John S. Day papers, 1915-1971

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Day, John S. (John Stewart), 1909-1986
Title
John S. Day papers
Dates
1915-1971 (inclusive)
Quantity
12.5 cubic feet, (4 record cartons; 1 legal document case; 8 letter document cases; 2 slim letter document cases; 2 flat boxes (11x14); 2 flat boxes (13x16); 1 flat box (16x20); 2 telescoping boxes; 11 flat folders (30x42))  :  Includes blueprints, negatives, positives, stereoviews, and slides.
Collection Number
Coll 617
Summary
Papers and photographs relating to the life and activities of John S. Day. Materials include correspondence, newspaper issues and clippings, and real estate documents. Day was a rancher and big game hunter who lived in the Medford, Oregon, area. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was active in mountaineering and competitive skiing.
Repository
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

John Stewart Day was born in 1909 and grew up in Medford, Oregon. His father was judge and state representative Earl Benjamin Day, and his younger brother Ben also served in the Oregon Legislature. As a young man, John S. Day worked at Crater Lake National Park, and he studied at Oregon State College (later Oregon State University); the University of Oregon; and the Babson Institute in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Day co-owned the Blue Moon Ranch near Medford, Oregon, with movie star Ginger Rogers. In the late 1940s, he made efforts to create a Medford-area resort, Table Rock Estates, for celebrities. While this project faltered, another of his real estate developments, Verde Hills, was successful and incorporated into the city of Medford.

Day was athletically inclined throughout his life, playing football in high school, and going on big game hunting expeditions as an adult. His athletic activities took on a new importance when, at about age 40, he was diagnosed with arthritis. Doctors told him that he could no longer ride a horse, but did encourage him to walk and lift weights. This spurred Day's mountaineering career, during which he set a number of mountain-climbing records in North America. In 1960, he attempted a climb on Mt. McKinley (later Denali), but this ascent ended in tragedy when his party experienced a fall, injuring Day and killing one of his fellow climbers. One of the rescue planes sent for them also crashed, killing two more people.

In the 1960s, Day began to ski competitively. He founded the Oregon Nordic Club, and was vice president of the Pacific Northwest Ski Association in 1967. He was also involved with the United States Ski Association, the United States Ski Education Foundation, and the United States Ski Team. He was an avid promoter of ski touring. Day was also active in bicycling and canoeing, and remained physically active late into his life.

In 1935, Day married Mary Brown Parsons, the daughter of businessman Reginald H. Parsons; they had one son, Jack. Day was also a member of the Explorers Club and the Adventurer's Club. John S. Day died in his Medford home in May 1986, just a few months after his wife's death.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists of papers, clippings, and photographs relating to the life and activities of John S. Day. In addition to extensive correspondence, including with figures such as Lela Rogers and Ray Atkeson, the collection contains ledgers from Day's Blue Moon Ranch; papers and plans relating to the construction of Day's home at Gold Hill and his real estate development ventures; and papers relating to Day's mountaineering and skiing careers. These papers include records from the Pacific Northwest Ski Association, the United States Ski Association, the United States Ski Educational Foundation, and the United States Ski Team.

Also of note are magazines, newspaper issues, and newspaper clippings, most of which include material written either by or about Day. Photographs in the collection include prints, negatives, and color positives. The images document Day's work at Crater Lake; the Blue Moon Ranch; celebrities visiting Day's planned Table Rock Estates; hunting trips in Oregon and Alaska; and ski trips.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

John S. Day papers, Coll 617, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in six series: Series 1. Personal papers and ephemera; Series 2. Mountaineering papers; Series 3. Professional skiing papers; Series 4. Residence and property development records; Series 5. Publicity materials; Series 6. Photographs.

Acquisition Information

Gifts of Chad Day and Kathy Tucker, May 2017 and November 2018 (Lib. Accs. 29063, 29412).

