Harry Harrison Caldwell papers, 1943-1990

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Harry Harrison Caldwell, 1920-1990
Title
Harry Harrison Caldwell papers
Dates
1943-1990 (inclusive)
Quantity
6 cubic feet
Collection Number
MG 344, MG344 (collection)
Summary
Correspondence, reports, notes, minutes, and other papers relating to the Department of Geography at the University of Idaho, teaching, research in recreation and urban planning, consulting, and involvement with groups for the hearing impaired, particularly Self Help for Hard of Hearing Persons (SHHH). There is also a collection of slides taken on trips throughout the Northwest and around the world.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Harry Caldwell, professor of geography at the University of Idaho for 35 years, was born October 31, 1920, in Worcester, Massachusetts. He received his B.A and Ph.D degrees from Clark University in 1941 and 1951, and his M.A. from the University of Nebraska in 1946. He married Shirley Grossman in 1946; they had two children. During World War II he served for three years in the Army Air Corps Weather Service in Alaska and Canada.

He taught briefly at Nebraska Wesleyan and Texas A & M before coming to the University of Idaho as the first full time geographer in 1948. While at the university he served on a number of committees, including Faculty Council, the Borah Foundation Committee, Library Committee and Budget Liaison Committee. He also helped initiate programs in urban studies, the Freshman experimental year, the University Year in Action, the In-Service Training Committee, the MAT Social Studies program, and the Black studies program.

In addition to his teaching responsibilities he served as a consultant for the Stanford Research Institute in Thailand, the U.S. Air Force, the Board of Regents, and was a planning consultant for the cities of Lewiston, Kamiah, Orofino, and Post Falls.

He was president of the University of Idaho American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi, Northwest Science Association, and vice-president of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. He was also a charter member of the Idaho Academy of Science.

After suffering an almost total hearing loss in 1983 he decided to take an early retirement. He then became actively involved in helping hearing impaired individuals. He formed the Palouse area group of Shhh (Self Help for Hard of Hearing Persons, and at the Shhh national convention in 1989 was awarded the "Spirit of Shhh" award in recognition of his work. He also served on the Governor's Task Force for the Hearing Impaired and was instrumental in placing amplified listening devices in pay phones, governmental offices, and at the University of Idaho and Washington State University.

Caldwell died December 25, 1990 following a 5 year battle with cancer.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The papers of Harry Caldwell span the years 1941 to 1990, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1950 to 1985.

Included are materials reflecting his involvement with University of Idaho committees and the Geography Department, professional research and consulting activities, personal material including his work with Shhh, an organization for the hearing impaired, and a folder documenting the development of his cancer. The final series contains slides taken on trips throughout the Northwest and around the world.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

FOR PHOTOS Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID. FOR DOCUMENTS Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The papers were received over several years and were in no perceived order, therefore a series order was imposed during processing.

The first series reflects Caldwell's involvement in university affairs and contains minutes and reports of the various university committees on which he served, minutes of the meetings of the geography department as well as other departmental material, and notes used in his teaching.

The second series contains publications by Caldwell, reprints and photocopies of other articles concerning different aspects of geography, maps and research notes.

The professional activities series contains directories and convention programs for geographical societies, city planning activities in which he was involved as a consultant, and material relating to several workshops he gave.

The personal papers include correspondence, his official university curriculum vita and several self-evaluations, newspaper articles about him, theses of his graduate students, material concerning deafness, hearing devices, and a history of his hearing loss as well as a history of his cancer. The final series contains a group of slides taken on trips throughout the Northwest and around the world.

Most published material was removed from the collection and set aside for review; only items with notes were retained. Material in loose-leaf binders was removed to file folders, and the slides were transferred from metal storage boxes to archival slide storage pages. In this way the collection was reduced by 2 cubic feet.

Acquisition Information

The papers of Harry Caldwell were donated to the University of Idaho library by Dr. Caldwell and his wife Shirley between January 1987 and February 1991.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. University Related Activities, 1951-1983Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1
American Association of University Professors
8 items
1965-1978
1/2
Committees: Borah Foundation
11 items
1955-1973
1/3
Budget Liaison
15 items
1976-1979
1/4
Faculty Affairs
77 items
1981-1982
1/5
Freshman Experimental Program
3 items
1971
1/6
In-service Training
9 items
1957-1966
1/7
Land Use Planning
36 items
1974-1975
1/8
Social Science Coordinating Committee
7 items
1967-1974
1/9
University Curriculum Committee: Interdisciplinary Studies
14 items
1970-1978
1/10
Other committees and reports
29 items
1963-1977
1/11-12
Community Development Center: University Year in Action
44 items
1972-1978
1/13
University of Idaho consulting policy evolution
1 item
1978
1/14
Correspondence and letters of recommendation
130 items
1958-1983
1/15-21
Geography department files: memos, minutes, etc.
335 items
1958-1982
1/22
Teaching: Cultural geography
26 items
1966-1971
1/23
Earth science curriculum project
5 items
1968
1/24
Political geography
43 items
1965-1981
1/25
Proxemics, hidden dimensions
4 items
1960-1969
1/26
Recreational geography and the history of recreation
118 items
1951-1982
1/27
Urban geography lecture notes
5 items
undated
1/28
Urban studies, official papers
43 items
1968-1972

