Series I: Family and Personal Records circa 1865-1998

Series II: Education and Career circa 1960-1999

Series III: Theater circa 1970- circa 1998

Series IV: Writings and Art circa 1960-1997

Series I: Family and Personal Records circa 1865-1998

Sub-Series 1 - Personal 1937 - 1998

Box 1

1/1 Transcripts, resumes, vitae 1961-circa 1980s

Correspondence

Incoming

1/2 Loline Hathaway to David Mason, 1956-1967

1/3 M.S. to David Mason, 1957-1960

1/4 Jonathan Hough to David Mason, 1957-1968

1/5 Bernie Oordt to David Mason, Folders 1-2, 1968-1969

1/6 Chuck __ to David Mason, 1973-1977

1/7 Thomas Belfield to David Mason, 1975

1/8 Various incoming, 1955-2004

 

        Outgoing

1/9 David Mason to Loline Hathaway, 1956-1961

1/10 David Mason to Jonathan Hough, 1957-1967

1/11 David Mason to Bernie Oordt, 1968-1969

1/12 David Mason to Lucile and Herbert Mason, 1972-1974

1/13 Various outgoing, 1956-1977

1/14   Correspondence, notes, clippings concerning LSD use, 1966-1969

1/15   Chuckanut Village and other properties 1970-1977, 1986

Photographs

1/18  Baby Album, 1937-1939

1/19  Loose Baby Photos, 1937-1939

1/20  Childhood circa 1939-1950

Oversize Folder 1 Childhood undated

1/21  Taken at college by David Mason, 1954-1956 

1/22  College, circa 1958 -1966

1/23  Adult, 1963-circa 1991

1/24  Friends, circa 1960s-1990s

1/25  Community Involvement – Seattle Gay Pride Parade, circa 1980

1/26  Nature photographs, undated

1/27  Trip to Japan, undated

Recordings - Film

1/28 6 reels labeled "Goroka"

1/29 Labeled “Communication One” (on Super 8), undated & 1 reel (on Super 8)  labeled "1970s"

 

Recordings - Sound

1/30 Labeled “Mahogany Live at the Met” December 22, 1979

1/31 Date books, 1970,1971, 1975, undated

1/32 Childhood Music Notebook, 1944

Sub-Series 2 - Family circa 1865-1990s

Box 2

2/1 Correspondence, 1939-1955

2/2 Clippings Herbert and Lucille Mason 1931-32, 1946, 1972, 1989

2/3 Notebooks, circa 1940, 1974

Photographs

2/4 Herbert and Lucile Mason, 1931-1969

2/5 Family and Friends, circa 1919-1960s

         Herbert Mason

2/6 Adult, circa 1920s – circa 1990s

2/7 Family and Friends, circa 1920s-1963

 

Travel Photographs

2/8 World War I, circa 1917

2/9 Alaska and Inuit, circa 1931

2/10 California, Washington, and Oregon, 1918-1946

2/11 - 2/12 Miscellaneous, circa 1920-1964

Lucile (Roush) Mason

2/13 Childhood, 1896-1914

2/14-2/15 School years, 1912- circa 1933

2/16 Adult, 1942-1973

2/17 Amelia Roush (Mother), circa 1912-circa 1920s

2/18 Thomas Roush (Father), circa 1865-circa 1934

2/19 Family and Friends, circa 1912-circa 1964

 

Travel Photographs

2/20 Yosemite Park, circa 1916-circa 1939

2/21 Stanford and Berkeley, California, circa 1916-1932

Series II:  Education and Career circa 1960-1999

Sub-Series 1 - Course materials circa 1960-1999

2/22 Biology 402 class notes and lectures, 1966-1993

2/23 Biology 325 Connelly Creek project, stream studies, and “South Spur of Sehome Hill," circa 1989

Gay Studies Class

2/24 - 2/25 Articles and handouts, 1964-1999

2/26 Gay Academic Union pamphlets, brochures, “chapter starter kit”, conference notes, 1974, 1978, 1979

2/27 National Gay Task Force materials, 1977

2/28 Gay Academic Union Journal, GAI SABER 1, no. 1-2,(1977), and 1 no.3-4, (1978)

2/29 Clippings files, Gay rights, 1975-1993

2/30 AIDS hypothesis (David Mason) and related publications, circa 1982

2/31 Sex roles class lecture, 1984 February 27

Lynden Recycling Class

Box 3

35mm slides, 1972

Box 4

4/1 Project notes and questionnaire, 1972

4/2 16mm. Film reel, 1972

4/3 Opera Class, 1995

Sub-Series 2 - Fairhaven College circa 1974-1998

Red Square Magazine article includes a cover photograph of David Mason

4/4 Red Square Magazine article, 1987

4/5 Awards received and given, 1987-1992

4/6 Fairhaven College commencement programs with David Mason as master of ceremonies (includes slides) 1974, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993

