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Ruth and Louis Kirk moving image collection, 1967-1991

Overview of the Collection

Title
Ruth and Louis Kirk moving image collection
Dates
1967-1991 (inclusive)
Quantity
approximately 1,700 films and film elements including film and soundtrack reels, cassette tapes, vinyl LP albums, 2 in. and 3/4 in. videotape, and 42 educational filmstrips
Collection Number
PH1000
Summary
Documentary films and filmstrips produced by Ruth and Louis Kirk for public television and educational distribution many of them relating to the National Parks
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

The original films are not accessible due to preservation concerns. Arrangements can be made to view the films by contacting the Visual Materials Curator.

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Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a National Endowment for the Humanities "We the People" grant for Washington Women's History to the Washington Women's History Consortium, a part of the Washington State Historical Society. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Ruth and Louis Kirk were a husband and wife team of filmmakers who made numerous documentaries over a decades-long career across the American Northwest and West. Acclaimed Washington naturalist Ruth Kirk achieved lasting success, most notably as a writer, but also as a photographer and filmmaker working in close collaboration with her husband Louis Kirk to create films and television programs focusing on the natural spaces of the Northwest, Southwest, and Canada, wildlife, archaeology and historic preservation, and Native American communities.

The daughter of a physician and a chemical engineer, Ruth Kratz was born in 1925 and spent her formative years in Los Angeles. During her studies at Occidental College, Ruth met Louis Kirk, a young coast guardsman serving in the area and they married in 1943. At the end of the Second World War, Louis pursued his education, earning degrees in natural sciences, psychology, and education. Louis was interested in working outdoors, and in 1947 became a ranger and naturalist with the National Park Service (NPS). During almost 20 years with the NPS, Louis served in a succession of posts in the Southwest, North and South Dakota, Olympic National Park and Mount Rainier National Park, along with special assignments in England and Washington D.C. In his work as a naturalist, he was frequently asked to create attention-grabbing visitor presentations and museum exhibits to tell the story of America's national parks.

Ruth frequently worked with her husband as an active partner on a range of official and unofficial projects. She also nurtured an avid personal interest in nature photography, and soon began publishing photo-essays for the Seattle Times . Ruth published a substantial number of articles in the Seattle Times, Smithsonian, Natural History , and the New York Times Book Review , among others. Ruth began writing non-fiction books at this time, co-authoring the guidebook Death Valley (1954), for which photographer and friend Ansel Adams, provided the pictures. This would be the first of her 36 published books to date, with topics ranging through ecology, anthropology, archaeology, history, and natural science.

When Louis retired from the NPS in 1967, he was offered a position with the KPEC (later KCPQ), a television station run by the Clover Park School District in Lakewood, Washington. Influenced by Louis’ experience with interpretative presentation, as well as their deep affection for the National Park system, the Kirks soon shifted into a new career producing films. While Louis usually served as the principal cameraperson, at one time or another Ruth acted as producer, editor, scriptwriter, still photographer, actor, and narrator for the films they created. Ruth and Louis created curriculum filmstrips, films, and broadcast documentary programming for use in the classroom and on television that were produced primarily for the Clover Park School District Public Broadcasting Systems and distributed by the University of Washington Press. The Kirks also produced content for other organizations during this time, including the NPS, Tacoma Public Utilities, and for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s long-running series Klahanie: The Great Outdoors .

Their films concentrated on natural and environmental themes, especially within the setting of those National Parks already familiar to them. Ruth and Louis crisscrossed the Western United States for many years, along with occasional side-trips to Canada, Mexico, and Japan, filming the landscape. They also recorded the traditions of the indigenous communities of the Northwest and Southwest. The Kirks developed several close creative relationships with Native American communities living along the Northwestern coast. Their relationship with the Makah of the Olympic Peninsula developed during production of their film The Tribe and the Professor . The film looked at the collaboration between archaeologists from Western Washington University led by Dr. Richard Daugherty and the Makah during the Ozette archaeological dig at Neah Bay, Washington. The discoveries at Ozette, the Makah community, and archaeology in Washington became a subject visited repeatedly over the course of the Kirks' long filmmaking career.

The Kirks became well-known during the production of their local PBS series Kirks' Camera (1976-1978). This series concentrated on environmental themes and settings reminiscent of their other work, but here the Kirks would appear in front of the camera as well as behind it, serving as guides for the audience to learn from and follow each month. This series was a wide-ranging fusion of travelogue and nature documentary. Each episode followed the Kirks as they embarked on a trip into the field, perhaps to hike the shipwreck coast of Vancouver Island, to explore land ethic in Japan, or to observe the daily life of Washington’s Olympic Marmot.

