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Fred John Overly papers, 1935-1971

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Overly, Fred John
Title: Fred John Overly papers
Dates: 1935-1971 (inclusive)
19351971
Quantity: 2.63 cubic feet (7 boxes)
Collection Number: 2214
Summary: Papers of a federal official who worked for the National Park Service in several positions
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: Access restricted: For terms of access, contact Special Collections.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Fred John Overly was born in Sumner County Kansas in 1907 and earned both undergraduate and master's degrees in Forestry at the University of Washington. He worked for the National Park Service in a number of positions, including Forester, Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent at Olympic National Park. In 1963 Overly was appointed Regional Director of the U.S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation in Seattle, Washington. He retired in 1971 and died in 1973.

As a career employee in the National Park Service, 1935-1963. Overly was superintendent of the Olympic National Park, 1952-1958, and of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1958-1963; and with the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Pacific Northwest Region, as Regional Director, 1963-1971.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence, clippings, diary, testimony, speeches and writings, news releases, reports, photographs, and ephemera.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights retained. Contact repository for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions:

Accession No. 2214-001, Fred John Overly papers, 1935-1970
Accession No. 2214-004, Fred John Overly papers, 1964-1971

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 2214-001: Fred John Overly papers, 1935-1970Return to Top

2 cubic feet (5 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, clippings, diary, photographs, ephemera.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Literary rights retained by Mrs. Overly during her lifetime.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Mrs. Fred J. Overly, 11/26/1973.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Series 1: Personal Papers
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	2214-001	Biographical or Historical Features 12 items
1/2	2214-001	Diary 1 item	1935-1936
1/3	2214-001	Address Book 1 item
1/4	2214-001	Memorabilia 13 items
1/5	2214-001	Photographs (unidentified)
1/6	2214-001	Miscellaneous 3 items
1/7-1/10	2214-001	Clippings	1953-1970
1/11	2214-001	Ephemera
		Series 2: Olympic National Park
Box/Folder	Accession
2/1	2214-001	Becker, (Mrs.) William Incoming Letters 1 item	undated
2/2	2214-001	Eastman (William A.) Construction Company Incoming Letters 13 items	1954-1955
2/2	2214-001	Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association Incoming Letters 1 item	1958
2/2	2214-001	Great Smoky Mountains National Park Incoming Letters 2 items	1958
2/3	2214-001	Jackson, Henry M. Incoming Letters 1 item	1958
2/4	2214-001	The Maryville-Alcoa Daily Times Incoming Letters 1 item	1958
2/4	2214-001	Olympic National Park Incoming Letters 1 item	1954
2/4	2214-001	Preston, John C. Incoming Letters 1 item	1958
2/4	2214-001	Peach (S. W.) & Son Incoming Letters 6 items	1954
2/5	2214-001	U.S. Bonneville Power Administration Incoming Letters 1 item	1958
2/5	2214-001	U.S. Interior Department Secretary Incoming Letters 1 item	1958
2/5	2214-001	U.S. National Park Service Incoming Letters 9 items	1955-1958
2/6	2214-001	Unidentified Incoming Letters 2 items	1956-1958
2/7-8	2214-001	Outgoing Letters 20 items	1952-1958
2/9	2214-001	General Correspondence 18 items	1952-1958
2/10	2214-001	Field Executives Management Conference 12 items	1958
2/11	2214-001	Legislation 4 items
2/12	2214-001	Financial Records including records of Rainier Area 14 items	1954-1958
2/13	2214-001	Financial Records and Photos including records of Rainier Area 3 items	1953
2/14	2214-001	Photos (of Rainier Area) 5 items
2/15	2214-001	Graphics 2 items
2/16	2214-001	Film 1 item
2/17	2214-001	Photographs of Overly 3 items
2/18	2214-001	Lists 4 items
2/19	2214-001	Ephemera
2/20	2214-001	Pamphlet
		Series 3: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Box/Folder	Accession
3/1	2214-001	Allbeighr, Horace Incoming Letters 1 item	1961
3/1	2214-001	Akina, Clem Incoming Letters 1 item	1962
3/2	2214-001	Baker, Howard H. Incoming Letters 1 item	1963
3/3	2214-001	Blythe, Dee C. Incoming Letters 2 items	1962
3/3	2214-001	Brehm, C. E. Incoming Letters 2 items	1960
3/3	2214-001	The Bremerton Sun Incoming Letters 1 item	1960
3/3	2214-001	Caain, Harold Incoming Letters 1 item	1961
