Gerald W. Williams Electronic Records, 1985-2008

Predominant Dates: 1998-2007

The Gerald W. Williams Electronic Records include images, word processing files, PowerPoint presentations and other electronic formats that chronicle Williams's research interests and scholarly productivity during his years working as a historian and sociologist for the U.S. Forest Service. The entire collection is born digital and is available upon patron request or for use in the SCARC reading room. Included are materials documenting the history of the Forest Service as well as various national forests across the United States. The collection likewise reflects Williams's involvement in historical outreach activities and events, his interest in forest fire policy, and his study of editorial cartoons as historical sources. Biographical data and professional documents detailing Williams's work over time are included as well.

Items from this collection, including born-digital materials, have been digitized and are available upon request.

Creators

ID: MSS WilliamsGElectronic

Extent: 29.8 gigabytes

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Scope and Content Notes

The materials described here as the Gerald W. Williams Electronic Records were originally contained on 85 compact discs that were donated by Gerald Williams in tandem with a large volume of analog records that have since been organized into several additional archival collections. Following the technical accessioning of this born digital content, Williams's electronic records were intellectually organized into a collection of their own. In its final processed form, the collection is primarily comprised of images in .jpg, .tif, .gif and .cdr formats, as well as word processing documents in .doc, .wpd, .rtf, .txt and .apr formats. The collection also includes smaller quantities of Microsoft Office files (Excel, Publisher, Powerpoint), PDFs and others items created with the Adobe software suite (Illustrator, Photoshop), .mp3 audio files, and .dxf computer aided design files. All collection content is available upon patron request or for use in the SCARC reading room.

The collection provides documentation of Williams' research interests and insight into his activities as a scholarly and public historian. In addition to materials written by Williams, the collection features a great many items authored by other scholars of Forest Service and natural resources history. The collection likewise includes thousands of digitized historic images that were collected by Williams, as well as photographs or scans of other primary source materials unearthed by Williams during various research trips. For items that were digitized by Williams, the dates provided in this finding aid refer to the dates when content was digitized, not the date of the original analog item.

Articles written by Williams and presentations that he prepared and delivered are described on the item level in Series 1 and Series 2. Events that he helped to organize or that he participated in are listed in Series 3, and his involvement with historical outreach initiatives sponsored by the Forest Service is documented in Series 4.

Much of the collection's historic imagery is described in the next three series. Images gleaned from the Forest Service's historical collections have been arranged into Series 5, and images likewise gathered from the National Forest Fire Laboratory are organized into Series 6. Historical images of thirteen national forests and one national grassland are available in Series 7. Many of the image files held in all three of these series were given unique descriptive identifiers by Williams, and several of the image sets held in Series 7 are accompanied by detailed inventories.

Several of Williams's research interests are spelled out in the three series that follow. Series 8 contains materials that document the life and activities of the first Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot, as well as historic imagery of the national forest that now bears his name. Series 9 is comprised of over 1,500 historic editorial cartoons that Williams digitized and that generally focus on topics or figures important to the Forest Service or to land use policy in the United States. Series 10 serves as a catch-all for many other topics that Williams researched including forester C.J. Buck, the Civilian Conservation Corps, environmental justice, fire lookouts, the Northwest Forest Plan, smokejumpers, and women in natural resources. The series also contains a collection of oral history transcripts, materials gathered by Williams during three different research trips, and a significant volume of content related to topics in Forest Service history.

The collection is rounded out by Series 11, which contains biographical and professional materials including copies of Williams's vita, annual reports, notes on family, and pieces of writing that Williams found humorous.

Items from this collection, including born-digital materials, have been digitized and are available upon request.

Biographical / Historical Notes

Statement on Access: The collection is open for research. The entire collection is born digital and fully available upon patron request or for use in the SCARC reading room.

Statement on Description:

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 Electronic Records (MSS WilliamsGElectronic), 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.

Languages of Materials

English

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Container List

Series 1: Williams Manuscripts, 1985-2005 Add to Shelf

Series 1 consists of manuscripts of articles, annotated bibliographies and detailed chronologies written by Williams on topics related to Forest Service and land use history. Two personal reflections on hunting are included as well. Unless otherwise indicated, each item consists of a single word processing file. Each file or folder organized into this series has also been renamed to reflect the full title given to a work by Williams. Copies of many of these items can be found elsewhere in the collection, organized into topically relevant folders and bearing the original file name assigned by Williams.

