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OREp319.xml Guide to the Gerald W. Williams Lantern Slides Collection circa 1900s-1930s Williams (Gerald W.) Lantern Slides Collection Finding Aid Authors: Anna Brecheisen and Elizabeth Nielsen. Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center 2016

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This finding aid was encoded in EAD by Archon 3.21 from an SQL database source on August 22nd, 2016. Encoding was modified by Elizabeth Nielsen for Archives West compliance. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). Williams, Gerald W. Gerald W. Williams Lantern Slides Collection circa 1900s-1930s P 319 0.30 cubic feet, including 184 lantern slides 3 boxes Materials in English. Special Collections and Archives Research Center

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The Gerald W. Williams Lantern Slides Collection consists of lantern slides assembled and acquired by Williams in the course of his work as a Forest Service sociologist and historian and due to his avocational interest in the history of forestry and the Pacific Northwest region. The slides depict forests and forest operations; landscapes and scenery; and birds, wildlife, and plants. The collection includes advertisements for local businesses in the McKenzie River area. Gerald Williams worked for the U.S. Forest Service from 1979 to 2005 as a sociologist (1979-1998) and historian (1998-2005). Biographical Note:

Gerald W. Williams worked for the U.S. Forest Service from 1979 until his retirement in 2005. From 1979 to 1993, he was a sociologist with the Umpqua and Willamette National Forests in Oregon; in 1993-1998, he served as the regional sociologist for the Pacific Northwest Regional Office in Portland; and from 1998 until his retirement in 2005 he was the national historian for the U.S. Forest Service in Washington, D.C. Williams designed and implemented a regional and national history program for the Forest Service which culminated in his appointment as national historian and his authorship of the centennial history of the Forest Service, The USDA Forest Service -- The First Century, in 2000. He has published more than 75 books, chapters, book reviews, and articles and conference papers exploring a variety of historical topics such as the Native American use of fire to manage environments, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the U.S. Army's Spruce Production Division during World War I.

Williams is a native of Oregon and earned degrees from Southern Oregon University (B.A., Sociology; M.A. General Studies Social Science) and Washington State University (Ph.D., Sociology).

Bohlman, Herman. Prentiss, A. M. (Arthur M.) Kansas City Slide Co. Keystone View Company. Underwood & Underwood. United States. Forest Service. Weister Company. Lantern slides. Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.) Hood, Mount (Or.) McKenzie River (Or.) Birds--Oregon. Forests and forestry--Northwest, Pacific. Logging--Northwest, Pacific. Salmon--Northwest, Pacific. Oregon Photographs Advertising and Marketing Forestry and Forest Products Fisheries and Wildlife Logging

These materials were acquired by the former University Archives and the Special Collections and Archives Research Center in multiple accessions in 2007-2016. They were originally described as a component of the Gerald W. Williams Collection (MSS WilliamsG) and were separated for description as this collection in 2016.

Collection is open for research. Five lantern slides are damaged or in poor condition and have limited researcher access. These items have been digitized and are availalble online.

Gerald W. Williams Lantern Slides Collection (P 319), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

The core of Gerald Williams' research materials are maintained as the Gerald W. Williams Papers (MSS WilliamsG). Other materials that were collected by Williams have been described as separate collections: Gerald W. Williams Collection of Forestry and Northwest History Publications (MSS WilliamsPubs); Gerald W. Williams Collection on the Civilian Conservation Corps (MSS CCC); Gerald W. Williams Moving Image and Sound Recordings Collection (FV 320); Gerald W. Williams Collection on Smokey Bear (MSS Smokey); Gerald W. Wiliams Prints Collection (MSS WilliamsPrints); Jason S. Elder Forest Service Diary (MSS Elder); C.C. Hall Photograph Album (P 301); J.F. Ford Photographs (P 308); Forest Service Equipment Development Center Photograph Album (P 311); Mount Hood Area Excursion Photograph Album (P 310); and Frank Patterson Photographic Postcards (P 312). The Herman T. Bohlman Photographs (P 202) includes other images made by Bohlman. The Special Collections and Archives Research Center houses many collections that include lantern slides.

