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Harry Harrison Caldwell Papers, 1949-1990
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Harry Harrison Caldwell, 1920-1990
- Title
- Harry Harrison Caldwell Papers
- Dates
- 1949-1990 (inclusive)19491990
- Quantity
- 5 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- MG344 (collection)
- Summary
- Correspondence, reports, notes, minutes, and other papers relating to the Department of Geography at the University of Idaho, teaching, research in recreation and urban planning, consulting, and involvement with groups for the hearing impaired, particularly Self Help for Hard of Hearing Persons (SHHH). There is also a collection of slides taken on trips throughout the Northwest and around the world.
- Repository
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University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu - Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Harry Caldwell, professor of geography at the University of Idaho for 35 years, was born October 31, 1920, in Worcester, Massachusetts. He received his B.A and Ph.D degrees from Clark University in 1941 and 1951, and his M.A. from the University of Nebraska in 1946. He married Shirley Grossman in 1946; they had two children. During World War II he served for three years in the Army Air Corps Weather Service in Alaska and Canada.
He taught briefly at Nebraska Wesleyan and Texas A & M before coming to the University of Idaho as the first full time geographer in 1948. While at the university he served on a number of committees, including Faculty Council, the Borah Foundation Committee, Library Committee and Budget Liaison Committee. He also helped initiate programs in urban studies, the Freshman experimental year, the University Year in Action, the In-Service Training Committee, the MAT Social Studies program, and the Black studies program.
In addition to his teaching responsibilities he served as a consultant for the Stanford Research Institute in Thailand, the U.S. Air Force, the Board of Regents, and was a planning consultant for the cities of Lewiston, Kamiah, Orofino, and Post Falls.
He was president of the University of Idaho American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi, Northwest Science Association, and vice-president of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. He was also a charter member of the Idaho Academy of Science.
After suffering an almost total hearing loss in 1983 he decided to take an early retirement. He then became actively involved in helping hearing impaired individuals. He formed the Palouse area group of Shhh (Self Help for Hard of Hearing Persons, and at the Shhh national convention in 1989 was awarded the "Spirit of Shhh" award in recognition of his work. He also served on the Governor's Task Force for the Hearing Impaired and was instrumental in placing amplified listening devices in pay phones, governmental offices, and at the University of Idaho and Washington State University.
Caldwell died December 25, 1990 following a 5 year battle with cancer.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The papers of Harry Caldwell span the years 1941 to 1990, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1950 to 1985.
Included are materials reflecting his involvement with University of Idaho committees and the Geography Department, professional research and consulting activities, personal material including his work with Shhh, an organization for the hearing impaired, and a folder documenting the development of his cancer. The final series contains slides taken on trips throughout the Northwest and around the world.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The papers were received over several years and were in no perceived order, therefore a series order was imposed during processing.
The first series reflects Caldwell's involvement in university affairs and contains minutes and reports of the various university committees on which he served, minutes of the meetings of the geography department as well as other departmental material, and notes used in his teaching.
The second series contains publications by Caldwell, reprints and photocopies of other articles concerning different aspects of geography, maps and research notes.
The professional activities series contains directories and convention programs for geographical societies, city planning activities in which he was involved as a consultant, and material relating to several workshops he gave.
The personal papers include correspondence, his official university curriculum vita and several self-evaluations, newspaper articles about him, theses of his graduate students, material concerning deafness, hearing devices, and a history of his hearing loss as well as a history of his cancer. The final series contains a group of slides taken on trips throughout the Northwest and around the world.
