NTDMG344 Guide to the Harry Harrison Caldwell Papers Caldwell (Harry Harrison) papers Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen; updated by Erin Geslani in 2024. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 1991;2024
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-07-16. Finding aid is written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Harry Harrison Caldwell papers Harry Harrison Caldwell, 1920-1990 MG 344 MG344 6 cubic feet 1943-1990 Correspondence, reports, notes, minutes, and other papers relating to the Department of Geography at the University of Idaho, teaching, research in recreation and urban planning, consulting, and involvement with groups for the hearing impaired, particularly Self Help for Hard of Hearing Persons (SHHH). There is also a collection of slides taken on trips throughout the Northwest and around the world. English .

Harry Caldwell, professor of geography at the University of Idaho for 35 years, was born October 31, 1920, in Worcester, Massachusetts. He received his B.A and Ph.D degrees from Clark University in 1941 and 1951, and his M.A. from the University of Nebraska in 1946. He married Shirley Grossman in 1946; they had two children. During World War II he served for three years in the Army Air Corps Weather Service in Alaska and Canada.

He taught briefly at Nebraska Wesleyan and Texas A & M before coming to the University of Idaho as the first full time geographer in 1948. While at the university he served on a number of committees, including Faculty Council, the Borah Foundation Committee, Library Committee and Budget Liaison Committee. He also helped initiate programs in urban studies, the Freshman experimental year, the University Year in Action, the In-Service Training Committee, the MAT Social Studies program, and the Black studies program.

In addition to his teaching responsibilities he served as a consultant for the Stanford Research Institute in Thailand, the U.S. Air Force, the Board of Regents, and was a planning consultant for the cities of Lewiston, Kamiah, Orofino, and Post Falls.

He was president of the University of Idaho American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi, Northwest Science Association, and vice-president of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. He was also a charter member of the Idaho Academy of Science.

After suffering an almost total hearing loss in 1983 he decided to take an early retirement. He then became actively involved in helping hearing impaired individuals. He formed the Palouse area group of Shhh (Self Help for Hard of Hearing Persons, and at the Shhh national convention in 1989 was awarded the "Spirit of Shhh" award in recognition of his work. He also served on the Governor's Task Force for the Hearing Impaired and was instrumental in placing amplified listening devices in pay phones, governmental offices, and at the University of Idaho and Washington State University.

Caldwell died December 25, 1990 following a 5 year battle with cancer.

The papers of Harry Caldwell span the years 1941 to 1990, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1950 to 1985.

Included are materials reflecting his involvement with University of Idaho committees and the Geography Department, professional research and consulting activities, personal material including his work with Shhh, an organization for the hearing impaired, and a folder documenting the development of his cancer. The final series contains slides taken on trips throughout the Northwest and around the world.

The papers were received over several years and were in no perceived order, therefore a series order was imposed during processing.

The first series reflects Caldwell's involvement in university affairs and contains minutes and reports of the various university committees on which he served, minutes of the meetings of the geography department as well as other departmental material, and notes used in his teaching.

The second series contains publications by Caldwell, reprints and photocopies of other articles concerning different aspects of geography, maps and research notes.

The professional activities series contains directories and convention programs for geographical societies, city planning activities in which he was involved as a consultant, and material relating to several workshops he gave.

The personal papers include correspondence, his official university curriculum vita and several self-evaluations, newspaper articles about him, theses of his graduate students, material concerning deafness, hearing devices, and a history of his hearing loss as well as a history of his cancer. The final series contains a group of slides taken on trips throughout the Northwest and around the world.

Most published material was removed from the collection and set aside for review; only items with notes were retained. Material in loose-leaf binders was removed to file folders, and the slides were transferred from metal storage boxes to archival slide storage pages. In this way the collection was reduced by 2 cubic feet.

The papers of Harry Caldwell were donated to the University of Idaho library by Dr. Caldwell and his wife Shirley between January 1987 and February 1991.

Collection is open for research.

FOR PHOTOS Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID. FOR DOCUMENTS Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