Extent: 275 word processing documents, 48 images and 4 PDFs; 86.3 MB

Digital File 1.1: H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, 1985 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.2: Oral History as an Element of a Comprehensive History Program: A Forest Service Example in the Pacific Northwest Region, 1986 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.3: Heritage Site Mentions in the Judge Waldo Diaries and Letters, 1880-1907, February 13, 1989 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.4: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the Pacific Northwest, 1933-1942, circa 1990 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.5: An Inventory of the Known Lookout Locations in Western Oregon, July 16, 1991 Add to Shelf
Digital Folder 1.6: Judge John B. Waldo: Letters and Journals from the High Cascades of Oregon, 1877-1907, January 1992 Add to Shelf: Extent: 12 word processing documents
Digital File 1.7: The French Pete Wilderness Controversy, 1937-1978: A Leadership Case Study, 1993 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.8: An Inquiry Into Petroglyph Point Lava Beds National Monument Near Tulelake, California, September 19, 1995 Add to Shelf
Digital Folder 1.9: Establishing and Defending the Cascade Range Forest Reserve from 1885 to 1912, September 30, 1995 Add to Shelf: Extent: 28 word processing documents
Digital File 1.10: A History of Human Dimension Research in the Forest Service, August 27, 1996 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.11: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC): Camps and Companies in the Pacific Northwest, 1933-1942, October 16, 1996 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.12: Gifford Pinchot: Forester and Conservationist, 1996 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.13: Law Enforcement in the Forest Service: A Brief Outline of the History, 1996 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.14: American Indian Use of Fire in Ecosystems: An Underestimated Source of Fires, 1997 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.15: Chiefs of the USDA Forest Service and the Politics of Appointment, 1997 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.16: Aircraft Warning Service in World War II, January 9, 1998 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.17: ICBEMP Community Assessment: Social and Economic Effects, January 16, 1998 Add to Shelf: The acronym ICBEMP stands for Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project.
Digital File 1.18: An Analysis of Selected Social and Economic Trends: Effects of the Alternatives on Communities, February 12, 1998 Add to Shelf: Co-authored with Richard H. Phillips.
Digital File 1.19: Oral History and the Forest Service History Program, June 30, 1998 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.20: Organic Act of 1897 - Relation to Current Management, June 30, 1998 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.21: Controversy Over Clearcutting, October 22, 1998 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.22: The Beginning Era of the USDA Forest Service, 1873-1905, 1998 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.23: Santiam Wagon Road and Pass: A Short History, 1998 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.24: The End of a Full Day Hunt, circa 1998 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.25: The Sneak, circa 1998 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.26: Establishment and Modification of the National Forests in the Pacific Northwest Region, 1892-Present, February 19, 1999 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.27: Forest Reserves and National Forests in the Pacific Northwest, 1892-Present, circa 1999 Add to Shelf
Digital Folder 1.28: Aboriginal Use of Fire: Are There Any "Natural" Plant Communities?, 1999-2003 Add to Shelf: Folder contains multiple drafts of this manuscript written over time.; Extent: 5 word processing documents
Digital File 1.29: The Timber Famine of the Late 1800s and Early 1900s, February 22, 2000 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.30: USDA Forest Service Office of Communication: 125 Years of Information and Education, April 5, 2000 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.31: The USDA Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest: Major Political and Social Controversies Between 1891-1945, May 10, 2000 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.32: Expeditions, Explorations, and Journeys Into and Through the Regions of Western Oregon, 1805-1869, May 27, 2000 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.33: Bibliographic References on the Property Rights Movement, August 3, 2000 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.34: Fire History, September 1, 2000 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.35: USDA Forest Service in Difficult Times: It Hasn't Been Easy, November 13, 2000 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.36: Tree Cutting Technology, 2000 Add to Shelf
