Harry Harrison Caldwell papers

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)
19431990
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.

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