John B. Waldo papers, 1880-1989.

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John B. Waldo papers, 1880-1989.

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Collection includes a diary, journals and letters, and photographs documenting Oregon judge John B. Waldo's travels in the Cascade Range from 1880 to 1907, and two periodical articles about Waldo and his conservation efforts published in 1984 and 1989. The letters and journals are copies published by the U.S. Forest Service with an introduction by Gerald W. Williams. The collection presents a portrait of Oregon's Cascade Range at the time it came under protection as a national forest reserve from the perspective of one who knew it well and cared for it deeply.

1.5 linear ft. (3 containers)

University of Oregon Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6811879

University of Oregon Libraries

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Williams, Gerald W.

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Gerald W. Williams worked for the U.S. Forest Service from 1979 until his retirement in 2005. From 1979 to 1993, he was a sociologist with the Umpqua and Willamette National Forests in Oregon; in 1993-1998, he served as the regional sociologist for the Pacific Northwest Regional Office in Portland; and from 1998 until his retirement in 2005 he was the national historian for the U.S. Forest Service in Washington, D.C. Williams designed and implemented a regional and national history program for t...

Waldo, John B. (John Breckenridge), 1844-1907

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Judge John Breckenridge Waldo (1844-1907) was born in Oregon on October 6, 1844 to Malinda Lunsford Waldo and Daniel Waldo, a pioneer of the 1843 wagaon train over the Oregon Trail with the Applegate party. John Waldo studied law at Willamette University in Salem and graduated in 1866. He was admitted to the Oregon state bar in 1870 and married Clara A. Humason in 1877. Beginning in 1880, Waldo served six years on the Oregon Supreme Court, the last two as Chief Justice. A member of the Republica...

United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region

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The Umatilla National Forest is in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon and southeast Washington. It was established in 1908. From the guide to the Umatilla National Forest Aerial Photographs, 1939, (Oregon State University Libraries) U.S. Forest Service Records of the Warner Creek Fire and Recovery Project, 1991-1996 The Warner Creek Fire was set by an unknown arsonist on October 10, 1991. By the time it was controlled on October 27, it had burned...