Inventory of the Russell Tedder Logging Photographs, 1890s - 1997
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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.
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| 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
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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
1. 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 1.1Argent Lumber Company, 1955-1958
Includes 5 black and white photographs depicting railroad locomotives used by the Argent Lumber Company in Hardeeville, South
Carolina.
Folder 1.2Coos 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 1.3Crossett Lumber Company, circa 1920
Includes 15 black and white photographs of logging operations and sawmills of the Crossett Lumber Company in Crossett, Arkansas.
Folder 1.4Crossett 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 1.5Elk 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 1.6Fordyce 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 1.7Georgia-Pacific, 1957-1998 and undated
Includes 26 black and white photographs of Georgia-Pacific sawmills, logging operations, and railroads in various locations.
Folder 1.8Georgia-Pacific, 1957-1980 and undated
Includes 52 black and white photographs of Georgia-Pacific sawmills, logging operations, and railroads in various locations.
Folder 1.9Gloster Southern Railroad, 1918-1988
Includes 20 black and white and 2 color photographs depicting Gloster Southern Rialroad operations in Mississippi.
Folder 1.10Lee 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 1.11Manary Logging Company, 1920s-1980s
Includes 20 black and white photographs of logging operations and railroads of the Manary Company in Oregon.
Folder 1.12Meadow 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 1.13Nekoosa-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 1.14Weaver-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 1.15Dowling 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.
Box 2 Folder 2.1Logging 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 2.2Logging 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 2.3Logging 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 2.4Logging 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 2.5Logging 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 2.6Logging 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 2.7Hamond 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 2.8Feather 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 2.9Oregon and Eureka Railroad Company Operations, circa 1901
Includes 10 black and white photographs of operations of the Oregon and Eureka Railroad.
Folder 3.1Oversize 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. |
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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.
