McDonald Forest and Peavy Arboretum Maps, 1934-1993
Predominant Dates: 1934-1943
The McDonald Forest and Peavy Arboretum Maps consist primarily of detailed maps of the Arboretum and Forest prepared from the mid-1930s through early 1940s. The maps document topography, forest site and timber types, and plantings in the Arboretum. Peavy Arboretum and McDonald Forest were established in the 1920s as a teaching laboratory and experimental forest for the forestry students at Oregon State College.
ID: MAPS McDonaldForest
Extent: 1.0 cubic feet
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
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.
Materials in this collection may use racist, derogatory, or harmful language to describe places, bodies of water, landforms, and other natural or man-made features. A project to identify and describe specific instances of harmful language in this collection is underway.
Since this language is written or printed on the maps themselves, we have left it unchanged. We acknowledge the racism represented by this language and the harm it may cause our users. Providing access to these historical materials does not endorse any attitudes or behavior depicted therein.
Preferred Citation: McDonald Forest and Peavy Arboretum Maps (MAPS McDonaldForest), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note:
These materials were transferred from the Oregon State University Libraries' maps collection to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2014.
Container List
- Series 1: McDonald Forest and Peavy Arboretum, 1934-1993 Add to Shelf
- Series I consists of detailed maps of Peavy Arboretum and McDonald Forest. The maps are described below in chronological order. Multiple copies of some maps are available.
- UnitID: Series I
- Folder-Item 1.1: Arboretum Entrance, 1934 Add to Shelf
- Detailed topography with contour interval of 5 feet; scale 1 inch = 100 feet (1:1200). Prepared by E. Marshall; dated May 1, 1934.
- Folder-Item 1.2: McDonald Forest and Vicinity, 1934 Add to Shelf
- Two copies of the same map; one is vellum and the other a diazo blueline print. The paper copy covers a larger area than the vellum. Scale is 1 inch = 40 chains (1:31,680). Dated December 2, 1934. This item has been digitized and is available upon request.
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Folder-Item 1.3: McDonald Forest and Vicinity, 1937 Add to Shelf
- Two copies of the same map. Prepared April 15, 1937 by P.R. Grimes. Scale 2 inches = 1 mile. This item has been digitized and is available upon request.
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Folder-Item 1.4: Peavy Arboretum, 1937 Add to Shelf
- Prepared by G.V. Skelton in November 1937; shows land owners, structures, and roads. Hand-colored; scale of 4 inches = 1 mile.
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Folder-Item 2.1: Forage Type Map of Jackson and Cockerham Properties of McDonald Forest, circa 1938 Add to Shelf
- Scale of 8 inches = 1 mile. This item has been digitized and is available upon request.
- Folder-Item 1.5: McDonald Forest and Peavy Arboretum Site Map, circa 1939 Add to Shelf
- From NYA Survey in 1935-1939. Scale of 4 inches = 1 mile (approximately 1:250,000). Two copies of the same map. This item has been digitized and is available upon request.
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Folder-Item 1.6: Topography of McDonald Forest and Peavy Arboretum, 1940 Add to Shelf
- Scale of 4 inches = 1 mile. Prepared by Al Weiner and R. Vincent. Poor condition.
- Folder-Item 1.7: McDonald Forest and Peavy Arboretum Type Map, 1940 Add to Shelf
- Five copies of the same map; one is hand colored. Scale of 4 inches = 1 miles (approximately 1:250,000). From the NYA Survey, 1935-1939; prepared by Al Wiener in December 1940.
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Folder-Item 2.2: Plantation Type Map of Peavy Arboretum, 1940 Add to Shelf
- Hand colored; scale of 2 inches = 5 chains (1:1980). Prepared by O.R. Miller in October 1940.
- Folder-Item 1.8: Topographic Map Jackson Area McDonald Forest, 1943 Add to Shelf
- Scale of 1 inch = 220 feet. Silviculture project by Bob Oslund.
- Folder-Item 1.9: McDonald Forest, Peavy Arboretum, and Vicinity, 1943 Add to Shelf
- Two copies of the same map; one is vellum and the other a diazo blueline print; scale of 2 inches = 1 mile; prepared by Fred S. Eyerly.
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Folder-Item 1.10: Planting Plan of Peavy Arboretum, 1943 Add to Shelf
- Scale 1:1500. Very detailed.
- Folder-Item 2.3: Meadows and Topography of Tracts 3 and 4 in Soap Creek Valley, 1993 Add to Shelf
- At 1:9600 scale. Prepared by OSU Research Forests; produced on a pen plotter.