3/3	2214-001	Chamber of Commerce, Atlinburg Incoming Letters 1 item	1961
3/3	2214-001	Downtown St. Louis, Inc. Incoming Letters 2 items	1962-1963
3/4	2214-001	Everett, Robert A. Incoming Letters 1 item	1963
3/5	2214-001	Gatlenburg, Tennessee Incoming Letters 2 items	1961-1963
3/5	2214-001	Gibson, Frye G. Incoming Letters 1 item	1962
3/5	2214-001	Goddard & Gamble Incoming Letters 1 item	1963
3/5	2214-001	Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association Incoming Letters 1 item	1963
3/5	2214-001	Harrison, De Sales Incoming Letters 1 item	1958
3/5	2214-001	Isle of Wight County Council Incoming Letters 1 item	1962
3/6	2214-001	Jackson, Henry M. Incoming Letters 2 items	1959-1960
3/7	2214-001	Kefauver, Estes Incoming Letters 3 items	1959-1960
3/8	2214-001	The Knoxville News - Sentinel Incoming Letters 2 items	1963
3/8	2214-001	La Follette, V. L. Incoming Letters 1 item	1961
3/9	2214-001	North Carolina, Conservation and Development Department Incoming Letters 2 items	196 3
3/9	2214-001	North Carolina, Governor Incoming Letters 1 item	1960
3/10	2214-001	Patton, Mitchell Incoming Letters 1 item	1961
3/11	2214-001	Redding, Hugh S. Incoming Letters 1 item	1963
3/11	2214-001	Rotary Club of Knoxville Incoming Letters 1 item	1958
3/11	2214-001	Smoky Mountains Hiking Club Incoming Letters 1 item	1963
3/11	2214-001	The Stephens Press, Inc. Incoming Letters 1 item	1958
3/11	2214-001	Stick, R. Incoming Letters 1 item	1959
3/12	2214-001	Taylor, Roy A. Incoming Letters 1 item	1963
3/13	2214-001	Tennessee, Conservation Department Incoming Letters 1 item	1958
3/13	2214-001	Tennessee, Game and Fish Department Incoming Letters 2 items	1963
3/14	2214-001	Tennessee Eastern Lumber Co. Incoming Letters 1 item	1958
3/15	2214-001	U.S. Comptroller General Incoming Letters 1 item	1960
3/15	2214-001	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Incoming Letters 1 item	1961
3/16	2214-001	U.S. Forest Service Incoming Letters 3 items	1962-1963
3/17	2214-001	U.S. Interior Department Secretary Incoming Letters 1 item	1957
3/18	2214-001	U.S. National Park Service Incoming Letters 19 items	1958-1963
3/19	2214-001	U.S. Outdoor Recreation Bureau Incoming Letters 1 item	1963
3/20	2214-001	U.S. Public Lands Commission Incoming Letters 3 items	1960-1961
3/21	2214-001	U.S. Public Roads Department Incoming Letters 6 items	1961-1963
3/22	2214-001	Washington, Public Service Commission Incoming Letters 2 items	1960-1962
3/22	2214-001	Willis, James Incoming Letters 1 item	1963
3/23-3/27	2214-001	Outgoing Letters 98 items	1958-1963
3/28-3/31	2214-001	General Correspondence 42 items	1958-1963
3/32	2214-001	Minutes 1 item	1962
3/33	2214-001	Financial Records 1 item	1936-1963
3/34	2214-001	Reports 8 items
3/35	2214-001	Speeches and Writings 4 items
3/36	2214-001	Graphics 8 items
3/37	2214-001	Photographs of Project 9 A-1 4 items
3/38	2214-001	Photographs of Overly 2 items
3/39	2214-001	Photographs 2 items
3/40	2214-001	Ephemera
		Series 4: Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Box/Folder	Accession
4/1	2214-001	Alaska Governor Incoming Letters 4 items	1965-1966
4/2	2214-001	Alaska Natural Resources Department Incoming Letters 2 items	1966-1970
4/2	2214-001	Anderson, Frank H. Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/2	2214-001	Brewer, Carson Incoming Letters 1 item	1965
4/3	2214-001	Cherberg, John A. Incoming Letters 2 items	1966-1967
4/4	2214-001	Convery, Fred R. Incoming Letters 1 item	1967
4/4	2214-001	Creek, Sylvia Incoming Letters 2 items	1966
4/4	2214-001	Development Research Associates, Inc. Incoming Letters 1 item	1969
4/4	2214-001	Durnerg, Marvin B. Incoming Letters 1 item	1968
4/4	2214-001	Erickson, Thomas E. Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/4	2214-001	Fontana Village Incoming Letters 1 item	1963
4/4	2214-001	Frome, Michael Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/4	2214-001	Gallagher, Sheridan Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/4	2214-001	Gatlinburg, Tennessee Mayor Incoming Letters 1 item	1963
4/4	2214-001	Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association Incoming Letters 2 items	1963
4/5	2214-001	Great Smoky Mountains National Park Incoming Letters 3 items	1963-1965
4/6	2214-001	Haas, John Incoming Letters 1 item	1968
4/6	2214-001	Halterman, Ed Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/6	2214-001	Hatcher, John B. Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/6	2214-001	Hodges, Luther H. Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/6	2214-001	Hope, James L. Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/7	2214-001	Idaho Governor Incoming Letters 2 items	1966-1971
4/8	2214-001	Idaho Park Department Incoming Letters 3 items	1965-1969
