Gerald W. WilliamsCollection 1855-2007 1910-2005

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Gerald W. WilliamsCollection 1855-2007 1910-2005

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv77995

The Gerald W. Williams Collectionconsists of Williams' personal papers, historic photograph collection, andrelated materials pertaining to the history of the U.S. Forest Service aswell as the forestry, environmental history, Native Americans, andgeography especially of the Pacific Northwest. Williams assembled andcreated the materials during his career as sociologist and nationalhistorian with the U.S. Forest Service.

93 cubic feet, including 24,000photographs; 91 boxes, including 13oversize boxes

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Oregon State University Libraries University Archives

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