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1 Carsten Lien Olympic National Park photograph collection, Overview of the Collection Collector Title Dates Quantity Collection Number Summary Repository Access Restrictions Languages Sponsor Lien, Carsten Carsten Lien Olympic National Park photograph collection (inclusive) negatives (2 boxes) 48 slides and 21 prints (1 box) PH0711 Photographs illustrating the political and environmental history of Olympic National Park University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Special Collections University of Washington Libraries Box Seattle, WA Telephone: Fax: The collection is open to the public. English Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Biographical Note Carsten Lien was born in Seattle on March 24, He graduated from Ballard High School in 1944 before serving in the United States Navy during World War II. After the war, he attended the University of Washington (Bachelor s Degree in Education) and Columbia University (Master s Degree in Education and History) while also working for several summers as a seasonal ranger naturalist in Olympic National Park. Lien had a long and varied career. Following his graduation from Columbia, he taught social studies at Ballard High School before working at the Bureau of Community Development at the University of Washington. He then took a position as a deputy administrator of the Latin America Training Program for the Peace Corps. Lien also worked at the U.S. Department of Labor, as a senior vice president at Washington Mutual Savings Bank, and as vice president and corporate secretary of REI. After his retirement, Lien focused much of his efforts on conservation. In 1988, he served as the president of the Mountaineers, a Seattle-based hiking and climbing club that formed in Three years later, he published his first book Olympic Battleground: The Power Politics of Timber Preservation (San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1991), which explored the fight to save the forests in 1

2 Olympic National Park from logging. Lien s second book, Exploring the Olympic Mountains: Accounts of the Earliest Expeditions, (Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2001), was published ten years later. In addition to his involvement with the Mountaineers, Lien served on the boards of The Nature Conservancy, Olympic Park Associates, Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Seattle Municipal League, and the Allied Arts of Seattle. He also ran for the Seattle School Board in 1974 and for mayor of Seattle in 1989, although he was not successful in either campaign. Carsten Lien died on April 7, Historical Background Federal management of forest land on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula began in 1897 when President Grover Cleveland issued a proclamation creating the Olympic Forest Reserve. Cleveland's proclamation mandated protection of 2,188,800 acres from settlement and development activities on the Olympic Peninsula. As a precursor to later debates regarding public land management, President William McKinley subsequently reduced acreage in the Olympic Forest Reserve by nearly 700,000 acres in 1900 and 1901 under pressure from timber companies and development advocates. In 1907, the Olympic Forest Reserve became known as the Olympic National Forest as part of the Forest Service's reorganization into the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Concurrent with the rise of environmentalism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, President Theodore Roosevelt established Mount Olympus National Monument in 1909 to help preserve forest and grazing areas for the Olympic Peninsula's native elk population. Mount Olympus National Monument originally included 610,560 acres, however, President Woodrow Wilson reduced the Monument by nearly 50% in 1915 in response to increasing demands for timber and mining resources. In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially established Olympic National Park as a protected area under control of the U.S. Department of Interior's National Park Service. In the 1940s and 1950s, management of Olympic National Park became a topic of intense political debate between environmentalists and timber industry advocates. The National Park Service authorized controversial logging operations in Olympic National Park in 1955 and 1956, and debate regarding development in and resource management of public lands remains ongoing and highly contested. Olympic National Park became an International Biosphere Reserve in 1976, and in 1981 earned distinction as a World Heritage Site. Environmental protection of Olympic National Park increased further in 1988, when nearly 95% of the Park received designation as a federal Wilderness Area. As of 2005, Olympic National Park encompasses 922,651 acres and receives nearly 3 million annual visitors. Olympic National Park is largely surrounded by the Olympic National Forest, which contains an additional 633,677 acres of federally-managed land and receives 455,900 annual visitors. Content Description The collection contains images related to the political history, environmental protection, and public management of Olympic National Park and the Olympic National Forest. Special emphasis is placed on development activities, logging operations, and environmental activism in the 1940s and 1950s. Included are photographs by Neil Mortiboy used in a 1941 report entitled Sitka Spruce in Olympic National Park, photographs by Carsten Lien of historic buildings and lookouts in Olympic National Park, portraits of Emergency Conservation Committee members, photographs of logging operations in and around Olympic National Park, photographs of prominent National Park Service administrators, copies 2