4/9	2214-001	Jackson, Henry M. Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/10	2214-001	Loretta, John E. Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/11	2214-001	Magnuson, Warren G. Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/12	2214-001	Manning, Harvey Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/12	2214-001	Maryville-Alcoa Daily Times Incoming Letters 1 item	1963
4/12	2214-001	McGregor, Donald G. Incoming Letters 2 items	1966
4/12	2214-001	Merrill, W. K. Incoming Letters 1 item	1964
4/13	2214-001	Montana Fish and Game Department Incoming Letters 3 items	1966, 1970
4/14	2214-001	National Parks Association Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/14	2214-001	Neilson, Keith Incoming Letters 1 item	1970
4/15	2214-001	North Carolina Governor Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/16	2214-001	Northern California Log Scaling and Grading Bureau Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/14	2214-001	Olympia National Park Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/17	2214-001	Oregon Governor Incoming Letters 1 item	1967
4/18	2214-001	Oregon Treasury Department Incoming Letters 1 item	1967
4/19	2214-001	Quillen, James H. Incoming Letters 1 item	1963
4/20	2214-001	Society of American Foresters Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/20	2214-001	Staley, Thomas G. Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/20	2214-001	Stone, J. Herbert Incoming Letters 2 items	1967
4/20	2214-001	Straut for Governor Dinner Committee Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/20	2214-001	Sunset Magazine Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/20	2214-001	Thompson, Allen E. Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/20	2214-001	Tozier (Sid) Insurance Agency, Inc. Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/21	2214-001	U.S. Agriculture Department Incoming Letters 2 items	1966
4/22	2214-001	U.S. Commerce Department Incoming Letters 7 items	1963-1964
4/23	2214-001	U.S. Forest Service Incoming Letters 3 items	1966-1970
4/24	2214-001	U.S. Interior Department Secretary Incoming Letters 10 items	1961-1970
4/24	2214-001	U.S. Interior Department Indian Affairs Bureau Incoming Letters 1 item	1965
4/24	2214-001	U.S. Interior Department Solicitor Department Incoming Letters 1 item	1965
4/25	2214-001	U.S. Justice Department Incoming Letters 2 items	1970-1971
4/26	2214-001	U.S. National Park Service Incoming Letters 12 items	1963-1968
4/27-30	2214-001	U.S. Outdoor Recreation Bureau Incoming Letters 17 items	1963-1971
4/31	2214-001	U.S. President Incoming Letters 18 items	1966
4/32	2214-001	U.S. President, The Citizens' Committee on Environmental Quality Incoming Letters 22 items	1970
4/33	2214-001	Vandergicht, John Incoming Letters 11 items	1968
4/33	2214-001	Vessey, James K. Incoming Letters 1 item	1963
4/33	2214-001	Vint, Thomas C. Incoming Letters 1 item	1965
4/34	2214-001	Washington Governor - Evans, Daniel Incoming Letters 3 items	1964, 1966
4/35	2214-001	Washington Governor - Rosellini, Albert D. Incoming Letters 3 items	1966
4/35	2214-001	Washington Governor - Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation Incoming Letters 1 item	1965
4/35	2214-001	Washington Governor, Wilderness Task Force Incoming Letters 1 item	1972
4/35	2214-001	Washington Superior Court, Clallam - Jefferson Counties Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/35	2214-001	Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Incoming Letters 1 item	1968
4/36	2214-001	Wells-Oats Lumber Company Incoming Letters 1 item	1962
4/36	2214-001	Whaley, Dick Incoming Letters 4 items	1966
4/36	2214-001	Whaley, R. J. and Koleen Incoming Letters 1 item	1966
4/36	2214-001	Tollefson, Thor C. Incoming Letters 1 item	1965
4/37	2214-001	Unidentified Incoming Letters 2 items	1966-1967
4/38-4/43	2214-001	Outgoing Letters 91 items	1963-1969
4/44	2214-001	General Correspondence 18 items	1965-1969
4/45	2214-001	Court Papers
4/46-5/1	2214-001	Alaska Pipeline Reports 3 items	1970-1971
5/2-5/3	2214-001	Olympic National Park Reports 13 items	1961-1966
5/4	2214-001	Miscellaneous Reports 4 items	1971
5/5	2214-001	Speeches and Writings by Overly, Fred J. 7 items
5/6	2214-001	Speeches and Writings of Others 16 items
5/7	2214-001	News Releases 7 items	1963-1970
5/8	2214-001	Legislation 14 items	1964-1968
5/9	2214-001	North Cascades Hearings 3 items	1966
5/10	2214-001	Conferences and Conventions 8 items	1962-1972
5/11	2214-001	Photographs
5/11	2214-001	Photograph (Oversize) - Group Picture 1 item
5/11	2214-001	Photograph (Oversize) - Olympic National Park 1 item
5/11	2214-001	Photographs - North Cascades Conservation Council Proposal 8 items
5/12	2214-001	Notes 7 items
5/13	2214-001	Miscellaneous 3 items
5/14	2214-001	Pamphlet - "The Mountaineer" 1 item

