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The Timberman magazine photographs collection, 1865-1964

Overview of the Collection

Title
The Timberman magazine photographs collection
Dates
1865-1964 (inclusive)
1919-1964 (bulk)
Quantity
16.85 cubic feet (17,487 photographic prints and 141 safety film negatives in 46 documents boxes and 1 oversize box)
Collection Number
Org. Lot 351
Summary
Photographs and negatives taken for and collected by The Timberman magazine of Oregon, depicting logging and activities of the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest from 1865-1964, with the bulk of the photographs dating from 1919-1964.
Repository
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public.

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

George M. Cornwall (1867-1950) of Portland, Or. began publishing The Timberman in 1899 as a "journal devoted to the lumber interests of Oregon." Under the original title of The Columbia River and Oregon Timberman, Cornwall produced a well-illustrated monthly magazine covering all aspects of the timber industry, including logging operations, forestry practices, transportation, lumber operation, and wood product manufacture. The magazine's name was shortened to The Timberman in 1904 January, and the geographical focus was expanded to encompass the entire Pacific Northwest.

Upon Cornwall's death in 1950, his son, George F. Cornwall, and Edgar P. Hoener, long-time staff member of The Timberman, became co-publishers. In 1955, Miller Freeman Publications acquired a forty-five percent interest in the magazine. The Timberman remained unchanged in scope and content, however, until 1957, when Miller Freeman purchased the remaining shared and directed that the magazine specialize in woods management, logging, forestry, and transportation. Other lumber industry topics previously covered by The Timberman became the exclusive subjects of another Miller Freeman publication, The Lumberman. In 1962, The Timberman was combined with The Lumberman and Woods Industries to form a new magazine, Forest Industries.

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Content Description

This collection contains photographs from the files of The Timberman magazine that reflect the magazine's editorial content and advertising from its founding until the 1960s. The photographs were either collected by or taken for the magazine and date from 1865-1964, with the bulk of the images having been taken after 1919. Subjects depicted include logging, lumber mills, lumber transportation, various wood products and manufacturing, forest fires and timber management, and timber industry executives, primarily in the Pacific Northwest, as well as views of the lumber industry outside the United States and landscape and town views of various places in the Northwest. These photographs include images that were submitted to the magazine but not published, as well as those that actually appeared in print. Most are the work of commercial photographers, but there are also snapshots, presumably taken on the job by lumber company employees and owners, included in the collection.

The majority of the photographs are identified by lumber company name and by the date of publication. Names of lumber companies are either spelled out or indicated by alpha-numerical codes on the images. Dates of publication on each photograph are shown by "TT," followed by the month and year.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

The Timberman magazine photographs collection, Org. Lot 351, Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into the following series and subseries. The subject headings used here were developed by The Timberman's publication staff.

  • Series A: Logging, 1865-1962
    • Subseries 1: Standing timber, 1919-1962
    • Subseries 2: Timber felling and bucking, 1905-1959
    • Subseries 3: Skidding, 1901-1960
    • Subseries 4: Ground-lead/high-lead yarding, 1920-1959
    • Subseries 5: Yarding equipment, circa 1890-1955
    • Subseries 6: Cold decks, 1930-1951
    • Subseries 7: Loading, 1919-1960
    • Subseries 8: Log dumps, 1918-1953
    • Subseries 9: Booms and booming grounds, 1919-1953
    • Subseries 10: Transportation, 1865-1957
    • Subseries 11: Logging camps, 1919-1957
    • Subseries 12: Miscellaneous, 1924-1954
  • Series B: Lumber mills, 1880-1961
    • Subseries 1: General views, 1880-1961
    • Subseries 2: Lumber production, 1919-1957
    • Subseries 3: Transporting finished lumber within the mill, 1898-1954
    • Subseries 4: Miscellaneous, 1918-1956
  • Series C: Lumber transportation, 1904-1956
  • Series D: Plywood and veneer manufacturing, 1904-1962
    • Subseries 1: General views of plants, 1904-1952
    • Subseries 2: Plywood production, 1921-1962
    • Subseries 3: Miscellaneous, 1926-1951
  • Series E: Plywood uses, 1920-1964
    • Subseries 1: Buildings and bridges, 1929-1964
    • Sunseries 2: Other uses, 1920-1954
  • Series F: Wood products and construction, 1919-1960
    • Subseries 1: Construction uses, 1921-1951
    • Subseries 2: Wood products, 1919-1960
  • Series G: Pulp and paper industry, 1921-1950
  • Series H: Waste wood utilization, 1920-1957
  • Series I: Wood preservation, 1920-1958
  • Series J: Forest fires and timber management, 1909-1960
  • Series K: Foreign lumber industry, circa 1910-1950
  • Series L: Portraits, circa 1910-1960
    • Subseries 1: Solo portraits, circa 1910-1960
    • Subseries 2: Group portraits, circa 1910-1960
  • Series M: Miscellaneous timber industry, 1879-1964
  • Series N: Scenic views and townscapes, 1909-1953
    • Subseries 1: United States. 1909-1948
    • Subseries 2: Foreign, 1918-1953
  • Series O: Miscellaneous, 1883-1959
  • Series P: Photograph captions, 1939-1940

Acquisition Information

Photo accession no. 97D002

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Forest fires--Photographs.
  • Forest products--Photographs.
  • Forest products industry--Photographs.
  • Forests and forestry--Photographs.
  • Loggers--Photographs.
  • Logging--Photographs.
  • Lumber trade--Photographs.
  • Lumbering equipment and supplies--Photographs.
  • Paper industry--Photographs.
  • Sawmills--Photographs.
  • Timber--Photographs.
  • Wood products--Photographs.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints.
  • Safety film negatives.

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Cornwall, George M. (creator)

    Corporate Names

    • Miller Freeman Publications, Inc. (creator)


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