Inventory of the Rogue River National Forest Images, 1900 – 2001

Descriptive Summary

Abstract: The collection includes digital images of over 4,000 photographs from the Rogue River National Forest's historic photograph collection, with a date range from 1900 to 2001. The images are held on CDs and DVDs stored in 5 binders, arranged by ranger district. Photographs in the collection represent U.S. Forest Service activities such as road, trail, and bridge construction, timber management, and recreation developments. Additional photo topics include ranger stations, fire lookouts, forest fires, burned-over areas, floods, tree specimens, and general forest vistas. Non-Forest Service photos of loggers and logging, irrigation, mining, and range improvements are also included.

Title: Rogue River National Forest Images, 1900 - 2001

Creator: United States. Forest Service

Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives

Call Number: 7651

Language of Material: Material in English

Extent: 1.0 linear feet (5 notebooks)

 

Collection Overview

The collection includes digital images of over 4,000 photographs from the Rogue River National Forest's historic photograph collection, with a date range from 1900 to 2001. The images are held on CDs and DVDs stored in 5 binders, arranged by ranger district. Photographs in the collection represent U.S. Forest Service activities such as road, trail, and bridge construction, timber management, and recreation developments. Additional photo topics include ranger stations, fire lookouts, forest fires, burned-over areas, floods, tree specimens, and general forest vistas. Non-Forest Service photos of loggers and logging, irrigation, mining, and range improvements are also included.

Collection Arrangement

  1. Digital Images of Historic Photographs, 1900-2001

Subject Headings

  • Bridges -- Design and construction -- Photographs
  • Fire lookouts -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
  • Fire management -- United States -- Photographs
  • Forest fires -- Prevention and control -- Photographs
  • Forest rangers -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
  • Lumber trade -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
  • Outdoor recreation -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
  • Ranger stations -- Oregon -- Photographs
  • Recreation areas -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
  • Roads -- Design and construction -- Photographs
  • Rogue River National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
  • Rogue River National Forest (Or. and Calif.) -- Photographs
  • Trails -- United States -- Design and construction -- Photographs
  • United States. Forest Service -- Officials and employees

 

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Digital Images of Historic Photographs, 1900-2001.

The digital images held on the CDs/DVDs are in the .TIF file format and were scanned at 300 dpi.

 

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Rogue River National Forest Images, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.

Processing Information

Processed by Staff

Encoded by Amanda Ross, June 2009

Funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission supported the encoding of this finding aid. Support for digitization and outreach provided by the Alvin J. Huss Endowment.