Separated Materials

1929 yearbook for Oregon Normal School (later Western Oregon University) was separated to Serials Collections, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Preservation Note

Photographs in Box 15 require assistance to view. Negatives and positives are not available for direct access. Contact library staff for assistance.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1:  Personal papers and ephemera, 1925-1967Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: General papers and ephemera
 1925-1967
Box Folder
1 1
Adventurer's Club announcements and bulletins
 1951-1955
1 2
Article on Olympic canoe racing
 undated
1 3
Business cards and small certificates
 1927-1936; undated
1 4
Certificate of membership, American Hereford Association
 1947 September 25
1 5
Certificate of Honorable Mention in 1953 North America Big Game Competition, and enclosed materials
 1953
1 6
Miscellaneous clippings and articles
 1966-1967
1 7
Correspondence and records concerning Day's work at Crater Lake National Park
 1931-1933
1 8
Letter of introduction for Day to work as emergency firefighter at Crater National Forest
 1929 April 3
1 9
Educational records and ephemera
 1925-1937
1 10-11
Medford High School yearbooks
 1927-1928
5
Oregon State College yearbooks
 1929; 1931-1932
Folder
1 12
Explorers Club Annual Dinner materials
 1954; 1957
1 13
Handwritten work about wolverines, "A Family Row"
 circa 1931
1 14
Financial records - cattle purchase agreement
 1940 November 6
1 15
Financial records
 1946-1948; 1955-1956
1 16
Financial records - insurance for stuffed stag and cricket bat from Scotland
 1949 December 12
1 17
Financial records - loose ledger sheets
 1943-1949
1 18
Financial records - Letter and attached records concerning sold securities
 1954 March 27
1 19
Form invitation letters
 1949; undated
1 20
List of petitioners against planned Medford Meat Company plant
 1947
1 21
Mailing lists
 circa 1950
1 22
Publication, "Population and Household Trends 1960-1980"
 1965 April
1 23
Clippings and articles about physical fitness
 1966
1 24
Studies on physical fitness
 1954-1965
1 25
Unsorted papers and ephemera
 circa 1935-1965
Subseries 2: Correspondence
Includes both letters sent and letters received. The bulk of correspondence from 1927-1946 is letters sent to Day, whereas letters from 1947-1956 are a mix of correspondence sent to Day and copies of letters that Day wrote.
1927-1956
Box Folder
1 26-32
Correspondence with family
 1927-1953
1 32-35
Personal correspondence
 1928-1935
1 36
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name A
 1947-1952; 1956
1 37
Abercrombie and Fitch
 1947-1953
1 38
Aitken, Russel B.
 1952
1 39
Anders, Rafe
 1951-1953
1 40
Atkeson, Ray
 1951
1 41
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name B
 1947-1953
1 42
Bayliss family
 1947-1951
1 43
Bemis Brothers Bag Company
 1950
1 44
Blair, Bud
 1947-1953
1 45
Brennan, James and family
 1947-1953
1 46
Briggs, Jack
 1948-1949
1 47
Brittain, Walter F.
 1949-1952
1 48
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name C
 1947-1953
1 49
Canfield, B. R.
 1948-1949
1 50
Cohen, Nate Hart
 1939; undated
1 51
Corcoran, Inc.
 1947-1948
1 52
Crow, Nelson R.
 1947-1950
1 53
Coburn, F. Ward
 1948-1949
1 54
Cuny, C. H.
 1948-1952
1 55-56
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name D
 1936-1940; 1947-1952
1 57
Day, John and Darlene (unrelated couple from Illinois)
 1948-1950