The Gerald W. Williams Lantern Slides Collection is arranged in 6 series: 1. Forest Operations and Trees, circa 1900s-1930s; 2. Landscapes and Scenery, circa 1900s-1930s; 3. Wildlife, Plants, and Flowers, circa 1900s-1930s; 4. Advertisements for McKenzie River Area Local Businesses, circa 1920s-1930s; 5. American Military, Government, and War Propaganda, circa 1900s-1930s; and 6. Diagrams, Illustrations, and People, circa 1900s-1930s.

The Gerald W. Williams Lantern Slides Collection consists of lantern slides assembled and acquired by Williams in the course of his work as a Forest Service sociologist and historian and due to his avocational interest in the history of foresty and the Pacific Northwest region. The slides depict forests and forest operations; landscapes and scenery; birds, wildlife, and plants; and salmon fishing. Many of the images are of Oregon landmarks, including the Columbia River Gorge, Crater Lake, and Mount Hood. Of particular note are a set of lantern slides advertising local businesses in the McKenzie River area. All of the images are undated; an approximate date range for the collection was assigned based on the time period when the creation and use of lantern slides was most prevalent.

Many of the slides are in color. Five of the items are damaged or in poor condition and have been segregated from the builk of the collection. These items have been digitized and are available online.

The collection includes lantern slides by many photographers and producers including the U.S. Forest Service, the Keystone View Company, Arthur M. Prentiss, Underwood and Underwood, Weister Co., Herman T. Bohlman, and the Kansas City Slide Company.

Series 1 Forest Operations and Trees circa 1900s-1930s

Series 1 consists of 29 lantern slides depicting trees, forests, logging, and milling operations.

1.01 Splash Dam Middle Fork of Little River

Slide number: 14039

1.02 Cutting Small Branches From Fell Spruce

Photographer: Bickmore. Slide number: 5524

1.03 Fir Reproduction from Old Cuttings

Slide number: 59461

1.04 Art Blakely Saw Mill

Photographer: Pinchot. Slide number: 936

1.05 Hauling Logs by Mule Team

Photographer: Block. Slide number: 40093

1.06 Clearing in Potato Field. 5 Miles Below Hot Springs

Slide number: 831

1.07 General Forest

Photographer: Lindsey. Slide number: 12336

1.08 Defective Old Chestnut, in Chestnut Coppice

Photographer: Foley. Slide number: 20310

1.09 Logging Equipment in the Forest

Slide number: 1386

1.10 Monterey Cypress; Man near an Orchard

Photographer: Gaskill. Slide number: 4832

1.11 In a Virgin Douglas Fir Forest

Source: U.S. Forest Service. Slide number: 95451

1.12 Yellow Pine

Slide number: 40019

1.13 Terror of 50 Year Old White Pine Nation

Photographer: Kempton. Slide number: 35798

1.14 Hauling Logs by Steel Cable

Photographer: Plummer. Slide number: 27594

1.15 Great Trees in the Northwest, Showing a Method of Felling

Source: Keystone View Company. Slide number: 29234

1.16 Regulation Ax

Photographer: Pinchot. Slide number: 33794

1.17 A Forest Destroyed by Fire in Three hours

Source: Keystone View Company. Slide number: 22198

1.18 Successful Seed Felling in India; Longleaf Pine Forest

Photographer: Cleadow. Slide number: 8353

1.19 Tree Generations of Chestnut

Photographer: Zon. Slide number: 28975

1.20 Tulip Tree Sprouts

Photographer: Foley. Slide number: 20312

1.21 Lodgepole Pines 1.22 Tulip Tree 54" On Stump

Slide number: 1319

1.23 Mill of the Union Lumber Company

Photographer: Fisher. Slide number: 4187

1.24 Tulip-Poplar Peeled for Pulp 1.25 Western Hemlock Roots on Fallen Douglas Spruce Exposed by Fire 1.26 Sugar Pine 3.01 Young Mandan Belt (6 Years Old); Irrigated Garden Keeps Dust Out of the House on Farm of M.J. Campbell

Source: U.S. Forest Service

Location: Denton, Montana. Slide number: 291045. Notes: Slide is cracked. Image is available online.