Digital Folder 1.37: The USDA Forest Service: The First Century, 2000-2004 Add to Shelf: Folder contains two versions of this book manuscript as well as sidebars used in the text.; Extent: 3 word processing documents
Digital File 1.38: McKenzie River Valley History, January 1, 2001 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.39: Wilderness Act and the Roadless Area Reviews, November 15, 2001 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.40: Community Stability and the Forest Service, November 19, 2001 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.41: USDA Forest Service and Revenue Sharing with States, 1905-Present, November 19, 2001 Add to Shelf
Digital Folder 1.42: McKenzie River Places: A Partial Listing of Social, Historic and Geographic Place Names, 2001 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 word processing documents
Digital File 1.43: McKenzie River Information, circa 2001 Add to Shelf
Digital Folder 1.44: Selected References Concerning the USDA Forest Service, February 2002 Add to Shelf: Folder includes complete book manuscript, individual manuscript chapters, research materials and Forest Service images.; Extent: 44 word processing documents, 20 images, 1 PDF
Digital File 1.45: Pacific Northwest Region (R-6) of the USDA Forest Service: A Brief History of the Early Days, June 30, 2002 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.46: History of Gypsy Moth Infestation and Control Efforts, November 1, 2002 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.47: Conservation During the Franklin D. Roosevelt Era, 1933-1945, circa 2002 Add to Shelf
Digital Folder 1.48: National Monuments and the Forest Service, 2002-2003 Add to Shelf: Folder contains two versions of this manuscript.; Extent: 2 word processing documents
Digital File 1.49: The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 1933-1942, January 14, 2003 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.50: Short Biographies of Forest Service Chiefs (Foresters) 1905-Present, April 9, 2003 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.51: Chronology of Events on the Threes, 1803-2003, circa 2003 Add to Shelf
Digital Folder 1.52: The Last Sociologist, 2003-2004 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 word processing documents
Digital File 1.53: National Forests on Military Reservations, 1924-1929, November 24, 2003 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.54: Biographical Information About the USDA Forest Service Chiefs (Foresters), 1905-Present, January 1, 2004 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.55: Some History on the Forest Service and the Yates or Auditors Building, January 1, 2004 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.56: USDA Forest Service Uniform Buttons: Metal and Ivory Types, March 8, 2004 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.57: Forest Service Badge and Patches - Origin, March 11, 2004 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.58: Balloon Bombs of World War II, April 13, 2004 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.59: Chronology of Events and People in the Development of the American Conservation/Environmental Movement, 1799-2004, July 13, 2004 Add to Shelf
Digital Folder 1.60: American Indian Fire Use in the Arid West, Summer 2004 Add to Shelf: Folder includes a PDF of the journal Fire Management Today (vol. 64, No. 3, Summer 2004) in which Williams's article was published. Folder also includes images and figures used to illustrate the article.; Extent: 10 images, 1 PDF
Digital File 1.61: Women in the Forest Service: Early Historical Accounts, September 9, 2004 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.62: The Wilderness Controversy, 1964-2004, October 15, 2004 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.63: Social Science Research in the Forest Service: An Increasing Emphasis, December 7, 2004 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.64: Forest Service Marked Tableware (China), December 10, 2004 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.65: Forest Service Organization and Reorganization: Past to Present, December 13, 2004 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.66: Fire and Declining Forest Health, February 23, 2005 Add to Shelf
Digital File 1.67: Hudson's Bay Company, and Related, in California, March 10, 2005 Add to Shelf
Digital Folder 1.68: We Had an Objective in Mind: The U.S. Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest, 1905 to 2005. A Centennial Anthology, 2005 Add to Shelf: Book edited by Rolf Anderson. Includes Williams contribution, "The Last Sociologist." Folder includes other manuscripts contributed to the book, illustrations and production files.; Extent: 126 word processing documents, 18 images, 3 PDFs
Digital File 1.69: Research on the National Forests, circa 2005 Add to Shelf