The Kirks continued to make films for 14 years after the end of Kirks' Camera , until the death of Louis in 1992. In the years following, Ruth put aside filmmaking in favor of her writing career, and has subsequently produced works on the Olympic Rain Forest, Washington Archaeology, and Mount Rainier National Park, among others. Ruth has been repeatedly recognized for excellence over the course of her long career, earning the Washington State Governor’s Writer’s Award, the Pacific Northwest History Award, and a short-listing for the National Book Award, among others. In 2007, Ruth married long-time friend and collaborator Richard D. Daugherty, an anthropologist and archaeologist retired from Washington State University.

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Content Description

The collection contains production elements and final prints for approximately 110 projects (films, television episodes, and filmstrips) produced by the Kirks from 1967 to 1991. The collection is made up of approximately 1,700 reels of film, filmstrips and audio materials. Much of the collection documents the Kirks’ career as producers for television shows such as Klahanie on the CBC in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Kirks’ Camera on KCPQ in Tacoma, WA. Also represented are the educational films and filmstrips produced on behalf of the Clover Park School District, the University of Washington Press, and the US National Park Service.

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Other Descriptive Information

The Kirks were often producing films using very limited financial resources and, as a result, they used the same footage for a number of different projects. They also revisited particular themes repeatedly over the course of their career and frequently used the same footage for a variety of purposes, depending upon the needs of the particular film or television program. For example, footage of a Quinault elder carving a canoe might be seen in Indian canoes along the Washington coast , The Tribe and the Professor and in both the Kirks' Camera and the Klahanie episodes of Heritage in Cedar . These types of links between projects are noted in each

Dates for Kirks' Camera were determined by documentation kept in the Ruth Kirk Manuscript Collection (Acc. No. 4166), while approximate dates for Klahanie were determined by notes left on film elements as well as external research. All other dates refer to date of physical publication.

INVENTORY GLOSSARY
  • Project Elements - The assorted subordinate film and audio recordings generated in the production of a film project. The elements include a large amount of footage and audio recordings. While some elements were not used in the final cut, they remain valuable by providing insight into the conceptualization and construction of the final product.
  • Episode Print -A copy of a film made from a negative. Each episode is an individual television program that is part of a larger series or serial.
  • Release Print -A copy of a film made from a negative, especially a copy made for distribution.
  • Viewing copy - A copy of the release print made for patron access.
  • Filmstrip -A length of film containing still photographs, often of illustrations, diagrams, charts, etc., arranged in sequence for projection separately and used as a teaching aid.

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Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

View selections from the collection in digital format

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries for details.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Collection is arranged by genre. Individual projects are listed chronologically within each genre:

  • Films
  • Television Episodes
  • Unfinished and Unidentified Projects
  • Filmstrips

Acquisition Information

Gift of Ruth Kirk, May 7, 1992.

Processing Note

Processed by Hannah Palin, Laird Jimenez, Zola Mumford, Ryer Banta, Rachel Chabra, and Jonathan King, 2008-2011.

Related Materials

Related materials can be found in the Ruth Kirk Manuscript Collection (Acc No. 4166)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • Films, 1971-1981

    Films produced by the Kirks in collaboration with the Clover Park School District 400 and distributed by the University of Washington Press and the National Park Service Division of Audiovisual Arts. These films were produced for use in the classroom, or for other instructional uses. Several were produced with assistance from the Makah Tribal Council, the Office of Architecture and Historic Preservation and Washington State University.

    • Glacier Legacy, 1971

      Illustrates how glaciers have affected the geology of the North American Continent.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, United States, National Park Service. Division of Audiovisual Arts ;cinematography & story by Louis & Ruth Kirk. Distributed by the National Audiovisual Center.

    • Marmes Archaeological Dig, 1971

      Describes one of the oldest fully documented discoveries of early humans man in the Western Hemisphere--the remains of the Marmes man found in southeast Washington. Explains the techniques which anthropologists, archeologists, geologists, and other scientists use in the field and laboratory to reconstruct humanity's past.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Media Department, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; cinematography & story by Louis & Ruth Kirk. Distributed by University of Washington Press.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Narrator, Paul Herlinger; Archaeologist: Richard Daugherty; Geologist: Roald Fryxell, Researchers: Grover Krantz and Carl Gustafson; Warren G. Magnuson;

    • Marmots of the Pacific Northwest, 1971

      The life and habits of the local Marmot colony is examined. Ruth and Louis Kirk join zoology student David Barash and his wife Beverly on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, where David is studying the hibernation, reproduction, feeding, and social interactions of the Olympic Marmot in its natural environment. The four also travel to nearby Vancouver Island in search of the rare and elusive Vancouver Island Marmot, but are unsuccessful.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Media Department, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; cinematography & story by Louis & Ruth Kirk.; Narrator, Paul Herlinger. Distributed by University of Washington Press.