4/7 Retirement celebration invitation and photographs, 1998 

4/8 Fairhaven student photographs, undated

Sub-Series 3 - Correspondence  circa 1960-1995 

Correspondence about the creation of the College of Environmental Studies includes information about the interdisciplinary studies between Biology/ Fairhaven and Huxley College

Academic Correspondence

4/9 Research on Anti-Discrimination Policies of several Universities and Corporations, 1975-1984

4/10 TIAA-CREF participation, 1972-73

4/11 Creation of the College of Environmental Studies, 1967-68, 1986

4/12 Visiting Anthropology and Literary Scholar Sophia Morgan, 1990-1991

4/13 Letters of Appreciation for Teaching, 1967-1990

4/14 Rehire, Tenure, and Promotion Committee, 1965-1995

4/15 Research Advisory Committee, 1985-1991

4/16 Hiring Process and Early Career at Western Washington State College, 1965-1970     

Research 

4/17 Experiments with platinum and silver electrodes, with oxygen concentration in water, 1960-61

4/18 Sabbatical to South America and the southwestern Pacific (includes photos), 1980-81

4/19 Correspondence to Fairhaven College from Africa, 1972-74

4/20 Project Co-ordinations with David Scholl, 1964-1968

4/21 David Mason's critiques of other academic studies, 1982-1983

 

Sub-Series 4 - Speaking Engagements  1966-1998

4/22 General correspondence relating to speaking engagements, 1967-1995

4/23 - 4/25 Letters of appreciation, 1969-1985

4/26 Speeches and papers given at professional meetings and classes, 1966-circa 1990

4/27-4/28 Publicity and clippings relating to seminars and performances, 1969-1998 

Sub-Series 5 - Publications 1966-1991

4/29 Correspondence relating to papers submitted for publication, 1966-1981

4/30 “FAST” [Faculty/Staff publication of WWU], 1985-1991

4/31 Mason, David. “Lace Wing: a Fragment.” Ecosphere 2 (January 1971): 9-10

4/32 Abstracts of papers presented at the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography meeting, 1980

4/33 Mason, David. “Exorcizing the Engineer.” California Engineer (March 1970): 32-33

4/34 Presentation “Post-Deep Ecology, or Yes, Good is Bad,” 1985-1987

Reports

4/35  “Bioassays of Lower Trophic Levels, Volume VI of a Study of Toxicity and Biostimulation in San Francisco Bay-Delta Waters." Berkeley, 1971

4/36 “Water Resources Engineering Education Series, Program VIII-Freshwater Lakes and their Management,” 1971

4/37 “Reconnaissance Characterization of Littoral Biota, Beaufort, and Chukchi Seas." 1977 April 1-1978 March 31

 

Box 5

5/1 “An approach to Quantitative Morality for Engineers: The Strongest Counter Oar.” undated

 

Sub-Series 6 - Major Research Projects 1960s-1999

Uruguay – Fulbright Scholarship

Includes related photographs given to David Mason in 1999

5/2 Correspondence and research notes from Uruguay trip, 1972      

5/3 Notebook and travel receipts from Uruguay, 1972

5/4 Photos of the Ektar 125 salt marsh in Uruguay, 1999 May 5

Mono Lake

5/5-5/6 Correspondence, affidavits, and research related to Sierra Club lawsuit, 1979, 1997

 

Publications

5/7 “Biologically Precipitated Tufa at Mono Lake,” 1964-1965

5/8  Data and notes relating to publication, 1960s-70s

5/9 Film - "Lichen and Grout,” circa 1977 

Alaska

5/10 Correspondence relating to research, 1978-1987

5/11 Climate data, 1977-1981

 

Reports

5/12 Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), 1979, 1983, 1989, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecurias (INIAP-Napo), 1980, Alaskan arctic, 1977, 1979

5/13 “Environmental Assessment of Selected Habitats in Arctic Littoral Systems," 1979 April 1-1980 March 31

Publications

5/14 “A Bioassay on a Shore Fly at Prudhoe Bay”, and “A study of Petroleum Toxicity to a Shore Fly at Prudhoe Bay,” 1978

5/15 "Arctic Salt Marsh Lakes,” 1981

5/16 “Biological Stress-strain Relationships in Arctic Salt Marsh Ecosystems,” 1981

5/17 “Effect of Vegetation, Crude Oil, and a Vehicle Track on Salt Marsh Soil Strength in Arctic Alaska, U.S.A.” 1980s

Prudhoe Bay

Presentation materials

5/18 Transparencies, Prudhoe Bay, 1970s

5/19 Transparencies, "positives" of Prudhoe Bay, 1970s

Photographs

5/20 Prudhoe Bay, 1970s

5/21 Aquatic macrophytes (PVO)1989

Research Notes 

5/22-5/27 Prudhoe Bay, 1977-1989

5/28 Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP), 1970-1986

Box 6

Stehekin River

Publications

6/1  “Habitat values of woody debris accumulations of the lower Stehekin River, with notes on disturbances of alluvial gravels,” 1985