Series 2: Williams Presentations, 1999-2005 Add to Shelf

Series 2 consists of PowerPoint files and supporting images and audio clips used by Williams in delivering seven sets of presentations. Copies of several PowerPoints described in the series can be found elsewhere in the collection as well, organized into topically relevant folders.

Extent: 553 images, 5 PowerPoints and 4 .mp3 audio files; 2.04 GB

Digital File 2.1: Introduction to the Fire Laboratory and Evolution of Fire Research, 1999 Add to Shelf: Extent: 1 PowerPoint
Digital File 2.2: Making a History of the Forest Service: "The Greatest Good" (FSX Version), December 2002 Add to Shelf: Extent: 1 PowerPoint
Digital Folder 2.3: Forest Service History Slide Show, 2002 Add to Shelf: Undescribed images grouped by Williams for use in a slide show.; Extent: 150 images
Digital File 2.4: The History of the Fort Valley Experimental Forest: Then and Now, 2002 Add to Shelf: Extent: 1 PowerPoint
Digital File 2.5: Political Cartoons: A Different Way to View Natural Resource Management, 1897-2005, April 2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 1 PowerPoint
Digital Folder 2.6: Forest Service Centennial - Music Slide Show, 2005 Add to Shelf: PowerPoint slide show (.PPS) featuring images set to four songs -- "It Had to Be You," "Little Brown Jug," "Sentimental Journey," and "Woodchopper Ball."; Extent: 4 .mp3 audio files, 1 PowerPoint
Digital Folder 2.7: 35 mm Slide Shows, 2005 Add to Shelf: Folder includes 11 sets of images labeled by Williams as "35 mm slide shows." Image sets are identified as follows: "35 mm Civilian Conservation Corps 1," "35 mm Civilian Conservation Corps 2," "35 mm Forest Service History," "35 mm Indian Fire 1," "35 mm Indian Fire 2," "35 mm Indian Fire 3," "35 mm Gifford Pinchot and Grey Towers 1," "35 mm Gifford Pinchot and Grey Towers 2," "35 mm Political Cartoons," "35 mm Spruce Division," and "35 mm Wilderness." Folder also includes two stray images: "Minnesota Cutover Land PC" and "Unabomber Kaczynski, Newsweek April 15, 1996."; Extent: 383 images

Series 3: Events, 1991-2008 Add to Shelf

Series 3 is comprised of materials related to events in which Williams participated or helped to organize. Most of the events are documented solely by digital photographs taken on the occasion. Of particular note are materials related to the Forest Service Centennial Congress held in January 2005. Photos of Williams's retirement party in June 2005 are also included.

Extent: 539 images, 35 word processing documents and 10 PDFs; 687 MB

Digital Folder 3.1: National Forest System Centennial, 1991 Add to Shelf: Extent: 5 word processing documents
Digital Folder 3.2: Forest Service Grey Towers Reopening, August 10-11, 2001 Add to Shelf: Extent: 174 images
Digital Folder 3.3: Forest Service Grey Towers Event, September 11, 2001 Add to Shelf: Extent: 25 images
Digital Folder 3.4: Forest Service Civilian Conservation Corps Reunion, September 2001 Add to Shelf: Extent: 33 images
Digital Folder 3.5: Forest Service Retiree Picnic, August 27, 2003 Add to Shelf: Extent: 11 word processing documents
Digital Folder 3.6: Camp Pinchot, Choctawhatchee National Forest, Florida, August 20, 2004 Add to Shelf: Extent: 114 images
Digital Folder 3.7: Forest Service Centennial Congress, January 3-6, 2005 Add to Shelf: Folder contains PDF files of a detailed centennial timeline as well as images of the timeline on display.; Extent: 19 word processing documents, 19 images, 10 PDFs
Digital Folder 3.8: Gerald Williams Retirement Party, Washington, D.C., June 30, 2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 31 images
Digital Folder 3.9: Forest Service Reunion Event, 2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 56 images
Digital Folder 3.10: Gifford Pinchot National Forest Centennial - Williams Presentation at Ft. Vancouver, June 17, 2008 Add to Shelf: Extent: 18 images
Digital Folder 3.11: Gifford Pinchot National Forest Centennial - Williams Presentation, June 23, 2008 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 images
Digital Folder 3.12: Gifford Pinchot National Forest Centennial - Williams Presentation at Cowlitz Valley Ranger District, June 24, 2008 Add to Shelf: Extent: 66 images

Series 4: Forest Service History Outreach, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf

Series 4 consists of materials tracing Williams's involvement with and interest in two major Forest Service history outreach initiatives - the Forest Service Heritage Program and the Forest Service History Program. Relevant non-Williams materials are included as well, chief among them a book-length manuscript authored by David Grillo on the history of the Forest Service's Region 3 History Program.