 Caldwell, Harry H.--Archives. Northwest, Pacific--Pictorial works Geographers--Idaho--Records and correspondence City planning--Idaho Hearing impaired Tourism--Idaho United States. Air Force ROTC Land Use--Planning Idaho Colleges and Universities Government and Politics Photographs Series I. University Related Activities 1951-1983 American Association of University Professors 8 items 1965-1978 1/1 Committees: Borah Foundation 11 items 1955-1973 1/2 Budget Liaison 15 items 1976-1979 1/3 Faculty Affairs 77 items 1981-1982 1/4 Freshman Experimental Program 3 items 1971 1/5 In-service Training 9 items 1957-1966 1/6 Land Use Planning 36 items 1974-1975 1/7 Social Science Coordinating Committee 7 items 1967-1974 1/8 University Curriculum Committee: Interdisciplinary Studies 14 items 1970-1978 1/9 Other committees and reports 29 items 1963-1977 1/10 Community Development Center: University Year in Action 44 items 1972-1978 1/11-12 University of Idaho consulting policy evolution 1 item 1978 1/13 Correspondence and letters of recommendation 130 items 1958-1983 1/14 Geography department files: memos, minutes, etc. 335 items 1958-1982 1/15-21 Teaching: Cultural geography 26 items 1966-1971 1/22 Earth science curriculum project 5 items 1968 1/23 Political geography 43 items 1965-1981 1/24 Proxemics, hidden dimensions 4 items 1960-1969 1/25 Recreational geography and the history of recreation 118 items 1951-1982 1/26 Urban geography lecture notes 5 items undated 1/27 Urban studies, official papers 43 items 1968-1972 1/28 Series II. Research Material 1949-1990 Research proposals and forms 58 items 1959-1979 1/29-30 Publications of Harry Caldwell 12 items 1949-1976 1/31-32 Asia material 31 items 1963-1975 1/33 Chinese culture 1 item 1937 1/34 College population study 13 items 1971 1/35 Conservation education 1 item 1949 2/36 Cultural geography 5 items 1970 2/37 Economic geography 6 items 1967-1971 2/38 Geography, General 10 items 1949-1980 2/39 Geography, Europe 3 items 1957-1960 2/40 Geography, Idaho 2 items undated 2/41 Idaho history, culture, and population 12 items 1972 2/42 Idaho road network maps 9 items 1962-1972 2/43 Idaho skyway maps 3 items 1952-1962 2/44 Idaho state energy plan 1 item 1981 2/45 Idaho tomorrow 2 items 1974 2/46 Idaho will grow 1 item 1958 2/47 Irrigation 6 items 1945-1971 2/48 Lake Tahoe recreation planning seminar 4 items 1972 2/49 Man's role in changing the face of the earth 1 item 1955 2/50 Maps 4 items 1939-1963 2/51 Medical geography 1 item 1952 2/52 Moscow area, Idaho 1 item 1972 2/53 Planning and control manual 1 item 1958 2/54 Population problems 10 items 1956-1985 2/55-57 World population data sheets 5 items 1988-1990 2/58 Problems in the Idaho batholith 2 items undated 2/59 Quality of life 6 items 1965-1978 2/60-61 Regional earth resources data application center 9 items 1972-1973 2/62 Tavern location study 15 items 1971-1975 2/63 Tourism 4 items 1934-1981 2/64 U.S. Board of Geographical Names, Idaho decisions 88 items 1934-1982 2/65 West Coast Airlines history 1 item undated 2/66 Zimmerly Airline 1 item 1946 2/67 The Idaho Compass 1 item 1971 2/68 Day, Henry. "Mining highlights of the Coeur d'Alene district" 1 item 1963 2/69 Air Force Engineering & Service. Community information brochures 4 items undated 2/70 Humphrey, David C. "Utilization of the middle fork of the Salmon River as a wild river..." 1 item 1969 2/71 Payne, Richard D. "An inventory of recreation home developments in Idaho" 1 item 1976 2/72 U.S. Geological survey. Mineral and water resources of Idaho 1964 2/73 Series III. Professional Activities 1935-1986 Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 3 items 1935-1986 2/74 World Directory of Geographers 1 item 1952 2/75 Air Force study of productivity 21 items 1980-1981 2/76 Boise project planning reports and maps 40 items 1973-1974 2/77 Boise general plan study map 1 item undated 3/78 Kamiah planning file 2 items 1958-1959 3/79 Latah County planning 4 items 1958 3/80 Lewiston comprehensive planning series 2 items 1976 3/81 Lewiston consulting, zoning, subdivision maps 11 items 1979 3/82-83 Moscow, Idaho. City planning 4 items 1956-1965 3/84 Post Falls planning file 6 items 1957-1958 3/85-86 Workshop: College of Idaho regional studies 8 items 1982 3/87 Workshop: Shoreline development of Lake Coeur d'Alene 3 items 1976 3/88 Title VIII workshops, Correspondence 10 items 1970-1971 3/89 Series IV. Personal 1951-1990 Correspondence 144 items 1951-1989 3/90-93 Vita, self-evaluations, etc. 14 items 1975-1980 3/94 