6/2  “Follow-up Study of Habitat Values of the Lower Stehekin River”, and “Appendix V: Small Animal Mycophagy” by Fred Rhodes, 1985

6/3  “Ecosystem Impact of Disturbance of Alluvial Gravel and Woody Debris along the Lower Stehekin River Channel,” 1983-1984

6/4  “Small Mammal Microhabitats Influenced by Riparian Woody Debris”, and “Running Head: Small Mammals Influenced by Woody Debris,” 1986

6/5  Prose: "Stehekin Debris: Narrative of a Wood Pile,” presentation and transparencies, circa 1985

 

Research Notes and data

6/6-6/7 Notes and data, 1981-1985

6/8-6/9 Audio cassettes (data gathered at site), 1984 June-August

6/10 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather and climate data, 1987

Sub-Series 7 - Minor Research Projects 1966-1997

Washington

Oversize Folder 2  Lake Whatcom, water level graphs 1966-1968

6/11 Correspondence regarding Georgia Pacific mercury discharge litigation, 1970-1994

6/12 Georgia-Pacific chlorine/mercury deposits reference and notes, 1969-1971

6/13  Nooksack River, data and correspondence, 1993

6/14 VAX (computing system) instructions, and data sheets, 1982

Oregon

6/15 Lake Abert, project budget information, project notes and data, 1996-1997

6/16 Lake Abert, correspondence, 1994-1997

6/17 Research and education photos of Mount St. Helens, undated

South America

6/18 Colombia, leaf research, data and slides, 1979-1981

Sub-Series 8 - Film circa 1978

Box 7

7/1 Flamingos and Beetles in Nyika Africa (super 8), undated

7/2 Geese, Foam (super 8), circa 1978

Series III. Theater circa 1970-1998

Sub-Series 1 - Production Materials 1970-1998

7/3  Background information, resumes, circa 1980s

7/4 Cast lists, undated

7/5  Correspondence relating to productions, 1973-1998

7/6  Publicity Posters, 1970s -1990s

7/7  Programs of events, 1970s-1990s

7/8  Budget information, 1977, circa 1980, 1991

7/9 Clippings, reviews, 1977-1990s

7/10 Notes and background information on Bertolt Brecht's productions, 1980s

7/11 “Three Penny Opera” character sketches, 1980s

7/12 “Darling of the Day” sound recording, review, “The Crucible” mini-script, and ephemera, undated

Sub-Series 2 - Scripts 1986-circa 1998

7/13 “Out of this world,” undated

7/14 “Drums in the night,” undated

7/15 “With music by Kurt Weill,” 1978

7/16 “Edward II,” 1982

7/17 “Crisis at Middlesex Ranch”, 1986

7/18  “Blue Baroque” 1991

7/19  “Woyzeck” 1993

7/20 “Gilgamesh,” circa 1998

Sub-series 3 - Compositions 1981-circa 1998

7/21 Composition notebook, 1981

7/22 “The Last Love of Lucifer,” 1981

7/23 “I Might Have Been a Star,” 1987-1988

7/24 “Whirligig,” 1989

7/25 “Gilgamesh,” circa 1998

7/26 Compositions for clarinet, undated

Sub-Series 4 - Photographs circa 1974-circa 1998

7/27 “Trial by Jury,” 1974

7/28 “The Yeoman of the Guard” (includes costume notebook), 1979

7/29 “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat,” circa 1980

7/30 “Gondoliers,” 1980

7/31 “The Sorcerer,” 1981

7/32 “Edward II,” 1982

7/33 “Utopia,” 1983

7/34 “The Last Love of Lucifer,”1985

7/35 “Crisis at Middlesex Ranch,” 1986

7/36 “Princess Ida,” 1991

7/37 “Patience,” 1998

7/38 “The Mikado,” undated

7/39 “Tommy” – student directed production, undated

7/40 Unknown Plays and Performances/ Theater Events

7/41 “Some Awful Brecht Thing,” undated

7/42 David Mason, undated

Series IV: Writing and Art circa 1960-1997

Sub-Series 1 - Poetry, prose, and compositions circa 1960-1997

Box 8

8/1 Philosophical writings on science, art, and the environment, circa 1969 -1995

8/2-8/3 Poetry, 1955-1984

8/4 “Stories From a Life,” undated

8/5 Publications, self and local, 1990, 1993, 1997

8/6 Musical compositions, 1964-1990

Sub-series 2 - Drawings undated

8/7 Drawings by David, undated

8/8 Prints by Stephen McMillan, undated

Sub-Series 3 - Collected publications 1975, 1980

8/9 “Morning Due: Voices of Anti-sexist Men,” March-April, 1975

8/10 “Northwest Oasis, A Forum for Gay Culture,” 1980