Extent: 220 word processing documents, 4 Excel files, 4 PDFs, 3 images and 1 Microsoft Publisher file; 61 MB

Digital Folder 4.1: Forest Service Heritage Program, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf: Folder includes Williams and Non-Williams manuscripts as well as research materials compiled in support of the Forest Service Heritage Program. Of particular note is a book-length manuscript chronicling the history of the Region 3 Heritage Program from 1970-2000 authored by David Gillio.; Extent: 83 word processing documents, 3 images, 3 PDFs, 1 Excel file
Digital Folder 4.2: Forest Service History Program, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf: Folder includes research and administrative files related to the Forest Service History Program and including project proposals, reports on activities, mailing lists, correspondence and meeting notes.; Extent: 137 word processing documents, 3 Excel files, 1 PDF, 1 Microsoft Publisher file

Series 5: Forest Service Images, 1999-2008 Add to Shelf

Organized into Series 5 are a wide array of Forest Service images generally arranged by subject. Images depicting Forest Service personnel, including Chief Foresters, are included, as are images of Forest Service signage and Forest Service Regions 2 (Rocky Mountain Region) and 6 (Pacific Northwest). Images identified by Williams as having been sourced from the Forest Service Washington Office have been grouped together. These groups include visuals of fire prevention activities, Forest Service tableware, wilderness areas, and the Forest Service national headquarters at the Yates Building in Washington, D.C.

Extent: 1,523 images, 2 PDFs, 1 Excel file and 1 word processing document; 4.02 GB

Digital Folder 5.1: Forest Service Images - Assorted, 1999-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 239 images
Digital Folder 5.2: Forest Service Images - Biographical, 2006 Add to Shelf: Images of individuals from Forest Service history.; Extent: 28 images
Digital Folder 5.3: Forest Service Images - Chief Foresters, 2003-2004 Add to Shelf: Portraits and other images of individuals who have served as US Forest Service Chief Forester.; Extent: 89 images
Digital Folder 5.4: Forest Service Images - Inventoried, 2008 Add to Shelf: Folder contains a collection of Forest Service images that are itemized and described in an associated Excel file.; Extent: 71 images, 1 Excel file
Digital Folder 5.5: Forest Service Images - Region 2, 2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 38 images
Digital Folder 5.6: Forest Service Images - Region 6, Oregon, 2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 184 images
Digital Folder 5.7: Forest Service Images - Region 6, Washington, 2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 101 images
Digital Folder 5.8: Forest Service Images - Signs, 2003 Add to Shelf: Extent: 50 images
Digital Folder 5.9: Forest Service Washington Office Images - Assorted, 1999-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 619 images
Digital Folder 5.10: Forest Service Washington Office Images - Fire Prevention, 2001-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 48 images
Digital Folder 5.11: Forest Service Washington Office Images - Forest Service China, 2001-2005 Add to Shelf: Images of Forest Service-issued porcelain china.; Extent: 28 images
Digital Folder 5.12: Forest Service Washington Office Images - Wilderness, 1999-2004 Add to Shelf: Extent: 8 images, 1 word processing document
Digital Folder 5.13: Forest Service Washington Office Images - Yates Building, 2003 Add to Shelf: The Sidney R. Yates Federal Building in Washington, D.C. has served as the national headquarters for the U.S. Forest Service since 1990.; Extent: 20 images, 2 PDFs

Series 6: National Forest Fire Laboratory Images, 1998-2007 Add to Shelf

Series 6 primarily holds images obtained by Williams from the National Forest Fire Laboratory in Missoula, Montana. The images are largely of specific forest fires and often include photographs depicting briefings, management actions and public meetings associated with a given fire. The series also includes imagery and PowerPoint presentation materials documenting the history of the lab itself, including numerous photos of its construction.

Extent: 1,449 images, 9 PowerPoint files, 1 PDF, 1 Photoshop file, 1 Adobe Illustrator file and 1 .cdr file; 10.5 GB

