Gerald W. Williams Slides, 1961-2003

Predominant Dates: 1968-1998

The Gerald W. Williams Slides consist of more than 15,000 35 mm color photographic slides taken and assembled by Williams in the course of his work as a Forest Service sociologist and historian and due to his avocational interest in the history of forestry as a science and profession and the regional history of the Pacific Northwest. The slides were used by Williams in presentations and lectures, for publications, and for reference and research. Many of the slides were made by U.S. Forest Service photographers. Gerald Williams worked for the U.S. Forest Service from 1979 to 2005 as a sociologist (1979-1998) and historian (1998-2005).

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ID: P 314

Extent: 5.0 cubic feet

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Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Statement on Description:

Most of these slides were re-housed from 37 metal slide boxes and numerous individual paperboard photo lab slide boxes. A portion of the slides were received in archival slide pages. Broad subject categories on the metal slide boxes were used as the primary organization of the collection; descriptive information on the paperboard boxes was transferred to the slide pages at the time of re-housing.

We acknowledge that materials in SCARC collections and the language that describes them may be harmful. We are actively working to address our descriptive practices; for more information please see our SCARC Anti-Racist Actions Statement online. SCARC describes the contents of its collections using the language and terminology of the collections themselves. Since culturally acceptable terminology shifts over time, some of the terms that appear in these materials are currently outdated or offensive. The term “gypsy” is considered derogatory by many Roma people. It comes from the word “Egyptian,” where many Europeans mistakenly believed the Romani came from. In 1971, at the First World Roma Congress, a majority of attendees voted to reject the use of the term “gypsy,” however some still use it to self-identify.

In this collection, the term “gypsy” refers to the “Asian gypsy moth” or “gypsy moth,” a group of invasive moth species that includes Lymantria dispar dispar, Lymantria dispar asiatica, L. d. japonica, L. albescens, L. umbrosa, and L. postalba. In 2021, the Entomological Society of America (ESA) voted to change the common names, and in 2022, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced new names for these species. Lymantria dispar dispar is now known as the “spongy moth,” and the rest are now the “flighted spongy moth complex.”

In order to provide historical context and to enable standardized searching and access across our collections, we have retained the original wording in the collection descriptions. We acknowledge the racism represented by the term “gypsy” and the harm it may cause our users. Providing access to these historical materials does not endorse any attitudes or behavior depicted therein. For more information, please see our blog post.

[Date of Acknowledgement: November 2024]

Arrangement

Preferred Citation: Gerald W. Williams Slides (P 314), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Acquisition Note: These materials were acquired by the former University Archives and the Special Collections and Archives Research Center in multiple accessions in 2007-2016. They were originally described as a component of the Gerald W. Williams Collection (MSS WilliamsG) and were separated for description as this collection in 2016.

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Container List

Series 1: United States Forest Service, 1977-2003 Add to Shelf

This large series consists of 2826 slides, most of which were made in the 1980s and 1990s. Topics of note in this series are: Gifford Pinchot and Grey Towers (in Milford, Pennsylvania); national forests and wilderness area; the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest; forest service employees; logging and lumber mills; images documenting the history of the U.S. Forest Service. The series includes slides of historic photographs, documents, and other materials from the late 19th century. The initials AKW (for A.K. Wiesendanger) appear regularly on the U.S. Forest Service historic photograph slides.