3 of related materials such as political cartoons, boundary maps, and newspaper advertisements, and copies of newspaper articles from The Seattle Press about the Press Expedition of and the Conrad-Olmstead Party of This collection also contains images presenting the relationship between Mount Rainier National Park and Olympic National Park. Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use Restrictions might exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact the repository for details. Administrative Information Arrangement The collection is organized based on the collector's original order. Acquisition Information Donor: Carsten Lien, Processing Note Processed by Anna Siedzik, Carsten Lien included detailed notations about the collection that provide political and historical context for the images presented. The finding aid contains most of these notations, however, some minor information (e.g. original negative numbers) is not included. A verbatim transcription of Lien's notes is available on request. Separated Materials Material Described Separately: Carsten Lien papers (Mss Coll 5527) Bibliography Lien, CarstenExploring the Olympic Mountains: Accounts of the Earliest Expeditions, Seattle: The Mountaineers Books, Lien, Carsten. Olympic Battleground: The Power Politics of Timber Preservation. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, Overly, FredSitka Spruce in Olympic National Park. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, Detailed Description of the Collection 3

4 Sitka Spruce in Olympic National Park, March-May 1941 Neil Mortiboy ( photographer) This series contains photographs used in the 1941 report Sitka Spruce in Olympic National Park. The quotations accompanying individual photographs are taken directly from Carsten Lien's notations about the images. Container(s) Description Dates 1/1 1 Spruce root formation near Harlow Creek on the Queets River "The roots of these two trees extend above ground for a distance of over forty feet." 1/1 2 Spruce trees three and a half miles up the South Fork Hoh River Trail "These trees apparently rooted on an old log." 1/1 3 Moss covered spruce tree branches near the Queets River 1/1 4 Spruce trees near Flat Bottom Shelter on the South Fork Hoh River "Spruce trees standing on stilts. The small tree in the center is a hemlock." 1/1 5 Spruce tree near the Queets River "This huge spruce tree apparently took root on an old stump. The stilted roots have since grown together." 1/1 6 Douglas fir stand half a mile up the South Fork Hoh River Trail "Very good quality Douglas fir stand. Note the clear boles and the absence of underbrush." 1/1 7 Alder thicket near Smoke House Bottom on the Queets River 1/1 8 Forest containing some spruce trees near Indian Pass Trail crossing the Calawah Valley 1/1 9 Sitka spruce stand one mile above Flat Bottom Shelter on the South Fork Hoh River May

5 "Heavy stand of Sitka spruce. Note the absence of underbrush. This stand is much higher than average commercial quality." 1/1 10 Spruce trees near the junction of the Hoh River and the South Fork Hoh River ½ 11 Spruce and maple trees on the Queets River four and a half miles outside the Olympic National Park boundary ½ 12 Spruce trees on the Queets River Trail one mile inside the Olympic National Park boundary "Trail has been widened so that a wagon can be taken over it in favorable weather." ½ 13 Spruce trees three miles up the Queets River Trail inside the Olympic National Park boundary "Huge spruce trees." ½ 14 Spruce stand on the Hoh River two and a half miles below the Hoh Ranger Station "Typical spruce stand. Note the poor pruning which is characteristic of spruce." ½ 15 Forest on the Hoh River near the Hoh Ranger Station "Tree with abnormal top is a Douglas fir." ½ 16 Spruce forest on the Hoh River two miles below the Hoh Ranger Station "These trees are of average quality." ½ 17 Spruce stand near the sixteen mile post on the Hoh River Road "These four trees evidently took root on an old log." ½ 18 Spruce forest near the Queets River four and a half miles inside the Olympic National Park boundary "Old spruce forest on a bench above the Queets River." ½ 19 Moss draped maple trees on the Queets River Trail three and a half miles below Harlow Creek ½ Spruce forest on the South Fork Hoh River one mile above Flat Bottom Shelter "Note the young spruce on the bench in the foreground." 5