Digital Folder 6.1: Big Fish Fire, 2002-2003 Add to Shelf: Extent: 553 images
Digital Folder 6.2: Blackjack Bay Fire, 2002 Add to Shelf: Extent: 27 images
Digital Folder 6.3: Bloodgood Fire, 2000 Add to Shelf: Extent: 16 images
Digital Folder 6.4: Brundage Cabin Fire, 2003 Add to Shelf: Extent: 5 images
Digital Folder 6.5: Coal Seam Fire, 2002 Add to Shelf: Extent: 28 images
Digital Folder 6.6: Coyote Fire, 2000 Add to Shelf: Extent: 5 images
Digital Folder 6.7: Dade Fire, 2007 Add to Shelf: Extent: 41 images, 1 PowerPoint
Digital Folder 6.8: Eckland Complex Fire, 2001 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 images
Digital Folder 6.9: Enos Fire, 2000 Add to Shelf: Extent: 11 images
Digital Folder 6.10: Gila National Forest Fire, 2001 Add to Shelf: Extent: 9 items
Digital Folder 6.11: Homestead Fire, 2000-2007 Add to Shelf: Extent: 16 images, 1 PowerPoint, 1 PDF, 1 .cdr file
Digital Folder 6.12: Inclined Fuel Bed, 2004 Add to Shelf: Extent: 5 images
Digital Folder 6.13: Kolob Fire, 2001 Add to Shelf: Extent: 5 images
Digital Folder 6.14: Lick Creek Fire, 1998-2006 Add to Shelf: Extent: 144 images, 1 Photoshop file
Digital Folder 6.15: Little Joe Fire, 2001 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 images
Digital Folder 6.16: Lubrecht Fire (1963), 2007 Add to Shelf: Extent: 49 images
Digital Folder 6.17: Lubrecht Fire (2004), 2002-2004 Add to Shelf: Extent: 13 images
Digital Folder 6.18: Mad Creek Fire, 2001 Add to Shelf: Extent: 1 image
Digital Folder 6.19: Meadow Fire, 2004-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 42 images, 5 PowerPoints
Digital Folder 6.20: Monument Fire, 2001 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 images
Digital Folder 6.21: Moss Ridge Fire, 2000-2003 Add to Shelf: Extent: 10 images
Digital Folder 6.22: National Forest Fire Laboratory History - Assorted Images, 2004-2007 Add to Shelf: Extent: 61 images
Digital Folder 6.23: National Forest Fire Laboratory History - Construction Images, 2007 Add to Shelf: Extent: 131 images
Digital Folder 6.24: National Forest Fire Laboratory Lab History - PowerPoint Presentations, 1999-2006 Add to Shelf: Folder contains images and production files used to create the PowerPoint presentation, "Introduction to the Fire Laboratory (and Evolution of Fire Research)" as well as a second untitled PowerPoint that illustrates the history of the National Forest Fire Laboratory.; Extent: 104 images, 2 PowerPoint files, 1 Adobe Illustrator file
Digital Folder 6.25: Number One Island Fire, 2002 Add to Shelf: Extent: 18 images
Digital Folder 6.26: Payette Fires, 2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 9 images
Digital Folder 6.27: Powell Fire, 2003 Add to Shelf: Extent: 26 images
Digital Folder 6.28: Secesh Fire, 2002 Add to Shelf: Extent: 22 images
Digital Folder 6.29: Swamp Ridge Fire, 2001 Add to Shelf: Extent: 3 images
Digital Folder 6.30: Trapper Peak Fire, 2003 Add to Shelf: Extent: 8 images
Digital Folder 6.31: Wilderness Complex Fire, 2000 Add to Shelf: Extent: 79 images

Series 7: National Forests and Grasslands Images, 1999-2007 Add to Shelf

Series 7 primarily consists of historical images of thirteen national forests as well as the Crooked River National Grassland in central Oregon. Most of the Series 7 folders also include an inventory of the images that are contained within.

Extent: 2,037 images, 13 word processing documents, 4 .dxf computer aided design (CAD) files, 2 .apr files and 1 Excel file; 3.61 GB