1 58
Durkin, Lt. Commander Thomas C.
 1947-1953
1 59-60
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name E-F
 1938-1940; 1947-1953
1 61
Eastman Kodak Company
 1948-1953
1 62
Explorers Club
 1952
1 63
Evans, Mrs. R. Kenneth
 1947
1 64
Fairweather, Don
 1950; 1953
1 65
First National Bank, Medford, Oregon
 1947-1952
1 66
Frazier, Col. William D.
 1949-1951
2 1-2
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name G
 1938; 1948-1953; undated
2 3
George L. Coburn Laboratory
 1951 January-February
2 4
George, Mildred
 1930-1933
2 5
Grant, William T.
 1948-1952
2 6-7
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name H
 1938-1940; 1947-1953; undated
2 8
Herdman, Bill
 1948-1953
2 9
Herrick, Eugene
 1947-1949
2 10
Heywood, Seth
 1952-1953
2 11
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name I-J
 1935; 1948-1952
2 12
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name K
 1948-1951
2 13
Kessler, Thayer C.
 1932-1937
2 14
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name L
 1947-1953
2 15
L. L. Bean, Inc.
 1947-1952
2 16
Lemmon, Byron
 1949-1951
2 17
Lewis, Lester L.
 1947-1949
2 18
Loiselle, Humberto, and others, concerning missing parcel
 1947
2 19
Lowe, William (managing editor of Look Magazine)
 1951-1952
2 20-22
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name M
 1935-1940; 1947-1953
2 23
McElwaine, Bob
 1949
2 24
McFarland, Jack S.
 1947-1949
2 25
Meacham, Walter and Mary
 1947-1951
2 26
Meier, Jack L.
 1952
2 27
Mitchell, John J. ("Jack")
 1947-1951
2 28
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name N
 1941; 1948-1952
2 29
Newbury, Earl T.
 1948-1949
2 30-31
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name O
 1938-1939; 1947-1951
2 32
O'Brien, George J.
 1947-1951
2 33
Oregon state agencies
 1947-1951
2 34
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name P
 1938-1940
2 35
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name P-Q
 1947-1953
2 36-37
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name R
 1939-1942; 1947-1953
2 38
Ridgway, Katherine
 1934-1935
2 39
Robinson, Vernon; Robinson, Potter and Shepherd Insurance
 1947-1952
2 40
Rogers, Ginger
 1951
2 41
Rogers, Lela (mother of Ginger Rogers)
 1949-1953
2 42
Rostell, Ernest A.
 1949
2 43-45
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name S
 1937-1941; 1947-1953
2 46
Schindler, Raymond and Walter
 1948-1953
2 47
Scott, Lester E.
 1948-1951
2 48
Shepard, Paul F.
 1947-1948
2 49
Smith, George A., Jr.
 1948-1949
2 50
Steudel, A. W.
 1945-1946
2 51
Swanson, Norman E.
 1947-1953
2 52
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name T
 1948-1952
2 53
Tedrow, Maurice R.
 1949-1952
2 54
Theissen, Earl (of Look Magazine)
 1948-1952
2 55
Tooze, Lamar
 1932 January-March
2 56
Tumy, Earl S.
 1939-1940
2 57
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name U-V
 1948-1952
2 58
United States government agencies
 1940; 1947
2 59-60
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name W
 1937-1940; 1947-1953
2 61
Werner, Carl
 1947-1951
2 62
Williams Electric Company
 1948-1949
2 63
Winter & Co.
 1947-1951
2 64
Multiple correspondents, surname or firm name Y-Z
 1949-1951
2 65
Bob, surname unknown
 1939 October-November
2 66
Gertrude, surname unknown
 undated
2 67
Winifred, surname unknown
 1930-1932
2 68
Unidentified
 1947-1949; undated
2 69
Correspondence with various people about Erb Memorial Building, University of Oregon
 1947