    • Indian Canoes Along the Washington Coast, 1972

      Depicts how and with what tools the traditional cedar dugout canoes of Northwest Indians are carved. Also included are the Quinault River motorized canoe races, the Makah tribe’s paddle canoe races in Neah Bay, stocking of a King Salmon fish hatchery, and a salmon bake. There is particular emphasis on how indigenous communities keep traditions alive and relevant through their incorporation into sports and celebration days.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Distributed by University of Washington Press.

    • Northwest Coast Indians: a Search for the Past, 1973

      Archaeological excavations in Ozette, Cape Alava, Washington, site of a Makah Indian village which was inhabited at least 2,000 years ago.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Media Department, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; cinematography & story by Louis & Ruth Kirk in cooperation with Richard Daugherty ; Narrator, Paul Herlinger. Distributed by University of Washington Press.

    • The Tribe and the Professor, 1975

      Presents the archaeological investigations of Dr. Richard D. Daugherty and his students from Washington State University on the history of Makah Indians at the Ozette village at Cape Alava, on Washington's Olympic peninsula.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, KCPQ-TV 13, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; cinematography & story by Louis & Ruth Kirk.; Narrator, Paul Herlinger. Distributed by University of Washington Press.

      Other Descriptive Information

      There are several versions of this title produced from 1972-1978. Elements from these versions have not been fully processed.

      • Release Print
        6 reels : 6 16mm print, color
        5 videotapes : 2 2" Quad film transfer masters, sound, color; 3 3/4" Umatic Videotape film transfer masters
        • Description: Viewing copy of release print
          2 videodiscs : DVD, sound, color (18:10, 28:50 minutes)

          Project has not been fully processed. There are viewing copies of two versions of this film, and it is not clear which is the final cut of the film as released.

          Container: Item VC147a, VC147b
          Location: Films, 1971-1981 / The Tribe and the Professor, 1975 / Release Print
      • Project Elements, circa 1975
    • Description: Heritage of the Sea

      In the viewpoint of Makah Indians, fishing is an ancient and fundamental way of life guaranteed them in perpetuity by their 1855 treaty agreement with the United States Government. Part one of the film includes reminiscences by the Makahs about their past and comments on the future of their tribal salmon management programs. Part two is a defense by Makah fishermen and elders of their treaty rights to fish for salmon and a discussion of their previous relinquishment of whaling, sealing and halibut rights guaranteed to them by treaty. Artifacts dealing with fishing found at Hoko River and Ozette are also demonstrated.

      Producer, KCPQ TV Channel 13, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; film, story, and production, Louis and Ruth Kirk ; in cooperation with the Makah Tribal Council; Songs, Makah senior citizens (pt.1), the Parker family, and Nora Barker (pt.2) ; narration, Louis and Ruth Kirk, with Paul Herlinger ; editing, Cathy Cook. Distributed by University of Washington Press.

      Dates: 1978
      Location: Films, 1971-1981

    • The First Northwesterners--The Archaeology of Early Man, 1979

      Other Descriptive Information

      Alternate title: Archaeology of early man

      A look at early humans in the Pacific Northwest. Portrays the 1977 discovery at the Manis farm in Sequim, Washington of a mastodon struck by a hunter's bone spear more than 11,000 years ago, and the recovery of Marmes Man in southeast Washington, the oldest human skeletal material in the western hemisphere to be fully documented in place and supported by detailed knowledge of the environment of 10,000 years ago. Modern archaeologists excavate the artifacts and use them to study the past via painstakingly replication and testing. Shows sequences of making stone tools and using them to chop down trees and cut fish.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, KCPQ TV Channel 13, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; filmed, written, edited & produced by Ruth & Louis Kirk.; Narrator, Paul Herlinger ; Consultants: Washington State University archaeologists: Richard D. Daugherty Jeffrey Flenniken, Carl E. Gustafson, Harvey Rice cello & piano, John Mattern, Terry Spiller. Distributed by University of Washington Press.