Box-Folder 1.01: United States Forest Services Employees, 1980-1993 Add to Shelf: 87slides; historic slides of identified R-6 Regional Foresters, Forest Services women including Geri Larson Bergen, and Forest Services Chiefs.
Box-Folder 1.02: Grey Towers: Milford, Pennsylvania, 1993-1995 Add to Shelf: 61 slides; Grey Towers National Historic Site or Gifford Pinchot House, the Bait Box, and the Finger Bowl.
Box-Folder 1.03: United States Forest Services Grey Towers Facility, 1991-1993 Add to Shelf: 192 slides; includes Grey Towers Facility interiors and exteriors, History Meetings, Management Policy Seminar, Grey Towers ribbon cutting, and Grey Towers 30th Celebration.
Box-Folder 1.04: Gifford Pinchot Slideshow, 1987-1997 Add to Shelf: 82 slides; slides of Grey Towers rooms identified, 30th Celebration, Management Policy Seminar, and Yale Forestry School campsite. Historic slides of Gifford Pinchot in Inauguration Parade, President Harry Truman with Pinchot III renaming the Columbia National Forest to Gifford Pinchot National Forest, and President Kennedy dedication of Pinchot Institute are also included.
Box-Folder 1.05: Gifford Pinchot Related Images, 1985-1997 Add to Shelf: 98 slides; historic slides of Gifford Pinchot. Includes Pinchot fly fishing, the Denver Conservation Conference, President Truman signing the Gifford Pinchot National Forest name, President Roosevelt and Pinchot, and Pinchot for Pennsylvania Governor poster.
Box-Folder 1.06: Fish Lake National Forest Centennial, 1991 Add to Shelf: 46 slides; contains slides of 1903 Olds at Fish lake, management teams, centennial, historic Civilian Conservation Corps Crew Trail Camp, and past Santiam National Forest Rangers.
Box-Folder 1.07: H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, 1990 Add to Shelf: 32 slides; Old Growth project with 200 year old tree decay and stream-flow research.
Box-Folder 1.08: Prineville Scaling Station and Blue Mountains Research Station, 1992 Add to Shelf: 21 slides; Forestry and Range Sciences Laboratory and Blue Mountains National Resources Institute.
Box-Folder 1.09: Yosemite National Park, 1999 Add to Shelf: 75 slides; scenic slides and wildlife.
Box-Folder 1.10: National Forests in the Southern United States, 1991-1997 Add to Shelf: 73 slides; includes historic slides of Arkansas Log Train, 1898 Pinchot Report, and Chicago Civilian Conservation Corps.
Box-Folder 1.11: National Wilderness Areas, 1985-1997 Add to Shelf: 91 slides; slides of John Muir Theodore Roosevelt at Crater Lake, President Johnson signing the 1964 Wilderness Act, Aldo Leopold and the Gila Wilderness area, and other wilderness areas.
Box-Folder 2.01: United States Forest Service Historic Photographs: Sing-Alongs, 1979-1980 Add to Shelf: 33 slides; circa 1925 Song lyrics
Box-Folder 2.02: United States Forest Service Historic Photographs: Forest Interpretive/ Informational Materials, 1979-1982 Add to Shelf: 33 slides; includes Samuel Barlow Pioneer Memorial and Forest Regions slides.
Box-Folder 2.03: United States Forest Service Historic Photographs: Trees and Flowers, 1981-1982 Add to Shelf: 70 slides; flower and tree slides from National Parks, cellular structures of wood, and a cone scales conspectus of North American Firs.
Box-Folder 2.04: United States Forest Service Historic Photographs: Wildlife, 1979-1981 Add to Shelf: 64 slides; slides contain native birds and nests, bear cubs, and deer.
Box-Folder 2.05: United States Forest Service Historic Photographs: Logging and Lumber Mills, 1979-1982 Add to Shelf: 38 slides; logging and loading operations on various National Forests.
Box-Folder 2.06: United States Forest Service Historic Photographs: Forest Fires and Firefighting, 1979-1982 Add to Shelf: 91 slides; slides include fire supplies from airplane drops, lightning strikes and storms, and look out houses for fires.
Box-Folder 2.07: United States Forest Service Historic Photographs: Columbia River, 1980-1984 Add to Shelf: 106 slides; historic slides of Portland, the Willamette River, Oregon City, Columbia River, Cape Horn, and Crown Point.
Box-Folder 2.08: United States Forest Service Historic Photographs: Scenic Views of Oregon, 1979-1982 Add to Shelf: 94 slides; slides of Mt. Jefferson, Three Sisters, Diamond Lake, Big Lake, and Hood River are included.
Box-Folder 2.09: National Forests: Historic Images, 1980-2003 Add to Shelf: 175 slides; Lake and mountain views, roads and highways, and identified past Forest Service supervisors.
Box-Folder 2.10: United States Forest Service Historic Photographs: Assorted, 1979-1982 Add to Shelf: 199 slides; includes Ranger Stations, Military and Civilian Conservation Corps, Pack horse trains, bridges and roads, and fishing slides.
Box-Folder 2.11: United States Forest Service and Pacific Northwest Historic Photographs, 2001 Add to Shelf: 86 slides; unidentified historic landscapes, logging operations, and map slides.
Box-Folder 2.12: United States Forest Service Regional History Day, 1979-1980 Add to Shelf: 37 slides; slides of the Conference room and Exhibits.
Box-Folder 3.01: Images of Various National Forests and United States Forest Service History, 1979-1997 Add to Shelf: 142 slides; contains slides on forest cuttings and growth, Forest Rangers, and World War I food stamps and airplane patrols. Astronaut Walter Cunningham in Mckenzie Pass Lava beds and first three Chiefs of Division of Forestry are also included.
Box-Folder 3.02: Images of Various National Forests and United States Forest Service History, 1980-1996 Add to Shelf: 303 slides; Eugene's 1989 Timber Rally, Earth First!'s tree sitting, Airplanes distributing fertilizer, Forest service shields, AMA Model Forest, and National Forest maps
Box-Folder 3.03: Images of Various National Forests and United States Forest Service History, 1978-2001 Add to Shelf: 167 slides; slides of logging operations and drives, electric chainsaw tests, and Forest Service region maps. Historic images of Seattle and the Ninemile Remount Depot (in Montana) are also included.
Box-Folder 3.04: General Forestry and Forest Service Subjects, 1989-1997 Add to Shelf: 178 slides; includes slides of World War II Aircraft Warning Service House, Forest Reserve and Organic Act Headlines, historic United States Geological Survey maps, Forest Services china markings, and Forest Service patches.
Box-Folder 3.05: General Forestry and Forest Service Subjects, 1977-2001 Add to Shelf: 152 slides; various slides included with General Land Office and Forest Services, Hudson School Paintings, and Famous Photographers Landscapes.

Series 2: Oregon, 1969-1998 Add to Shelf

Series 2 consists of 2560 slides of Oregon natural landmarks, scenes, and cities and towns. Of note are images of Eugene, Portland, the Oregon Coast, the Willamette National Forest, Columbia River Gorge, and the Cascades. Several images of Civilian Conservation Corps structures are included.