6 1/3 22 Mixed forest on the Hoh River Trail one and a half miles above the Hoh Ranger Station "Young spruce, cottonwood, and occasional hemlock." 1/3 23 Fallen spruce tree on the Hoh River two miles below the Hoh Ranger Station "A huge spruce tree felled by the wind. The tree was split in falling and revealed extensive rot." 1/3 24 Maple and spruce trees on the Hoh River half a mile above the Hoh Ranger Station 1/3 25 Spruce trees one mile above Flat Bottom Shelter on the South Fork Hoh River "The tree at the right appears to be of very good quality." 1/3 26 Sitka spruce stand on Washington State land three miles up the South Fork Hoh River Trail "It is felt that timber on state land should be logged before consideration is given to logging on park lands." 1/3 27 Spruce forest on the Hoh River Road one mile inside the Olympic National Park boundary "The limby condition of the trees makes them of little commercial value." 1/3 28 Elevated spruce tree roots "Elevated spruce roots after parent log has rotted away." 1/3 29 Spruce and vine maple trees on the South Fork Hoh River one and a half miles above Flat Bottom Shelter 1/3 30 Spruce trees on the South Fork Hoh River three quarters of a mile above Flat Bottom Shelter "Young and vigorously growing spruce trees. Branches actually reach the ground on the tree to the right." 1/4 31 Spruce forest on the Bogachiel River just outside the Olympic National Park boundary "Note the heavy growth of sword ferns." May /4 32 Spruce grove near the Bogachiel Guard Station May /4 33 Spruce and hemlock trees near Bogachiel Guard Station May

7 "Decadent stand of spruce with hemlock and spruce coming in." 1/4 34 Forest near Smoke House Bottom on the Queets River 1/4 35 Hardwood flat on the Queets River three quarters of a mile inside the Olympic National Park boundary 1/4 36 View of the Queets River Valley near the junction of the Queets River and the Sams River "Looking up the Queets River Valley. Sams River joins the Queets just around the bend of the River to the right. Park boundary crosses flat in the foreground." 1/4 37 Junction of the Hoh River and the South Fork Hoh River "Hoh River inside Park boundary. South Fork Valley at the right and the two rivers join in the center of the picture. Note that river has washed out the road at the left. Note abundance of alder and cottonwood. Forest beyond that is the spruce type." 1/4 38 Spruce forest on the Bogachiel River half a mile up from the Olympic National Park boundary "This is on private land - part of the nine sections excluded from the Park." 1/4 39 Spruce forest on the Bogachiel River two miles up from the Olympic National Park boundary "Note the two elk crossing the river." May 1941 May /4 40 Logging on Soleduck Road March 10, /4 41 Spruce stump on Hoh River five or six miles from U.S. 101 "Huge spruce stump, 9 feet in diameter at the cut. 280 annual rings at the cut. Hoh River above T.R.H. Schmitt Ranch." 1/4 42 Area of blown down trees on the Hoh River Road inside the Olympic National Park boundary "Mostly Douglas fir, hemlock, and spruce are also present." Lookouts and Historic Structures in and around Olympic National Park, Carsten Lien ( photographer) 7