    • Heritage in Cedar: Northwest Coast Indians Woodworking, Past and Present, 1980

      An exploration of historic and modern use of cedar as an integral part of Northwest Coast culture. The film discusses the carving of totem poles and canoes, methods of housing construction, preservation attempts and the issues surrounding the removal of totems from their original outdoor environments. Viewers are taken on visits to the Queen Charlotte Islands, the historic village of ‘Ksan [Kasaan] in Hazelton, British Columbia, the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, the Ozette archaeological dig at Neah Bay and the Hoko River Archaeological site in Clallam County, Washington.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; filmed, written, edited & produced by Ruth & Louis Kirk.; Narrator, Paul Herlinger. Made possible by a grant from the Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation to Clover Park School District. Distributed by the University of Washington Press.

    • In Partnership with Time, 1981

      Details historic preservation efforts in Washington State. Various structures across the state are profiled, including the Volunteer Park Conservatory and Fort Worden State Park. The ongoing renovation, restoration, and reuse of notable older buildings is particularly emphasized.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, KCPQ TV Channel 13, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; filmed, scripted, edited, and produced by Ruth and Louis Kirk.; Narrator, Paul Herlinger. Distributed by University of Washington Press.

    • Of Time and Place : Historic Preservation in Washington, 1981

      Presents the story of historic preservation in Washington State in terms of its historical development and change, combined with a rich sampling of the early-day structures and skills still practiced. Notable historical sites like Fort Vancouver and the Yakima Indian Museum are profiled in terms of their historical context.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, KCPQ TV Channel 13, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; filmed, scripted, edited, and produced by Ruth and Louis Kirk.; Narrator, Paul Herlinger. Distributed by University of Washington Press.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Possible alternate title: Historic preservation in Washington

    • Kumsheen, 1985

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer: Kumsheen Raft Adventures

      Other Descriptive Information

      Kumsheen appears to be a project from 1984/1985 that used footage from a 1977 trip down the Fraser documented for the December 1977 Kirk’s Camera "Rafting the Fraser River, " This episode followed the first commercial run down the river taken with Kumsheen Raft Adventures. Footage of the Fraser River might also have been used for Klahanie on the CBC.

      Other Descriptive Information

    • Archaeological Investigations at Fort Nisqually, 1989

      Surveys the history of the Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Nisqually and describes the 1989 excavations of its site. Also contains brief promotional material for Northwest Landing, Weyerhaeuser's planned residential community.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer: Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company; Photographers and scriptwriters: Ruth and Louis Kirk.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Narrator: Paul Herlinger.

    • Upper Cowlitz Archaeology & Culture, 1991

      This tells the story of the archeological investigation of this long-occupied site, and gives us a glimpse into the ancient people who lived there. Archaeologists discovered evidence of an ancient seasonal fishing village when they explored the site of Tacoma Public Utilities' Taidnapam Park on the shore of Riffe Reservoir, at the upper Cowlitz River near Morton in Washington state.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer: Tacoma Public Utilities; Distributor: Tacoma (Wash.). Dept. of Public Utilities; Photographers and scriptwriters: Ruth and Louis Kirk.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Narrator: Paul Herlinger.

  • Television Episodes, Klahanie, 1973-1977

    Klahanie was a half-hour television program that aired on the CBC in Vancouver from 1967-1978. The title came from a Chinook word meaning "outside or "the outdoors." The show presented wilderness and outdoor activities with a focus on conservation and tried to bring viewers to beautiful, often inaccessible destinations in British Columbia, the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The show was produced by Andy Snider and was hosted by Bob Fortune from 1967-1972 and later by Don White. The Kirks contributed content to Klahanie from 1973 through 1977, including programs about Japanese National Parks, the Japanese land ethic, the Ozette Archaeological Dig, preserving historic sites in Scotland, and a visit to Atlin, B.C.

    Few episodes of Klahanie appear to have survived and there are no complete programs within the Kirk collection. There are scripts, audio tracks and edited films that appear to have aired on Klahanie, but there are no finished prints and nothing with identifying titles and credits. Information about these particular films was taken from notes on and in film cans and from leader on reels. The shows were often re-edited with new narration and used for Kirks' Camera productions on KCPQ-TV in Lakewood, Washington.

  • Television Episodes, Kirks' Camera, 1976-1978

    Kirks' Camera was a monthly half-hour series that aired on KCPQ Television in Lakewood, Washington from January 1976 to May 1978. The show was produced by the Kirks in conjunction with the Media Department of the Clover Park School District 400. Louis was the show's cinematographer, director, and editor while Ruth wrote scripts, narrated and appeared in many episodes. The show explored man's impact on the environment as well as the lifestyle and traditions of indigenous communities across the Northwest and Southwest U.S. Each episode was formatted as a travelogue, following the Kirks and their companions as they embarked on a trip into the field, perhaps to hike the shipwreck coast of Vancouver Island, to explore land ethic in Japan, or to observe the daily life of Washington’s Olympic Marmot.

