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Eric Erickson Collection, approximately 1880-2019

Overview of the Collection

Col
Erickson, Eric Frank.
Title
Eric Erickson Collection
Dates
approximately 1880-2019 (inclusive)
Quantity
8 linear feet
Collection Number
XOE_CPNWS0375
Summary
A collection of photographs, research materials and publications gathered or produced by historian, author and collector Eric Erickson, including extensive material about the history of logging, mining, and railroads and transportation in the Pacific Northwest. These are select materials from Erickson's larger personal collection.
Repository
Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Archives Building
808 25th St.
Bellingham, WA
98225
Telephone: (360) 650-7534
cpnws@wwu.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
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Content Description

A collection of photographs, research materials and publications gathered or produced by Eric Erickson. Born in Issaquah, Washington, Erickson worked as an engineer for the Seattle Water Department. As a historian, author and collector, his research and writing interests focused on the history of logging, mining and railroads and transportation. Erickson has published several books on the topics of sawmills, railroad and transportation history. This collection contains select materials (only) from Eric Erickson's larger personal collection.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Eric Erickson Collection, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103.

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Administrative Information

Processing Note

A number of rare and older published titles from Eric Erickson's library were transferred to Western Washington University Libraries' Special Collections.

Processing Note

About Harmful Language and Content

To learn more about problematic content in our collections, collection description and teaching tools (including how to provide feedback or request dialogue on this topic), see the following Statement About Potentially Harmful Language and Content

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies by Eric Erickson in February 2020.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Lumber mill and rail photographs - photograph album

    Some images by Walter C. Casler. Photos of Clear Lake Lumber Co., Samish Bay Logging, Wallace Lumber, Sultan Rail and Timber.

    Dates: 1906-1939; 1980
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: "P. L. Hegg Negatives, Alaska Gold Rush" - photograph album containing Northern Pacific railroad and logging industry images

    Some images taken by W. R. McGee.

    Dates: 1898-1978; 1898-1950
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: "King, Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom Locomotive Pictures" - photograph album containing miscellaneous rail and logging photographs

    Some images by Walter Casler.

    Dates: 1897-1939; 1981
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Great Northern Railroad - photograph album containing photographs and advertisements
    Dates: 1903-1987; 1903-1953
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: Northern Pacific Railway - photographs and other materials
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5-6
  • Description: Great Northern Railway - photographic prints and pamphlets

    Some prints sourced from Chuck Wood.

    Dates: 1893-1965
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: Great Northern Railway - research materials and historical prints

    Some prints sourced from Chuck Wood.

    Dates: undated; approximately 1880s-1950s
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8-9
  • Description: Milwaukie Railroad - historical prints, pamphlets and other historical documents, plus copies of research materials and articles
    Dates: approximately 1900-1990s
    Container: Box 1, Folder 10
  • Description: Milwaukie Railway - black-and-white photographs
    Dates: undated; approximately 1900s-1950s
    Container: Box 1, Folder 11
  • Description: The Milwaukie Road - historical prints, publications and pamphlets

    Includes some Ashael Curtis prints and some sourced from Chuck Wood.

    Dates: undated; approximately 1880s-1950s
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1-4
  • Description: Washington State Department of Public Works - railroad map of Washington
    Dates: 1928
    Container: Box 2, Folder 5
  • Description: Miscellaneous railroad documents and images

    Great Northern Railroad, Chicago/Milwaukee, Rock Island.

    Dates: 1943-1959
    Container: Box 2, Folder 6
  • Description: H. L. Scott: "Great Northern 5000 - A Drawing"
    Dates: 1993
    Container: Box OV
  • Description: "Showboat Branson Belle" lithograph
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box OV
  • Description: Ship image prints
    Dates: 1889-1971
    Container: Box OV
  • Description: Erickson, Eric - Whatcom County Washington Logging and Lumber Index, 1852-2007
    Dates: 2007
    Container: Box OV
  • Description: Erickson, Eric - Lopez Island Logging Company

    Photographs by Barbara Lloyd.

    Dates: 2007
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
  • Description: Erickson, Eric - Issaquah Lumber Company History
    Dates: 2002
    Container: Box 2, Folder 8
  • Description: Erickson, Eric - Albert Sperry Kerry Sr.: Lumberman 1866-1939
    Dates: 2006
    Container: Box 2, Folder 9
  • Description: Erickson, Eric - "A Pictoral History of the Preston Mill Company 1892-1996"
    Dates: 1996
    Container: Box 2, Folder 10
  • Description: Erickson, Eric - Lumber and Shingle Business Index 1853-2008, Snohomish County
    Dates: 2008
    Container: Box 2, Folder 11
  • Description: Erickson, Eric - Skagit County Washington, Logging and Lumber Index 1875-2007
    Dates: 2007
    Container: Box 2, Folder 12
  • Description: Erickson, Eric - Index to Lumber Businesses and Mills 1853-2001, King County Washington
    Dates: 2001
    Container: Box 2, Folder 13
  • Description: Erickson, Eric - Index to Lumber Businesses and Mills 1853-2007, King County Washington
    Dates: 2007
    Container: Box 2, Folder 14
  • Description: Erickson, Eric - "Limited Edition Logging Calendars"
    Dates: 2006-2009; 2012-2014
    Container: Box 2, Folder 15-17
  • Description: Erickson, Eric - "A Pictoral History of the High Point Mill Company"
    Dates: 2006
    Container: Box 2, Folder 18
  • Description: Erickson, Eric - "75th Year: Pacific Northwest Section of the American Water Works Association"
    Dates: 2002
    Container: Box 3, Folder 1
  • Description: Erickson, Eric and Walter Taubeneck - "Mile Post: A History of the Arlington-Darrington Branch of the Northern Pacific Railway, 1899-2009"
    Dates: 2009
    Container: Box 3, Folder 2
  • Description: Erickson, Hilda Johanson and Eric Erickson - "From Vasa to Issaquah: Poems, Verses, and Stories"
    Dates: 1999
    Container: Box 3, Folder 3
  • Description: Wood, Charles and Dorothy - "The Great Northern Railway: A Pictorial Study"
    Dates: 1978
    Container: Box 3, Folder 4
  • Description: Labbe, John T. and Lynwood Carranco - "A Logger's Lexicon"
    Dates: 2001
    Container: Box 3, Folder 5
  • Description: Sumner Ironworks - Steam Boilers Power Plant Equipment
    Dates: 1909; 2009
    Container: Box 3, Folder 6
  • Description: "The Story of the Stereoscope" Stereoscope Guide; J. A. Blosser Travelogues
    Dates: 1978; 1905
    Container: Box 3, Folder 7
  • Description: E. H. Moorehouse Magic Lantern Slides, Northwest (images of Oregon and Washington)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 4
  • Description: E. H. Moorehouse Magic Lantern Slides, International (images of various European landmarks)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 4
  • Description: Glass Projector Slides ("wet end paper machine")
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 4
  • Description: Keystone View Company - stereoscope slides: Florida, Foreign, Humor
    Dates: approximately 1880s-early 1900s
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Keystone View Company - stereoscope slides: Colorado, Military, Railroad
    Dates: approximately 1880s-early 1900s
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Stereoscopic Slide Viewer (wooden)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 6
  • Description: Stereoscopic Slide Viewer (green)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 7
  • Description: Glass lantern slide projector (AO Delineascope Spencer model)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 8

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2021

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