Most published material was removed from the collection and set aside for review; only items with notes were retained. Material in loose-leaf binders was removed to file folders, and the slides were transferred from metal storage boxes to archival slide storage pages. In this way the collection was reduced by 2 cubic feet.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. University Related Activities , 1951-1983Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | American Association of University Professors 8 items
|
1965-1978 |
| 1/2 | Committees: Borah Foundation 11 items
|
1955-1973 |
| 1/3 | Budget Liaison 15 items
|
1976-1979 |
| 1/4 | Faculty Affairs 77 items
|
1981-1982 |
| 1/5 | Freshman Experimental Program 3 items
|
1971 |
| 1/6 | In-service Training 9 items
|
1957-1966 |
| 1/7 | Land Use Planning 36 items
|
1974-1975 |
| 1/8 | Social Science Coordinating Committee 7 items
|
1967-1974 |
| 1/9 | University Curriculum Committee: Interdisciplinary Studies 14 items
|
1970-1978 |
| 1/10 | Other committees and reports 29 items
|
1963-1977 |
| 1/11-12 | Community Development Center: University Year in Action 44 items
|
1972-1978 |
| 1/13 | University of Idaho consulting policy evolution 1 item
|
1978 |
| 1/14 | Correspondence and letters of recommendation 130 items
|
1958-1983 |
| 1/15-21 | Geography department files: memos, minutes, etc. 335 items
|
1958-1982 |
| 1/22 | Teaching: Cultural geography 26 items
|
1966-1971 |
| 1/23 | Earth science curriculum project 5 items
|
1968 |
| 1/24 | Political geography 43 items
|
1965-1981 |
| 1/25 | Proxemics, hidden dimensions 4 items
|
1960-1969 |
| 1/26 | Recreational geography and the history of recreation 118 items
|
1951-1982 |
| 1/27 | Urban geography lecture notes 5 items
|
undated |
| 1/28 | Urban studies, official papers 43 items
|
1968-1972 |
Series II. Research Material , 1949-1990Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/29-30 | Research proposals and forms 58 items
|
1959-1979 |
| 1/31-32 | Publications of Harry Caldwell 12 items
|
1949-1976 |
| 1/33 | Asia material 31 items
|
1963-1975 |
| 1/34 | Chinese culture 1 item
|
1937 |
| 1/35 | College population study 13 items
|
1971 |
| 2/36 | Conservation education 1 item
|
1949 |
| 2/37 | Cultural geography 5 items
|
1970 |
| 2/38 | Economic geography 6 items
|
1967-1971 |
| 2/39 | Geography, General 10 items
|
1949-1980 |
| 2/40 | Geography, Europe 3 items
|
1957-1960 |
| 2/41 | Geography, Idaho 2 items
|
undated |
| 2/42 | Idaho history, culture, and population 12 items
|
1972 |
| 2/43 | Idaho road network maps 9 items
|
1962-1972 |
| 2/44 | Idaho skyway maps 3 items
|
1952-1962 |
| 2/45 | Idaho state energy plan 1 item
|
1981 |
| 2/46 | Idaho tomorrow 2 items
|
1974 |
| 2/47 | Idaho will grow 1 item
|
1958 |
| 2/48 | Irrigation 6 items
|
1945-1971 |
| 2/49 | Lake Tahoe recreation planning seminar 4 items
|
1972 |
| 2/50 | Man's role in changing the face of the earth 1 item
|
1955 |
| 2/51 | Maps 4 items
|
1939-1963 |
| 2/52 | Medical geography 1 item
|
1952 |
| 2/53 | Moscow area, Idaho 1 item
|
1972 |
| 2/54 | Planning and control manual 1 item
|
1958 |
| 2/55-57 | Population problems 10 items
|
1956-1985 |
| 2/58 | World population data sheets 5 items
|
1988-1990 |
| 2/59 | Problems in the Idaho batholith 2 items
|
undated |
| 2/60-61 | Quality of life 6 items
|
1965-1978 |
| 2/62 | Regional earth resources data application center 9 items
|
1972-1973 |
| 2/63 | Tavern location study 15 items
|
1971-1975 |
| 2/64 | Tourism 4 items
|
1934-1981 |
| 2/65 | U.S. Board of Geographical Names, Idaho decisions 88 items
|
1934-1982 |
| 2/66 | West Coast Airlines history 1 item
|
undated |
| 2/67 | Zimmerly Airline 1 item
|
1946 |
| 2/68 |
The Idaho Compass
1 item
|
1971 |
| 2/69 | Day, Henry. "Mining highlights of the Coeur d'Alene district" 1 item
|
1963 |
| 2/70 | Air Force Engineering & Service. Community information brochures 4 items
|
undated |
| 2/71 | Humphrey, David C. "Utilization of the middle fork of the Salmon River as a wild river..." 1 item
|
1969 |
| 2/72 | Payne, Richard D. "An inventory of recreation home developments in Idaho" 1 item
|
1976 |
| 2/73 | U.S. Geological survey. Mineral and water resources of Idaho
|
1964 |
Series III. Professional Activities , 1935-1986Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/74 | Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 3 items
|
1935-1986 |
| 2/75 | World Directory of Geographers 1 item
|
1952 |
| 2/76 | Air Force study of productivity 21 items
|
1980-1981 |
| 2/77 | Boise project planning reports and maps 40 items
|