3.02 Rolling a Log onto the Timber Slide

Slide number: 2026. Note: Slide is cracked. Image is available online.

3.03 Forest Ranger and his Family

Location: Northern California

Slide number: 31. Note: Slide is cracked. Image is availableonline.

Series 2 Landscapes and Scenery circa 1900s-1930s

Series 2 consists of 56 lantern slides depicting landscapes and scenery. Many of the images are of Oregon landmarks including the Columbia River Gorge, Mount Hood, and Crater Lake.

1.27 The Pinnacles (200 ft.)

Perhaps at Crater Lake.

1.28 "Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste" statue in Washington Park

Location: Portland, Oregon

1.29 "Coming of the White Man" statue in Washington Park

Location: Portland, Oregon

1.30 Riding Trail

Photographer: Arthur M. Prentiss

Slide number: 32973

1.31 Roundabout by the Beach 1.32 Aerial View of a City 1.33 River Scene 1.34 River Scene 1.35 River Scene 1.36 Herd of Sheep 1.37 Herd of Sheep 1.38 Bridal Veil Falls 1.39 Yellow Pine

Location: Central Oregon

1.40 Wau-kee-na Falls 1.41 Looking up River from Crown Point 1.42 Tumwater Falls at Celilo 1.43 Heron Rookery toward Linnton Skyline Road 1.44 A Perfect Reflection

Location: Crater Lake

1.45 Andesite Zigzag Mountains 1.46 Mount Hood near Phlox Point 1.47 Mount Hood 1.48 Three Arch Rocks

Location: Oceanside, Oregon

1.49 Multnomah Falls (670 ft. and 80 ft.)

Slide number: 12

1.50 River Scene 1.51 Highway - Castle Rock in Distance

Slide number: 20

1.52 St. Peters Dome 1.53 Mt. Hood at a Distance 1.54 Basaltic Column

Slide number: 8

1.55 Sheperd's Dell 1.56 Sunset on the Columbia River 1.57 Icicles over 100 Feet at Multnomah Falls 1.58 Andesite Zig Zag Mountains 1.59 Phlox at Mt. Hood 1.60 Multnomah Falls 1.61 Cascade Locks

Slide number: 13

1.62 Horsetail Falls 1.63 McKenzie River Highway 1920s 1.64 Sheep Grazing on Point of Ridge, Lower Portion of Rincon la Josa National Forest

Source: U.S. Forest Service. Slide number: 910828.

1.65 Yucca mohavensis

Source: U.S. Forest Service. Location: Kingman, Arizona. Slide number: 392562.

1.66 Entrance to the Sacramento Municipal Camp Ground at Sayles Flat, El Dorado National Forest

Source: School of Forestry, Moscow, Idaho. Slide number: 158146

1.67 Petrified Forest

Publisher: Underwood & Underwood, N.Y. Location: Arizona. Slide number: 6148.

1.68 The Natural Bridge

Publisher: Underwood & Underwood. Location: Rockbridge, Co. Slide number: 5656.

1.69 Marshall Pass (10,856 ft.) Continental Divide

Publisher: Underwood & Underwood. Location: SE to Mt. Antero, Colorado. Slide number: 10631.

1.70 Sunset at Lake St, Mary in Glacier National Park 1.71 Beaver Dam in Estes Park, Colorado 1.72 Cottages at Municipal Camp, Land Leased by the City of Los Angeles from the Forest Service

Source: U.S. Forest Service. Location: Angeles National Forest. Slide number: 33376A.

