WAUBrownHaroldEDPHColl083.xml Guide to the Harold E.D. Brown Photograph Collection approximately 1920-1950 Brown (Harold E. D.) Photograph Collection Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2008 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)
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Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH0083 Brown, Harold E. D. (Harold Elbert Dempsey), 1895-1983 Harold E.D. Brown photograph collection approximately 1920-1950 74 photographic prints (1 box and 1 folder) ; sizes vary Collection materials are in English. Photographs of U.S. Forest Service forest rangers, lookout and ranger stations, logging, camping, mining and fishing scenes, Mt. Baker and vicinity, and the Timberline Lodge.

Harold Elbert Dempsey Brown, a longtime employee of the U.S. Forest Service, was born in Plessis, New York on March 31, 1895 to Ulysses E. Brown and Sarah Dempsey. During World War I, he served with the 2nd Battalion Canadian Machine Gun Corps of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, earning a Distinguished Conduct Medal. He began his career with the U.S. Forest Service in 1911, first working at the Deschutes National Forest in southern Oregon. Later, he worked in the Umpqua National Forest, also in southern Oregon. In 1931, he became the the first U.S. Forest Ranger to serve at the Koma Kulshan Ranger Station in the Mt. Baker Ranger District of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. In this position, he was directly responsible for the planning and supervision of all the buildings and activities, the work being done by Civilian Conservation Corps personnel.

On July 6, 1933, he married Miss Margaret H. Chapin in Concrete, Washington and they moved into the Koma Kulshan Ranger Station. He served as the U.S. Forest Ranger in the Koma Kulshan area until 1935, when he transferred to the U.S. Forest Service office in Bellingham, Washington. Mr. Brown worked for the Forest Service for 31 years. After a break service, he retired in 1965 from the Mt. Baker National Forest as a Forestry. He died on May 18, 1983 in Olympia, Washington.

Photographs of U.S. Forest Service forest rangers, lookout and ranger and stations; logging, camping, mining and fishing scenes, Mt. Baker and vicinity, and Timberline Lodge.

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Donor: Harold E.D. Brown, July 1983.

Processed by: Arlene G. Cohen, 2018.

 Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Kinsey, Darius, 1869-1945 United States. Forest Service University of Washington. School of Forestry--Students University of Washington. School of Forestry--Faculty Ranger stations--Washington (State)--Photographs Fire lookout stations--Washington (State)--Photographs Timberline Lodge (Mount Hood, Or.)--Photographs Cascade Range--Photographs Photographs

 

U.S. Forest Service Personnel and Forestry Training 1/1 1 University of Washington Forestry School faculty and students February 1924 1/1 2 Group of students and instructors in front of a building at the Darrington Guard Training School 1934 1/1 3a-b U.S. Forest Service personnel in front of a building with the sign "U.S. Forest Service" 1920?

On item 83.3a, the names of people in the photograph are written on the verso, including their position and the U.S. Forest Service forest they are working in

1/1 4 Group of U.S. Forest Service personnel 1933? U.S. Forest Service Ranger Training Camp, Columbia National Forest, Wind River, Washington

On June 15, 1949 the Columbia National Forest was renamed Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

 1/2 5 Group of the thirty-two forest rangers and seven instructors at the training camp between October and November 1931

The names of all the instructors and students with the forest they are assigned to are written on the verso

 1/2 6 Group of the thirty-two forest rangers and the seven instructors at the training camp, with their signatures on the borders of the photograph between October and November 1931

This is the same image as item 5, but includes names written on photograph.

 1/2 7 Allen H. Hedgson, Director of Personnel Training at the Ranger training camp between October and November 1931 1/2 8 Instructors at the Ranger training camp between October and November 1931 1/2 9 Rangers standing by the tents used for housing at the Ranger training camp between October and November 1931 1/2 10a-b Tents used for housing the participants at the Ranger training camp between October and November 1931 1/2 11-12 Closeup of tent at the Ranger training camp showing inside the tent between October and November 1931 1/2 13 Allan H. Hodgson, Albert Wiessendanger and Lampman on a hillside overlooking the Wind River Valley with the Wind River Nursery below between October and November 1931 1/2 14 View from a hillside overlooking the Wind River Valley showing the Wind River Nursery and associated structures below between October and November 1931 U.S. Forest Service Project 1/3 15a-b Group of Forest Service crew standing by a truck with the U.S. Forest Service emblem on the door 1933? 1/3 16a-c Four men standing in front of a structure, probably their living quarters, with a wood shake peaked roof 1933? Ranger Stations 1/4 17a Silverton Ranger Station in Snohomish County, Washington June 25, 1925 1/4 17b-c Silverton Ranger Station in Snohomish County, Washington 1925? 1/4 18 A freestanding device that was possibly used to measure precipitation at the Silverton Ranger Station in Snohomish County, Washington 1925?

