Forestry and Forestry Products
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
A Note from Laurence Shaw to the Journal Committee Chairman
Laurence L. Shaw was a well-known Oregon timber man and philanthropist. Together with his wife Dorothy he founded the Shaw Historical Library at Oregon Institute of Technology. Collection contains a handwritten note from Laurence Shaw to a Chairman of the Journal Committee on a subject of including 2 stories in the next issue of the journal.
"A Treatise of the Big Lakes Box Company, Squaw Flat Logging Operations from 1917 to 1951" by Harry C. Mesner
The Big Lakes Box Company was organized by Merle West, Burge Mason, and A. J. Voye in 1917. It was one of the largest retail lumber businesses in the area. Squaw Valley Logging company leased equipment from Big Lakes Box Company because of the heavy demand for lumber from World War II. Collection contains treatise written by Donald C. Mesner in September 2012; amended and revised in November 2014.
Aerial View of Collier Memorial State Park
TThe Collier Memorial State Park/Logging Museum is located in southern Oregon. It was established in 1945 by the brothers Andrew and Alfred D. Collier as a memorial to their parents. Collection contains a print of an aerial view of Collier Memorial State Park, Region 4.
Alfred Collier Collection: Miscellaneous Materials
The Collier Memorial State Park/Logging Museum is located in southern Oregon. It was established in 1945 by brothers Andrew and Alfred D. Collier as a memorial to their parents. Collection contains miscellaneous materials collected by Alfred "Cap" Collier, including letters to and from the State Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee.
Cap Collier Collection: Miscellaneous Items
Alfred Douglas “Cap” Collier was a noted twentieth century lumberman and philanthropist in Klamath County, Oregon. He served on several local government committees and boards, with a special interest in roads and transportation. Collection contains items belonging to or related to Collier, such as a calendar of 1978, a copy of the Will left by Ethel Collier, and property tax documents.
Cap Collier: Miscellaneous Materials
The Collier Memorial State Park/Logging Museum is located in southern Oregon. It was established in 1945 by brothers Andrew and Alfred (Cap) Collier as a memorial to their parents. Collection contains a box with folders with miscellaneous materials related to the A. Cap Collier State Park: memos, correspondence, meeting notices, photographs, brochures.
Collier Memorial State Park/Logging Museum Collection: Interpretative Plan Capital Campaign
The Collier Memorial State Park/Logging Museum is located in southern Oregon. The Park contains one of the largest collections of logging equipment in the world. Collection contains an illustrated brochure on the proposed creation of the Collier State Park, published by the Friends of Collier Park.
Collier State Park Collection: Interpretative Concept Plan
The Collier Memorial State Park/Logging Museum is located in southern Oregon. It was established in 1945 by the brothers Andrew and Alfred D. Collier as a memorial to their parents. Collection contains brochure from July 31, 1997, prepared for Friends of Collier Memorial Park and Oregon State Parks Department.
Ewauna Box Company, Quartz Mountain, Cook House: Photograph
The Ewauna Box Company was founded by C.B. Cristler and Charles McGowan in 1912 in Klamath Falls, Oregon. One of its new logging camps was the Quartz Mountain camp, which was established after OC&E Railway completed their line from Sprague River to Bly. Collection contains a 1930 group portrait of the Ewauna Box Company employees at the Quartz Mountain.
Forest Conditions in the Cascade Range Forest Reserve, Oregon
The Cascade Range Forest Reserve was established in 1893 by the General Land Office. Presently, the Forest's lands are part of the Willamette National Forest. Collection contains an unbound copy of the report, used for digitization. The digitized version of the document is held at the OIT Library’s Klamath Waters Digital Collection.