Donald Hathaway Clark Photograph Collection, 1884-1960
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Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Clark, Donald Hathaway, 1890-1965
- Title
- Donald Hathaway Clark Photograph Collection
- Dates
- 1884-1960 (inclusive)18841960
- Quantity
- 736 photographs, 11 negatives, 1 phonodisc (3 boxes)
- Collection Number
- PH2004-078
- Summary
- Images of forestry related activities originally belonging to Donald H. Clark, Ph.D in Forestry
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on access. However, the phonodisc in box 3 is not playable due to preservation concerns. Contact Special Collection for more information.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Donald Hathaway Clark was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 5, 1890 to John Henry and Catherine (Little) Clark. He moved to Oregon at the age of eighteen, then to Seattle where he received his B.S. degree (1916), M.S.F degree (1917), and Ph.D. degree (1952) in Forestry from the University of Washington. Clark married Mildred Margaret Taylor on June 20, 1921 and settled in Lawtonwood, Washington until his death on June 18, 1965.
Donald Clark began his career as secretary and manager of the Red Cedar Shingle Assocation (1919-1923), then left to become the owner and manager of Cascade Cedar Co. between 1923 and 1936. Clark was the sales manager for Colonial Cedar Co. from 1936 to 1942, at which point he left for service as a Captain in Air Combat Intelligence in the Pacific theatre of operations during World War Two. When he returned, he took a position at the University of Washington as a research associate working with forest products in the College of Forestry from 1945 until 1953. He then served as director of the Institute of Forest Products until he retired from the University in October 1960.
Donald Clark authored numerous magazine and newpaper articles, as well as published books, such as Eighteen Men and a Horse(1949) and As We Look Back(1952) during his career. After his retirement, he continued to research in the field of forest products as a consultant to the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau and secretary and manager of the Northwest Hardwood Association. As a result of his writings and influence, the industry became aware of the potential commercial uses of native hardwood timber, such as the native Red Alder, and the leaders in the hardwoods industry decided to form the Northwest Hardwood Association. Clark also continued to lecture throughout the Pacific Northwest on ghost towns, Washington place names, and canon hunting, as well as serving a member in the Washington State Historical Society, Forest History Society, and dozens of other local and regional organizations.
Content Description
Images depicting early logging techniques, camps, lumber mills, machinery, and modes of transportation throughout Washington State and the Pacific Northwest. Includes a number of images taken by Darius and Clark Kinsey, many of which feature group and individual photographs of loggers in company camps and working in the forests. Also includes images of early College of Forestry students and buildings at the University of Washington and scientific studies concerned with native hardwoods, such as the Red Alder, and sawdust compost. Includes a phonodics recording of the "Return of the Frozen Logger."
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Forest Stuff
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Description: Forest Stuff
Sixteen black and white prints of early logging efforts in Washington State, including several photographs taken by Kinsey & Kinsey in 1896 of some of the largest trees ever felled in the industry.
Dates: 1896-1937Container: Box/Folder 1/1
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Logging - Early Northwest
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Description: Logging - Early Northwest
One hundred twenty-two black and white prints and four negatives depicting early logging camps, workers, lumber mills, machinery, spar trees, and transportation throughout Washington State. Also includes several photographs taken by the Kinsey brothers and early examples of bulls used to aid loggers. Many of the images were originally found in an Oscar Wirkkala album.
Dates: 1884-1948Container: Box/Folder 1/2-1/3
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Alder Photos
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Description: Alder Photos
Eighty-six black and white prints featuring the logging, shipping, and academic study of red alder stands and logs. Also includes advertisements for their commercial uses in the construction of home and office furniture and images of processes employed by the Weyehaeuser Timber Company in the preparation of red alders for industrial applications at their plywood plant in Longview, Washington.
Dates: 1910-1958Container: Box/Folder 1/4
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Arrastras
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Description: Arrastras
Six black and white prints and one negative of different arrastras found in Baker, Oregon; Rathdrum and Dixie, Idaho; and Illinois. Also includes reproductions of drawings depicting early rastras found in Mexico.
Dates: 1947Container: Box/Folder 1/5
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College of Forestry
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Description: College of Forestry
Thirty black and white prints and two negatives featuring students enrolled in the University of Washington's College of Forestry. Also includes images of various academic buildings that housed the College over the years and a list of identifications for sixty photographs.