  • Unfinished and Unidentified Projects, 1969-1982

    Unfinished projects and films not used in other projects. Elements may also belong to known projects, but were not identified as such for reasons of unclear documentation.

  • Filmstrips, 1967-1981

    Educational filmstrips produced by Ruth and Louis Kirk for the Clover Park Educational District.

    Filmstrip projects have not been fully processed; only a basic descriptive inventory has been undertaken.

    • New Arrangements for Learning : The Media Facilities Story, 1967

      Other Descriptive Information

      Alternative title: Media facilities story.

      Demonstrates the adaptability of audiovisual materials to all methods of learning. Describes types of learning spaces with emphasis on the need to consider the media facilities during the design stage of the whole program.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, University of Washington Office of Learning Resources; Distributor, University of Washington Press; Director, G.M. Torkelson.

    • High Country Life: Plants and Animals of the Olympic Mountains, Washington, 1968

      Presents plants and animals of the Olympic Mountains in Washington as an introduction to the sub-alpine life zone. Includes pictures of the glacier lily and the insect-trapping butterwort, mountain beavers, and the whistling marmot. With captions.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Text and photographs, Louis Kirk; Drawings, Yoshi Nishihara.

    • Life in the Desert, 1968

      Presents an overview of the types of rock and soil formations and the kinds of plant and animal life found in the desert.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press.

    • Natural History along the Washington Coast, 1968

      Depicts the geology, weather, and ecology of a fifty-mile stretch of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, from the Hoh River to Cape Flattery. Includes scenes of land and sea mammals and of marine animals from different life zones along the beach. With captions.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Media Unit, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, Clover Park School District 400; Text and photographs, Louis Kirk; Drawings, Yoshi Nishihara.

    • Prehistory of a Northwest Indian Village, 1968

      Discusses the archaeological excavations at the Ozette Indian Village at Cape Alava, Washington, a village which has been the home of seafaring hunters for at least two thousand years.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press; Photographer, Louis Kirk.

    • Research on Washington's Blue Glacier, 1968

      Shows how glaciers are formed and to describe the materials and methods used for research on the Blue Glacier of Washington State .

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Media Unit, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, Clover Park School District 400; Photographer, Louis Kirk.

    • Washington's Rain Forests, 1968

      Presents scenes of the three rain forest valleys of Hoh, Queets, and Quinault, located on the ocean side of Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Depicts meteorological and geological factors leading to the development of these forests. Pictures plant and animal life and the ecology of the region.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Text and photographs, Louis Kirk; Drawings, Yoshi Nishihara.

    • The Gold Rush : Alaska, the Klondike 1897-98, 1969

      Uses contemporary photographs taken by E.A. Hegg. to give an overview of the life of the gold seekers in the Klondike region of Alaska at the end of the 19th century. Includes means of transportation, housing, cities and routes of travel. Based on the book entitled One man's gold rush: a Klondike album, by Murray Morgan.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press; filmstrip photography and text adaptation, Louis Kirk; photograph tinting, Yoshi and Kei Nishihara.

    • The Marmes Man Dig, 1969

      Discusses the archaeological excavation in eastern Washington where the Marmes Man was discovered.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press; Photographer, Louis Kirk.

    • Meadow Life in Northwest Mountains: Plants and Animals of the Washington Mountains, 1969

      Shows how the animals and plants living in the subalpine zone adapt to the deep winter snow, high winds, and dry summers. Includes views of snow worms, wolf spiders, and avalanche lilies.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press.

    • Olympic Coast Indians Today, 1969

      Discusses the northwest coast Indians and their surviving traditions. Shows dugout canoes being hollowed from cedar logs and used for fishing, bark grass gathered to make baskets, and masked dancing.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press.

    • The Philippines: A Luzon Travelogue, 1969

      Presents daily life, farming and fishing methods, and modes of transportation in the Luzon area of the Philippines. Includes scenes of Manila Bay.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press; Photographer, Louis Kirk.

    • African Sculpture, 1970

      Other Descriptive Information

      Alternate title: "The Sculpture of Africa."

      Shows the wealth and variety of African sculpture using art objects from the western Sudan, the Guinea coast, and the Congo. Includes masks and carvings of human and animals. Based on the book entitled West African sculpture, by Rene Bravmann.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press.

