Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
-
Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Administrative Information
-
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Forest Stuff
- Logging - Early Northwest
- Alder Photos
- Arrastras
- College of Forestry
- Forestry Photos
- Logging - Timber #1
- Logging - Timber #2
- Logging Camps - Old and New
- Historical Logging - Ox Team, Ox Shoes
- Oregon
- Plywood Veneer
- Pulp-Pulpwood Chips Paper Mills
- Sawmilling - Early Northwest
- Sawdust Compost
- Shakes (Recent)
- Splash Dams #1
- Splash Dams #2
- World Forestry Congress
- Scrapbook
- Sound Recording
- Names and Subjects
Donald Hathaway Clark Photograph Collection, 1884-1960
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Clark, Donald Hathaway, 1890-1965
- Title
- Donald Hathaway Clark Photograph Collection
- Dates
- 1884-1960 (inclusive)18841960
- Quantity
- 736 photographs, 11 negatives, 1 phonodisc (3 boxes)
- Collection Number
- PH2004-078
- Summary
- Images of forestry related activities originally belonging to Donald H. Clark, Ph.D in Forestry
- 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
No restrictions on access. However, the phonodisc in box 3 is not playable due to preservation concerns. Contact Special Collection for more information.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Donald Hathaway Clark was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 5, 1890 to John Henry and Catherine (Little) Clark. He moved to Oregon at the age of eighteen, then to Seattle where he received his B.S. degree (1916), M.S.F degree (1917), and Ph.D. degree (1952) in Forestry from the University of Washington. Clark married Mildred Margaret Taylor on June 20, 1921 and settled in Lawtonwood, Washington until his death on June 18, 1965.
Donald Clark began his career as secretary and manager of the Red Cedar Shingle Assocation (1919-1923), then left to become the owner and manager of Cascade Cedar Co. between 1923 and 1936. Clark was the sales manager for Colonial Cedar Co. from 1936 to 1942, at which point he left for service as a Captain in Air Combat Intelligence in the Pacific theatre of operations during World War Two. When he returned, he took a position at the University of Washington as a research associate working with forest products in the College of Forestry from 1945 until 1953. He then served as director of the Institute of Forest Products until he retired from the University in October 1960.
Donald Clark authored numerous magazine and newpaper articles, as well as published books, such as Eighteen Men and a Horse(1949) and As We Look Back(1952) during his career. After his retirement, he continued to research in the field of forest products as a consultant to the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau and secretary and manager of the Northwest Hardwood Association. As a result of his writings and influence, the industry became aware of the potential commercial uses of native hardwood timber, such as the native Red Alder, and the leaders in the hardwoods industry decided to form the Northwest Hardwood Association. Clark also continued to lecture throughout the Pacific Northwest on ghost towns, Washington place names, and canon hunting, as well as serving a member in the Washington State Historical Society, Forest History Society, and dozens of other local and regional organizations.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Images depicting early logging techniques, camps, lumber mills, machinery, and modes of transportation throughout Washington State and the Pacific Northwest. Includes a number of images taken by Darius and Clark Kinsey, many of which feature group and individual photographs of loggers in company camps and working in the forests. Also includes images of early College of Forestry students and buildings at the University of Washington and scientific studies concerned with native hardwoods, such as the Red Alder, and sawdust compost. Includes a phonodics recording of the "Return of the Frozen Logger."
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Forest StuffReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Forest
Stuff Sixteen black and white prints of early logging efforts in
Washington State, including several photographs taken by Kinsey & Kinsey in
1896 of some of the largest trees ever felled in the industry.
|
1896-1937 |
Logging - Early NorthwestReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/2-1/3 | Logging - Early
Northwest One hundred twenty-two black and white prints and four negatives
depicting early logging camps, workers, lumber mills, machinery, spar trees,
and transportation throughout Washington State. Also includes several
photographs taken by the Kinsey brothers and early examples of bulls used to
aid loggers. Many of the images were originally found in an Oscar Wirkkala
album.
|
1884-1948 |
Alder PhotosReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/4 | Alder
Photos Eighty-six black and white prints featuring the logging,
shipping, and academic study of red alder stands and logs. Also includes
advertisements for their commercial uses in the construction of home and office
furniture and images of processes employed by the Weyehaeuser Timber Company in
the preparation of red alders for industrial applications at their plywood
plant in Longview, Washington.