1.73 Mountain 1.74 Forest Scene 1.75 Forest Scene 1.76 Cactus Scene 1.77 Mountains

Publisher: Riley Optical Inst. Co. Inc. Location: British Columbia, Canada. Slide number: 14647.

1.78 Farm Equipment being Pulled by Horses

Slide number: 31

1.79 Logs Loaded onto Railroad Cars

Slide number: 11

1.80 Seining Chinook Salmon

Publisher: Underwood & Underwood. Location: Columbia River, Oregon. Slide number: 6236.

3.04 Thumb Needle Basaltic Column

Perhaps in the Columbia River Gorge. Note: Cracked slide. Image is available online.

3.05 Mt. Adams from Mt. Rainier

Publisher: Putnam and Valentine Photo. Note: Cracked slide. Image is available online.

Series 3 Wildlife, Plants, and Flowers circa 1900s-1930s

Series 3 consists of 45 lantern slides of birds, plants and wildlife. Several of the bird photographs were taken at Malheur or Klamath. Also of note are several images made by Herman T. Bohlman. This series also includes portrait photographs of naturalists and group photographs of individuals on nature trips.

1.81 Black Crowned Night Heron

Publisher: Weister Co.Slide Number: 54.

1.82 Forster's Tern

Slide number: 30

1.83 Blue Heron

Slide number: 53

1.84 Pelican

Slide number: 78

1.85 Blue Heron

Slide number: 52

1.86 Pelicans

Slide number: 80

1.87 Red-tailed Hawk

Photographer: H.T. Bohlman

1.88 Caspain Tern

Photographer; H.T. Bohlman. Slide number: 74.

1.89 Unidentified Black and White Bird

Slide number: 34

1.90 Seagull

Slide number: 60

1.91 Cormorant

Slide number: 33

1.92 Western Grebe

Slide number: 60

1.93 Pelican

Slide number: 93

1.94 White Faced Ibis

Slide number: 48

1.95 Frog and Dead Bird 2.01 Unidentified Birds 2.02 Unidentified Bird 2.03 California Kingsnake 2.04 Scenery with Small Unidentified Birds in Foreground 2.05 Kingsnake 2.06 Hawk 2.07 Unidentified Bird 2.08 California Kingsnake 2.09 Kingsnake 2.10 Frog and Dead Bird 2.11 Ruffled Grouse

Source: U.S. Forest Service. Location: Northwestern Admiralty Island, Alaska. Slide number: 393363.

2.12 Mearns Quail near Fresco River

Source: U.S. Forest Service. Slide number: 26312A.

2.13 Quail on a Nest

Source: U.S. Forest Service. Location: Essex, Iowa. Slide number: X225.

2.14 Young Girl Holding Snakes 2.15 Unidentified Wild Cat 2.16 Unidentified Wild Cat 2.17 Young Girl Holding Snakes 2.18 Ducks on a Beach 2.19 Dr. Louis F. Henderson Portrait 2.20 Dr. Louis F. Henderson Portrait 2.21 Dr. Menzies Portrait 2.22 Dr. Menzies Portrait 2.23 Group Photo Outdoors 2.24 Audubon Headquarters 2.25 William S. Raker and Martin Gorman, Botanist 2.26 Oregon Audubon Flower Trip 2.27 Unnamed Plants and Berries 2.28 Rydberg Clover. Trifolium rydberg

Source: U.S. Forest Service. Slide number: X408.

2.29 Unnamed Flowering Plant

Photographer: Sowell-Simon Studio

2.30 Unnamed Flowering Plant

Photographer: Sowell-Simon Studio

Series 4 Advertisements for McKenzie River Area Local Businesses circa 1920s-1930s

Series 4 consists of advertisements published by the Kansas City Slide Co. These were stock slides that had been customized for local businesses and were likely used during intermissions at movie theaters. The series includes 26 lantern slides.