Series 2:  Mountaineering papers, 1952-1965Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 70
Northern Consolidated Airlines brochure on Mt. McKinley
 circa 1960
2 71
Correspondence and records relating to mountain rescue training school
 1964
2 72
Report sent to Day, "8th Ascent of South Peak of Mt. McKinley"
 1952
2 73-75
Issues of "Wy-East Climbers"
 1963-1965

Series 3:  Skiing papers, 1960-1971Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries : General materials
 1960-1968
Box Folder
2 76
Bud Werner League Skiing brochure
 circa 1966
2 77
Clippings concerning skiing and skiers
 1966; undated
2 78
Clippings and programs concerning ski touring in Norway and Finland, in Norwegian and Finnish
 1964-1965
2 79
Materials concerning 4th Annual Cross-Country Ski Touring Race
 1966
2 80
Materials concerning 5th Annual Cross-Country Ski Touring Race
 1967
2 81
Invitation to 1967 Dartmouth Outing Club Ski Touring Workshop
 1966 December
2 82
Far West Ski Association resolution on San Gorgonio
 undated
2 83
Fitness test results
 1966
2 84
Handwritten list of time results
 circa 1966
2 85
Instructions on planning cross-country ski events
 1961-1963
3 1
The International Ski Competition Rules
 1963
3 2
International Ski Federation mailings written by John S. Day
 1967 December 6; undated
3 3
Time results for Kongsbergers Annual Nordic Tournament
 1965 January 16
3 4
National Ski Association of America Ski Competition rules for Junior National Nordic Championships
 1960
3 5
Invitation to 10th Annual Nordic Clinic at Crested Butte, Colorado
 1966
3 6
Materials concerning North American Nordic Championships, Crested Butte, Colorado
 1963
3 7
Ski Industries America news release concerning Burt Sims
 1967 June 11
3 8
Ski race results
 1967 February
3 9
Ski Touring Council bulletins
 1967 January
3 10
Ski Touring Council workshop invitation and program
 1966
3 11
Testimony of William F. Lenihan in opposition to creation and expansion of national parks due to negative impact on the ski industry (Senate Bill S-1321)
 1968
3 12
Ungdomsläger och Expeditioner mailing about summer camps (in English)
 1965
3 13
United States Eastern Amateur Ski Association records and ephemera
 1966; undated
3 14
United States Eastern Amateur Ski Association instructions on Nordic skiing
 circa 1965
Subseries : Pacific Northwest Ski Association
 1962-1967
Box Folder
3 15
Records and correspondence
 1962-1967
3 16-17
Articles and bylaws
 1965 June 15
3 18
Pages from amended bylaws
 circa 1966
3 19
Medford Mail Tribune clipping about Pacific Northwest Ski Association
 1965 September 16
3 20
Meeting minutes, Draft of Competition Policy Council
 1967 July
3 21-22
Competition program reports
 1966 October 11-November 29
3 23
Convention booklet
 1966
3 24
Financial and membership reports
 1966 December 30-1967 January 16
3 25
Information on Leavenworth Winter Sport Club School
 1966 December
3 26
Mailings
 1965-1966
3 27
Meeting minutes
 1965-1967
3 28
Nordic Committee progress report and attachments
 1963-1964
3 29
Proficiency testing program
 1966
3 30
Race schedule for 1964-1965
 1964
3 31
Race schedules for 1965-1966
 1965
3 32
Race schedules for 1966-1967
 1966
3 33
Seeding list
 1966 December 15
Subseries : Publications
 1963-1971
Box Folder
3 34
Issue of Central Oregon Vacationer with focus on skiing
 1965 March
3 35
Issue of Crested Butte Chronicle
 1965 January 22
3 36
The Cross-Country Ski Book
 1964
3 37
Eastern Ski Atlas
 1971
3 38
Books on skiing in Swedish and Italian
 1964; 1967
3 39
Issue of Illustrated Aspen News
 1965 May 21
3 40
Issue of The Mountaineer with review of cross-country ski book
 1965 February
3 41
Issues of Nordic Skiers Bulletin
 1963 December-1967 April; undated
3 42
Issue of Northwest Skier
 1969 October 10
3 43
The Norwegian Training Program
 1965
3 44
Ski Area Management
 1965
3 45
Sitzmarks or Safety?
 1960
3 46
Issue of Ski Magazine
 1966 December 1
3 47
Issue of Skiing Magazine
 1967
3 48
Skiing Injuries
 1963
3 49
Issue of Stratton Skier
 1966 March
3 50
Materials concerning Western Ski Time Magazine
 1967
Subseries : United States Ski Association
 1964-1967
Box Folder
3 51
Records and ephemera
 1966-1967
3 52
Board of Directors meeting minutes
 1966 November 5; 1967 February 12
3 53
Annual Convention program
 1965 June
3 54
Letter from John S. Day to William N. Parke
 1966 November 23
3 55
Materials concerning National Cross-Country Ski Week at Durango, Colorado
 1966 December
3 56
News release concerning 1968 Olympic Nordic training squads
 1967 June 9
3 57
Nordic Development Program training schedule
 1966 September
3 58
Nordic Report 1963-1964
 1964
3 59
President's report
 1965 June 18
3 60
Rules for the National Junior Championships
 1966
3 61
Sanction schedule for 1965-1966
 1965 August 11
3 62
Ski Touring Division annual reports
 1966-1967
3 63
Tournament Procedure and Official Rules for Ski Jumping 1962-1963
 1962
3 64
Men's Training Camp records
 1967 June-July
3 65
Women's Training Camp records
 1967 June
Subseries : United States Ski Educational Foundation, Inc.
 circa 1964-1968
Box Folder
3 66-67
Board of Trustees meeting minutes (original and partial copy)
 1967 February 11
3 68
Ski Team Fund receipts
 1965-1967
3 69
Mailings
 1967
3 70
Promotional flyer, "Greater Strength through Competition"
 circa 1965
3 71
Write-up on US Ski Educational Foundation
 circa 1964
Subseries : United States Ski Team
 1965-1967
Box Folder
3 72
Newsletter
 1967 November
3 73
Nordic Committee reports
 1967
3 74
Nordic Program correspondence
 1966-1967
3 75
Nordic Program information for press, radio, and television
 1966
3 76
Nordic Program reports
 1965-1966