Box-Folder 4.01: Astoria, Oregon, 1997-1998 Add to Shelf: 43 slides; includes slides of a lighthouse and the Astoria Column.
Box-Folder 4.02: Bend, Oregon and Peoria Road, 1986 Add to Shelf: 16 slides; views of Bend and buildings off of Peoria Road
Box-Folder 4.03: Eugene Celebration, 1985-1986 Add to Shelf: 64 slides; Parade slides including the Goodyear Blimp, the Bucket Brigade, and the Hult Center.
Box-Folder 4.04: Eugene, Springfield, Mohawk Valley, Creswell, and Cottage Grove, 1977-1985 Add to Shelf: 309 slides; slides include the Hult Center opening, 4449 Steam Engine, snow, buildings, and covered bridges.
Box-Folder 4.05: Olympic Torch in Eugene in Hult Center, 1969-1992 Add to Shelf: 29 slides; Bob Shelby's Interstate 5 car accident and Deer Camp slides.
Box-Folder 4.06: Oregon Trail Museum, 1992 Add to Shelf: 27 slides; exhibits and exteriors.
Box-Folder 4.07: Portland, Oregon, 1987 Add to Shelf: 8 slides; Bomber Airplane gas station and bridge on Willamette River.
Box-Folder 4.08: Cannon Beach and Miscellaneous, 1978-1991 Add to Shelf: 53 slides; includes Cannon Beach sandcastles and Buena Vista Ferry.
Box-Folder 4.09: Coos Bay, 1982 Add to Shelf: One 120 format slide.
Box-Folder 4.10: Cradle of Forestry and Blodgett Camp, 1992 Add to Shelf: 66 slides; contains slides of Blodgett Camp sites and unidentified United States Forest Ranger. Slides of the Cradle of Forestry Visitor Orientation Center, forestry equipment, and camp stations are also included.
Box-Folder 4.11: Crater Lake, 1988 Add to Shelf: 14 slides; includes Crater Lake views and bird slides.
Box-Folder 4.12: Devils Flat Guard Station, Steamboat Creek, Drew Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Old Tom's Prairie, and South Umpqua Falls, 1986 Add to Shelf: 64 slides; Devils Flat Guard Station interior and exterior, and Devils Flat Civilian Conservation Corps Horse Barn. Other slides include scenic views of Steamboat Creek, South Umpqua Falls fish ladder and swimmers, Old Tom’s Prairie Cow Creek Area, and Drew Civilian Conservation Corps Camp toilet.
Box-Folder 4.13: John Day Fossil Beds, 1992 Add to Shelf: 38 slides; includes Starkey Experimental Forest and Range, scenic views, buildings, a mineral spring, and lily pads.
Box-Folder 4.14: Koosah Falls, Sahalie Falls, and Clear Lake, 1978-1990 Add to Shelf: 48 slides; also includes slides of Tamolitch Falls, McKenzie Pass, Proxy Falls, Mt. Washington, and Ice Crystals at Fish Lake.
Box-Folder 5.01: Mt. Hood, Columbia Gorge Hotel, and Timberline, 1987-1997 Add to Shelf: 85 slides; includes flower slides, Mt. Hood ski area, a Timberline Lodge event, Skamania Lodge, and the Columbia Gorge with Bonneville Dam.
Box-Folder 5.02: Timberline Lodge: Rededication Ceremony, 1987 Add to Shelf: 34 slides; Forest Service Chief Dale Robertson, Forest Service Honor Guard, and past RFs at Timberline Lodge's 50th Anniversary.
Box-Folder 5.03: Mt. Hood, 1987-1991 Add to Shelf: 95 slides; includes slides of Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, and Lost Lake.
Box-Folder 5.04: Odell Lake, 1987 Add to Shelf: 39 slides; Odell Lake, Odell Lake Lodge, Summit Lake, and Willamette National Forest Planning Team.
Box-Folder 5.05: Rujada Campground, Bohemia Saddle Park, and Landberg Stage House, 1986 Add to Shelf: 45 slides; includes Civilian Conservation Corps built Registration Booth on Rujada Campground, Layng Creek Dam, Bohemia Mining District views, and Landberg Stage House exteriors.
Box-Folder 5.06: Silver Falls State Park, 1985 Add to Shelf: 23 slides; slides of Bacillus thuringiensis spraying for gypsy moths, Mess Hall Conference Center interiors, and Rock Hill School House.
Box-Folder 5.07: Umpqua and Willamette's National Forests, 1976-1988 Add to Shelf: 43 slides; slides contain Mt. Hood, Parkdale Work Center, Hood River Bridge, and Willamette Open House.
Box-Folder 5.08: Willamette and Umpqua Fish Lake, 1986 Add to Shelf: 20 slides.
Box-Folder 5.09: Willamette Falls and Oregon City, 1982-1993 Add to Shelf: 101 slides; Willamette National Forest, Ramona Quimby drawings, and Oregon City Willamette Falls Dam.
Box-Folder 5.10: Historic Willamette, 1979-1983 Add to Shelf: 247 slides; includes historic slides of rangers, cabins, ranger stations, logging operations, West Boundary Bridge, lookout towers, and Hyland Hotel in Oakridge.
Box-Folder 5.11: Willamette Valley: Salt Creek, Fall Creek, Lowell, Coburg, Peoria Road, Corvallis, and Salem, 1976-1984 Add to Shelf: 249 slides; includes Ranger Station signs, Dexter Dam, covered bridges, hang gliding, Corvallis airport, North Eugene aerials, sites off of Peoria road, and Salem slides.
Box-Folder 6.01: Cascades, Mt. Hood, Crater Lake, and Rogue River, 1971-1982 Add to Shelf: 316 slides; contains slides of North Portland, Mt. Jefferson, Three Fingered Jack, Broken Top, and Rogue River erosion. Siskiyou Boulevard houses, Lithia park, and Ashland’s 4^th of July are also included.
Box-Folder 6.02: Columbia River, Portland, and Oregon City, 1976-1983 Add to Shelf: 257 slides; exterior slides, interiors, and Oregon Historical Society picnic at Bybee-Howell House on Sauvie Island. Also contains Fort Clatsop, Pittock Mansion exteriors and interiors, views of Columbia River and Gorge waterfalls, John Day Dam, and Dr. John McLoughlin’s house slides.
Box-Folder 6.03: Oregon Coast and Coast Range and Rivers, 1978-1987 Add to Shelf: 226 slides; Golden Hinde ship at Newport, buildings off of Oregon 36 and Route F, Devil’s Punchbowl, Sea Lion Caves, sand dunes in Florence, Oregon, Port Orford, and Cape Arago and Blanco.

