Kimball Guide to the Jackson F. Kimball Collection 1910-1945 Kimball (Jackson F.) Collection Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Oregon State University Archives 2000
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Encoded by ArchProteus and Erin Whitesel-Jones 2004 Finding aid written in English Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Research Center
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Consult repository. Kimball, Jackson F., ca. 1874-1944 Jackson F. Kimball Collection 1910-1945 4.1 cubic feet The Kimball Collection documents Jackson F. Kimball's work as a timber agent in Oregon, especially in the Klamath Falls area. Materials in English. Biographical Note:

Jackson F. Kimball was probably born about 1874 in Maine, the state in which he grew up. He studied medicine and law in college, but left to become a timber cruiser. He ultimately moved west, staying briefly in Roseburg, Oregon, and then moving to Klamath Falls. In 1905 Kimball began working for the Weyerhauser Timber Company. He devised the company's policy pertaining to the leasing of its holdings for grazing purposes. Kimball worked for Weyerhauser until his death in 1944. In 1908 Kimball became associated with the Klamath/Lake Counties Forest Fire Association, later the Klamath Forest Protective Association. He was also interested in control of the Western Pine Beetle, a major pest in the forests of the Klamath region.

Kimball's timber work was not limited to Weyerhauser. He acted as agent/broker for the Day Brothers Lumber Company, the C.C. Yawkey Lumber Company (Yawkey was the owner of the Boston Red Sox), the Alexander-Yawkey Lumber Company (for whom he was an officer), several smaller timber/lumber and real estate interests, and individuals. Kimball was a shareholder and trustee of the American National Bank of Klamath Falls. From 1930-1940 he was the Klamath County chair for the Citizens' Military Training Camp. He spent considerable time in Salem lobbying the Oregon Legislature for timber and lumber industry-related legislation. Kimball died at his home in Klamath Falls on May 21, 1944. (Most of the above information is from Harry J. Drew's Weyerhauser Company: A History of People, Land and Growth, 1979.)

Series one documents the agent/broker work that Kimball did in the Klamath Falls area for major lumber companies other than Weyerhauser Timber Company, his primary employer. These included Day Brothers Lumber Company, C.C. Yawkey Lumber Company, and Alexander-Yawkey Lumber Company. The Alexander-Yawkey Lumber Company files document its start in 1937 and its early operations near Prineville. Series two documents Kimball's agent/broker work for smaller lumber companies and individuals.

Series three consists of personal and work-related correspondence with individuals and organizations. Series four documents some of Kimball's professional activities involving lumber and timber organizations and his role in shaping state and federal legislation affecting the timber and lumber industries. Series five pertains to Kimball's personal investments and tax matters involving his interests. Series six includes photographs separated from the collection's files.

Collection is arranged into six series: I. Lumber Company Files; II. Sales, Contracts, Leases & Trustee Files; III. General correspondence; IV. Professional Activities; V. Financial Records; and VI. Photographs. Most series are arranged alphabetically by subseries and then chronologically.

Jackson F. Kimball Papers, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Much of Kimball's correspondence with the Weyerhauser Timber Company can be found at the corporation's archives in Tacoma, Washington.