    • Everyday Life Along the North Coast of Mexico, 1970

      Portrays the daily lives of the people who live along the desert and jungle coasts of Northwest Mexico. Includes scenes of the countryside and small cities, the making of adobe bricks, the construction of thatch huts, fishing in the sea, and a village fiesta.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press.

    • National Parks of the Pacific Northwest, 1970

      Describes the national parks of the Northwest-Olympic, North Cascades, Mt. Rainier, and Crater Lake. Includes scenes of the peaks, glaciers, snowfields, flowering meadows, and dense forests that characterize these wilderness areas.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press

    • Sandstone Country: the Canyons and Indians of the Southwest, 1970

      Introduces the indigenous people of the Southwest, past and present, and reveals the history and geography of the land. Includes a view of the desert cliff cities of the apartment-dwelling Indians and the ancient traditions of the Navajo Indians who now inhabit this area. With captions.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press.

    • Washington State Historical Road Number One, 1971

      Describes the history of the area around Washington State Historical Road No. 1 at the southeast end of Puget Sound, from pre-settlement times to the 1850's.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press

    • Indian Village Archeology - the Rediscovery of Ancient Ozette, a Northwest Coast Village, 1972

      Explains the excavation and reconstruction of an Ozette Indian village on the northwest Washington coast, and points out that this village has been the home of seafaring hunters for at least two thousand years. Includes scenes of pieces of baskets, bone and stone tools, combs, traces of houses, and fire hearts.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press

      Other Descriptive Information

      Alternative title: Rediscovery of ancient Ozette, a Northwest Coast village.

    • Northwest Coast Indian Traditions Today, 1972

      Other Descriptive Information

      Alternative title: Contemporary look at Remnants of a Heritage.

      Describes the surviving traditions among Indians of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Includes views of the netting and preparation of fish, the making of sand bread, and the manufacture of baskets from swamp and salt water marsh grasses, the fashioning of dugout canoes from cedar logs, masked dancing, and the exchange of gifts.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press.

    • Belt and Bod, 1973

    • Western Landforms, 1973

      Shows glaciation, volcanic action, tectonic activity and the work of water, wind, and weathering.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer, Clover Park High School (District 400, Lakewood Center, Wash.) Media Dept; Distributor, University of Washington Press; Photography and text, Louis & Ruth Kirk.

    • Ozette Archaeology: Northwest Coast Indian past, 1979

      Describes the early Makah Ozette settlement on the Olympic Peninsula, the archaeological dig now underway there, and the importance of the artifacts recovered from the site.

      Other Descriptive Information

      Producer and Distributor, University of Washington Press; Writers and photographers, Ruth and Louis Kirk.