Series 3: Washington, 1974-1995 Add to Shelf

Series 3 consists of 1067 slides, primarily of western Washington, including Seattle, Bellingham, and the Olympic Peninsula and the Washington Cascades. Several images of central and southern Washington and the Columbia River basin are included. Photographs of Mount St. Helens after the 1980 eruption are part of this series.

Box-Folder 6.04: Washington and Rural Sociology Society, 1986-1989 Add to Shelf: 30 slides; views from Indian Cave, parachute skiing, and Forks Timber employee at Ruby Beach.
Box-Folder 6.05: Columbia River and Carson, Washington, 1987-1994 Add to Shelf: 36 slides; slides of barges and sailboarding on Hood River, and Martin Hot Springs building in Carson, Washington.
Box-Folder 6.06: Mt. St. Helens, 1995 Add to Shelf: 35 slides; summer scenes of Mt. St. Helens.
Box-Folder 6.07: Washington I: Olympic Peninsula, 1983-1985 Add to Shelf: 138 slides; contains slides of Olympic National Park; Quinalt River, Rain Forest, and town; and Port Townsend's downtown and Fort Worden.
Box-Folder 6.08: Washington II: Bellingham, 1979-1981 Add to Shelf: 200 slides; includes Bellingham buildings, Hovander Homestead, Pioneer Park Log Church, Puget Sound, and spinnakers on Bellingham Bay.
Box-Folder 7.01: Washington: Seattle, 1974-1985 Add to Shelf: 180 slides; Seattle at night, Seattle skyline, Pioneer Square, Smith Tower, U.S.S. John Young, and Submarine slides.
Box-Folder 7.02: Washington: Seattle, 1980-1981 Add to Shelf: 104 slides; slides of Williams family on the Princess Marguerite ship from Victoria B.C. to Seattle, a wildlife safari, the Seattle Center, and Government Printing Office Tour.
Box-Folder 7.03: Washington, 1989 Add to Shelf: 137 slides; contains slides of United States Coast Guard, U.S.S. Independence, Hurricane Ridge, Sol Duc Hot Springs, and Rural Sociology Society at Ruby Beach
Box-Folder 7.04: Washington, 1975-1983 Add to Shelf: 207 slides; Mt. Rainier, Mt. Baker, and Mt. Adams; Skykomish and Wenatchee Rivers; and North Cascades National Park slides. Also contains slides of the Bruce Memorial Museum, Whitman Mission Memorial, wind mills, and wheat fields in Central Washington.

Series 4: California, 1963-1995 Add to Shelf

Series 4 consists of 433 slides of California scenes and natural features, primarily in northern California and the San Francisco Bay area.

Box-Folder 7.05: San Francisco Bay, 1991 Add to Shelf: 16 slides; aerial and landscape slides.
Box-Folder 7.06: Tule Lake: Petroglyph Point, 1995 Add to Shelf: 63 slides; slides of maps, landscapes, and building.
Box-Folder 7.07: California, 1963-1982 Add to Shelf: 354 slides; slides of Ferndale, Mendocino, San Francisco, Sausalito on the waterfront, Mountain and Lake Shasta, and Tule Lake. Also includes Smith River, Immortal Tree, Eureka and erosion, and Gerry Williams in the Redwood National Park.

Series 5: Umpqua Region, 1969-1990 Add to Shelf

Series 5 consists of 1451 slides of the Umpqua Basin region including the Umpqua National Forest, towns in the Umpqua Basin, and the Umpqua River. The series includes extensive historical images of this region of Oregon as well as slides of the Santiam Valley and Santiam Pass area.