8 The quotations accompanying individual photographs are taken directly from Carsten Lien's notations about the images. Container(s) Description Dates 1/ Jo and Jasper Bunch, Quinault Pioneers "The Bunch family homesteaded in the Lake Quinault region in the 1890s and left names such as Bunch Lake, Bunch Creek. Their ranch ended up inside the boundaries of Olympic National Park after the additions of It has since been acquired by the Park Service for addition to the Park." 1/5 45 Pyramid Peak Lookout near Lake Crescent "WWII air raid warning lookout, Lake Crescent. No other photograph of this now long gone building is known to exist." 1/5 46 Lookout on Geodetic Hill "WWII air raid warning lookout on top of Geodetic Hill, on the divide the Bogachiel and the Hoh. No other photograph of this now long gone building is know to exist." /5 47 Mt. Walker Lookout near Hood Canal /5 48 Bogachiel Peak Lookout "Vandalism on Bogachiel Peak. No longer exists." 1/5 49 Deer Park Lookout "No longer exists." 1/5 50 North Point Lookout near Soleduck Valley "No longer exists." 1/5 51 Kloshe Nanich Lookout near Soleduck Valley "No longer exists." /5 52 View from Kloshe Nanich Lookout near Soleduck Valley /5 53 View toward Mt. Olympus from Kloshe Nanich Lookout near Soleduck Valley /5 54 View from Kloshe Nanich Lookout near Soleduck Valley

9 1/5 55 View toward Mt. Olympus from Kloshe Nanich Lookout near Soleduck Valley / Fall Shelter on Greywolf Trail /5 58 Three Prune Shelter in the Quinault Valley "No longer exists." 1/5 59 Camp Riley Shelter near the headwaters of the South Fork Skokomish River "No longer exists." 1/5 60 Storm King Inn on Lake Crescent after its conversion to a Visitor's Center "No longer exists." 1/5 61 Rosemary Inn on Lake Crescent "Has been greatly modified as it was later converted into an educational center. Historic appearance is a rarity." 1/5 62 Lake Crescent Lodge "This is its historic appearance before it was modified by the addition of more rooms." 1/ Lake Crescent Ranger Station "No longer exists." /5 65 Enchanted Valley Chalet in the East Fork Quinault Valley /5 66 Deer Park Ski Lodge "No longer exists." 1/5 67 Port Angeles Ski Club at Deer Park Ski Lodge "No longer exists." 1/5 68 "Sweet's Place" near Olympic National Park boundary in the Elwha Valley "Inholding at ONP boundary in Elwha Valley, since acquired by the Park Service. Buildings [sic] no longer exists." 1/5 69 Dosewallips Ranger Station "No longer exists" /5 70 Ludden Homestead in Elwha Valley

10 "Some remnants exist. He [Ludden] was a pioneer settler." 1/5 71 Olympic Hotsprings in Elwha Valley "No longer exists." 1/5 72 Andrews' Ranch in the Queets Valley "He [Andrews] was an early settler on the Queets River." 1/5 73 Klootchman Rock as viewed from Andrews' Ranch 1/ Humes' Ranch in the Elwha Valley "Grant Humes was a pioneer settler in the Elwha Valley. Humes Glacier on Mt. Olympus carries his name." /5 77 Elkhorn Ranger Station in the Elwha Valley /5 78 Elkhorn Ranger Station in the Elwha Valley March /5 79 Olympus Guard Station in the Hoh River Valley February /5 80 Staircase Ranger Station in the Skokomish Valley "Now gone, this building dates from the earliest days of government involvement in peninsula resources." 1/5 81 North Fork Ranger Station in the North Fork Quinault Valley 1/5 82 LaPoel Ranger Station near Lake Crescent "Now gone." 1/5 83 Hoh Ranger Station in the Hoh River Valley "This extensive ranger station was originally built by the US Forest Service and named Jackson Ranger Station after the adjacent creek of that name. When the National Park Service inherited it, it was renamed after the river. Now gone and totally replaced with an extensive Park Service facility and campground." 1/ Kilea Ranger Station in the Queets Valley "Originally built by the Forest Service. Now gone and replaced with a Park Service facility located at a different site. Kilea Creek was where the name came from." 1/5 86 Graves Creek Ranger Station in the East Fork Quinault Valley