Series 4:  Residence and property development, 1940-1965Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: General records and correspondence
 1940-1956
Box Folder
3 77
Contracts and permits
 1940-1941
3 78
Property records
 1947-1948
4 1
Blue Moon Ranch tract appraisals
 1949 March
4 2
Deed and mortgage of land in Jackson County
 1947 March
4 3
Correspondence and records concerning land management
 1947-1954
4 4
Notifications of address change
 1956 October 8
4 5
Estimated development costs
 circa 1950
4 6
"Jackson County, Oregon Flood Plain Information: Interim Report"
 1965 December
17
Ledger for Blue Moon and Day-Rogers ranches
 1942-1946
18
Ledger for Blue Moon and Day-Rogers ranches
 1943-1946
Folder
20 1
Loose ledger sheets for Blue Moon Ranch
 1946-1950
Folder
Oversize 11
Plans for St. Marks Episcopal Sunday School
 1955 October 28
Oversize 10
Plot map of Crater Park Subdivision and surveyor's certificate
 circa 1955
Box Folder
4 7
"Treasure Seekers" contract allowing Edward P. Estrella and Malcom F. Melomet to search on Day's property
 1956 May 5
Subseries 2: Gold Ray Ranch, Gold Hill
 1954-1965
Box
22
Blueprints by Mario Corbett
 1954 December 13
21
Blueprints by Terry & Moore
 1956 February 10
Folder
Oversize 2
Blueprints by Terry & Moore
 1956 February 10
Box Folder
16 8
Conceptual drawings of interior by Joseph Esherick
 1954 December 11
Folder
Oversize 3
Concept art of interior by Terry & Moore
 1955
Box Folder
4 8
Correspondence and records concerning construction
 1956-1957
4 9
Correspondence with Meyers D. Jones and related records
 1956-1957
4 10
Correspondence with Terry & Moore, Architects, and related records
 1956-1957
4 11
Correspondence with S. C. Watkins and related records
 1956-1957
Folder
Oversize 4
Ground floor plan and conceptual art by Mario Corbett
 1954 September-October
Oversize 5
Preliminary sketch by Joseph Esherick
 1954 December 11
Oversize 6
Plans by Terry & Moore
 1955 May 23
Oversize 7
Plot plan by Terry & Moore
 1955 March 31
Box Folder
4 12-15
Specifications by Terry & Moore, sets 9-12
 1956 February 10
Subseries 3: Table Rock Estates
 1949-1954
Box Folder
4 16
Promotional brochure
 circa 1950
4 17
Correspondence concerning newspaper advertisements for Table Rock Estates
 1953
4 18
Lists and mailing addresses of Table Rock Estates brochure recipients
 1949
4 19
Report on high water line
 1954 February 20
Subseries 4: Verde Hills
 circa 1950-1954
Box Folder
4 20
Correspondence and attached records concerning sales of Verde Hills properties
 1954 February
20 2
Loose ledger sheets, titled "Summary of estimated costs of roads"
 circa 1950
Folder
Oversize 8
Plat maps
 1951 November
Oversize 9
Plat maps
 1951 November
Box Folder
4 21
Plats and attached letter
 1952 February 1
19
Scrapbook of newspaper advertisements for Verde Hills
 1953