1973-1974 |
| 3/78 | Boise general plan study map 1 item
|
undated |
| 3/79 | Kamiah planning file 2 items
|
1958-1959 |
| 3/80 | Latah County planning 4 items
|
1958 |
| 3/81 | Lewiston comprehensive planning series 2 items
|
1976 |
| 3/82-83 | Lewiston consulting, zoning, subdivision maps 11 items
|
1979 |
| 3/84 | Moscow, Idaho. City planning 4 items
|
1956-1965 |
| 3/85-86 | Post Falls planning file 6 items
|
1957-1958 |
| 3/87 | Workshop: College of Idaho regional studies 8 items
|
1982 |
| 3/88 | Workshop: Shoreline development of Lake Coeur d'Alene 3 items
|
1976 |
| 3/89 | Title VIII workshops, Correspondence 10 items
|
1970-1971 |
Series IV. Personal , 1951-1990Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/90-93 | Correspondence 144 items
|
1951-1989 |
| 3/94 | Vita, self-evaluations, etc. 14 items
|
1975-1980 |
| 3/95 | Articles about Harry Caldwell 3 items
|
1958-1984 |
| 3/96 | Memorial service program 1 item
|
1990 |
| 3/97 | Reel to reel tape recordings 4 items
|
undated |
| 3/98 | Photographs from the American Geographical Society transcontinental excursion of 1912 8 items
|
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| 3/99 | Brochure from Moscow, USSR 1 item
|
undated |
| 3/100-106 | Graduate student theses 7 items
|
1969-1976 |
| 3/107-110 |
Shhh (Self help for hard of hearing people), journal 45 items
|
1981-1989 |
| 4/111 | Shhh Palouse group newsletter 47 items
|
1981-1989 |
| 4/112-113 | Shhh conventions 2 items
|
1986, 1989 |
| 4/114 | "Harry's hearing history, 1951-1953" 18 items
|
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| 4/115-116 | Hearing file 73 items
|
1984-1989 |
| 4/117 | Supplemental hearing file (partial facial paralysis) 56 items
|
1982-1983 |
| 4/118 | Assistive listening devices 8 items
|
1986 |
| 4/119 | Hearing systems 35 items
|
1984-1986 |
| 4/120 | Governors Task Force for Hearing Impaired Citizens 38 items
|
1988-1989 |
| 4/121 | "The hurt that does not show" 1 item
|
1984 |
| 4/122 | Stereo exercises for the eye 3 items
|
undated |
| 4/123 | "Harry's medical history on cancer" 12 items
|
1984-1989 |
| 4/124 | Letters of condolence (photocopies) 2 items
|
1990-1991 |
Series V. Slides , 1951-1977Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/125 | New York City, 1968; U.S. Steel, Pittsburgh; Mammoth Cave, Ky.; Plymouth Rock, 1957; Limestone quarry in northern Pennsylvania, 1955; Yellowstone Park 98 items
|
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| 4/126 | Glacier Park, 1967; Air views - Minneapolis to Ohio, 1968; Vermont, 1973; Oregon, 1953-1966; Colorado, 1963, 1968 120 items
|
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| 4/127 | Washington, 1959-1964; California, 1954-1964; Bellingham, 1962; Cheney, 1964; Marmes rock shelter, 1968; Pea viners, 1961 120 items
|
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| 4/128 | Seattle,1890s; Pacific marineland, 1958; Disneyland, 1964; British Columbia and Alberta, 1962-1965, Berkeley art show; Yosemite 98 items
|
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| 4/129 | South American trip 120 items
|
summer 1976 |
| 4/130 | Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India 120 items
|
1967 |
| 5/131 | India, Malaya, Singapore, Egypt 120 items
|
1967 |
| 5/132 | Thailand, Sarawak, Brunei 120 items
|
1967 |
| 5/133 | Sabah, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan 120 items
|
1967 |
| 5/134 | Taiwan, Japan 120 items
|
1967 |
| 5/135 | Holland, Belgium, France 120 items
|
1960-1971 |
| 5/136 | France, Spain, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Norway 120 items
|
1960-1971 |
| 5/137 | Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Yugoslavia, Portugal, Soviet Union 120 items
|
1960-1971 |
| 5/138 | Mexico 40 items
|
undated |
| 5/139 | Italy, Iran, Soviet Union 33 items
|
1967 |
| 5/140-143 | Idaho scenes and other slides 493 items
|
1951-1977 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- City planning -- Idaho
- Geographers -- Idaho -- Records and correspondence
- Hearing impaired
- Tourism -- Idaho
Corporate Names
- Self Help for Hard of Hearing Persons
Geographical Names
- Northwest, Pacific -- Pictorial works
Occupations
- Harry Harrison Caldwell (1920-1990) was a member of the Geography Department at the University of Idaho, 1948-1983, and later a member of the Idaho Governor's Task Force for the Hearing Impaired.
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Caldwell, Harry H.--Archives.
Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen
1991
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