Box-Folder 8.01: Historic Santiam, 1977-1985 Add to Shelf: 207 slides; historic slides of Fish Lake Remount Depot, Guard/Ranger Stations, bridges, lookouts, the Planting crew at Detroit, and the Santiam Ski Lodge Civilian Conservation Corps crew.
Box-Folder 8.02: Santiam Valley, Eastern Oregon, and Deschutes Valley, 1969-1982 Add to Shelf: 125 slides; includes slides of Southeastern Oregon, Santiam River, Silver Creek State Park, and Klamath Basin, River, and Lake. Also contains the Old Wigwam burner and Jordon covered bridge slides.
Box-Folder 8.03: Umpqua National Forest Coding Team, 1988 Add to Shelf: 11 slides; slides of the meeting and paperwork.
Box-Folder 8.04: Umpqua Towns, 1985 Add to Shelf: 30 slides; consists of aerial slides of Winchester, Sutherlin, Oakland, Cottage Grove, Milo Academy, the Tri Cities area, and Canyonville. Slides also show aerials of harvest units, the South Umpqua River, Dorena Lake, New Galesville Dam and Reservoir, and Roseburg's airport.
Box-Folder 8.05: Umpqua North, 1980-1988 Add to Shelf: 22 slides; includes slides of activities and buildings on the Umpqua River and surrounding flora.
Box-Folder 8.06: Umpqua Valley, 1978-1984 Add to Shelf: 169 slides; consists of slides depicting the towns of Roseburg, Yoncalla, Drain, Myrtle Creek, Sutherlin, Oakland, Winchester, Leland and Elkton, as well as other scenic shots from around the Umpqua Valley and Umpqua River. Of particular note are slides of the animals at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon.
Box-Folder 8.07: Umpqua National Forest, 1970-1990 Add to Shelf: 233 slides; includes images of the Pacific Crest Trail, several mountains in the Cascade Range (notably Mt. Thielsen and Tipsoo Peak), Twin Lakes, Diamond Lake, waterfalls along the North Umpqua Highway, projects from the Civilian Conservation Corps, and flora and fauna from the area.
Box-Folder 8.08: Umpqua National Forest North/South Umpqua Rivers Bohemia Mining District, 1979-1984 Add to Shelf: 194 slides; consists mostly of landscape shots from around the area including Diamond Lake and the resort, Quartz Mountain, South Umpqua Falls, and Sharps Creek. Many Cascade Range peaks are depicted including Bohemia Mountain, Mt. Thielsen, Mt. Bailey and other a few other peaks. Also included are images of the Cow Creek Indian Powwow.
Box-Folder 9.01: Umpqua National Forest: Historic (1/2), 1979-1985 Add to Shelf: 220 slides; includes historical images of forest ranger activities and ranger stations and buildings at Diamond Lake, Big Camas, Johnson Creek, Roseburg, Black Rock, Boundary, Devils Flat, Dumont, Glide, Silent Creek, Illahee, South Umpqua, Old Summit, Abbott Butte, Sugar Pine, Steamboat, Acker Rock, Bald Ridges, Buster Butte, and Tiller among other locations in the Umpqua National Forest. The folder also includes slides of historical maps of Umpqua National Forest.
Box-Folder 9.02: Umpqua National Forest: Historic (2/2), 1976-1980 Add to Shelf: 240 slides; includes slides of operations pertaining to firefighting, mining, fishing, and logging. Images of training camps, Diamond Lake lodge amd resort, Cascade range mountains, waterfalls, Fish Lake, Umpqua River, guard stations, and other landscapes are also included.

Series 6: McKenzie River, 1978-1996 Add to Shelf

Series 6 consists of 984 slides of the McKenzie River and McKenzie Pass region including waterfalls, lakes, and springs; water activities; bridges, towns, and settlements on the McKenzie; and landscape views of the area. Portrait photographs of individual associated with the McKenzie Basin are part of the series.

Box-Folder 9.03: McKenzie Pass Waterfalls, 1996 Add to Shelf: 37 slides; consists of slides of Koosah Falls, Dee Wright Observatory, Sahalie Falls, Belnap Hot Springs, and Three Sisters Mountains.
Box-Folder 9.04: McKenzie River, 1978-1982 Add to Shelf: 177 slides; includes slides of water activities such as kayaking, rafting, and fly fishing. Landscape slides include images of Clear Lake, Great Spring, Leaburg Dam, Horse Creek Falls, Proxy Falls, Rainbow Falls, Tamolitch Falls, Sahalie Falls, Koosah Falls Eagle Rock, Castle Rock, Wolf Rock, Finn Rock, Benchmark Rock, Cougar Reservoir, and various areas on the McKenzie River and McKenzie River Highway.
Box-Folder 9.05: McKenzie River II, 1977-1982 Add to Shelf: 202 slides; consists of slides of Cascade Range mountains including Mt. Washington, Mt. Jefferson, Three Fingered Jack, Little Belknap, and Three Sisters. Landscape slides of McKenzie River, Fingerboard Prarie, Roaring River, Olallie Ridge, Lost Creek, and Lookout Creek are also included.
Box-Folder 9.06: McKenzie River III, 1978-1982 Add to Shelf: 203 slides; consists of slides of bridges in the McKenzie River area including Armitage Railroad Bridge, Coburg Bridge, Belknap Bridge, Blue River Bridge, Deerhorn Bridge, Good Pasture Bridge, and Horse Creek Bridge. Also included are images of Belknap Springs Hotel, Foley Springs Hotel, Walterville hops barns (June 1980), the Millican Century Farm at Walterville (October 1978), Creek Canyon, Filbert Orchard in Vida, Fish Hatchery at Leaburg Lake, Gate Creek Ranch in Vida, Lucky Boy Mine, and the Thompson Footbridge. Landscape slides from Creek Canyon, Vida, Coburg, and Walterville include images of forest fires, lava flow, barns and other buildings, and the McKenzie River.
Box-Folder 10.01: Historic McKenzie (1/2), 1979-1983 Add to Shelf: 180 slides; includes historical slides of Foley Hot Springs, Belknap Springs, forest rangers, hotels and other local businesses, Marcola, Log Cabin Inn, and landscape images of the McKenzie River and surrounding area. Also included are portraits of Donald McKenzie, Robert A. Booth, Ada and George Millican, Roy Andrews, Raymond Engles, Bud Joy, Smith Taylor, Everett Thompson, Martha and Dorothy Belknap, Superintendent David R. Gibney, and the Montgomery Brothers as well as family photos of the Sparks Family, the Frissell Family, and the Thomson Family.
Box-Folder 10.02: Historic McKenzie (2/2), 1979-1990 Add to Shelf: 185 slides; consists of slides of landscapes including McKenzie Pass, Belknap Craters, Three Sisters, Collier Glacier, Blue River Bridge, Whitebranch Winter, and Box Canyon. Other images include sheep grazing, McKenzie River Baseball Team, camping and fishing photos, Lucky Boy Mine, several lookout stations, and pictures of and advertisements for local businesses.