Digital Folder 7.1: Apache - Sitgreaves National Forest, 2003 Add to Shelf: Folder includes an index describing many of the images held in the directory.; Extent: 100 images, 1 word processing document
Digital Folder 7.2: Carson National Forest, 2000 Add to Shelf: Folder includes an index describing many of the images held in the directory.; Extent: 199 images, 1 word processing document
Digital Folder 7.3: Cibola National Forest, 2003 Add to Shelf: Folder includes an index describing many of the images held in the directory.; Extent: 101 images, 1 word processing document
Digital Folder 7.4: Coconino National Forest, 2003 Add to Shelf: Folder includes an index describing many of the images held in the directory.; Extent: 100 images, 1 word processing document
Digital Folder 7.5: Coronado National Forest, 2003 Add to Shelf: Folder includes an index describing many of the images held in the directory.; Extent: 101 images, 1 word processing document
Digital Folder 7.6: Gila National Forest, 2003 Add to Shelf: Folder includes an index describing many of the images held in the directory.; Extent: 100 images, 1 word processing document
Digital Folder 7.7: Kaibab National Forest, 2000-2003 Add to Shelf: Folder includes an index describing many of the images held in the directory.; Extent: 99 images, 1 word processing document
Digital Folder 7.8: Lincoln National Forest, 2003 Add to Shelf: Folder includes an index describing many of the images held in the directory.; Extent: 100 images, 1 word processing document
Digital Folder 7.9: Monogahela National Forest, 2004 Add to Shelf: Extent: 73 images
Digital Folder 7.10: Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland, 2004 Add to Shelf: Folder includes images sourced from the Crook County Historical Society and Jefferson County Historical Society. Folder also includes images of the Lamonta (Oregon) Civilian Conservation Corps camp, the North Fork of the Crooked River, and computer aided design drawings of a standard fire lookout as it would have been built in 1936. (these .dxf CAD files have been migrated to .tif format for researcher access purposes) Many of the images held in the folder are described in an adjacent Excel file. The folder also includes two manuscripts, "Life on the Lookout," by Marjorie Grant and "A Summer in the Ochoca," by Clive Ingalls.; Extent: 521 images, 4 .dxf computer aided design (CAD) files, 2 word processing documents, 2 .apr files, 1 Excel file
Digital Folder 7.11: Prescott National Forest, 2002 Add to Shelf: Folder includes an index describing many of the images held in the directory.; Extent: 201 images, 1 word processing document
Digital Folder 7.12: Santa Fe National Forest, 2003 Add to Shelf: Folder includes an index describing many of the images held in the directory.; Extent: 101 images, 1 word processing document
Digital Folder 7.13: Tonto National Forest, 2003 Add to Shelf: Folder includes an index describing many of the images held in the directory.; Extent: 100 images, 1 word processing document
Digital Folder 7.14: Uncategorized National Forest Images, 1999-2007 Add to Shelf: Extent: 141 images

Series 8: Gifford Pinchot Materials, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf

Series 8 contains research materials related to the life and work of Gifford Pinchot, who served as the first U.S. Forest Service Chief from 1905-1910. The series also includes a collection of Library of Congress historic images of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southern Washington.

Extent: 259 images and 39 word processing documents; 1.61 GB

Digital Folder 8.1: Gifford Pinchot Articles and Letters, 2004-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 99 images
Digital Folder 8.2: Gifford Pinchot Biographical Photos, 2003-2004 Add to Shelf: Extent: 106 images
Digital Folder 8.3: Gifford Pinchot National Forest Images, Library of Congress, 2003 Add to Shelf: Extent: 45 images
Digital Folder 8.4: Gifford Pinchot Research Materials, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 39 word processing documents, 9 images

Series 9: Editorial Cartoons, 1999-2005 Add to Shelf

Series 9 is comprised of reproductions of historic editorial cartoons, most of which focus on issues related to the Forest Service and/or land use policy.

Extent: 1,539 images and 1 PowerPoint; 4.44 GB

Digital Folder 9.1: Cartoons - Gifford Pinchot Collection, Library of Congress research trip, April 17, 2004 Add to Shelf: Extent: 84 images
Digital Folder 9.2: Political Cartoons - Assorted, 1999-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 651 images
Digital Folder 9.3: Political Cartoons - Teddy Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot, 2001-2004 Add to Shelf: Extent: 347 images
Digital Folder 9.4: Political Cartoons PowerPoint Presentation, 2005 Add to Shelf: Folder includes supporting images and a finished PowerPoint presentation titled "Political Cartoons: A Different Way to View Natural Resource Management, 1897-2005."; Extent: 457 images, 1 PowerPoint

Series 10: Assorted Research Files, 1998-2007 Add to Shelf

Series 10 contains a wide array of materials that reflect Williams's research interests including and beyond the history of the Forest Service. Arranged into the series are sets of material gathered by Williams during specific research trips, as well as content that is organized topically. Of particular note are six folders chronicling specific aspects of Forest Service history, and an additional folder of oral history interviews collected by Williams.

