--Societies, etc
National parks and reserves--Societies, etc
National parks and reserves--Washington (State)--Management
Natural resources--Law and legislation--Washington (State)
Nature conservation--Political aspects--Washington (State)
Nature conservation--Washington (State)--Societies, etc

Personal Names

Dyer, Polly
Evans, Brock, 1937-
Gallagher, Leo
Goldsworthy, Patrick D. (Patrick Donovan), 1919-
Osseward, John, -1984--Archives
Zalesky, Philip H

Corporate Names

Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs
Mountaineers (Society)
National Parks Association (U.S.)
North Cascades Conservation Council
Olympic Park Associates
Sierra Club
United States. National Park Service
Wilderness Bill Coordinating Committee (Wash.)
Wilderness Society

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

John Osseward Papers, 1916-1983

Overview of the Collection

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 3818-001: John Osseward papers, 1916-1983Return to Top

Accession No. 3818-002: John Osseward papers, 1949-1973Return to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Geographical Names

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Form or Genre Terms

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

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