11 1/5 87 Map: Forest Resources of the Pacific Coast Counties of Washington 1/5 88 Map: Olympic National Forest Timber Stand Density 1/5 89 Map: U.S. Forest Service Olympic Timber Working Circles and Blocks 1/5 90 Map: Winter Elk Range from Report on Mt. Olympus Elk by Ben H. Thompson Bogachiel Guard Station Carsten Lien ( photographer) The quotation accompanying these photographs is taken directly from Carsten Lien's notation about the images. Container(s) Description Dates 1/6 91 Bogachiel Guard Station "On the Bogachiel Trail at the intersection of the trail to the Calawha Valley. No longer in existence, this building was washed away by the wintertime flooding of the Bogachiel River." 1982 Logging in Olympic National Park Container(s) Description Dates SLOP Committee Photographs of Logging in Olympic National Park Carsten Lien made these copy negatives from originals taken by the SLOP (Salvage Logging Olympic Park) Committee. The committee included the following groups: The Mountaineers, Sierra Club, Seattle Audubon Society, Olympic Park Associates, and the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs. The quotations accompanying individual photographs are taken directly from Carsten Lien's notations about the images. 11

12 1/7 92 Logging near La Poel Campground on Lake Crescent, September 15, 1956 "Nine foot diameter stump of a Douglas Fir felled near La Poel Campground on Lake Crescent. A 180 foot section was removed between the stump and the crown. Pat Goldworthy of Sierra Club in picture." 1/7 93 Logging on the Bogachiel River near Mosquito Creek, September 16, 1956 "Backcountry logging on the Bogachiel showing loading of green Douglas Fir logs cut in forest adjacent to river opposite Mosquito Creek." 1/7 94 Logging on the Bogachiel River near Mosquito Creek, September 16, 1956 "Note size of green Douglas Fir logs cut from the forest adjacent to log jam specified in the contract." 1/7 95 Log loading area near the junction of the North and East Fork Quinault Rivers, September 16, 1956 Logged Areas in Olympic National Park 1/ Area on the Hoh River near the Hoh Ranger Station logged three or four years earlier Carsten Lien (photographer) 1/ Logged area on the north shore of Lake Crescent Paul Shepard (photographer) 1/7 102 Logged area on Storm King Mountain as viewed from Barnes Peninsula Paul Shepard (photographer) 1/7 103 Logged area near La Poel Ranger Station Paul Shepard (photographer) 1/ Logged area on the North Shore of Lake Crescent Paul Shepard (photographer) 1955 Summer 1956 Summer 1956 Summer 1956 Summer

13 National Park Service Defends Logging in Olympic National Park Carsten Lien made these copy negatives from a report written by Fred Overly (Olympic National Park Superintendent, ) originally published in May Overly drafted his comments in response to an article about the ONP logging that appeared in the Winter 1956 edition of Living Wilderness. 1/8 106 Chief Forester Lawrence F. Cook surveys logging near the La Poel Ranger Station 1/8 107 Signs of ecological recovery from logging operations near rivers 1/ Signs of ecological recovery on logging cat roads 1/ Cut log drying out and becoming resistant to beetle infestation 1/ Trees cut to protect against undermining from the Bogachiel River 1/9 117 Signs of ecological recovery from road construction on the Bogachiel River 1/9 118 Log jam on the Bogachiel River, June 28, /9 119 Bogachiel River after logging removed the log jam shown in 118 1/ Douglas Fir tree with rotten core and top logged to reduce risk of fire 1/9 122 Spruce tree with rotten top Salvage Logging Operations Carsten Lien made these copy negatives from documents in National Archives Record Group

14 1/ Logging near the Hoh River Valley, / Car belonging to Pat Goldworthy of the Sierra Club and SLOP Committee stalled crossing the Bogachiel River, / Logging near the La Poel Ranger Station, / Logging near the Hoh River Valley, / Log booms on Lake Mills in the Elwha River Valley, / Trees in log jam, / Large Douglas Fir tree, 1955 or / Logging bridge across the South Fork Hoh River, 1955 or / Logging on the Hoh River, 1955 or / Logging near Lake Crescent, 1955 or / Logging on Soleduck Road, / Logging near Barnes Creek near Lake Crescent, / Logging near Olympic Hot Springs and Campground, / Logging near Olympic Hot Springs, / Log landing on the Lower Hoh River, / Logging near the Lower Hoh River, / Logging on Soleduck Road, / Log boom on Lake Mills in the Elwha River Valley,