Series 7: Historic: Oregon and Washington, 1980-1985 Add to Shelf

Series 7 consists of 227 slides of historical postcards and photographs of Oregon and Washington landscapes as well as individuals associated with the region. Thes seris also includes images of a few documents and maps. The slides were made in the early 1980s of images that were originally taken in the late 19th century through mid-20th century.

Box-Folder 10.03: Historic: Oregon and Washington, 1980-1985 Add to Shelf: 227 slides; includes slides of historical postcards and photographs in Ashland, Medford, Jacksonville, Coos Bay, Siuslaw, Eugene, Pendleton, Prairie City, Baker City, Tacoma, and Northern California. Landscape images include Crater Lake, Rouge River Falls, Oregon Caves, Odell Lake, Crescent Lake, Deschutes National Forest, Pelican Bay, Olympic Mountains, and the Redwood Forest. Portraits are also included of Steven Meek, Lady Dscharwasha, Peter Britt, Dr. John McLoughlin, Ben Holladay, Binger Herman, Robert H. Booth, and John Mitchell. Other subjects include logging and farm operations, Native American culture, forest reserve maps, and the University of Oregon.

Series 8: Flora and Fauna, 1970-1997 Add to Shelf

Series 8 consists of 2529 slides depicting flora and fauna, primarily of Oregon, Washington, and the Pacific Northwest. Images of trees, mosses, mushrooms, fungi, lichens, grasses, ferns, shrubs, cactus, and flowers are included. The fauna photographs show insects, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, ducks, geese, swans, and other birds. Images from elsewhere in North America are also included. Lists of the scientific and common names for several of the sets of flora images were received with the images and are mentioned in the folder descriptions below.

Box-Folder 10.04: Trees, 1977-1982 Add to Shelf: 246 slides; includes slides of leaves, cones, and trees in various stages of development primarily from around Oregon and Northern California, with the Willamette Pass and McKenzie River Area of particular note. A few slides from Texas, Indiana, and Vancouver, B.C. are also included. The tree types photographed include cedar, fir, redwood, juniper, oak, and maple.
Box-Folder 10.05: Mosses, Mushrooms, Fungi, Lichens, Grasses, Ferns, Shrubs and Cactus, 1977-1982 Add to Shelf: 225 slides; consists of slides of various plant and fungi types throughout Oregon, including the Oakland, Eugene, Cottage Grove, The Dalles, and the areas around the McKenzie, North Umpqua, Rogue, Columbia, and Klamath rivers. Also included are a few slides of cacti in Texas, some ferns from British Columbia, and fungi slides from Indiana. A list of scientific and common names for each plant/fungus is included with the slides.
Box-Folder 11.01: Flowers, 1985 Add to Shelf: 14 slides; includes slides of flowers from the McKenzie River area. A horse in a pasture is also depicted.
Box-Folder 11.02: Flowers: Orange and Yellow, 1977-1982 Add to Shelf: 165 slides; consists of slides of flowering plants in Oregon and Northern California, particularly in the McKenzie River area, Eugene, and Eureka. A few flower slides from Austin, Texas are also included. A list of scientific and common names for each plant is included with the slides.
Box-Folder 11.03: Flowers: Pink, Purple, and Blue, 1977-1982 Add to Shelf: 290 slides; includes slides of flowering plants in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California, most notably in Eureka, the Willamette Valley, the Oregon coast, and the McKenzie River area. Flowers from other geographical locations include British Columbia, Indiana, and Texas. A list of scientific and common names for each plant is included with the slides.
Box-Folder 11.04: Flowers II: Shrub Flowers/ Berries, White, and Dried Plants, 1976-1980 Add to Shelf: 216 slides; includes slides of flowers and plants in Oregon and Northern California, particularly the Umpqua area, McKenzie River area, Rogue River area, Eugene, The Dalles, and Eureka. Also included are a few slides of plants from Canada and Indiana.
Box-Folder 11.05: Images of Various Plants and Animals, 1977-1997 Add to Shelf: 132 slides; consists of slides of images of spiders and insects, birds. sheep and cattle herds and historic images of deer and elk in Oregon and Northern California. Also included are historic images of deer and elk, various plants and flowers in the McKenzie River area and Willamette Valley, and articles and photographs of spotted owls.
Box-Folder 11.06: Insects, Amphibians, and Reptiles, 1972-1981 Add to Shelf: 152 slides; consists of slides of aquatic life including trout, salmon, turtles, sand dollars, frogs, eels, and alligators in Maine, South Carolina, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Also included are slides of insects and reptiles from Oregon, Indiana, and the Bahamas.
Box-Folder 12.01: Mammals, 1977-1981 Add to Shelf: 283 slides; includes slides of mammals from all over North America, particularly Oregon, California, Washington, Colorado, Montana, Conecticut, Massachusetts, Wyoming, Texas, Indiana, and Alberta. Animals photographed most notably include big horn sheep, bison, deer, elk, antelope, rodents, and sea lions.
Box-Folder 12.02: Birds at Sun River, 1994 Add to Shelf: 35 slides; consists of slides of birds at Sunriver including blackbirds, ducks, and eagles. Also included are photographs of a squirrel and children skiing.
Box-Folder 12.03: Birds, 1977-1984 Add to Shelf: 309 slides; includes slides of birds in Oregon, Washington, Northern California, and a few slides from the Bahamas. Birds photographed include turkeys, owls, woodpeckers, blackbirds, sparrows, eagles, hawks, ospreys, herons, hummingbirds. cranes, cormorants, egrets, pelicans, seagulls, pheasants, quails, and grouse.
Box-Folder 12.04: Ducks, 1973-1982 Add to Shelf: 253 slides; includes slides of many duck species in Oregon, Washington, Northern California, and British Columbia. Most notably included are mallards, pintails, shovelers, green-winged teals, wood ducks, and ruddy ducks.
Box-Folder 12.05: Geese and Swans, 1970-1984 Add to Shelf: 209 slides; consists of slides of geese and swans in the Pacific Northwest, most notably Tule Lake, Vancouver, Ashland, and the Lower Klamath area. There are also a few slides of geese and swans in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Series 9: Cartoons, 1968-2003 Add to Shelf