Series II. Research Material, 1949-1990Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/29-30
Research proposals and forms
58 items
1959-1979
1/31-32
Publications of Harry Caldwell
12 items
1949-1976
1/33
Asia material
31 items
1963-1975
1/34
Chinese culture
1 item
1937
1/35
College population study
13 items
1971
2/36
Conservation education
1 item
1949
2/37
Cultural geography
5 items
1970
2/38
Economic geography
6 items
1967-1971
2/39
Geography, General
10 items
1949-1980
2/40
Geography, Europe
3 items
1957-1960
2/41
Geography, Idaho
2 items
undated
2/42
Idaho history, culture, and population
12 items
1972
2/43
Idaho road network maps
9 items
1962-1972
2/44
Idaho skyway maps
3 items
1952-1962
2/45
Idaho state energy plan
1 item
1981
2/46
Idaho tomorrow
2 items
1974
2/47
Idaho will grow
1 item
1958
2/48
Irrigation
6 items
1945-1971
2/49
Lake Tahoe recreation planning seminar
4 items
1972
2/50
Man's role in changing the face of the earth
1 item
1955
2/51
Maps
4 items
1939-1963
2/52
Medical geography
1 item
1952
2/53
Moscow area, Idaho
1 item
1972
2/54
Planning and control manual
1 item
1958
2/55-57
Population problems
10 items
1956-1985
2/58
World population data sheets
5 items
1988-1990
2/59
Problems in the Idaho batholith
2 items
undated
2/60-61
Quality of life
6 items
1965-1978
2/62
Regional earth resources data application center
9 items
1972-1973
2/63
Tavern location study
15 items
1971-1975
2/64
Tourism
4 items
1934-1981
2/65
U.S. Board of Geographical Names, Idaho decisions
88 items
1934-1982
2/66
West Coast Airlines history
1 item
undated
2/67
Zimmerly Airline
1 item
1946
2/68
The Idaho Compass
1 item
1971
2/69
Day, Henry. "Mining highlights of the Coeur d'Alene district"
1 item
1963
2/70
Air Force Engineering & Service. Community information brochures
4 items
undated
2/71
Humphrey, David C. "Utilization of the middle fork of the Salmon River as a wild river..."
1 item
1969
2/72
Payne, Richard D. "An inventory of recreation home developments in Idaho"
1 item
1976
2/73
U.S. Geological survey. Mineral and water resources of Idaho
1964

Series III. Professional Activities, 1935-1986Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
2/74
Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
3 items
1935-1986
2/75
World Directory of Geographers
1 item
1952
2/76
Air Force study of productivity
21 items
1980-1981
2/77
Boise project planning reports and maps
40 items
1973-1974
3/78
Boise general plan study map
1 item
undated
3/79
Kamiah planning file
2 items
1958-1959
3/80
Latah County planning
4 items
1958
3/81
Lewiston comprehensive planning series
2 items
1976
3/82-83
Lewiston consulting, zoning, subdivision maps
11 items
1979
3/84
Moscow, Idaho. City planning
4 items
1956-1965
3/85-86
Post Falls planning file
6 items
1957-1958
3/87
Workshop: College of Idaho regional studies
8 items
1982
3/88
Workshop: Shoreline development of Lake Coeur d'Alene
3 items
1976
3/89
Title VIII workshops, Correspondence
10 items
1970-1971

Series IV. Personal, 1951-1990Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
3/90-93
Correspondence
144 items
1951-1989
3/94
Vita, self-evaluations, etc.
14 items
1975-1980
3/95
Articles about Harry Caldwell
3 items
1958-1984
3/96
Memorial service program
1 item
1990
3/97
Reel to reel tape recordings
4 items
undated
3/98
Photographs from the American Geographical Society transcontinental excursion of 1912
8 items
3/99
Brochure from Moscow, USSR
1 item
undated
3/100-106
Graduate student theses
7 items
1969-1976
3/107-110
Shhh (Self help for hard of hearing people), journal
45 items
1981-1989
4/111
Shhh Palouse group newsletter
47 items
1981-1989
4/112-113
Shhh conventions
2 items
1986, 1989
4/114
"Harry's hearing history, 1951-1953"
18 items
4/115-116
Hearing file
73 items
1984-1989
4/117
Supplemental hearing file (partial facial paralysis)
56 items
1982-1983
4/118
Assistive listening devices
8 items
1986
4/119
Hearing systems
35 items
1984-1986
4/120
Governors Task Force for Hearing Impaired Citizens
38 items
1988-1989
4/121
"The hurt that does not show"
1 item
1984
4/122
Stereo exercises for the eye
3 items
undated
4/123
"Harry's medical history on cancer"
12 items
1984-1989
4/124
Letters of condolence (photocopies)
2 items
1990-1991