    • To Honor the Past - Archaeology along the Snake River, 1981

    • Accident, unknown date

    • Alpine Meadows, unknown date

    • The Built Environment, unknown date

    • Cycle Safety, unknown date

    • Do Pass by Due Process, unknown date

    • English for Spanish Speakers, unknown date

    • Historic Preservation, Preserving the Past, unknown date

    • How To Tell Your Car About Motorcycles, unknown date

    • Minimizing Impact, unknown date

    • Parent Involvement, unknown date

    • Sounds Around, unknown date

    • Trip Planning, unknown date

    • Walking Wisely, unknown date

    • What is Color Tone?, unknown date

    • What is Form?, unknown date

    • What is Harmony?, unknown date

    • What is Melody?, unknown date

    • What is Rhythm?, unknown date

    • What Is Tone Color?, unknown date

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Subject Terms

  • American Bison
  • American Black Bear
  • Anthropology--North America--History
  • Archaeological finds
  • Archaeology--Washington (State)
  • Canada--Civilization--Indian influences
  • Canoe camping
  • Canoes
  • Conservatories--Preservation--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Dogsledding--Alaska
  • Endangered species
  • Eskimo women
  • Eskimos--Alaska
  • Eskimos--Alaska--Kobuk River Region
  • Eskimos--Alaska--Kotzebue--Social life and customs
  • Eskimos--Alaska--Kubuk River
  • Eskimos--Alaska--Social life and customs
  • Eskimos--Fishing--Alaska--Kotzebue Sound Region
  • Eskimos--Hunting--Alaska
  • Excavation (Archaeology)--Canada
  • Fishing Villages
  • Fishing, Prehistoric
  • Fishing--Washington (State)
  • Geysers
  • Glaciers
  • Haida Indians
  • Hesquiat Cultural Committee--Canada
  • Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration
  • Historic preservation--Washington (State)
  • Historic preservation--Washington (State)--History--Sources
  • Hoko River Archaeological Project
  • Hot springs
  • Humpback whale
  • Hydrothermal vent ecology
  • Ice fishing--North America
  • Indian masks--Canada
  • Indians of North America--Boats
  • Indians of North America--Canada
  • Indians of North America--Social Conditions
  • Indians of North America--Washington (State)
  • Indians--History
  • Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation, Washington
  • Makah Indians--History
  • Moving Image Collections (University of Washington)
  • Muskrat
  • Native nations of North America
  • Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
  • Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.)
  • Olympic marmot
  • Pulsating spring
  • Rafting (Sports)--British Columbia--Fraser River
  • Rare animals
  • Shoshone Reservoir (Wyo.)
  • Sled dogs--Training
  • Snowmobiles
  • Totem poles
  • Transportation--Alaska
  • Transportation--Arctic regions
  • Trumpeter swan
  • Tsimshian Indians
  • University of British Columbia (Canada)
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
  • Wetlands
  • Wildlife conservation
  • Wood carvers
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • ‘Ksan Historical Village (Hazelton, B.C.)

Personal Names

  • Amos, James
  • Andrew, Benedict
  • Arundale, Wendy Hanford, 1945-
  • Barash, Beverly
  • Barash, David P
  • Barber, James
  • Boehm, Gay
  • Carey, Darcy
  • Carey, Merle
  • Carter, Anthony
  • Charleson, Sennen
  • Coleman, Minnie
  • Croes, Dale R
  • Crozier, Neal
  • Daugherty, Richard
  • Downey, Shield
  • Flenniken, J. Jeffrey
  • George, Hal
  • Gray, Minnie
  • Gunther, Erna
  • Haggarty, James
  • Harris, Walter
  • Hoff, Ricky
  • Hudson, Howard
  • Jackobs, Ike
  • Johnson, Shirley
  • Jones, Keith
  • Kirk, Louis--Archives
  • Kirk, Ruth, 1925-2018--Archives
  • Leese, Gunther
  • Lombardi, Claudia
  • Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
  • Merry, Wayne
  • Nishihara, Yoshi
  • Peterson, Herman
  • Sabbis, Terrance
  • Stephens, Vernon
  • Sterritt, Art
  • Tickett, Sarah
  • Williams, Ada

Corporate Names

  • Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
  • Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation, Washington
  • Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
  • United States. National Park Service
  • Washington State University. Department of Anthropology

Geographical Names

  • 'Ksan Historical Village (Hazelton, B.C.)
  • Alaska
  • Ambler (Alaska)
  • Anthony Island (B.C.)
  • Atlin (B.C.)
  • Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
  • Canyonlands National Park (Utah)
  • Fort Worden State Park (Port Townsend, Wash.)--History--Sources
  • Fraser River (B.C.)
  • Glacier Bay (Alaska)
  • Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)
  • Haida Gwaii (B.C.)
  • Hoh River (Wash.)
  • Hoko River Sites (Wash.)
  • Kirishima National Park (Japan)
  • Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold discoveries
  • Kobuk River (Alaska)
  • Kotzebue (Alaska)
  • Kotzebue Sound (Alaska)
  • Kyushu (Japan)
  • Marmes Rockshelter (Wash.)
  • Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park (Ariz. and Utah)
  • Museum of Victoria (B.C.)
  • Navajo National Monument (Ariz.)
  • Neah Bay (Wash.)
  • Noorvik (Alaska)
  • Nootka Sound (B.C.)
  • Olympic National Park (Wash.)
  • Osaka (Japan)
  • Ozette Lake (Wash.)
  • Ozette Site (Wash.)
  • Ozette Site (Wash.)
  • San Blas Atempa (Mexico)
  • Scotland
  • Seattle (Wash.)
  • Seattle Aquarium (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Shoshone Reservoir (Wyo.)
  • University of British Columbia –Museum of Anthropology
  • Vancouver Island (B.C.)
  • Victoria (B.C.)
  • Wagu (Japan)
  • Washington (State)--Antiquities
  • Yellowstone National Park (Wyo.)