Series 9 consists of 844 slides of political cartoons and cartoons pertaining to forestry, fishing, and ranching. Many of the images are of historical items, but more recent cartoons pertaining to environmentalism and global warming, endangered species, and the spotted owl controversy are included.

Box-Folder 13.01: Forest Services Cartoons, 1979-2003 Add to Shelf: 166 slides; includes slides of cartoons pertaining to forest services including forest fires and prevention, legislative activities, environmentalism, and political views related to clear cutting. Other cartoons included cover the topics of fishing and ranching.
Box-Folder 13.02: Political Cartoons, 1978-1997 Add to Shelf: 219 slides; consists of slides pertaining to political views on clear cutting, endangered species, and other forestry related issues.
Box-Folder 13.03: Political Cartoons, 1968-1997 Add to Shelf: 218 slides; consists of slides of historical political cartoons. Main topics include President Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, The Great Depression and Franklin D. Roosevelt, WWII, President Reagan, James Watt, George Bush Sr., Bill Clinton, and forestry related political issues.
Box-Folder 13.04: Political Cartoons, 1978-2003 Add to Shelf: 241 slides; includes slides of political cartoons pertaining to forestry related issues including the U.S. Forest Service, clear cutting, forest thinning, forest fires, environmentalism and global warming, endangered species and the spotted owl controversy.

Series 10: Presentations and Publications, 1961-1997 Add to Shelf

Series 10 consists of 474 slides that were created and assembled by Williams for use in presentations and publications. Topics include the history of national forests in the southern United States, the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens, John Waldo, and the U.S. Forest Service.

Box-Folder 13.05: Images used for Presentation: The Beginnings…, 1997 Add to Shelf: 88 slides; consists of slides used for a presentation given by Gerald Williams entitled " Private Property to Public Property: The Beginnings of the National Forests in the South". Slides depict forests and logging operations as well as maps of the southern United States.
Box-Folder 13.06: Mt. St. Helens Presentation with Script, 1981 Add to Shelf: 80 slides; consists of slides used for presentation about Mt. Saint Helens. Slides depict the Mt. Saint Helens eruption and aftermath. Complete presentation script included.
Box-Folder 14.01: Images used in Research/Publication of John Waldo Book, 1989 Add to Shelf: 158 slides; includes images of the Cascade Range, portraits of Waldo, Waldo Lake,and many camp scenes including Odell Lake, Davis Creek, Rigdon Station, Santiam Pass, Deer Camp, and Mt. Hood.
Box-Folder 14.02: Forest Service Images used in Confidential Publication, 1961-1993 Add to Shelf: 148 slides; includes slides of landscapes, buildings and structures, and flora and fauna in Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico and California. These images were described by the donor as being used in a confidential publication. The title and purpose of the publication is unknown. Many of the phtoographs were made by U.S. Forest Service photographers, including Byron Shumaker and Jim Hughes.

Series 11: General, 1978-2002 Add to Shelf

Series 11 consists of 1742 slides on a variety of topics. Some of the slides depict Williams' travels and events in which he participated. Images of National Monuments, National Parks, and other notable features are part of the series. Of note are slides of historic images of Native Americans and of logging operations.

