Inventory of the Robert P. Conklin Photographs, 1920s - 1940s

Descriptive Summary

Abstract:	Robert P. Conklin was a logging engineer at a Weyerhaeuser Timber Company operation in Washington State.
	The collection includes 176 black and white photographs and 52 envelopes of negatives. These images depict life in a lumber camp, loggers, logging practices, logging equipment and railroads during the period from the late 1920s through the early 1940s. The photographs have been numbered and some contain descriptions on the back.
Title:	Robert P. Conklin Photographs, 1920s - 1940s
Creator:	Conklin, Robert P.
Repository:	Forest History Society Library and Archives
Call Number:	2871
Language of Material:	Material in English
Extent:	About 250 items ????

Biographical Note

Robert P. Conklin was a logging engineer at a Weyerhaeuser Timber Company operation in Washington State.

Collection Overview

The collection includes 176 black and white photographs and 52 envelopes of negatives. These images depict life in a lumber camp, loggers, logging practices, logging equipment and railroads during the period from the late 1920s through the early 1940s. The photographs have been numbered and some contain descriptions on the back.

Collection Arrangement

1. Photographs, 1920s-1940s

2. Envelopes of Negatives, 1920s-1940s

Subject Headings

• Conklin, Robert P.
• Loggers -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
• Loggers -- Washington (State) -- Photographs
• Logging -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
• Logging -- Washington (State) -- Photographs
• Logging railroads -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century
• Logging -- Equipment and machinery -- Photographs
• Lumber camps -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
• Lumber camps -- Washington (State) -- Photographs

Detailed Description of the Collection

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robert P. Conklin Photographs, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.

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