 Long, George S., 1853-1930. Alexander, Ben, 1894-1944. Daggett, J. F. Day, R. N. Gilham, C. L. Hovey, Chester L. Long, George S., 1853-1930. McCullough, Matthew P. Monaghan, J. L. Yawkey, Cyrus Carpenter, 1862-1943. Alexander-Yawkey Lumber Company (Prineville, Or.) Brown & Brown, Inc. (Portland, Or.) Day Brothers Lumber Company (New Orleans, La.) Klamath Forest Protective Association. Klamath Indian Reservation (Or.) Pelican Bay Lumber Company (Klamath Falls, Or.) Weyerhauser Timber Company. C.C. Yawkey Lumber Company (Madison, Wis.) Klamath Falls (Or.) Forest fires--Oregon--Prevention and control. Forest landowners--Oregon. Forest products industry--Oregon. Logging--Oregon. Lumber--Law and legislation--Oregon. Lumber--Law and legislation--United States. Lumber trade--Oregon. Lumbering--Oregon. Timber--Oregon. Timber--Law and legislation--Oregon. Timber--Law and legislation--United States. Photographs. Oregon Photographs Forestry and Forest Products Logging Native Americans Series I Lumber Company Files 1910-1945 Day Brothers Lumber Company 1 General correspondence 1 1910-1945 1 C.L. Gilham (Portland office) answers 1911-1919 1 Benton County tract 1929-1943 1 R.A. Booth 1927-1928; 1936 1 Crescent block - Deschutes Lumber Co. & Wheeler 1941-1942 1 Elliott Mill Co. & Gales Creek Logging Co. (section 14-17-2, Lane Co.) 1939-1944 1 Elliott Mill Co. & South Fork Logging Co. (section 26-16-4, Lane Co.) 1938-1940 1 Ewauna Box Company: section 6-38-15 & 16 1939-1940 1 Ewauna Box Company: various sections 1928-1942 1 Fir tract 1929-1942 1 Glendale 1929-1930 1 Green/Day to Giustina Bros. Lumber Company 1941-1943 1 Day - Hovey - Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. 1927-1937 1 Ivory Pine Co. 1938-1939 1 Kalpine Plywood Co. 1942-1943 2 W.H. Leehman grazing lease (Ewana range) 1932-1944 2 G.C. Lorenz sale 2 1929-1945 2 Fall 1942 2 McCartie, Jerry 1935-1939 2 Pelican Bay Lumber Co. 2 Correspondence 1924-1934 2 Sale of lands 1937-1940 2 Option contracts 1926-1933 2 South Fork Logging Co. (section 9-16-6, Lane Co.) 1940-1941 2 Telford-Reed Lumber Co. 1927-1929 2 Scale on salvage operations (exchange with Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.) 1933-1934 2 Timber values 1928-1929 C.C. Yawkey Lumber Co. 2 General correspondence 1924-1944 2 Blowdown 1922-1924 2 Algoma Lumber Co. 1937-1943 3 Wheeler-Olmstead Co. right-of-way 1926 3 Dallas - California Highway right-of-way 1924 & 1937-1943 3 Wood sales 1937-1943 3 State Industrial Accident Commission 1937-1944 3 Tax file (condemnation - right-of-way proceeding) 1941-1942 Alexander-Yawkey Lumber Co. 3 General correspondence 1937-1944 3 Clippings 1936-1937 Day Brothers Lumber Company * Day-Hovey-Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., plat grids * Ewana Box Co., plat of sale (section 6-38-15 & 16) 1939 C.C. Yawkey Lumber Co. * Map of Crater Lake district (from 1933-35 general correspondence) * Map showing railroad survey into Wheeler Olmstead timber (from Wheeler-Olmstead Co. right-of-way) 1926 Alexander-Yawkey Lumber Co. * Map of Prineville Municipal Railroad industrial spur (from 1937 general correspondence) * Map of Ochoco Heights subdivision, Prineville, Oregon (from Oct. 1938 general correspondence) Series II Sales, Contracts, Leases, & Trustee Files 1922-1944 3 Blocklinger Hill 1930 3 Buzard, R.T. (Buzard-Burkhart Pine Company) 1941-1943 3 Crater Lake Lumber Co. 1930-1937 3 Davis, A.J. sale to Loe Brothers 1930 3 Dineen, Elizabeth & Emma McConathy 3 General correspondence 1926-1943 3 Linn County lands 1931-1941 3 Sale to Henry Sause, Jr. 1941 3 Fruit Growers Supply Company 1929-1935 3 Gardinier, Frank 1931 3 Gilbert, Wells 1932-1935 3 Groat, Rose 1923-1928 3 Hanson Ranch (J. Fred Hanson) 1929-1931 3 Hovey, Chester L. & Richard R. 3 General correspondence 1922-1928 3 Dineen-McConathy sales 1926-1935 3 Kimball, Cummings & Withrow, Inc., general correspondence 1922-1930 3 Klamath Indian Reservation 3 Timber sales 1927-1937 3 Pine beetle 1927 4 Lindsay, Edwin B. (Trustee)-Big Lakes Box Co. 1941-1943 4 Lorenz Lumber Co.-Crater Lake sale 1930-1945 4 Lynch & Sullivan (grazing leases) 1939-1944 4 Shumway, Jack (grazing leases with Weyerhaeuser, Day Bros., and Soper Lumber Companies) 1934-1942 4 Steiger, J.J. 1922-1928 4 U.S. National Bank-Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. sale 1932 4 Ward, M.J. (grazing lease) 1928 4 Webber, George C. 1935-1944 4 Wheeler, William 1931 4 Wilshire, W.E. (grazing leases) 1934-1940 4 Winnard, N.E. 1927-1930 4 Wolf Creek Timber Co. 1931 4 Real estate contracts 1926-1937 4 Lands for sale 1933-1936 4 Loggers and logging information, Klamath District 1930-1931 & undated 4 Scrip 1931-1937 * Map of Whiskey Creek Unit (from Crater Lake Lumber Co.) ca. 1936 * Map of Trinity National Forest, California (from U.S. National Bank-Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. sale, 1932) 1930 * Map of Township 33, South Range 7, Klamath Co.? (from Scrip file) Series III General Correspondence 1925-1944 4 Personal correspondence 1929-1938 4 Miscellaneous correspondence 1920-1921, 1927-1928 and 1935-1944 4 Books and magazines 1925-1942 4 Christmas card lists 1926-1937 4 Citizens' Military Training Camp (Klamath County chair) 1930-1940 4 Cummings, K.G. 1941-1943 4 Daggett, J.F. "Junior" 1936-1940 4 Flynn, E.F. 1927 4 Hulet, Charles C. 1931 4 Jewett, C.F. 1935 4 Monaghan, J.L. 1936 4 Wing, E.V. 1934-1943 Series IV Professional Activities 1928-1938 4 Klamath Indian Forest Bill 1929-1930 4 National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Inc. 1929-1932 4 National Recovery Administration re: lumber and timber products industries 1933-1934 4 Oregon timber organizations legislative program 1938 4 U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Western Dvisional Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii 1928 4 Christopher Columbus essay (unattributed) undated Series V Financial Records 1927-1945 4 Investments 4 American National Bank (Klamath Falls) 1933-1936 4 California Oregon Power Company 1927-1930 4 Universal Bond & Mortgage Corporation 1930-1940 4 Kimball, Cummings & Withrow (real estate), tax information 1931-1936 4 Income tax matters (J.F. Kimball) 1930-1945 4 Social Security & State Unemployment Insurance 1937-1944 4 Insurance (personal) 1928-1930 4 Accident, J.F. Kimball 1939 4 Heating oil contracts 1927-ca. 1942 Series VI Photographs 5 Dineen home, Cloverdale, CA 1928 5 Cloverdale Fair ca. 1920s 3 views 5 Unidentified man & dog (from Yawkey Lumber Co. - Algoma Lumber Co., 1939, file) 5 Unidentified military officer (from Citizens' Military Training Camp file)