Inventory of the Russell Tedder Logging Photographs, 1890s – 1997
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: The collection includes photographs collected by Russell Tedder documenting logging and lumber company activities in various parts of the United States, primarily during the early and middle twentieth century in the South and Pacific Northwest. The majority of the photographs depict the locomotives and railroads used in logging and lumber operations during this time period.
Title: Russell Tedder Logging Photographs, 1890s - 1997
Creator: Tedder, Russell, collector
Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives
Call Number: 7439
Language of Material: Material in English
Extent: 648 photographs
Collection Overview
The collection includes 648 black and white and color photographs collected by Russell Tedder documenting logging and lumber company activities in various parts of the United States, primarily during the early and middle twentieth century in the South and Pacific Northwest. The majority of the photographs depict the locomotives and railroads used in logging and lumber operations during this time period.
Collection Arrangement
- Logging Photographs, 1890s-1997
Subject Headings
- Argent Lumber Company
- Coos Bay Lumber Company
- Crossett Lumber Company
- Fordyce Lumber Company
- Eagle Lumber Company
- Freeo Valley Railroad Company
- Georgia-Pacific Corporation -- History
- Meadow River Lumber Company
- Logging -- Arkansas -- Photographs
- Logging -- Maine -- Photographs
- Logging -- Michigan -- Photographs
- Logging -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
- Logging -- Oregon -- Photographs
- Logging railroads -- Arkansas
- Railroads -- History
- Sawmills -- Arkansas -- Photographs
- Sawmills -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
- Smith-Powers Lumber Company
Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Logging Photographs, 1890s-1992.
Most photos have captions on back and/or captions provided by donor Russell Tedder.
- Box 1
- Folder 1.1
Argent Lumber Company, 1955-1958- Includes 5 black and white photographs depicting railroad locomotives used by the Argent Lumber Company in Hardeeville, South Carolina.
- Folder 1.2
Coos Bay Lumber Company, 1949-1957 and undated- Includes 36 black and white photographs and 2 negatives depicting logging operations, logging camps, and railroads of the Coos Bay Lumber Company in Powers, Oregon.
- Folder 1.3
Crossett Lumber Company, circa 1920- Includes 15 black and white photographs of logging operations and sawmills of the Crossett Lumber Company in Crossett, Arkansas.
- Folder 1.4
Crossett Lumber Company, circa 1899-1952- Includes 25 black and white photographs and postcards of railroads, logging operations, camps, and sawmills of the Crossett Lumber Company in Arkansas.
- Folder 1.5
Elk River Coal and Lumber Company, 1955-1958- Includes 29 black and white photographs of the railroads and lumber operations of the Elk River Coal and Lumber Company in West Virginia.
- Folder 1.6
Fordyce Lumber Company, circa 1900-1990- Includes 33 black and white photographs of Fordyce Lumber Company operations in Fordyce, Arkansas, as well as the Fordyce and Princeton Railroad Company.
- Folder 1.7
Georgia-Pacific, 1957-1998 and undated- Includes 26 black and white photographs of Georgia-Pacific sawmills, logging operations, and railroads in various locations.
- Folder 1.8
Georgia-Pacific, 1957-1980 and undated- Includes 52 black and white photographs of Georgia-Pacific sawmills, logging operations, and railroads in various locations.
- Folder 1.9
Gloster Southern Railroad, 1918-1988- Includes 20 black and white and 2 color photographs depicting Gloster Southern Rialroad operations in Mississippi.
- Folder 1.10
Lee Tidewater Cypress Company, 1954-1955- Includes 17 black and white photographs depicting logging operations of the Lee Tidewater Company in Big Cypress Swamp in the Everglades, at Copeland, Florida.
- Folder 1.11
Manary Logging Company, 1920s-1980s- Includes 20 black and white photographs of logging operations and railroads of the Manary Company in Oregon.
- Folder 1.12
Meadow River Lumber Company, 1940-1974- Includes 29 black and white photographs of logging operations and railroads of the Meadow River Lumber Company in West Virginia.
- Folder 1.13
Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company, 1900s-1985 and undated- Includes 12 black and white and 6 color photographs of the railroad operations of Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company in Wisconsin.
- Folder 1.14
Weaver-Loughridge Lumber Company, 1933-1940 and undated- Includes 11 black and white photographs of the railroad operations of Weaver-Loughridge Lumber Company in Florida.
- Folder 1.15
Dowling and Camp, Inc., 1905-1945- Includes 26 black and white photographs of the railroads and lumber operations of the Dowling and Camp Corporation near Slater, Florida.
- Folder 1.1
- Box 2
- Folder 2.1
Logging and Lumber Company Operations, Various, 1903-1969 and undated- Includes 35 black and white photographs of the operations of various logging and lumber companies.
- Folder 2.2
Logging and Lumber Company Operations, Various, 1922-1971 and undated- Includes 30 black and white photographs of the operations of various logging and lumber companies.
- Folder 2.3
Logging and Lumber Company Operations, Various, 1903-1967 and undated- Includes 27 black and white photographs of the operations of various logging and lumber companies.
- Folder 2.4
Logging and Lumber Company Operations, Various, 1920-1992 and undated- Includes 34 black and white photographs of the operations of various logging and lumber companies.
- Folder 2.5
Logging and Lumber Company Operations, Various, 1905-1990 and undated- Includes 35 black and white and 4 color photographs of the operations of various logging and lumber companies. Also includes one CD.
- Folder 2.6
Logging and Lumber Company Operations, Various, 1900-1997 and undated- Includes 37 black and white and 2 color photographs of the operations of various logging and lumber companies. Also includes one page of letterhead from Crossett Watzek Gates Lumber Manufacturers.
- Folder 2.7
Hamond Lumber Company Operations, circa 1901-1940 and undated- Includes 40 black and white photographs of the operations of the Hammond Lumber Company in California.
- Folder 2.8
Feather River Pine Mills and Feather River Railway Operations, 1922-1963 and undated- Includes 28 black and white photographs of Feather River Pine Mills in California, and the operations of the Feather River Railway.
- Folder 2.9
Oregon and Eureka Railroad Company Operations, circa 1901- Includes 10 black and white photographs of operations of the Oregon and Eureka Railroad.
- Folder 3.1
Oversize Photographs, circa 1890s - 1930s and undated- Includes 22 large copies of photographs depicting the logging and lumber company operations of the Eagle Lumber Company, the Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and other companies in various locations.
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Sunday outing on W.M. Ritter Lumber Company's Linville River Railway, western North Carolina, circa 1902.
- Folder 2.1
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Russell Tedder Logging Photographs, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Russell Tedder in 2010 and prior.
Processing Information
Processed by Staff
Encoded by Amanda Ross, 2009 and Eben Lehman, 2010
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.