Box-Folder 14.03: Aldo Leopold's "Shack" Tour and Gathering, 1999 Add to Shelf: 77 slides; consists of slides of event photographs as well as images of the interior of the shack and a few historical images.
Box-Folder 14.04: Ashland 4th of July, 1985, 1989 Add to Shelf: 105 slides; consists of slides of the 4th of July parade, Lithia Park, and fireworks show.
Box-Folder 14.05: Clinton and Gore: Portland, 1996 Add to Shelf: 25 slides; consists of slides of the Clinton and Gore rally in Portland.
Box-Folder 14.06: Norman Myers Trip, 1985 Add to Shelf: 24 slides; consists of slides of a trip to the South Umpqua River and Devil's Knob Lookout.
Box-Folder 14.07: Pacific SW Institute of Forest Genetics, 1992 Add to Shelf: 20 slides; includes slides of the buildings, grounds, and signs at the Institute of Forest Genetics.
Box-Folder 14.08: Seattle and Flight to Eugene, 1983-1984 Add to Shelf: 37 slides; includes slides of sites around Seattle, a Native American salmon feast event, and images of an airplane.
Box-Folder 14.09: Victoria Ferry trip; Lorane, Oregon; and Wolf Creek Tavern, 1987 Add to Shelf: 36 slides; includes slides of a ferry to Victoria, Lorane, OR, Wolf Creek Tavern, and the Seattle Skyline.
Box-Folder 14.10: 9/11 Attack on Pentagon Aftermath, 2001 Add to Shelf: 132 slides; consists of slides of images taken in the aftermath of the attack on the Pentagon including the damages to the building, support from the community, and memorial shrines.
Box-Folder 14.11: Hot Air Balloons, 1993 Add to Shelf: 20 slides; consists of slide of hot air balloons near Aurora and Tigard, Oregon.
Box-Folder 14.12: Steamboat and Fall Creek Historical Markers, 1985 Add to Shelf: 15 slides; consists of slides of petroglyphs and tree carvings at Fall Creek Site.
Box-Folder 14.13: Steam Engine and Eugene Freeze, 1987; 1989 Add to Shelf: 28 slides; includes slides of a freeze in Eugene in 1987 and also slides of Steam Engine 4449 in Roseburg.
Box-Folder 14.14: Wildlife Safari, 1990 Add to Shelf: 39 slides; includes slides of animals at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon.
Box-Folder 14.15: Various Topics, 1978-1991 Add to Shelf: 33 slides; consists of slides of aerial photographs of Spokane, Washington, various wildlife images from around Oregon, portraits of Gene Bernard, and images pertaining to Lt. Charles Wilkes and his expeditions.
Box-Folder 15.01: American Indians, 1980-1998 Add to Shelf: 145 slides; includes slides of historical images of Native Americans including the Umatilla, Pueblo, Plains, Kalapuya, and other tribes in the Oregon area. Main topics include missionaries and colonialism, landscapes, horses, fire, petroglyphs, and tribe maps for the Pacific Northwest.
Box-Folder 15.02: Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, 1987 Add to Shelf: 21 slides; includes landscape slides taken at the Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico.
Box-Folder 15.03: National Monuments throughout United States: Historic and Contemporary, 1987-2002 Add to Shelf: 138 slides; includes historical slides of National Monuments throughout the United States including Tuzigoot, Tumacacori Mission, Pinnacles, Capulin Mountain, OK Caves, Walnut Canyon, Grand Canyon, Lava Beds, Oregon Caves, Devils Post Pile, Mineral King, Muir Woods, Bad Lands, Crater of the Moon, Olympic National Forest, Gran Quivira, Montezuma Castle, Wupatki, Bandelier, Cherry Creek Cliff Dwellings, Chiricahua, El Morro, Custer Battlefield, Casa Grande, Fort Laramie, the Statue of Liberty, Joshua Tree, Organ Pipe Cactus, Petrified Forest, Devils Tower, and Yellowstone. Also included are photographs of taken in 2002 on Bandolier National Monument.
Box-Folder 15.04: Indian Fire #1 and #2, 1989-1997 Add to Shelf: 101 slides; consists of historic slides pertaining to Native Americans and forest fires. Includes slides of maps and images of forest fires and tribes.
Box-Folder 15.05: Fire-Related Images, 1985-1992 Add to Shelf: 148 slides; includes slides of both historic and contemporary images of topics relating to forest fires including lookout stations, rangers and firefighters, smokejumpers. prescribed burning, and aftermath landscapes.
Box-Folder 15.06: "Land Frauds in Oregon", 1983-1991 Add to Shelf: 37 slides; consists mainly of slides of portraits including John H. Mitchell, Francis J. Heney, John N. Williamson, Binger Hermann, Joseph Simon, Salmon B. Ormsby, Timothy W. Davenport, John Minto, and William Gladstone Steel. Also included and land maps and land fraud newspaper headlines.
Box-Folder 15.07: Northwest Forest Plan: Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Team Members, 1993 Add to Shelf: 9 slides; consists of group photographs of the SEIS Team Members.
Box-Folder 15.08: Yew Environmental Impact Statement Site Visit, 1992 Add to Shelf: 73 slides; consists of slides of the Yew EIS Site Visit near Cottage Grove and Creswell. Includes images of yew log and bark processing.
Box-Folder 15.09: Organic Act, 1983-1997 Add to Shelf: 32 slides; includes slides of portraits of Gifford Pinchot, Charles W. Fulton, Binger Hermann, John H. Mitchell. Henry S. Graves, and William Gladstone Steel. Also included are slides of newspaper articles, policy statements, letters. maps and charts pertaining to land distribution and public domain. These document the Forest Service Organic Administration Act of 1897 that provided statuatory basis for management of forest reserves in the United States.
Box-Folder 15.10: Logging Operations: Historic Images, 1979-1997 Add to Shelf: 106 slides; consists of historic slides of logging operations in Oregon, Washington, Montana and Wisconsin. Includes images of dams, tree felling, log driving, and lumber mills. Of particular note are images of the Cowlitz Stud Co. and Mill Creek Splash Dam.
Box-Folder 15.11: United States Forest Products Lab, 1992 Add to Shelf: 59 slides; included are slides of both historic and contemporary images of the United States Forest Products Lab in Madison, Wisconsin. Of note, there are images of the lab exterior and buildings and projects on site.
Box-Folder 15.12: General, 1978-1993 Add to Shelf: 282 slides; consists of slides of historic images -=including landscapes, the U.S. Forest Service, and forest management signs and protocols. Other slides include Oregon wildlife, various landscapes and views from around the United States, and several maps showing National Forest regions in the U.S. Of particular note, included are images pertaining to environmentalism, forest service operations, and disaster response teams.

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Gerald W. Williams (center) receiving a Certificate of Appreciation from Ann Veneman, U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, and Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth.

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