Series 5:  Publicity, 1935-1966Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: Magazines and newspaper issues
 1944-1962
Box Folder
4 22
Issue of The Alaska News with spoof headline about Day strangling a bear
 1951
4 23
Issue of Alaska Weekly with article about bear killed by Day
 1953 May 29
4 24
Issues of The Backlog
 1959-1960
4 25
Issues of Explorers Journal
 1957-1958
4 26
Issue of Gold Hill Nugget with article about contest that Day had organized
 1949 February 10
4 27
Issue of Life Magazine with article about Day's failed attempt to climb Mt. McKinley
 1960 June 6
16 3
Issue of Look Magazine with images of Ginger Rogers and others at Blue Moon Ranch
 1949 August 2
16 4
Issue of Look Magazine with article about hunting trip Day participated in
 1949 January 5
16 5
Issue of Movieland with photo story of Ginger Rogers and others at Blue Moon Ranch
 1949 March
4 28
Issue of Official World's Fair News with headline "John Day Climbs Space Needle"
 1962
4 29
Issue of The Rotarian with article "John Day - Collector of Mountains"
 1961 November
16 6
Issue of Saturday Evening Post with article by Day, "The Mountain That Nearly Killed Me"
 1960 November 25
4 30
Issue of Summit with article by Day, ". . . Or Know the Reason Why"
 1961 September
4 31
Issue of True magazine with article about Day's mountain climbing
 1959 March
16 7
Issue of Weekly Roar newsletter with story about upcoming talk by Day
 1959
4 32
Issue of Western Livestock Journal with cover photograph of Ginger Rogers with Hereford bull at Blue Moon Ranch
 1944 December
Subseries 2: Newspaper clippings
Clippings primarily concern Day's mountain climbing, skiing, and ranching activities.
1935-1966
Box Folder
4 33
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
 1962 March 18
4 34-36
Grants Pass Daily Courier
 1959-1966
4 37
Gunnison News-Champion, and attached list of famous mountaineers
 1963 February 21
4 38
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
 1961 November 9
4 39
Kodiak Mirror
 1953 May 23
4 40
Los Angeles Times
 1957 September 14
4 41-47
Medford Mail Tribune
 1957-1964
4 48
New York Times
 1966 April 11
4 49
Oregon Journal
 1959 July 26
4 50-57
Oregonian
 1953-1966
4 58
Owens Valley Progress-Citizen
 1957
4 59
San Francisco Chronicle
 1959 January 25
4 60-63
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
 1957-1961
4 64
Sports Illustrated
 1959 August 24
4 65
Wichita Eagle
 1957 September 28
4 66
Clippings from unidentified newspapers
 undated
4 67
Clipping from unidentified newspaper concerning Day's engagement to Mary Brown Parsons
 1935 July 8
4 68
Assorted clippings
 circa 1945-1959
Subseries 3: Other publicity materials
 circa 1950-1959
Box Folder
4 69
Draft of article about Day, "Adventure in Yukon Region Hunting Trip," by J. Orbin Cooksey
 circa 1950
4 70
Program for Pacific Northwest History Conference, including talk by Day
 1959 April

Series 6:  Photographs, 1915-1969Return to Top

Contact library staff for assistance with rolled photographs in Box 15 and with negatives and positives, which are not available for direct access.

Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: Alaska and Canada
 1948-1955
Box Folder
6 1
Photographs of British Columbia sent to Day by F. A. Schomher and accompanying letter (prints)
 1948 August
6 2-7
Alaska photographs (prints)
 circa 1949-1955
6 8
Trip in the Yukon (prints and negatives)
 1949
6 9
Trip to Alaska via inland waterways through Canada (prints)
 1949
20 3
Trip to Alaska via inland waterways through Canada (oversize print)
 1949
7 1
Trip to Alaska via inland waterways through Canada (negatives)
 1949
7 2-9
Alaska (prints, negatives, and color positives)
 circa 1950
7 10
Anchorage, Alaska (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
7 11
Fairbanks, Alaska (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
7 12
Kodiak Island (color positives)
 circa 1950
7 13
Kodiak Island boat scenes
 circa 1950
8 1
View of mountains near Kodiak Island from airplane (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
8 2
Raymond Wyatt and wife (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
8 3
Hunting trip in the Yukon (prints)
 circa 1950
8 4
Hunting trip on Kodiak Island (prints)
 circa 1953
8 5
Hunting trip on Kodiak Island (negatives)
 circa 1953
8 6-7
Hunting trip on Kodiak Island (color stereoviews)
 circa 1953
8 8
Carcass and pelt of Kodiak bear that Day killed (prints and negatives)
 circa 1953
8 9
Trip to Alaska (prints and negatives)
 1955
8 10
Alaska (color positives)
 1955
8 11
Kodiak Island (prints)
 1955
Subseries 2: Hunting and fishing in Oregon
 1949-1954
Box Folder
8 12
Hunting trip (prints and negatives)
 1949 September
8 13
Hunting trip with Boy Scouts (prints and negatives)
 1949 December
8 14
Hunting trip (prints and negatives)
 1949
9 1
Deer hunting trips (prints and negatives)
 1950
9 2
Group posing with hunting trophies (negatives)
 1950 October
9 3-10
Photos relating to hunting trips (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
9 11
L. L. Lewis, Mrs. Crowley, and cougar carcass (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
9 12
Fishing trip (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
9 13
Deer hunting trip (prints and negatives)
 1953
9 14
Elk hunt (color positives)
 1954
Subseries 3: Southern Oregon scenes and activities
 circa 1929-1955
Box Folder
9 15
Crater Lake and Medford (negatives)
 circa 1929-1931
10 1
Crater Lake and Medford (negatives)
 circa 1929-1931
10 2
Ginger Rogers and other celebrities at Blue Moon Ranch or Table Rock Estates (matching prints and negatives)
 circa 1944-1950
10 3
Celebrities, models, and bison (prints and negatives)
 circa 1945-1955
10 4
Blue Moon Ranch and Table Rock area (matching prints, negatives, and color positives)
 circa 1945-1950
10 5-7
Blue Moon Ranch and Table Rock area (prints, negatives, and color positives)
 circa 1945-1950
10 8
Wetlands near Medford (prints and negatives)
 1947
10 9
Ginger Rogers, Ann Miller, and others at Table Rock Estates (negatives)
 1948 April
10 10
Ann Miller, Ginger Rogers, and others at Table Rock Estates (color positives)
 1948 April
10 11
Ginger Rogers and other celebrities (prints and negatives)
 circa 1948
10 12
Ranch; children on bicycles (prints and negatives)
 1949
10 13
Bill Herridan and Jack Briggs visiting Table Rock Estates (prints and negatives)
 1949 April
11 1
Fire in Medford (prints and negatives)
 1949 June
11 2
Fire in Medford; Table Rock Lake (prints and negatives)
 1949 June
11 3
Government officials including Ben Day touring Blue Moon Ranch rangeland (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
11 4-8
Ranch and surrounding areas (prints, negatives, and color positives)
 circa 1950
20 3-4
Blue Moon Ranch and Table Rock Estates (prints)
 circa 1950
11 9
Boys track meet; man planting fish in Table Rock Lake; cattle at ranch (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
11 10
Crater and Diamond Lakes with Betty McRue and her boyfriend (prints)
 circa 1950
11 11
Dr. Driggs at Table Rock (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
11 12
Catching fish and fish fry (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
11 13-14
Lake of the Woods (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
11 15
Logging truck in Medford (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
11 16
Model shoots in Blue Moon Ranch area (prints and color positives)
 circa 1950
11 17
Rotary party from Coos Bay (prints)
 circa 1950
11 18
Sanya Schneider; dam on Rogue River (prints and slides)
 circa 1950
11 19
