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Verle G. Kaiser
Photographs, 1934-1977
Verle Kaiser 1955
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PC 71
Verle G. Kaiser
Photographs, 1934-1977
Verle Kaiser 1955
The photographs of Verle G. Kaiser were seperated from a larger body of Kaiser's Papers (Cage 527) that had been received by the Washington State University Libraries in 1982 (MS82-47 and MS82-54). Processing was by Richard Illy, Barbara Kovarik Gahl and Harvey Young in 1986.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Verle G. Kaiser was born in 1911. In 1922 his family traveled west from North Dakota and settled on a dairy farm near Cheney, Washington. After graduating from high school, Mr. Kaiser attended Cheney State Normal School and the Washington State College at Pullman. In 1933 he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in agriculture, and in 1934 completed an engineering degree. Before and after his engineering studies he worked for the Soil Erosion Service. Subsequently, he worked as an agronomist a district conservationist, and an area conservationist in western Washington and northern Idaho. In 1955 he became the Agronomy specialist for Washington, Idaho, and Oregon.
Kaiser was best known for his expertise in conservation problems in the Palouse. His articles have appeared in Northwest Science and in Journal of Soil and Water Conservation; he also contributed to technical bulletins of the agricultural experiment stations in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Kaiser's work for the soil c&nservation service has added to the technical guides and conservation handbooks for the Palouse area. Before and after his retirement in 1972, Mr. Kaiser undertook consulting assignments for the Development and Resources Corporation in Iran, Nicaragua and Columbia. Kaiser also campaigned to have the United States Department of Agriculture adjust its programs to meet the conservation needs of the Columbia Plateau region. Kaiser died in Spokane County, Washington, in 1982.
ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION
The photographs of Verle Kaiser consists both of images that were photographed by Kaiser, and images he acquired. Almost all are concerned with soil conservation and related matters. Most images are from the inland Pacific Northwest, although some photography associated with projects in Columbia and Iran are included. The photographs are arranged in three main series, these following the format of the prints, including large, aerial photographs, standard prints, and projection slides. Within each series the photographs are foldered, with the folders bearing headings used by Kaiser. The folders are arranged alphabetically; many instances of chronological subdivision of the topics are present.
CONTAINER LIST
Box Folder Description Items
Series I: Photographic Prints (standard sizes)
AERIAL PHOTOS
1 1 Central Whitman County Soil Survey, 1945-1952, 15
2 1946-1952 15
3 1946-1952 17
4 1946-1952 19
5 1946-1952 17
6 1947-1952 18
7 1947-1952 15
8 1948-1952 14
9 1948-1952 17
10 1951 5
11 1952 2
12 1952 8
13 Elk Hunting and Correspondence, 1968-1976 12
14 Fire Damage, n.d. 1
15 Four Mile Creek, Palouse: 1939 Survey on 1934 Photos 15
16 1939 3
17 1939 19
18 1939 16
19 1939 16
20 1939 15
21 1939 14
22 1939 2
23 1939 19
24 1939 12
25 1939 17
26 Hay Crop Grown in a Gully; Alsike Seeding, 1937 1
27 Lacrosse, South of Union Creek, n.d. 8
28 Latah County, Idaho Survey, 1944 17
29 Miscellaneous, 1938-1966 6
30 1939 33
31 1939 103
32 1939 53
33 1939 85