Articles about Harry Caldwell 3 items 1958-1984 3/95 Memorial service program 1 item 1990 3/96 Reel to reel tape recordings 4 items undated 3/97 Photographs from the American Geographical Society transcontinental excursion of 1912 8 items 3/98 Brochure from Moscow, USSR 1 item undated 3/99 Graduate student theses 7 items 1969-1976 3/100-106 Shhh (Self help for hard of hearing people), journal 45 items 1981-1989 3/107-110 Shhh Palouse group newsletter 47 items 1981-1989 4/111 Shhh conventions 2 items 1986, 1989 4/112-113 "Harry's hearing history, 1951-1953" 18 items 4/114 Hearing file 73 items 1984-1989 4/115-116 Supplemental hearing file (partial facial paralysis) 56 items 1982-1983 4/117 Assistive listening devices 8 items 1986 4/118 Hearing systems 35 items 1984-1986 4/119 Governors Task Force for Hearing Impaired Citizens 38 items 1988-1989 4/120 "The hurt that does not show" 1 item 1984 4/121 Stereo exercises for the eye 3 items undated 4/122 "Harry's medical history on cancer" 12 items 1984-1989 4/123 Letters of condolence (photocopies) 2 items 1990-1991 4/124 Series V. Slides 1951-1977 New York City, 1968; U.S. Steel, Pittsburgh; Mammoth Cave, Ky.; Plymouth Rock, 1957; Limestone quarry in northern Pennsylvania, 1955; Yellowstone Park 98 items 4/125 Glacier Park, 1967; Air views - Minneapolis to Ohio, 1968; Vermont, 1973; Oregon, 1953-1966; Colorado, 1963, 1968 120 items 4/126 Washington, 1959-1964; California, 1954-1964; Bellingham, 1962; Cheney, 1964; Marmes rock shelter, 1968; Pea viners, 1961 120 items 4/127 Seattle,1890s; Pacific marineland, 1958; Disneyland, 1964; British Columbia and Alberta, 1962-1965, Berkeley art show; Yosemite 98 items 4/128 South American trip 120 items summer 1976 4/129 Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India 120 items 1967 4/130 India, Malaya, Singapore, Egypt 120 items 1967 5/131 Thailand, Sarawak, Brunei 120 items 1967 5/132 Sabah, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan 120 items 1967 5/133 Taiwan, Japan 120 items 1967 5/134 Holland, Belgium, France 120 items 1960-1971 5/135 France, Spain, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Norway 120 items 1960-1971 5/136 Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Yugoslavia, Portugal, Soviet Union 120 items 1960-1971 5/137 Mexico 40 items undated 5/138 Italy, Iran, Soviet Union 33 items 1967 5/139 Idaho scenes and other slides 493 items 1951-1977 5/140-143 Series VI: Correspondence University 29 items Memos, enrollment correspondence, hiring, advising, alumni 1962-1989 6 144 Hearing/ Auditory Advocacy 7 items Idaho Office on Aging, Self Help for Hard of Hearing, Idaho Governor 1984-1990 6 145 Air Force 31 items Employment, qualification, event, travel, 1963-1981 6 146 Land/Geography 20 items U.S. Forest Service, development, population, county 1960-1988 6 147 Personal 19 items Family, church, illness, friends 1967-1990 6 148 Series VII: Photographs & Maps Idaho Landscape photographs 48 items Bridges, forests, rivers, canyons 1950-1959 6 149 Harry Caldwell photographs 30 items Portraits, event pictures 1943-1983 6 150 Maps 2 items Dam map, wind map 1959-1969 6 151 Series VIII: Geography Department Curriculum 1 of 2 27 items Course offerings, scheduling, study abroad, syllabus 1948-1977 6 152 Curriculum 2 of 2 31 items Course offerings, scheduling, study abroad, syllabus 1948-1977 6 153 Student materials 20 items B.S., minors and majors, graduate, doctoral 1952-1970 6 154 Budget 14 items Staff hirings, teaching assistantships, salary 1958-1979 6 155 Professional 18 items Awards, emeritus, CV, retirement 1953-1990 6 156 Series IX: Publications Hearing/Auditory Advocacy 16 items Newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, commencements, journals, U.S. Forest Service, The Salmon 1982-1989 6 157 Geographic/Land Use 17 items Newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets 1953-1983 7 158 Borah Symposium 60 items Newspaper clippings 1974-1975 7 159 University 45 items Newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, booklets 1959-1991 7 160 U.S. Air Force materials 8 items Commencement booklet, invitation, quarterly newsletter 1976 7 161 Series X: Talks/Lectures Air Force 4 items Soviet Union, Asia, Middle East 1958-1988 7 162 Social Science 2 56 items Calendar exhibit materials, religion, America, racism, Asia, politics 1951-1988 7 163 Pacific Northwest 31 items Counties, tourism, Idaho, Washington 1952-1974 7 164 Geography/Land 12 items Planning, development, land use, discipline 1950-1970 7 165