Series V. Slides, 1951-1977Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
4/125
New York City, 1968; U.S. Steel, Pittsburgh; Mammoth Cave, Ky.; Plymouth Rock, 1957; Limestone quarry in northern Pennsylvania, 1955; Yellowstone Park
98 items
4/126
Glacier Park, 1967; Air views - Minneapolis to Ohio, 1968; Vermont, 1973; Oregon, 1953-1966; Colorado, 1963, 1968
120 items
4/127
Washington, 1959-1964; California, 1954-1964; Bellingham, 1962; Cheney, 1964; Marmes rock shelter, 1968; Pea viners, 1961
120 items
4/128
Seattle,1890s; Pacific marineland, 1958; Disneyland, 1964; British Columbia and Alberta, 1962-1965, Berkeley art show; Yosemite
98 items
4/129
South American trip
120 items
summer 1976
4/130
Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India
120 items
1967
5/131
India, Malaya, Singapore, Egypt
120 items
1967
5/132
Thailand, Sarawak, Brunei
120 items
1967
5/133
Sabah, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan
120 items
1967
5/134
Taiwan, Japan
120 items
1967
5/135
Holland, Belgium, France
120 items
1960-1971
5/136
France, Spain, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Norway
120 items
1960-1971
5/137
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Yugoslavia, Portugal, Soviet Union
120 items
1960-1971
5/138
Mexico
40 items
undated
5/139
Italy, Iran, Soviet Union
33 items
1967
5/140-143
Idaho scenes and other slides
493 items
1951-1977

Series VI: CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
6 144
University
29 items : Memos, enrollment correspondence, hiring, advising, alumni
1962-1989
6 145
Hearing/ Auditory Advocacy
7 items : Idaho Office on Aging, Self Help for Hard of Hearing, Idaho Governor
1984-1990
6 146
Air Force
31 items : Employment, qualification, event, travel,
1963-1981
6 147
Land/Geography
20 items : U.S. Forest Service, development, population, county
1960-1988
6 148
Personal
19 items : Family, church, illness, friends
1967-1990

Series VII: Photographs & MapsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
6 149
Idaho Landscape photographs
48 items : Bridges, forests, rivers, canyons
1950-1959
6 150
Harry Caldwell photographs
30 items : Portraits, event pictures
1943-1983
6 151
Maps
2 items : Dam map, wind map
1959-1969

Series VIII: Geography DepartmentReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
6 152
Curriculum 1 of 2
27 items : Course offerings, scheduling, study abroad, syllabus
1948-1977
6 153
Curriculum 2 of 2
31 items : Course offerings, scheduling, study abroad, syllabus
1948-1977
6 154
Student materials
20 items : B.S., minors and majors, graduate, doctoral
1952-1970
6 155
Budget
14 items : Staff hirings, teaching assistantships, salary
1958-1979
6 156
Professional
18 items : Awards, emeritus, CV, retirement
1953-1990

Series IX: PublicationsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
6 157
Hearing/Auditory Advocacy
16 items : Newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, commencements, journals, U.S. Forest Service, The Salmon
1982-1989
7 158
Geographic/Land Use
17 items : Newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets
1953-1983
7 159
Borah Symposium
60 items : Newspaper clippings
1974-1975
7 160
University
45 items : Newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, booklets
1959-1991
7 161
U.S. Air Force materials
8 items : Commencement booklet, invitation, quarterly newsletter
1976

Series X: Talks/LecturesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
7 162
Air Force
4 items : Soviet Union, Asia, Middle East
1958-1988
7 163
2: Social Science
56 items : Calendar exhibit materials, religion, America, racism, Asia, politics
1951-1988
7 164
Pacific Northwest
31 items : Counties, tourism, Idaho, Washington
1952-1974
7 165
Geography/Land
12 items : Planning, development, land use, discipline
1950-1970

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • City planning--Idaho
  • Geographers--Idaho--Records and correspondence
  • Hearing impaired
  • Land Use--Planning
  • Tourism--Idaho
  • United States. Air Force ROTC

Geographical Names

  • Northwest, Pacific--Pictorial works

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Caldwell, Harry H.--Archives.