Accession No. 2214-004: Fred John Overly papers, 1964-1971Return to Top

.63 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, testimony, speeches and writings, news releases, reports, photographs and clippings, 1964-1971. Some concerns Olympic National Park and the proposed North Cascades National Park.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights retained. Contact repository for details.

Acquisition Info: Received in 1974.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Series 1: U.S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	2214-004	Biographical Features
1/2-5	2214-004	Outgoing Letters	1965-1970
1/6	2214-004	Testimony	1968
1/7-2/1	2214-004	Speeches and Writings	1964-1970
2/2	2214-004	Press Releases	1967, 1970
2/3-4	2214-004	Memoranda	1965-1969
2/5	2214-004	Meeting Memos	1965
2/6	2214-004	North Cascades National Park Field Inspection and Hearings	1967, 1968
2/7	2214-004	North Cascades National Park Reports and Recommendations by Governor Daniel J. Evans	1967
2/8	2214-004	North Cascades National Park Photographs, North Cascades Scenes	undated
2/9	2214-004	North Cascades National Park Photographs (duplicates)
2/10	2214-004	North Cascades National Park Clippings
2/11	2214-004	North Cascades National Park North Cascades Study	1969-1970
2/12	2214-004	Olympic National Park Statements re: NorthShore Lands	1966
2/13	2214-004	Olympic National Park Clippings
2/14	2214-004	Miscellaneous - re: Fred J. Overly's Retirement

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Lumber trade--Washington (State)
National parks and reserves--Multiple use--Washington (State)
National parks and reserves--Public use--Washington (State)
National parks and reserves--Transportation--Washington (State)
National parks and reserves--Washington (State)--Management
Park rangers--Washington (State)
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Recreation areas--Washington (State)

Personal Names

Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983
Overly, Fred John--Archives

Corporate Names

United States. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. Northwest
United States. National Park Service

Geographical Names

Glacier National Park (Mont.)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)
North Cascades National Park (Wash.)
Olympic National Park (Wash.)--Boundaries
Quinault, Lake (Wash.)
Ross Lake National Recreation Area (Wash.)

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