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Goss (Marvin) Photograph Collection - Finding Aid
Collection Number
2016.04
Contact Information
The Library, Special Collections
Cal Poly Humboldt
One Harpst Street
Arcata, CA 95521
Email: archives@humboldt.edu
https://specialcollections.humboldt.edu/
Processed By
Carly Marino, Special Collections Librarian
Camille Charette, Interim Special Collections Librarian
Katelyn Brady and Tristan Fritsch, Student Assistants
Date Collection Processed
2017 and 2025
Language
English
Collection Creator
Marvin Goss
Dates Covered by Collection
1968-1975 (35mm color slides)
1974-1986 (Photo album)
1974-77 Unknown District
1977-79 Six Rivers National Forest
1984-86 Hoopa
1985 Van Duzen River
Size of Collection
3 red binders (504 color slides); 1 black scrapbook (7 black and white, 171 color photographs)
Abstract
The Marvin Goss Photographs Collection includes images (35 mm slides and photographs), taken by Marvin Goss, for HSU faculty research of forest land in northern California. The material was collected in the sixties and seventies on faculty expeditions to site locations. The information it contains focuses specifically on industrial forest practices as well as natural disasters. with potentially less natural indirect causes (e.g. rock slides).
Access
available by appointment
Copyright
Copyright not deeded to Humboldt State University Library. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Special Collections Librarian.
Acquisition Information
Marvin Goss donated his collection to the Library in 2016.
Biographical Information
1969-70 | Student of Rudi Becking (Forest Statistics, etc) Field Trip to pre-RWNP, RDWD Ck tallest trees, etc. Witnessed “illegal” logging in exclusion zones slated for inclusion in Park. |
1969-72 | Active member of Boot ‘n’ Blister Club (President - 1970) Charlie Bloom was our Advisor. Also worked w/ Charlie Bloom @ Butler Valley Dam Hearings (see copy of speech against proposed dam) |
1974-77 | Forest Hydrologist (GS-7), Ukonom Ranger Dist., Klamath NF, Somes Bar (Siskiyou Co.) |
1977-79 | Planning Hydrologist (GS-9), Six Rivers NF, Eureka |
1984-86 | Geologic Consultant, Tribal Forestry Div, Hoopa Ca. Greg Bloomstrom was my contract administrator. |
Scope and Content of the Collection
Goss had previously organized the collection, the only modification was transferring the microfilm to proper archival storage (acid-free plastic sheets). The first binder encompasses 149 35mm slides of forest practices from 1968 to 1969, approximately. Chronologically, the next binder (‘74-’76) predominantly houses microfilm of rockslides (Soldiers Creek (‘74 & ‘76), Highway 96 (‘76)). There are 137 slides. The last of the microfilm binders holds 218 slides that detail both forest practices and the aftermath of them (e.g. the litter from burns, debris from clearing, creek debris). Natural disasters are shown as well (e.g. rock slide on the Klamath River, fires and aftermath). The sole scrapbook-esque binder within the collection houses 7 black and white and 171 color photographs. This book details, according to Goss, the “good, the bad, and the ugly” of forestry practices. He gives a comment on the inside cover: “The following depict why our creeks and rivers turn muddy whenever it rains.” - Marvin Goss 12/4/2016
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is arranged into three binders that contain microfilm and one scrapbook containing photographs. The microfilm within the binders details forest practices that pertain to private industry, government, and indigenous land. Some of the forest practices associated with industry that are depicted include slash burning and helicopter spraying. Documentation of numerous rock slides is also to be found within the collection (e.g. Soldiers Creek Slide (‘74).
Container List
Binder 1: 2016.04.0001 to .0149 (149)
Binder 2: .0150 to .0286 (137)
Binder 3: .0287 to .0504 (218)
Related Works
The following Cal Poly Humboldt Special Collections and Archives collections are related to the Marvin Goss Photograph Collection and may provide additional context for researchers studying forestry practices, timber harvest impacts, watershed conditions, public land management, and environmental issues in northwestern California:
Becking (Rudolf W.) Collection – research files, photographs, and records documenting natural resources, Redwood National Park, and forestry issues in northwestern California. Becking was Goss's faculty advisor.
Bloom (Charles) Slide Collection – approximately 6,900 slides documenting northwestern California landscapes, forestry, natural resources, and Humboldt State University activities. Bloom served as advisor to the Boot 'n' Blister Club during Goss's student years.
Butler Valley Dam Collection – records concerning the proposed Butler Valley Dam project on the Mad River, an issue in which Goss participated as a student activist.
Boyle Photograph Collection – photographs documenting logging operations and timber communities in northwestern California.
Subject Headings
Forest management—California, Northern.
Forest hydrology—California, Northern.
Logging—Environmental aspects—California.
Watersheds—California, Northern.
Klamath River Watershed (Calif. and Or.)
Six Rivers National Forest (Calif.)
Klamath National Forest (Calif.)