34 North of Wilma, Clay Stout Farm, n.d. 16
35 North Palouse, Whitman County Soil Survey (SCS)
1939 3
36 Palouse River, Elberton, 1940-1942 14
37 Palouse River, South Fork, Albion, 1941-1942 5
38 Palouse, Rock Lake, 1939 25
39 1939 21
40 1939 18
41 1939 11
42 1939 13
43 1939 19
44 1939 26
45 1939 22
46 1939 21
47 1939 24
48 1939 31
49 1939 22
50 1939 21
Box Folder Description Items
2 51 1939 22
52 1939 29
53 Palouse Conservation Section Surveys, South Palouse
Project, 1937 2
54 1937-1938 7
55 1937-1938 7
56 1937-1940 28
57 1938 9
58 1938 12
59 1938 10
60 1938 10
61 1938 13
62 1938-1939 8
63 1939 12
64 1939 17
65 1939 8
66 1939 4
67 1939 15
68 1939 9
69 1939 6
70 1939 8
71 1939 14
72 1939 9
73 1939 10
74 1939 4
75 1939 5
76 1939 15
77 1939 35
78 1939 5
79 1940 11
80 1944 14
81 1944 14
82 n.d., Thornton, Washington 4
83 Plows and Plowing, 1940-1941 7
84 Sheet Erosion and Drill Row Erosion, 1941-1945 1
85 Snake River and Tributaries, Washington State, n.d. 7
86 South Palouse, 1950 117
87 1950 67
88 1951 24
89 Soil Conservation District, 1945-1951 3
90 Spokane County, Washington, 1964 9
91 Steptoe Butte, Washington State, 1940-1942 22
92 Stripcropping on Contour and Sweet Clover Seeded
in Spring, Alternate Rows with Barley, 1940-1941 2
93 Timber Types in the North Palouse District, 1940 1
94 1940 1
95 Trapper Creek, Washington State, 1949 33
96 Uniontown, Albion, Pullman, Boyart, n.d. 31
97 West Whitman County, Washington, 1939 18
98 1939 25
99 1939 29
100 1939 23
101 1939 16
102 1939 10
103 1939 25
104 1939 28
105 1939 19
106 1939 18
107 1940-1942 12
108 1940-1942 10
Box Folder Description Items
3 109 1941-1942 12
110 1941-1942 12
111 1942 13
112 1942 7
113 Air Photos, 1939 24
114 1939 17
115 1939 25
116 Wilma, Washington, n.d. 25
STANDARD PHOTOS
117 Annual Cropping Tillage, 1936-1968 24
118 Baling Third Cutting of Hay, Orchard Grass
and Lotus, 1960, 1966 2
119 B and W Pictures, Farm Planning, 1975 10
120 n.d. 8
121 Rotary Subsoilers and B and W Soil Erosion
Pictures, 1976 (negatives) 32
122 Thirty-Five mm Copies, Early Day Combine Straw
Spreader and Rotary Subsoils, (negatives) n.d. 39
123 Duplicates of Nez Perce Soil Profile and Crop
Residue Use, Lewis County, Washington, (negatives)
n.d. 42
124 Beans Planted on the Contour, 1940-1943 3
125 Before and After Pictures, Bank Cuts: 1953 2
126 Broughton Gully, Dayton, Washington, 1936-1937 2
127 Colfax City Fish Pond, 1953-1954, 3
128 Field, Contour Strip-Cropped, Rock Creek, Washington
1958 2
129 Field Gully Graded in Preparation for Seeding,
Hawkin Melgrad Farm, Moscow, Idaho, 1938-1939 3
130 Highway Fill, Plummer, Idaho, 1938 2
131 Masonry Dam Construction, Roy Naylor Farm, Latah
County, Idaho, 1937-1938 3
132 Between Glen C. Lorang, Regional Editor, Farm Journal
and Beaver, 1975 1
133 Channel Straightened, C.C. Jarvis Farm, Latah County,
Idaho, 1936 1
134 Color Pictures, Palouse Estuary, and Soil Erosion,
1975 14
135 Contour Erosion, 1950, 1971 4
136 Farming, 1956 3
137 Furrows, Moscow and Lewiston, 1936-1938 2
138 Crop Residue, Burning, 1937, 1942 8
139 Stubble Mulch, Outside the Palouse, 1939-1941 60
140 Crop Rotatiods and Annual Cropping, 1943-1949 8
141 Cutting Grain, Wheat Mulch, Wheat Growth, 1935-1970,
43
142 Dams for Erosion Control, 1935-1971 52
143 Direct Comparison Pictures, 1936-1958 22
144 Diversions and Terraces, 1934-1971 46
145 Drainage of Wetlands, 1941-1955 40
146 1943-1970 23
147 Eleta Clay, (negatives) n.d. 3
148 Equipment, 1937-1969 98
149 and Seeding, 1936-1971 124
150 Chisels and Chiseling, 1930-1964 60
151 1930-1967 49
152 Disks and Disking, 1934-1963 45
