Jackson F. Kimball Collection, 1910-1945
Kimball, Jackson F., ca. 1874-1944
4.1 cubic feet
Scope and Content Note
Collection is arranged into six series: I. Lumber Company Files;
II. Sales, Contracts, Leases & Trustee Files; III. General correspondence;
IV. Professional Activities; V. Financial Records; and VI. Photographs.
Most series are arranged alphabetically by subseries and then
chronologically.
Series one documents the agent/broker work that Kimball did in
the Klamath Falls area for major lumber companies other than Weyerhauser
Timber Company, his primary employer. These included Day Brothers
Lumber Company, C.C. Yawkey Lumber Company, and Alexander-Yawkey
Lumber Company. The Alexander-Yawkey Lumber Company files document
its start in 1937 and its early operations near Prineville. Series
two documents Kimball's agent/broker work for smaller lumber companies
and individuals.
Series three consists of personal and work-related correspondence
with individuals and organizations. Series four documents some
of Kimball's professional activities involving lumber and timber
organizations and his role in shaping state and federal legislation
affecting the timber and lumber industries. Series five pertains
to Kimball's personal investments and tax matters involving his
interests. Series six includes photographs separated from the
collection's files.
Biographical Note
Jackson F. Kimball was probably born about 1874 in Maine, the
state in which he grew up. He studied medicine and law in college,
but left to become a timber cruiser. He ultimately moved west,
staying briefly in Roseburg, Oregon, and then moving to Klamath
Falls. In 1905 Kimball began working for the Weyerhauser Timber
Company. He devised the company's policy pertaining to the leasing
of its holdings for grazing purposes. Kimball worked for Weyerhauser
until his death in 1944. In 1908 Kimball became associated with
the Klamath/Lake Counties Forest Fire Association, later the Klamath
Forest Protective Association. He was also interested in control
of the Western Pine Beetle, a major pest in the forests of the
Klamath region.
Kimball's timber work was not limited to Weyerhauser. He acted
as agent/broker for the Day Brothers Lumber Company, the C.C.
Yawkey Lumber Company (Yawkey was the owner of the Boston Red
Sox), the Alexander-Yawkey Lumber Company (for whom he was an
officer), several smaller timber/lumber and real estate interests,
and individuals. Kimball was a shareholder and trustee of the
American National Bank of Klamath Falls. From 1930-1940 he was
the Klamath County chair for the Citizens' Military Training Camp.
He spent considerable time in Salem lobbying the Oregon Legislature
for timber and lumber industry-related legislation. Kimball died
at his home in Klamath Falls on May 21, 1944. (Most of the above
information is from Harry J. Drew's Weyerhauser Company: A
History of People, Land and Growth, 1979.)
Related Materials
Much of Kimball's correspondence with the Weyerhauser Timber Company
can be found at the corporation's archives in Tacoma, Washington.
Shelf Locations
SR 5/8/5/60
SR 5/8/4/10-30
2/2/9/21 (photographs)
oversize drawer 5
Inventory
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