Inventory of the James E. Wilkinson, Jr., Photographs, 1940
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: The collection includes copies of photographs of Barrett, West Virginia, a lumber company town owned by the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company. The photographs were taken in 1940 by James E. Wilkinson, Jr. who was then learning the lumber business after graduating from college. Includes images of the sawmill, housing, logging camp, and logging activities.
Title: James E. Wilkinson, Jr., Photographs, 1940
Creator: Wilkinson, James E., Jr.
Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives
Call Number: 2913
Language of Material: Material in English
Extent: 0.25 linear feet (31 photographs)
Collection Overview
The collection includes copies of photographs of Barrett, West Virginia, a lumber company town owned by the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company. The photographs were taken in 1940 by James E. Wilkinson, Jr. who was then learning the lumber business after graduating from college. Includes images of the sawmill, housing, logging camp, and logging activities.
Collection Arrangement
- Photographs, 1940
Subject Headings
- Barrett (W. Va.) -- Photographs
- Logging -- West Virginia -- History -- Photographs
- Logging camps -- West Virginia -- Photographs
- Lumber trade -- Southern States -- History -- Photographs
- Lumbering -- West Virginia -- History -- Photographs
- Sawmills -- Equipment and supplies -- Photographs
- Wilkinson, James E., Jr.
Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Photographs, 1940.
1.1. W.M. Ritter Lumber Company Sawmill and Logging Camp, Barrett, WV, 1940.
- Image 1
Barrett village, Club House on right - Image 2
Family homes at Barrett - Image 3
Club House for single men-
Club House for single men
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- Image 4
Vegetable and flower garden at Club House - Image 5
"Swinging" bridge across Little Coal River - Image 6
Blacksmith shop, homes - Image 7
Climax logging locomotive - Image 8
General view of mill site - Image 9
Log car of logs at mill pond - Image 10
Log pond - Image 11
Jack slip raises logs from pond to mill - Image 12
Refuse burner and one of three water tanks - Image 13
Green chain at mill - Image 14
Dimension drying shed - Image 15
Dry kilns - Image 16
Lumber drying yard - Image 17
Stacks of drying hardwood lumber - Image 18
Ford tractor pulling lumber to loading dock - Image 19
Snow - Image 20
Loading dock at railroad siding - Image 21
Grading lumber as hand loaded into freight cars - Image 22
C&O Railroad freight cars - Image 23
Logging camp on James Creek of West Fork of Little Coal River - Image 24
General view of railroad logging camp - Image 25
Store and supply house to front; mess hall to rear - Image 26
Bunk house - Image 27
Kitchen and mess hall-
Kitchen and mess hall
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- Image 28
Mess hall - Image 29
Horse barn - Image 30
Horses for skidding logs from logging area - Image 31
Skid trail and logged area
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], James E. Wilkinson, Jr., Photographs, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.
Processing Information
Processed by Staff and Eben Lehman
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.