153 Fertilizing, 1950-1965 20
154 Grain Harvesting, 1946-1971 37
155 Miscellaneous, 1940-1969 42
156 1948-1969 29
157 Rotary Rod Weeders, 1940-1954 23
158 Subsoilers, Waffle Machines, 1940-1971 90
159 Skew Treaders and Rotary Hoes, 1949-1969 52
160 Spring Tooths and Spike Tooths, 1948-1970 21
161 Straw Scattering, 1938-1942 9
162 Subsoilers, 1937-1963 12
163 Sweeps and Sweeping, 1940-1959 68
164 Engineering: Diversions, 1965 18
165 1965 19
166 1965 1
167 Erosion, 1965 15
168 Aftereffects on Soil, 1941-1962 17
169 Deep Soil Slips, 1934-1971 22
170 Gully and Streambank, 1942-1971 24
171 Pictures and Negatives, 1967-1968 21
172 of Doubtful Quality, For Documentation, 1938-1970 36
173 Rilling, 1934-1971 89
Box Folder Description Items
4 174 1934-1971 41
175 Shallow Slips or Pours, 1935-1963 57
176 Tillage, 1942-1971 39
177 Wind, 1934-1971 73
178 Fertilization, 1937-1954 3
179 Field Corners, Erosion and Tillage, 1941-1958 12
180 Determined Useless for Wheat Production, Water-
ville, Washington, 1942 1
181 Floods and Flood Waters, 1938-1963 42
182 George Gunning Ranch, Davenport, Washington, 1943 2
183 Grain Crops, 1938-1959 35
184 Grass Residue Burning: Color Photos and Negatives,
n.d. 4
185 Grassed Waterways, 1934-1958 36
186 Green Manure Crops, 1937-1954 60
187 Gulley Erosion, Grassed Waterways Erosion Control
Drop Structure, 1934-1970 20
188 Haying Equipment, 1942-1943, 1952 7
189 Hayland, Haying Operations, 1938-1947 41
190 1934-1971 46
191 Headward Erosion and its Control, George and Lucy
Adams Farm, Fairfield, Washington, 1937, 1944 2
192 Heavy Cheat Grass Sod Plowed, 1941 2
193 Helmer-Larkin Series; from Inspection of Latah-Rock
Creek Soil Conservation District, 1940 1
194 Highways and Roads, Erosion Problems and Stabilization
1935-1963 49
195 Historical, 1958-1972 39
196 Horse Farming, 1935-1944 11
197 Installation of Rock-Log Dam, Bill Eaton Farm, Plummer,
Idaho, 1938 1
198 Irrigation, 1939-1969 54
199 Land Capabilities and Land Use, 1936-1963 72
200 1935-1976 81
201 Land Grant Universities; Statement by the American
Association of Colleges and State Universities, 1959 1
202 Legend: North Palouse Soil Conservation District,
1941 11
203 Livestock, 1937-1958 15
204 Miscellaneous Maps and Charts, Photos and Negatives,
1969-1970 7
205 Photographs, 1934-1938 7
206 1937-1938 8
207 1937-1940 9
208 1937-1940 16
209 1940-1949 23
210 1938-1955 45
211 1948-1955 18
212 1962-1965 13
213 1936-1970 45
214 1940-1970 40
215 1940-1971 18
216 Color, 1944-1950 14
Box Folder Description Items
5 217 Pullman Flood of 1910; Erosion Pictures, 1932-1972 30
218 Soil Slip, Moscow; Community Watershed Project,
Plummer, Idaho, 1965-1970 7
219 Washington State, 1959-1970 126
220 1963-1970 41
221 1969-1970 77
222 1969-1970 104
223 1969-1971 44
224 1970-1971 129
225 Mixed Photographs, Verle G. Kaiser, 1955 76
226 Wheat Farming, Washington, n.d. 54
227 Native Woodland, Pacific Northwest, 1935-1970, 37
228 Fire Damage and Woodland Management, 1936-1970 21
229 Negatives, CCC Activities, n.d. 11
230 SCS Tourgroup, n.d. 2
231 Swoop Plow, 1949 8
232 Maps and Charts, Various, n.d. 2
233 Miscellaneous, n.d. 28
234 Photographs, n.d. 22
235 Old Photograph, Road Repair in the Palouse, n.d. 1
236 Orchards, 1937-1970 17
237 Palouse Estuary, Photos and Negatives, 1967-1977 24
238 Pealand and Pealand Treatment, 1941-1948 26
239 Photos of Highway Bank Sloughing, Dayton, Washington,
1937 2
240 Pictures of Oakesdale, Washington, Outdoor Grain Piles,
1976-1977 including negatives, 28
241 Plows and Plowing, 1939-1961 30
242 Various Models, 1935-1970, 16
243 Ponds and Pond Construction, 1937-1970, 53