15 1/ '7" Douglas Fir tree, 1955 or / Logging bridge across the Quinault River, 1955 or / Logging on the Quinault River, 1955 or / Large Douglas Fir tree, 1955 or / Logging near the Lower Hoh River, / Logging near Olympic Hot Springs and Campground, / Logging near road to Olympic Hot Springs, / Logging on Soleduck Road, 1956 Prominent individuals in the history of Olympic National Park Carsten Lien ( photographer) Carsten Lien made these copy negatives from original negatives and secondary sources containing images of prominent individuals in the history of Olympic National Park. s are original negatives taken by Carsten Lien. The quotations accompanying individual photographs are taken directly from Carsten Lien's notations about the images. Container(s) Description Dates 1/ Dedication of Olympic National Park, / Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior ( ) 1/ Newton B. Drury, NPS Director ( ) 1/ Harold Ickes at the end of the Hoh River Road, 1938 Lien made this copy negative from an original photograph taken by O.A. Tomlinson. 1/ William B. Greeley, Chief Forester ( ) 1/ Conrad Wirth, NPS Director ( ) 15

16 1/ Rosalie Edge, Peter Edge, Preston Macy, Mrs. Preston Macy, and others on Hurricane Hill, Summer / FDR visit to Port Angeles, Washington on September 30, Lien made this copy negative from an original photograph taken by Bert Kellogg. 1/ Preston P. Macy, Olympic National Park Superintendent ( ) 1/ Newton B. Drury taking the Oath of Office as NPS Director 1/ Associate Justice William O. Douglas views protestors near Ocean Strip inside Olympic National Park, July 1959 "William O. Douglas looks on at completion of hike down the beach of ONP Ocean Strip to protest Park Service's planned road down the length of the strip. Larry Venable of Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce confronts Justice Douglas with signs expressing the Chamber s viewpoint." Lien made this copy negative from an original photograph taken by Ira Spring; Copyright Bob and Ira Spring. 1/ Fred Overly, Superintendent of Olympic National Park ( ) 1/ William B. Greeley, Chief Forester ( ) 1/ Levin Coe, Quinault, carving canoes three miles south of Queets Village 1955 Political cartoons related to Olympic National Park Carsten Lien made these copy negatives from regional and national publications and other secondary sources containing political cartoons related to extraction of natural resources from federally-owned property. Container(s) Description Dates 1/ "Yosemite Leads," Oakland Tribune, November 2,

17 1/ "The Monster that Controls this Property," The Washington Post, / "Resources Give Away," St. Paul Pioneer Press, / "Red Riding Hood and Escort Meet the Wolves," The Denver Post, December 8, / "Rapee Designate," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 30, / Cartoon discussing declining animal population in Mt. Rainier National Park, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 23, / Cartoon discussing oil industry development along coast in Olympic National Park, The Seattle Times, May 29, / "Rip Up Wilderness," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 21, / Cartoon regarding deforestation appearing on American Tree Association letterhead, / Cartoon regarding deforestation appearing in The New Yorker, ca / Cartoon regarding logging in Olympic National Park, New York Herald Tribune, November 1, 1947 Maps, newspaper articles, and advertisements related to Olympic National Park. Carsten Lien made these copy negatives from documents and secondary sources containing information about the history of Olympic National Park. Container(s) Description Dates 1/ Map of "The Olympic Country" printed in National Geographic Magazine, April