|
1910-1958 |
ArrastrasReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/5 | Arrastras Six black and white prints and one negative of different
arrastras found in Baker, Oregon; Rathdrum and Dixie, Idaho; and Illinois. Also
includes reproductions of drawings depicting early rastras found in Mexico.
|
1947 |
College of ForestryReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/6 | College of
Forestry Thirty black and white prints and two negatives featuring
students enrolled in the University of Washington's College of Forestry. Also
includes images of various academic buildings that housed the College over the
years and a list of identifications for sixty photographs.
|
1912-1959 |
Forestry PhotosReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/7 | Forestry
Photos Seventy-six black and white prints depicting early logging camps
and workers harvesting trees. Also includes images of transportion via trains
and trucks to sawmill ponds and workers involved in various stages of
processing lumber at sawmills.
|
1897-1960 |
Logging - Timber #1Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/1 | Logging - Timber
#1 Thirty-three black and white prints detailing early logging
camps, equipment, and transportation via teams of bulls. Also includes examples
an early skid row and Benson rafts used to ship fallen timber down rivers.
Includes several photographs taken by Darius Kinsey.
|
1896-1950 |
Logging - Timber #2Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/2 | Logging - Timber
#2 Thirty black and white prints of early logging camps, equipment,
and transportation via teams of bulls and horses. Includes images of the early
single-drum donkey engine, Benson rafts, and skid rows. Includes photographs
taken by the Kinsey brothers.
|
1890-1925 |
Logging Camps - Old and NewReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/3 | Logging Camps -
Old and New Seven black and white prints of communities and camps
established by logging companies for housing workers. Also includes images of
bunkhouses and other building being transported from site to site via temporary
railroad tracks.
|
1905-ca. 1950's |
Historical Logging - Ox Team, Ox ShoesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/4 | Historical
Logging - Ox Team, Ox Shoes Two black and white prints of teams of oxen transporting lumber
and shoes used to protect their feet.
|
1896 |
OregonReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/5 | Oregon Two black and white prints of the Three Pines Timber Company
mill at Mountain, Oregon and the eleven-mile lumber flume between Mountain and
the Southern Pacific at Three Pines, Oregon.
|
1910-1911 |
Plywood VeneerReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/6 | Plywood
Veneer One black and white print featuring machinery used to peel 2nd
grade veneer from lumber.
|
1950 |
Pulp-Pulpwood Chips Paper MillsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/7 | Pulp-Pulpwood
Chips Paper Mills Thirty-three black and white prints and four negatives detailing
the various stages of pulp and pulpwood chip processing at the various
divisions of Rayonier Incorporated and other commercial sites located
throughout Washington State.
|
undated |
Sawmilling - Early NorthwestReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/8 | Sawmilling -
Early Northwest Thirty-seven black and white prints featuring an early example
of water-powered sawmills and more contemporary images of loading docks and
mills in Skykomish and Bellingham, Washington.
|
1888-1951 |
Sawdust CompostReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/9 | Sawdust
Compost Fifty-three black and white prints and four color prints of
composted piles of sawdust and studies of the effects of adding waste bark and
sawdust to forest soils on tree growth conducted by Dr. Stanley P. Gessel.
|
1957-1958 |
Shakes (Recent)Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/10 | Shakes
(Recent) Fifty black and white prints of the various means of cutting
cedar shakes used for siding and roofing materials, by both hand and
machinery.
|
1954 |
Splash Dams #1Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/11 | Splash Dams
#1 Four black and white prints detailing early splash dams at Gray
River, North River, and an unidentified location.
|
1904 |
Splash Dams #2Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/12 | Splash Dams
#2 Thirty-five black and white prints of Hobi splash dams found on
the North River.
|
1904 |
World Forestry CongressReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/13 | World Forestry
Congress Twenty black and white prints depicting various educational
exhibits and vendor stands at the Fifth World Forestry Congress held in
Seattle, Washington between August 29 and September 10, 1960.
|
1960 |
ScrapbookReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 3 | Lumber, Logging,
and Timber Eighty-nine black and white prints of early logging operations
across Washington State, such as the Bloedel-Donovan camp in Skykomish and
lumber mills in Bellingham. A majority of the images were taken by Darius
Kinsey and feature individual and group photos of logging workers in camps and
working in the forests. Also includes images of forests, logging operations,
and transportation in Europe.
|
1898-1929 |
Sound RecordingReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 3 | Return of the
Frozen Logger One 33 1/3 rpm phonodisc recording of "Return of the Frozen
Logger" by Uncle Jim Stevens.
|
1959 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