244 Rangeland, 1944, 1970 13
245 Rill Erosion, 1972 17
246 : Areas Outside the Palouse, 1934-1971 31
247 : Negatives and Photos, n.d. 12
248 : n.d. 11
249 School Pictures Studying Conservation, 1953-1971 44
250 Sedimentation and Recreation, 1969, 1972 9
251 Series of Double-Purpose Ponds For Silt and Stock-
water, E.K. Nicolaisen Farm, 1949 1
252 Shallow-Phase Palouse Notes, 1941 1
253 Siltation, 1936-1959 31
254 1946-1971 54
255 Soil and Water Conservation Districts Personnel
Washington, 1938-1970 69
256 1940-1970 44
257 Soil Conservation Pictures and Negatives, 1976 5
258 Negatives, n.d. 9
259 Soil Conservation Service and Districts, Washington,
1945-1969 36
260 Personnel, Washington, 1934-1976 65
261 Soil Erosion and Flood Damage, 1969-1971, 28
262 Testing, 1953-1957 11
263 Tilth, 1938-1969 76
264 1940-1969 57
265 On Condition Negatives, n.d. 4
266 Soils, North of Wilbur, Washington, 1965 2
267 and Soil Profiles, 1935-1955 19
268 Snow Drifting and Hilltop Windbreaks, 1935-1957 28
269 Negatives, n.d. 2
270 Snowbank, Drop Inlet, Plowing, 1935, 1939 3
271 Stripcropping, 1937-1961 60
Box Folder Description Items
6 272 1946-1960 43
273 Fields, 1943-1960 50
274 1946-1960 36
275 St. John, Negatives, 24
276 Stubble Mulch, 1939-1971 36
277 1940-1958, 26
278 1947-1963 35
279 n.d. 3
280 Stubble Mulch & Washington Pea Soup at the Near East
International Trade Fair, Israel, 1962 3
281 Sweet Clover, Grasses and Legumes, 1943, 1957 2
282 Plowing for Germination, 1935-1964 55
283 1938-1952 18
284 Terrace Seeded in Fall Grain, 1964 10
285 Terraces and Diversions, 1947-1960 34
286 1952-1971 33
287 Terraces, Diversions and Stripcropping Photos
and Negatives, n.d. 5
288 Tillage Experiments, G.M. Horner, 1942 2
289 Topography and Land Capability, Negatives, n.d. 9
290 Tours, Demonstrations and Field Trips, 1944-1970 43
291 Urban Development Construction Problems, 1963-1972
39
292 Various Photographs of the Palouse, including Stubble
Mulch, 1939-1954 27
293 Washtucna near the Palouse River,1977 11
294 Waterway Shaping, 1935-1958 19
295 Waterways, Dried and Grassed, 1934-1963 39
296 1944-1958 24
297 Weeds and Weed Control, Palouse, 1942-1968 6
298 Wheat on Plowed Pea Stubble, Rockford, Washington,
n.d.
299 Stubble Mulch, 1940-1950 11
300 Stubble Plowing, George Sinclair Ranch, 1943 3
301 Wildlife and Preservation of Wildlife Habitat,
Washington, 1937-1971 12
302 Wind Erosion, 1968 90
303 Damage, n.d. 19
304 Photos and Negatives, n.d. 10
305 Windbreak and Blowing, Kaniksu National Forest, 1967 1
306 Woodland, Natural and Planted, n.d. 4
307 Planting, Washington, 1934-1962 34
PROJECTION SLIDES
308 "Before and After" Sequence Pictures, Soil Erosion
and Conservation, n.d. 48
309 Charts, Graphs, and Maps, n.d. 52
310 n.d. 288
311 Clover and Green Manure Crops, n.d. 58
312 Conservation Leaders, n.d. 82
313 Problems of Urbanization, n.d. 24
314 Tours and Demonstrations, n.d. 31
Box Folder Description Items
7 315 Contour and Off-Contour Plowing, n.d. 21
316 Crop Diseases, Insects, Pests, n.d. 23
317 Crop Residue Burning, n.d. 37
318 Utilization, n.d. 100
319 Crops: Clover and Green Manure, n.d. 37
320 : Grain, n.d. 96
321 : Grass, n.d. 50
322 : Grass and Alfalfa, n.d. 28
323 Dams, n.d. 46
324 Disks and Disking, n.d. 16
325 Diversions and Terraces, n.d. 103
326 Drainage and Irrigation, n.d. 54
327 Farm Machinery and Harvesting, n.d. 20
328 Fertilizing and Seeding, n.d. 37
329 Haying, n.d. 45
330 Initial Tillage Equipment, n.d. 55
331 Weeding Equipment, n.d. 61
332 Fertilizing, n.d. 6
333 n.d. 27
334 Field Peas and Miscellaneous Crops, n.d. 57