Dates: 1912-1959Container: Box/Folder 1/6
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Forestry Photos
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Description: Forestry Photos
Seventy-six black and white prints depicting early logging camps and workers harvesting trees. Also includes images of transportion via trains and trucks to sawmill ponds and workers involved in various stages of processing lumber at sawmills.
Dates: 1897-1960Container: Box/Folder 1/7
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Logging - Timber #1
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Description: Logging - Timber #1
Thirty-three black and white prints detailing early logging camps, equipment, and transportation via teams of bulls. Also includes examples an early skid row and Benson rafts used to ship fallen timber down rivers. Includes several photographs taken by Darius Kinsey.
Dates: 1896-1950Container: Box/Folder 2/1
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Logging - Timber #2
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Description: Logging - Timber #2
Thirty black and white prints of early logging camps, equipment, and transportation via teams of bulls and horses. Includes images of the early single-drum donkey engine, Benson rafts, and skid rows. Includes photographs taken by the Kinsey brothers.
Dates: 1890-1925Container: Box/Folder 2/2
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Logging Camps - Old and New
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Description: Logging Camps - Old and New
Seven black and white prints of communities and camps established by logging companies for housing workers. Also includes images of bunkhouses and other building being transported from site to site via temporary railroad tracks.
Dates: 1905-ca. 1950'sContainer: Box/Folder 2/3
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Historical Logging - Ox Team, Ox Shoes
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Description: Historical Logging - Ox Team, Ox Shoes
Two black and white prints of teams of oxen transporting lumber and shoes used to protect their feet.
Dates: 1896Container: Box/Folder 2/4
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Oregon
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Description: Oregon
Two black and white prints of the Three Pines Timber Company mill at Mountain, Oregon and the eleven-mile lumber flume between Mountain and the Southern Pacific at Three Pines, Oregon.
Dates: 1910-1911Container: Box/Folder 2/5
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Plywood Veneer
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Description: Plywood Veneer
One black and white print featuring machinery used to peel 2nd grade veneer from lumber.
Dates: 1950Container: Box/Folder 2/6
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Pulp-Pulpwood Chips Paper Mills
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Description: Pulp-Pulpwood Chips Paper Mills
Thirty-three black and white prints and four negatives detailing the various stages of pulp and pulpwood chip processing at the various divisions of Rayonier Incorporated and other commercial sites located throughout Washington State.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 2/7
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Sawmilling - Early Northwest
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Description: Sawmilling - Early Northwest
Thirty-seven black and white prints featuring an early example of water-powered sawmills and more contemporary images of loading docks and mills in Skykomish and Bellingham, Washington.
Dates: 1888-1951Container: Box/Folder 2/8
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Sawdust Compost
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Description: Sawdust Compost
Fifty-three black and white prints and four color prints of composted piles of sawdust and studies of the effects of adding waste bark and sawdust to forest soils on tree growth conducted by Dr. Stanley P. Gessel.
Dates: 1957-1958Container: Box/Folder 2/9
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Shakes (Recent)
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Description: Shakes (Recent)
Fifty black and white prints of the various means of cutting cedar shakes used for siding and roofing materials, by both hand and machinery.
Dates: 1954Container: Box/Folder 2/10
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Splash Dams #1
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Description: Splash Dams #1
Four black and white prints detailing early splash dams at Gray River, North River, and an unidentified location.
Dates: 1904Container: Box/Folder 2/11
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Splash Dams #2
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Description: Splash Dams #2
Thirty-five black and white prints of Hobi splash dams found on the North River.
Dates: 1904Container: Box/Folder 2/12
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World Forestry Congress
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Description: World Forestry Congress
Twenty black and white prints depicting various educational exhibits and vendor stands at the Fifth World Forestry Congress held in Seattle, Washington between August 29 and September 10, 1960.
Dates: 1960Container: Box/Folder 2/13
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Scrapbook
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Description: Lumber, Logging, and Timber
Eighty-nine black and white prints of early logging operations across Washington State, such as the Bloedel-Donovan camp in Skykomish and lumber mills in Bellingham. A majority of the images were taken by Darius Kinsey and feature individual and group photos of logging workers in camps and working in the forests. Also includes images of forests, logging operations, and transportation in Europe.
Dates: 1898-1929Container: Box 3
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Sound Recording
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Description: Return of the Frozen Logger
One 33 1/3 rpm phonodisc recording of "Return of the Frozen Logger" by Uncle Jim Stevens.
Dates: 1959Container: Box 3
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Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