Written on verso: The weather "pen"

 1/4 19 Ed Huff and man sitting in front of a cabin at Mt. Pilchuch in Snohomish County, Washington 1923

Ed Huff was a U.S. Forest Service Ranger in the 1920's and a friend of Harold E.D. Brown. He is on the right in the photograph.

 1/4 20 The Huffs at camp at Silverton Ranger Station, Snohomish County, Washington 1923 1/4 21 Mrs. Huff with their dog Minka 1923 1/4 22 Ed Huff with their dog Minka 1923 1/4 23 "Clancy" trying to fish 1923 1/4 24 Headquarters Cabin at Goat Lake near Big Four Inn in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington between 1920-1930? John Juleen, Edmonds, WA 1/4 25 Taylor River Guard Station, Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington October 1928 1/4 26 U.S. Forest Service Dale ranger house and office 1930? 1/4 27a-b Structures probably used as forest ranger homes 1932 Lookout Towers 1/5 28 Fairview Peak Lookout Station located in the Umpqua National Forest in southwest Oregon 1940

Written on verso: Fairview Look Out. 1940 Murland (?) Johnson (Packer)

 1/5 29 Mount Pilchuck Lookout in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington between 1931-1935?

Written on verso: The Lookout on Pilchuck Mt.

 1/5 30 Mountain lookout between 1920-1965? 1/5 31 Mountain lookout probably in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington August 24, 1931 1/5 32 Mountain lookout probably in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington between 1930-1935?

Stamped on verso: Our Own Photo Finishers, Concrete, Washington

 Logging and mining operations and camps 1/6 33 Sauk River Lumber Camp from a distance June 29, 1937 1/6 34 Sauk River Lumber Camp scaler's shack June 29, 1937

Written on verso: Scaler's Shack Sauk Sale?

 1/6 35a-b Electric engine, possibly a donkey engine used to move logs 1931 1/6 36a-b Tractor clearing an area in the forest 1931 1/6 37 Logging train locomotive and fuel car between 1940 and 1950 1/6 38 Man standing in a burnt-out tree trunk between 1940 and 1950 1/6 39 Man measuring a tree trunk between 1940 and 1950 1/6 40 Man examining a tree between 1940 and 1950 1/6 41 Group of men standing in a logging site between 1930 and 1935 1/6 42 Men clearing a logging site between 1930 and 1935 1/6 43 Men appearing be planting trees on a logging site between 1930 and 1935 1/6 44a-c Fallen trees on a logging site between 1930 and 1935 1/6 45a-b Log booms 1930 1/6 46 Tree stumps possibly being blown up using borax and dynamite October 1931?

Documentation from the U.S. National Archives & Records Administration states "Blowing [text illegible] borax and dynamite"

 1/6 47 Aerial view of the Musick Mine in the western Cascade Mountains of Oregon 1894?

Written on verso: Musick Mine - about 1894 in Bohemia Mining area in Umpqua National Forest.

 Mt. Baker, Washington 1/7 48a-b Aerial view of Mt. Baker looking west, showing from the left Black Butte Ridge, Colfax Peak and Sherman Peak 1930? 1/7 49a-b Aerial closeup view of Mt. Baker looking west, showing from the left Black Butte Ridge, Colfax Peak and Sherman Peak and below the peak showing Boulder Creek and Rainbow Creek 1930? 1/7 50 Aerial view of the Mt. Baker showing from the left Black Butte Ridge, Colfax Peak and Sherman Peak and below the ridge, Rainbow Creek and Swift Creek 1930? 1/7 51 Aerial view of the Mt. Baker area looking west, showing from the left the Portals, Lasiocarpa Ridge and below the ridge, Rainbow Creek and Swift Creek 1930? 1/7 52 Aerial view of the Mt. Baker area looking northwest, showing from the left Lasiocarpa Ridge and the edge of Mt. Shuksan 1930? 1/7 53 Aerial view of the Mt. Baker area looking north, showing from the left, the edge of Mt. Shuksan and Baker Lake as it was at the time 1930? 1/7 54 Aerial view of the Baker River Valley looking northeast; in the distance from the left Bear Mountain and Mt. Spickard 1930? 1/7 55 Aerial view of the Baker River Valley looking east from Loomis Mountain, with Bacon Peak and Welker Peak on the other side of the valley 1930?

Baker Lake eventually expanded into this section of the Baker River Valley after 1959.

 Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, Oregon

The Timberline Lodge, built between 1936-1938, is on the south side of Mt. Hood near Government Camp in Clackamas County, Oregon

 1/8 56 Main Lounge in the Timberline Lodge between 1938 and 1942 Sawyers 1/8 57 Ski Lounge in the Timberline Lodge between 1938 and 1942 Sawyers 1/8 58 Dormitory room in the Timberline Lodge between 1938 and 1942 Sawyers 1/8 59 Single bed bedroom in the Timberline Lodge between 1938 and 1942? Sawyers Cascade Mountains, Washington OS1 60 Snow covered lodge with mountains in background Between 1930-1965?