335 Gully Erosion, n.d. 5
336 Haying and Harvesting, 21
337 Highways and Roads Erosion Control, n.d. 34
338 Historical, n.d. 8
339 Kaiser's Newest Talk, Palouse Erosion, n.d. 134
340 Land Capability and Topography, n.d. 46
341 n.d. 12
342 Reshaping, n.d. 17
343 Livestock, n.d. 22
344 Miscellaneous, n.d. 120
Box Folder Description Items
8 345 Palouse Erosion, n.d. 93
346 Pasture and Range, n.d. 33
347 Plowing, n.d. 11
348 Ponds and Stockwater Developments, n.d. 31
349 Rill and Sheet Erosion, n.d. 180
350 School Children Learning About Erosion and
Soil Conservation, n.d. 100
351 Siltation and Sedimentation, n.d. 114
352 Snow and Snow Traps, n.d. 29
353 Soil Erosion Maps, n.d. 38
354 Profiles, n.d. 32
355 Slips Erosion, n.d. 50
356 Soil Tilth and Condition, n.d. 130
357 Streambank Erosion Control, n.d. 26
358 Stripcropping, n.d. 78
359 Subsoiling and Chiseling, n.d. 62
360 Tillage Erosion, n.d. 44
361 Water and Floods, n.d. 29
362 Waterways, n.d. 39
363 Weeds and Weed Control, n.d. 34
364 Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation, n.d. 44
365 Wind Erosion, n.d. 80
366 Woodland, Natural and Planted, n.d. 65
PHOTOGRAPHIC SLIDES, CASED
Colombia (South America)
Box Folder Description Items
9 367 One, n.d. 65
368 Two, n.d. 65
Honduras
369 One, n.d. 31
Iran
370 One, 1965, 65
371 One to Thirty-Eight, n.d. 70
372 Two, 1975 74
373 Two Forty-One-Two Seventy-Nine, Wheat Culture, n.d. 30
374 Three, n.d. 28
375 Three-Thirty-One, n.d. 65
376 Four, n.d. 16
377 Five, n.d. 20
378 Five-Five-One, "Misguided Developments," n.d. 20
379 Five-Seven-Six, n.d. 20
380 Seven-Three-Two, n.d. 14
381 Eight-Sixty-Eight, "Life in a Khuzhehestan Village,"
n.d. 29
382 Reza Shah Kibir Dam, 1975, 16
Nicaragua
383 One, n.d. 28
384 Two, n.d. 30
385 Three, n.d. 26
Box Folder Description Items
10 386 Four, n.d. 65
387 Five, n.d. 47
United States
388 "A 1977 Look at the Palouse Erosion Problem," 88
389 Agriculture, n.d. 148
390 SCS, n.d. 134
391 CCC, 1936, 50
392 Charts and Maps, Colombia Plateau, n.d. 47
393 Colombia-Snake River-Palouse Program, n.d. 72
394 "Critical Look at the Soil Erosion Problems of the
Palouse," n.d. 80
395 "Future of the Palouse," n.d. 180
396 Miscellaneous Palouse, 1951-1954, 35
397 Problem Areas, Maps, n.d. 23
398 Problems of the Environment, Washington State, n.d. 25
399 Palouse Estuary, 1979, 49
400 Sheep Creek Pictures, n.d. 23
401 "Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Problems in the
Palouse," n.d. 99
402 n.d. 78
403 n.d. 27
404 n.d. 30
405 Terraces and Diversions, n.d. 21
406 Washington's Wind Erosion Problem, n.d. 32
407 Whitman County Erosion, 1958-1976, 23
OVERSIZE PHOTOGRAPHS
Box Folder Description Items
11 408 Aerial Photographs: Miscellaneous, Plows and Plowing,
1939-1951 18
409 Missouri Flat Creek, n.d. 20
410 North Palouse SCS, including the Spring Flat Pro-
ject, n.d. 22
411 Spring Flat Project, Whitman County, Washington,
1934 4
412 1934 5
413 1934 6
414 1934 6
415 1934 3
416 1934 3
417 1934 5
418 1934 7
419 Tekoa South to Farmington, Washington, 1934 13
420 Tekoa-Tensed Area, Whitman County, 1934 13
Box Folder Description Items
12 421 1934 10
422 1934 13
423 1934 10
424 1934 17
425 1934 14
426 1934 8
427 1934 17
428 1934 10
429 1934 12
430 1935 1
431 Tekoa to Farmington, Washington, 1934 13
13 432 Albion Flood Control, Stripcropping and Drainage,
1937-1965, 52
14 433 Erosion Problems in the Palouse, 1934-1963, 68
15 434 Regional Photographs of the Palouse, 1934-1963 68
16 435 Washington, Oregon, and Idaho Marginal Wheatland
Converted to Grassland; Land Capabilities, 1936-1957 53