Titles within the Collection

  • African Sculpture [Sculpture of Africa] (Filmstrip)
  • Age of Alaska (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Alpine Meadows (Filmstrip)
  • Atlin Cassiar (Television Episode, Klahanie)
  • Baja California/ Mexico (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Belt and Bod (Filmstrip)
  • Borderlands Park Arizona/ Mexico [Desert Borderlands] (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • British Columbia's Road to Atlin [Atlin Cassiar] (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Built Environment, The (Filmstrip)
  • Cruising Glacier Bay (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Cycle Safety (Filmstrip)
  • Day in the Life of the Olympic Marmot, A (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Do Pass by Due Process (Filmstrip)
  • English for English Speakers (Filmstrip)
  • Eskimo Village (Television Episode, Klahanie)
  • Eskimos from Dogsleds to Snowmobiles (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Everyday Life Along the North Coast of Mexico (Filmstrip)
  • First Northwesterners, The --The Archaeology of Early Man (Film)
  • Fraser River (Television Episode, Klahanie)
  • Glacier Bay (Television Episode, Klahanie)
  • Glacier Legacy (Film)
  • Heritage in Cedar (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Heritage in Cedar(Television Episode, Klahanie)
  • Heritage in Cedar: Northwest Coast Indians Woodworking, Past and Present (Film)
  • Heritage of the Sea (Film)
  • Heritage of the Sea, Part I (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Heritage of the Sea, Part II (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Hesquiat 'Ksan [Kasaan] (Television Episode, Klahanie)
  • Hesquiat 'Ksan [Kasaan](Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • High country life: plants and animals of the Olympic Mountains, Washington (Filmstrip)
  • Hiking the Hoh Valley (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Hiking the West Coast of Vancouver Island (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Historic Preservation, Preserving the Past (Filmstrip)
  • How To Tell Your Car About Motorcycles (Filmstrip)
  • In Partnership with Time (Film)
  • Indian Canoes along the Washington Coast (Film)
  • Indian Village Archeology - the Rediscovery of Ancient Ozette, a Northwest Coast Village (Filmstrip)
  • Japanese Land Ethic (Television Episode, Klahanie)
  • Japanese Land Ethic, The [Travels to Japan] (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Japanese National Parks (Television Episode, Klahanie)
  • Kumsheen (Film)
  • Life in the Desert (Filmstrip)
  • Makah Indians and Ozette (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Marmes Archaeological Dig, The (Film)
  • Marmes Man Dig, The (Filmstrip)
  • Marmots of the Pacific Northwest (Film)
  • Meadow life in Northwest Mountains: Plants and Animals of the Washington Mountains (Filmstrip)
  • Minimizing Impact (Filmstrip)
  • National Parks of the Pacific Northwest (Filmstrip)
  • Natural History Along the Washington Coast (Filmstrip)
  • New Arrangements for Learning : The Media Facilities Story (Filmstrip)
  • Nookta B.C. and San Blas Mexico (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Northwest Coast Indian Traditions Today (Filmstrip)
  • Northwest Coast Indians: a Search for the Past (Film)
  • Of Time and Place : Historic Preservation in Washington (Film)
  • Olympic Coast Indians Today (Filmstrip)
  • Ozette Archaeology: Northwest Coast Indian past (Filmstrip)
  • Ozette Update, An (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Parent Involvement (Filmstrip)
  • Philippines: A Luzon Travelogue, The (Filmstrip)
  • Prehistory of a Northwest Indian village (Filmstrip)
  • Rafting the Fraser River (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Research on Washington's Blue Glacier (Filmstrip)
  • Rural Japan (Filmstrip)
  • Sandstone Country: the Canyons and Indians of the Southwest (Filmstrip)
  • Scotland's Countryside Commission (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Sounds Around (Filmstrip)
  • Southwest Canyon Country and the Navajo Indians (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)
  • Summer 1989, archaeological investigations at Fort Nisqually (Film)
  • The Gold Rush : Alaska, the Klondike 1897-98 (Filmstrip)
  • To Honor the Past - Archaeology along the Snake River (Filmstrip)
  • Tribe and the Professor, The (Film)
  • Trip Planning (Filmstrip)
  • Upper Cowlitz archaeology & culture (Film)
  • Walking Wisely (Filmstrip)
  • Washington State Historical Road Number One (Filmstrip)
  • Washington's Rain Forests (Filmstrip)
  • Western Landforms (Filmstrip)
  • What Is Tone Color? (Filmstrip)
  • What is Color Tone? (Filmstrip)
  • What is Form? (Filmstrip)
  • What is Harmony? (Filmstrip)
  • What is Melody? (Filmstrip)
  • What is Rhythm? (Filmstrip)
  • Yellowstone and Teton by Canoe (Television Episode, Kirks' Camera)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Herlinger, Paul (narrator)
    • Kirk, Louis (creator)

    Corporate Names

    • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
    • Clover Park Educational District, KCPQ TV-13
    • University of Washington Press


2011 (Last modified: 7/1/2022)

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