Title:

Photographs from the Woodbridge Metcalf papers

Creator/Contributor:

Metcalf, Woodbridge, 1888-1972, creator, photographer.

Chiefly research photographs depicting trees and forests of California and other locations. Also includes travel photographs, landscapes, individual and group portraits depcting Metcalf and his colleagues, various forestry activities, and domestic snapshots. Some specific subjects include cork oak, coast redwood, giant sequoia, eucalyptus and Christmas trees (douglas fir). Includes some photographs of the U.C. Berkeley campus, including a few taken at U.C. Berkeley football games.

Date:

approximately 1890-approximately 1970 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca

Trees -- Photographs

Trees -- California -- Photographs

Forests and forestry -- California -- Photographs

Cork oak -- Photographs

Giant sequoia -- Photographs

Coast redwood -- Photographs

Eucalyptus -- California -- Photographs

Christmas trees -- California -- Photographs

Forest management -- California -- Photographs

Arbres -- Photographies

Chêne-liège -- Photographies

Séquoia géant -- Photographies

Séquoia toujours-vert -- Photographies

Eucalyptus -- Californie -- Photographies

Arbres de Noël -- Californie -- Photographies

Forêts -- Gestion -- Californie -- Photographies

Christmas trees

Coast redwood

Cork oak

Eucalyptus

Forest management

Forests and forestry

Giant sequoia

Trees

California

Metcalf, Woodbridge -- 1888-1972 -- Archives

Metcalf, Woodbridge -- 1888-1972 -- Pictorial works

Metcalf, Woodbridge -- 1888-1972

Title supplied by cataloger.

Majority of photographs taken, presumably, by Metcalf. Most items bear Metcalf's annotations.

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.

NEGATIVES (NEG) and SLIDE (LAN): RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.

Gift ; Of Mrs. Woodbridge Metcalf and the University of California, Department of Forestry ; 1973-1978.

Transferred From the Woodbridge Metcalf papers (BANC MSS C-B 1018).

Folder list available in library.

Woodbridge Metcalf (1888-1972) was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He received his B.A. and M.S. in Forestry from the University of Michigan in 1911 and 1912 respectively. In 1914, Metcalf accepted a position teaching silviculture and dendrology in the newly formed Department of Forestry at the University of California. His scholarly interests and activities included studies of the Coast Redwood, Sierra Redwood, Cork Oak, and Eucalypts. In 1926, Metcalf became the first Extension Forester for California. He would serve in that post for thirty years, dedicating himself to public education in forestry and conservation. As Extension Forester, Metcalf played a key role in the development of rural and forest fire protection programs in California, organized a number of 4-H summer camps at Whitaker's Forest, Las Posadas, and White Oak Flat (among other locations) to teach California youth about forests and the California environment, advocated for better management of farm woods, studied the efficiency of windbreaks in the protection of citrus orchards in Southern California, and managed the University-owned Whitaker's Forest in Tulare County. Metcalf was a life member of the California Conservation Council and served as its president for four years. After retiring in 1956, Metcalf continued to pursue his tree studies and forestry activities. He conducted tree surveys and developed street tree recommendations for the cities of Livermore, Walnut Creek, Hollister, Campbell, and Santa Barbara. He participated in the International Shade Tree Conference amd the Street Tree Symposium at Saratoga and was active in the California Christmas Tree Growers' Association. Metcalf was the author of numerous forestry articles and pamphlets as well as censuses of trees in a range of California locations, including the the San Francisco Bay region and the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, In addition to his forestry work, Metcalf was a skilled yachtsmen. He and his partner, Glenn Waterhouse, won the International Star Class World Championships in 1933 and represented tne United States in the in the 1936 Olympic games.

Preferred citation: Photographs from the Woodbridge Metcalf papers, BANC PIC 1977.113, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic

Archives.

Photographs.

Pictorial works.

Slides.

Slides, color.

photonegative

photoprint

slide

5 boxes (approximately 2,900 slides), 1 box and 3 oversize folders (approximately 350 photographic prints) and 135 negatives : color and black and white ; 36 x 28 cm or smaller

English

Origin:

California

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.

NEGATIVES (NEG) and SLIDE (LAN): RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.