Extent: 1,049 word processing documents, 767 images, 22 PDFs, 4 Excel documents and 2 PowerPoints; 2.79 GB

Digital Folder 10.1: "Archives Images", 2003 Add to Shelf: Sequentially numbered image files digitized from an unidentified scrapbook and categorized by Williams as "Archives Images." Folder is comprised primarily of digitized photographs but also includes digitized maps, correspondence and other documents.; Extent: 340 images
Digital Folder 10.2: C.J. Buck Research, 2007 Add to Shelf: Folder includes images of Buck, accompanying photo captions and biographical information. Clarence John Buck (1881-1957) was a 37-year employee of the Forest Service and served as the Pacific Northwest Region Regional Forester from 1930-1939.; Extent: 10 images, 3 word processing documents
Digital Folder 10.3: Civilian Conservation Corps, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 16 word processing documents, 1 PDF
Digital Folder 10.4: Denver Public Library research trip, March 4, 2005 Add to Shelf: Folder contains research images of the "Peck Album," materials related to a 1907 public lands convention, and photos of the interior of the Denver Public Library itself.; Extent: 66 images
Digital Folder 10.5: Environmental Justice, 1998-2004 Add to Shelf: Extent: 7 word processing documents, 1 PDF
Digital Folder 10.6: Fire Lookouts, 1998-2007 Add to Shelf: Extent: 10 word processing documents, 6 images
Digital Folder 10.7: Forest Archeology Manuscripts, 2002-2003 Add to Shelf: Folder contains manuscripts authored by Quentin Bass, archeologist for the Cherokee National Forest.; Extent: 7 word processing documents
Digital Folder 10.8: Forest Service History - Biographical Sketches, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 65 word processing documents
Digital Folder 10.9: Forest Service History - Forest Service Chiefs, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 73 word processing documents
Digital Folder 10.10: Forest Service History - Legal Cases, 2004-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 2 word processing documents, 1 PDF
Digital Folder 10.11: Forest Service History - National, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 331 word processing documents, 12 PDFs, 3 Excel documents, 2 PowerPoints, 2 images
Digital Folder 10.12: Forest Service History - Other Historians, 1999-2005 Add to Shelf: Folder contains manuscripts and images related to works by Forest Service historians Dennis Roth, Terry West and Robert Wolf.; Extent: 40 word processing documents, 19 images
Digital Folder 10.13: Forest Service History - Regional, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 225 word processing documents, 26 images, 6 PDFs
Digital Folder 10.14: Library of Congress research trip, August 30, 2004 Add to Shelf: Extent: 38 images
Digital Folder 10.15: McKenzie River, 1998 Add to Shelf: Extent: 4 word processing documents
Digital Folder 10.16: National Archives and Records Administration research trip, July 30, 2004 Add to Shelf: Folder consists of NARA Forest Reserve images.; Extent: 151 images
Digital Folder 10.17: Northwest Forest Plan, 1998 Add to Shelf: Folder includes Northwest Forest Plan-related depositions, environmental impact statements, and tables, as well as records related to the Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team and the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project.; Extent: 45 word processing documents
Digital Folder 10.18: Oral History, 1998-2003 Add to Shelf: Folder includes transcripts of and contextual information related to oral history interviews conducted with Bob Wolf, Dick Costly, Jim Evans and Wayne Wilson, as well as transcripts generated by a 2000-2001 Wilderness Management oral history project led by Dennis Roth. Narrators for the latter project include Arnold Albrecht, Ed Bloedel, Bill Brizee, Dick Costley, Charles "Dick" Joy, Tom Kovalicky, Jack Lavin, Bob Lucas, George Stankey, John Twiss and Bill Worf.; Extent: 86 word processing documents
Digital Folder 10.19: Smokejumper images, 2007 Add to Shelf: Images courtesy of Richard Wessel.; Extent: 10 images
Digital Folder 10.20: Social Sciences and the Forest Service, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 77 word processing documents
Digital Folder 10.21: Unidentified Historical Images, 1999-2002 Add to Shelf: Extent: 93 images
Digital Folder 10.22: Water and Watersheds, 2000-2001 Add to Shelf: Folder consists of manuscripts authored by Tavia Hollenkamp.; Extent: 6 word processing documents
Digital Folder 10.23: Wilderness Management, 1999-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 24 word processing documents, 1 Excel document, 1 PDF
Digital Folder 10.24: Women in Natural Resources, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf: Extent: 28 word processing documents, 6 images

Series 11: Williams Biographical, 1998-2005 Add to Shelf

Series 11 consists of biographical data and professional documents including copies of Williams's vita, annual reports, goals statements, and "notes to self" concerning potential job transfers. The folder also includes notes on Williams' extended family, two short stories related to hunting that Williams authored in 1998, and a collection of humorous anecdotes and satirical pieces.

Extent: 48 word processing documents; 1.51 MB

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