Sanya Schneider and John Day at Table Rock Lake (prints, negatives, and color positives)
 circa 1950
11 20
Table Rock Estates (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
16 3
Table Rock Estates (oversize prints)
 circa 1950
12 1-7
Table Rock Estates and surrounding area (prints, negatives, and color positives)
 circa 1950
12 8
Retrieving trials at Table Rock Estates (prints and negatives)
 1950
12 9
Celebrities flying into Table Rock Estates (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
12 10
Ranch house in snow and Table Rock Lake frozen over (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
12 11
Local models at Table Rock Lake (prints)
 circa 1950
12 12
Chloe Fairweather and college friends at Table Rock Lake (prints and color positives)
 circa 1950
12 13
Visitors to Table Rock Estates (color slides and positives)
 circa 1950
12 14
Trip with horses (prints and negative roll)
 circa 1950
12 15
Ski trip at Union Creek (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
12 16
Jacksonville Jubilee (negatives)
 1951
12 17
Mountains and ranch house in snow (prints and negatives)
 1952 January
12 18
Boys track meet in Ashland (prints and negatives)
 1952 April
12 19
Unidentified event at Jackson County Courthouse (prints)
 1952 May
12 20
Junior high school track meet; junior high students at Table Rock Lake (prints and negatives)
 1952 May
12 21
Jack Matson-Brown and girlfriend at ranch (mounted color positives)
 1953
12 22
Model; John Day and two other men (prints)
 1954 June
12 23
John Day and other man; ranch scenes (prints and negative roll)
 1955
12 24
Modeling session; three men in raincoats (prints and negatives)
 circa 1955
Subseries 4: Other photographs
 1915-1969
Box Folder
12 25
Small photo sets (prints and negatives): John S. Day; visitors to ranch; George Smith's home; aerial view of 1948 Columbia River flood
 circa 1945-1950
20 5
John S. Day (prints)
 1915; circa 1950-1955
13 1
John S. Day (prints)
 circa 1930-1955
13 2
Photographs of Day's girlfriends (prints)
 1933-1934
16 1
Portrait of John S. Day (print)
 1946
13 3
John Day's brother, Ben Day (prints and negatives)
 1948 February
13 4
John Day, Mary Day, and Jack Day with display of camera equipment on lawn (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
13 5
Briggs-Ritchie in bar at 99 Ranch near Weed, California (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
13 6
Men looking at fog or wildfire smoke; automobile race; Trader Vic's advertisement (prints and negative roll)
 circa 1950
13 7
Oregon coast with the Richstein family (color positives)
 circa 1950
13 8
Oregon coast with the Richstein family (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
13 9
Sea lions (negatives)
 circa 1950
13 10
Unidentified shooting competition (negatives)
 circa 1950
13 11
Unidentified mountain (prints and negatives
 circa 1950
13 12
Mt. Hood and unidentified lake (negatives)
 circa 1950
13 13
Trip to New Mexico (color stereoviews)
 circa 1950
13 14
Unidentified couple and their infant children (prints and negatives)
 circa 1950
13 15
Ski trip at Mt. Hood (prints and negatives)
 1950 February
15
Explorers Club Annual Dinners (prints)
 1954-1955
Folder
13 16
John S. Day making strongman poses (prints)
 1955
13 17
Oregon coast (prints)
 1955
20 6
Oregon coast (prints)
 circa 1955
Folder
Oversize 1
Explorers Club Annual Dinner (print)
 1957 March 15
Box Folder
13 18
Ski trip (prints and negatives)
 circa 1960
13 19
Cabin interior scenes during ski trip (prints and negatives)
 circa 1960
13 20
Skiing and sledding scenes (prints)
 circa 1960
16 2
Holmenkollen ski slope in Oslo, Norway, with inscription to Day by Mike Gallagher (print)
 1969
13 21
Unsorted prints
 circa 1945-1955
14 1
Unsorted prints
 circa 1945-1955
14 2
Unsorted negatives and color positives
 circa 1945-1955
14 3
Color slides of Oregon and Alaska
 1947-circa 1955

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Big game hunting--Alaska
  • Big game hunting--Oregon
  • Mountaineering
  • Ranching--Oregon--Jackson County
  • Real estate development--Oregon--Jackson County
  • Skis and skiing

Personal Names

  • Day, John S. (John Stewart), 1909-1986

Corporate Names

  • Pacific Northwest Ski Association
  • United States Ski Association

Family Names

  • Day family

Form or Genre Terms

  • Clippings (information artifacts)
  • Correspondence
  • Photographs

Jeffrey A. Hayes
2019

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