Use Restrictions

Please contact the CPNWS in advance to arrange for use of reel to reel tapes.

Acquisition Information

Terence, Richard and Edward Wahl, the sons of Ralph Wahl, donated the collection to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies in December 2001. The Wahls donated additional audio materials in April 2004.

Processing Information

Prior to donating the records, the Wahl family organized the materials based on photographic format. This preliminary arrangement scheme for the photographs was generally maintained during archival processing. Jason Viers, an intern from the Graduate Archives and Records Management Program at Western Washington University, processed the collection in Summer 2002. In April 2004, Center staff merged a later donation of audio material into the collection.

Restrictions

Users of the Ralph Wahl photographs and papers must receive written permission from Donor or an individual authorized by Donor before reproducing photographs, slides and other images which are part of the collection for publication for any profit-generating use or as part of any profit-generating activity. The termination date for this publication restriction is January 1, 2025.

Related Materials

Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections houses both the Fly Fishing Collection and the Paul and Mary Ann Ford Fly Fishing Collection (which include works by Ralph Wahl and other authors regarding American Fly Fishing).