2.31 Advertisement for L.A. Romberg Plumbing

Location: McKenzie Bridge

2.32 Advertisement for Blue McKenzie Lodge 2.33 Advertisement for Riverview Lodge

Location: McKenzie

2.34 Advertisement for Lauer's McKenzie Bridge 2.35 Advertisement for Bob's Cabinet Shop

Location: Leaburg, Oregon

2.36 Advertisement for Tommy's Gateway Service

Location: Blue River, Oregon

2.37 Advertisement for Reg. & Faye Taylor Proprietors 2.38 Advertisement for Phil's Phine Phoods 2.39 Advertisement for J. C. Wycoff Garage 2.40 Advertisement for Bob's Cabinet Shop

Location: Leaburg, Oregon

2.41 Advertisement for Helen's Hobby Hut 2.42 Advertisement for W & S Fuel Co. 2.43 Advertisement for Lucille's Shell Work

Location: Vida, Oregon

2.44 Advertisement for Bob Richardson Cabinet Work

Location: McKenzie Bridge, Oregon

2.45 Advertisement for Osborn's Lockers

Location: Vida, Oregon

2.46 Advertisement for Frankys McKenzie Village Café

Location: Vida, Oregon

2.47 Advertisement for Glen H. Horne Fire Insurance

Location: Blue River, Oregon

2.48 Advertisement for Osborn's Food Lockers

Location: Vida, Oregon

2.49 Advertisement for Blue River Theatre 2.50 Advertisement for Leaburg Cafe 2.51 Advertisement for Cascade Resort 2.52 Advertisement for Belknap Springs 2.53 Advertisement for Blue River Automotive and Machine Co. 2.54 Advertisement for Keller's Store

Location: Vida, Oregon

2.55 Advertisement for Blue River Body and Fender Shop 2.56 Advertisement for C.D. Sikes, Stainless Steel Dealer

Location: Finn Rock, Oregon

Series 5 American Military, Government, and War Propaganda circa 1900s-1930s

Series 5 consists of 15 lantern slides depicting landmark federal buildings in Washington, D.C.; war-time advertisements; and German ships.

2.57 Union Troops Returning

Source: Education Museum

2.58 U.S. Money Being Printed - Bureau of Engraving

Publisher: Underwood & Underwood. Location: Washington D.C. Slide number: 140-11146.

2.59 Congressional Library

Publisher: Keystone View Co. Factories. Location: Washington D.C. Slide number: 95.

2.60 White House 2.61 Supreme Court Room

Location: Washington D.C. Slide number: 89.

2.62 Advertisement for War Stamps 2.63 Capitol Senate Chamber

Publisher: Keystone View Co. Factories. Location: Washington D.C.

2.64 U.S. Food Administration Advertisement for Saving Food During Wartime

Publisher: Novelty Slide Co.

2.65 Snow for Water Supply - Belgica Antarctic Expedition

Publisher: Keystone View Co. Factories. Slide number: 344

2.66 Windward and Eric-Peary Expedition to Greenland 1901

Publisher: Keystone View Co. Factories. Slide number: 342.

2.67 German Ship 2.68 German Ship 2.69 German Ship 2.70 German Ship 2.71 German Ship Series 6 Diagrams, Illustrations, and People circa 1900s-1930s

Series 6 consists of 13 lantern slides of various topics that may have been used for teaching or entertainment. Of special note is an image of salmon fishing on Puget Sound.

2.72 Seal of the State of Oregon 2.73 YMCA Camp Group Photograph

Location: Detroit, Oregon

2.74 Article entitled "How the Horse Has Grown in 6 Million Years" 2.75 Slide with Bird Beak and Talon Types 2.76 Bird Diagram 2.77 Group of College Girls in Caverns

Source: U.S. Forest Service. L ocation: New Market, Virginia, on Highway U.S. No. 11. Slide number: 338756.