18 1/ Map of Olympic National Park by James Wickersham, / Emergency Conservation Committee Broadside on HR 10024, / Emergency Conservation Publication #63 - "Double Crossing Mount Olympus National Park," / Emergency Conservation Committee publication regarding proposed Olympic National Park boundaries, / Front page of Port Angeles Evening News on October 1, 1937 regarding FDR visit to the Olympic Peninsula 1/ Chamber of Commerce advertisement in the Port Angeles Evening News, June 30, / Rayonier advertisement regarding development in Olympic National Park, December, / Map of Olympic National Park, / Map of the Olympic Mountains by W.G. Steel, / Page from The Daily Olympian discussing Olympic National Park boundaries, July 20, / Olympic Peninsula Transition Zone Forest Map, ca National Park Service Boundary Reduction Proposal Carsten Lien made these copy negatives from a report published by the National Park Service in 1947 proposing boundary reductions in Olympic National Park. The photographs show aerial views of Olympic National Park, and the images also contain annotations that identify geographic landmarks and proposed NPS boundary changes. Photographer Lowell Sumner took the original photographs used in the NPS report. The quotations accompanying individual photographs are taken directly from Carsten Lien's notations about the images. 18

19 1/ Aerial view looking South, March 1947 "Proposed boundary would follow ridge crest between Bogachiel and Calawah Rivers, eliminating the Calawah Valley from the Park." 1/ Aerial view looking North, March 1947 "View looking north across Bogachiel River showing areas National Park Service proposes to relinquish." 1/ Aerial view looking West, March 1947 "Proposed new ridge boundary at divide between head of Sams Rivers and Finley Creek." Expeditions to the Olympic Peninsula Carsten Lien made these copy negatives primarily from an issue of The Seattle Press originally published on July 16, This issue of The Seattle Press provides a detailed narrative of the "Press Expedition" - a small group of explorers sent into the Olympic Mountains by the newspaper to research and document the topography, flora, and fauna of the area. The Press Expedition left Seattle, WA on December 8, 1889 and headed for Port Angeles, WA, where they completed final preparations for a wintertime exploration of the Olympic Mountains. On January 13, 1890, the party began its ascent up the Elwha River into the Mountains, and they reached Aberdeen, WA on May 21, The party returned to Seattle, WA on May 23, 1890 to hearty congratulations for their in-depth exploration of the Olympic Mountains and surrounding areas. The July 16, 1890 issue of The Seattle Press also includes a narrative of the Conrad-Olmstead Exploration, a party that visited the Olympic Mountains from June 16-July 8, Container(s) Description Dates 1/ Return of the Press Expedition members, / Pages 1-14 of the Press Expedition Report printed in The Seattle Press, July 16, 1890 Mount Rainier National Park Carsten Lien made these copy negatives from original negatives related to development in Mt. Rainier National Park. 19

20 ½0 220 Road Development Plan for Paradise Valley, October 1927 Lien made this copy negative from an original photograph taken by O.A. Tomlinson. ½ Bungalow Tents at Paradise Inn, 1917 Lien made these copy negatives from original photographs taken by Asahel Curtis. ½0 224 Automobiles parked on meadow at Paradise Valley, 1917 Lien made this copy negative from an original photograph taken by Asahel Curtis. ½0 225 Sunrise Lodge, August 24, 1932 Lien made this copy negative from an original photograph taken by Asahel Curtis. Emergency Conservation Committee members Carsten Lien ( photographer) The quotations accompanying individual photographs are taken directly from Carsten Lien's notations about the images. Container(s) Description Dates ½1 226 Rosalie Edge, Emergency Conservation Committee Chair July 1959 ½1 227 Willard G. Van Name, Emergency Conservation Committee Founder "He was the leading American environmentalist in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s." ½1 228 Irving Brant, Emergency Conservation Committee Member "Journalist and FDR confidant on environmental issues. One of the three participating members of the ECC." 20

21 Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Logging--Washington (State)--Olympic National Forest--Photographs National parks and reserves--washington (State)--Olympic National Park--Photographs Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Corporate Names : Emergency Conservation Committee (U.S.)--Officials and employees--photographs United States. National Park Service--Officials and employees--photographs Geographical Names : Olympic National Forest (Wash.)--History--Research Olympic National Park (Wash.)--History--Research Olympic National Park (Wash.)--Photographs Form or Genre Terms : Negatives Photographic prints Slides Other Creators : Personal Names : Curtis, Asahel, (photographer) Lien, Carsten (photographer) 2008 (Last modified: 11/27/2017) About Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West: