Series I: Textual Materials
Series II: Photographs

Series III. Audio Materials

Series IV: Film and Artifacts

Series I: Textual Materials, 1939-1992

Subseries 1. Personal and Family Files, Undated

Box 1

1/1 Family Files 

1/2 Awards

Subseries 2. Subject/Correspondence Files, Undated

"W - General Files" includes a 1942 letter from Wahl to a friend regarding Japanese internment.

Box 1 continued

1/3 A---General File

1/4 Amato, Frank 

1/5 American Museum of Fly Fishing 

1/6 B--General Files

1/7 Bradner , Enos

1/8 Brayshaw, Tom

1/9 Brooks, Joe 

1/10 C ---General Files

1/11 Combs, Trey 

Box 2 

2/1 "Come Wade the River"

2/2 Cushner, William 

2/3 D--General Files 

2/4 Departments of Game and Fisheries 

2/5 E --General Files

2/6 F--General Files

2/7 Federation of Fly Fisherman 

2/8 Field and Stream Magazine 

2/9 Fishing Tackle 

Box 3 

3/1 The Flyfisher Foundation 

3/2 Fly Fisherman Magazine 

3/3 G--General Files 

3/4 H--General Files

3/5 Haig-Brown, Roderick 

3/6 Hidy, Vernon S. 

3/7 Horter, Don 

3/8 I--General Files

3/9 J--General Files

3/10 "The Judge and I" 

Box 4 

4/1 K--General Files 

4/2 Kennedy, Mike 

4/3 Koller, Larry 

4/4 L--General Files 

4/5 M--General Files 

4/6 N--General Files 

4/7 Northwest Outdoor Writers 

4/8 O--General Files 

4/9  Olson Family 

4/10 Oregon Fly Club 

4/11 Outdoor Writers 

4/12 P--General Files 

4/13 Powell Rods 

Box 5 

5/1 R--General Files

5/2 Raymond, Steve 

5/3 S--General Files 

5/4 Steelhead Rivers 

5/5 Superior Publishing 

5/6 T--General Files 

5/7 Time-Life, Sports Illustrated 

5/8 V--General Files 

Box 6 

6/1 W--General Files 

6/2 Washington Fly Fishing Club 

6/3 Wethern, Bob 

6/4 Whatcom County Sportsmen Club 

6/5 X, Y, Z 

6/6 Miscellaneous/Unknown Recipient

Subseries 3. Unpublished & Published Works, 1947-1989 

Box 7 

Unpublished Works 

7/1 'One Man's Shangri-La' 

7/2 'Camera on the Kispiox, Sept.12-18, 1955' 

7/3 ' Gone Fishing', 1947 

7/4 General File of Unpublished Works

Published Works 

7/5 Come Wade the River, 1971 

7/6 One Man's Steelhead Shangri-La, 1989

7/7 General File of Published Works

Subseries 4. Fishing Diaries and Handwritten Fish Data, 1939-1992 

Box 8

8/1 Diary 1 & 2, 1939-1948

8/2 Diary 3 & 4, 1949 and 1950

8/3 Diary 5 & 6, 1951 and 1952

8/4 Diary 7 & 8, 1953 and 1954

8/5 Diary 9 & 10, 1955 and 1956

8/6 Diary 11 & 12, 1957 and 1958

Box 9 

9/1 Diary 13 & 14, 1959 and 1960

9/2 Diary 15 & 16, 1961 and 1962

9/3 Diary 17 & 18, 1963 and 1964

9/4 Diary 19 & 20, 1965 and 1966

9/5 Diary 21 & 22, 1967 and 1968

9/6 Diary 23 & 24, 1969 and 1970

Box 10 

10/1 Diary 25 & 26, 1971 and 1972

10/2 Diary 27 & 28, 1973 and 1974

10/3 Diary 29 & 30, 1975 and 1976

10/4 Diary 31 & 32, 1977 and 1978

10/5 Diary 33 & 34, 1979 and 1980

10/6 Diary 35 & 36, 1981 and 1982

Box 11 

11/1 Diary 37 & 38, 1983 and 1984

11/2 Diary 39 & 40, 1985 and 1986

11/3 Diary 41 & 42, 1987 and 1988

11/4 Diary 43 & 44, 1989 and 1990

11/5 Diary 45 & 46, 1991 and 1992

11/6 Diary Summaries, circa 1930's to 1950's;

        Mileage Book, 1938-1945

11/7 Steelhead Catch Book, 1936-1956

        Loose-leaf Fishing Data, circa 1920's - 1950's

Box 12 

Albums

        12/1 Large personal photo album , 1925-1932 

        12/2 Small personal photo album, 1930's-1940's 

Prints 

        12/3 Animals, c. 1930's-1986

        12/4 Animals, Undated

        12/5 Cars, Undated 

        12/6 Fish and Fishing, circa 1930's-1952

        12/7 Fish and Fishing, 1953-1956 

Box 13 

        13/1 Fish and Fishing, 1957-1969

        13/2 Fish and Fishing, 1970-1983

        13/3 Fish and Fishing (Alaska and Kispiox), Undated

                  (circa 1955-1956)

        13/4 Fish and Fishing (Alaska and Kispiox), Undated

                  (circa 1955-1956)

        13/5 Fish and Fishing ('Catch and Not Released), Undated 

Box 14 

        14/1 thru 14/7 Fish and Fishing, undated 

        14/8 Holiday Photocards, 1966-1987 

Box 15 

        15/1 Landscapes/Nature, c.1930's-1964 

        15/2 Landscapes/Nature, Undated

        15/3 Miscellaneous, c.1930's-1986 and Undated 

        15/4 People, c.1930's-1969

        15/5 People, 1970-1974

        15/6 People, 1975-1981  

Box 16 

        16/1 People, 1982-1990 

        16/2 People (Color Processing Experimentation), Undated

                  (circa 1950's)

        16/3 People, Undated

        16/4 People, Undated   

        16/5 Ships and Boats, 1933-1987 and Undated 

Box 17 

        Animals (11x14" and 12x16"), undated 

        Fish and Fishing (11x14"), undated 

Box 18 

        Fish and Fishing (12x16"), undated 

Box 19 

        Fish and Fishing (12x16"), undated 

Box 20 

        Fish and Fishing (12x16"), undated 

        Landscapes/Nature (11x14" and 12x16"), undated 

        Miscellaneous (11x14"), undated

Box 21 

        People  (11x14" and 12x16"), undated 

        Ships and Boats (11x14" and 12x16"), undated

Box 22 

        Fish and Fishing (13½x20"), undated 

          Includes the Steelhead Rivers Exhibit Prints and Boards  

          and 'Come Wade the River' Exhibit Boards

Box 23 

        Animals (17x23"), undated 

        Fish and Fishing(17x23"), undated. (includes one oversize

          image "February" in folder outside the box) 

Box 24 

        Fish and Fishing, (17x23"), undated 

Box 25 

        Fish and Fishing (17x23"), undated 

Box 26 

        Fish and Fishing (17x23"), undated 

        Landscapes/Nature (17x23"), undated 

Box 27 

        Landscapes/Nature (17x23"), undated 

        Miscellaneous (17x23"), undated 

        People (17x23"), undated 

        Ships and Boats (17x23"), undated

Box 28 

Slides

        Animals, 1943 to 1959 and Undated

        Fish and Fishing, July 1947 to 1990 and Undated 

        Landscapes/Nature, 1938 to June 1961 and Undated

        Miscellaneous, 1945 to 1957

        People, July 1943 to September 1957 and Undated

        Ships and Boats, March 1953 to June 1961 and Undated 

Box 29

29/1 Proof/Index Cards, 1940-1966

29/2 Proof/Index Cards, 1966-1989

     (Proof/Index Cards were used to track sales

      and publication of particular prints as well as 

      specifics of development processes.) 

Proofsheets 

        29/3 PS1, 1954-1961 (Strip Numbers 15-369) 

        29/4 PS2, 1954-1962 (#23-374) 

        29/5 PS3, 1937-1958 (#K1-K86) 

        29/6 PS4, 1962-1974 (#375-891) 

        29/7 PS5, 1974-1983 (#892-1302) 

Box 30 

        30/1 PS6, 1983-1990 (#1302-1371) 

                PS6, 1939-1960 (#3000-3049) 

Undated/Unidentified Proofs 

        30/2 PS7, Undated, (Page Numbers 1-54) 

        30/3 PS7, Undated, (#55-109) 

        30/4 PS8, Undated, (Page Numbers .1-.41) 

        30/5 PS8, Undated, (#.42-.82) 

Negatives 

(NOTE:  Negative strip numbers correspond to strip and page numbers for proof sheets) 

        30/6  Strip Numbers 10-454,undated 

        30/7  Strip Numbers 455-799, undated 

        30/8  Strip Numbers 800-1047, undated  

Box 31 

        31/1 Strip Numbers 1048-3049, undated  

        31/2 Strip Numbers K86-K1 - refer to PS3, (numbers in

                 descending order; includes unnumbered items),

                   undated  

        31/3 Page #1-54 - refer to PS7, undated  

        31/4 Page #55-109 - refer to PS7, undated  

        31/5 Page #.1-.41 - refer to PS8, undated  

        31/6 Page #.42-.82 - refer to PS8 (Grand Theatre

                 Theatrical Shots), Undated, c.1930's 

Positives 

        31/7 Fish and Fishing, Ketchikan, Alaska, May 1953

        31/8 Fish and Fishing, Un-mounted slides and Black &

                 White Positives, Feb. 18, 1980 to June 28, 1981  

Series III. Audio Materials, 1962-1988
 

Box 32

Subseries 1 - Reel to Reel Audio Tapes, circa 1962-1980 

NB. starred** titles are also available on audio cassette.

 

32/1 Unidentified tape “side 1 – stereo

demonstration”, undated
32/2 “The Judge and I (with letter to Mike)”.

September 4, 1962
32/3 “Fishing and Photography” Presentation for

Rotary Club Luncheon March 11, 1963
32/4 “Steelhead Rivers” Kiwanis Club Program May 5,1964
32/5 “Fishing Session – Brayshaw, Bradner and Wahl August 1, 1964 **
32/6 “Fishing and Photography”. Presentation for

Flyfishers Club of Oregon. January 5, 1965
32/7 “Sockeye Country – Original Soundtrack from

TV-4 Program” May 17, 1965
32/8 “Lynden Kiwanis” 1966
32/9 “Steelhead” Washington Fly Fishers Club

Program (Gordon Young, Cliff Millenbach and Walt

 Johnson). May 17, 1966.
32/10 Brayshaw-Lambuth Program – Washington Fly

Fishers Club. September 22, 1966. **
32/11 “Montana Holiday - Soundtrack from rerun

program”. TV-4, January 31, 1967.**
32/12 Oregon Fly Club (Portland – Nate Wilson, Pete Hidy, Roderick Haig-Brown) April 4, 1967**
32/13 “A Profile of Roderick Haig-Brown.” Recording

from TV, July 3, 1969. **
32/14 “Come Wade The River – 2 tracks from cassettes”

April 18, 1980.

Box 33

Subseries 2 - Audio Cassette Tapes, 1944-1988

33/1 Dick Wahl Interviews, Bob Considing 1962
33/2 Fishing Discussion with Brayshaw, Bradner and Wahl August 1, 1964
33/3 “Reflections and Philosophies of Fly Fishing”

Panel Discussion with Lee Wulff, Ed Zern, Gene Anderegg, S.B. Smith Pete Hidy Ashley Hewitt, Tom Brayshaw. June 20, 1965.
33/4 Excerpts from “Lee Wulff Program” presented by Bill Nelson. Eugene, Oregon. June 20, 1965.
33/5 Washington Fly Fishers Club Meeting –

Brayshaw, Lambuth, Wahl September 22, 1966.
33/6 Montana Holiday Picture – 1959 TV Program

March 31, 1967
33/7 Roderick Haig-Brown – Flyfishers Club of Oregon April 4, 1967
33/8 “Role of Sportsman’s Clubs in Fish and Wildlife Conservation” Clarence Pautske. September 7, 1968
33/9 Roderick Haig-Brown presentation at FFF

Conclave 1967 / Roderick Haig-Brown TV Program July 3, 1969
33/10 Wells – Gray Park August 4, 1969 / Storm at

Jasper August 5, 1969.
33/11 Birds at Glimpse Lake and Fishing at Peterhoff

Lake May 31 1969 / Mystery Lake – Wes Craig, Loren. September 18, 1969 October 11 1969
33/12 Mystery Lake, Wes Craig, Loren September

11, 1969 / Mystery Lake, Nix Lidstone October 30, 1969.
33/13 Sheridan Lake Trip September 25 – 29, 1969
33/14 Lenice Lake (Johnson) October 15, 1967
33/15 Mystery Lake – Enos Bradner September 14,

1969 / Mystery Lake – Les Townley November 3-4, 1969 November 13-14, 1969
33/16 Henry’s Lake 1970 / Lenice Lake (Les Townley) 1970
33/17 Kalama River (Gold) July 16-18, 1970 / Eastern Washington (Les Townley) April 24-29, 1973
33/18 Okanogan Fishing Trip April 20-23, 1970 / Eastern Washington - Townley & Bird Calls on Quincy Lake April 25 – May 1, 1971
33/19 Skagit Drift February 25, 1971 / Skagit Drift

March 30, 1972
33/20 Salmon Lake, B.C. May 27-31, 1971 / Report

on 1973 trip to Salmon Lake with Les Townley.
33/21 Gardner Grant- “Quality Water Control” / Dr

Ernest Scwiebert. “Atlantic Salmon Emergency” September 5, 1971
33/22 Jack Hemingway presentation, Flyfishers Club of Oregon November 7,1972
33/23 Fourth Corner Fly Fishers, first meeting

December 7, 1972
33/24 FFF Northwest Conclave – John Lynde ‘The

Need for Stream Management;” Pete Hidy “Pleasures of Fly Fishing” 1973
33/25 Roderick Haig Brown presentation to the Steelhead Society, Vancouver. February 11, 1973
33/26 Barry Thorton (President of Steelhead Society), report; Dr Jim Hatter “B.C. Fish & Game” February 11, 1973
33/27 Mke Kennedy re: Steelhead. Fly Fishers Club of Oregon June 5, 1973
33/28 Field Guide to Western Bird Songs – Peterson.

June 9, 1973
33/29 Cam Sigler interview re: Joe Brooks August 14, 1973 Click here to view full transcript
33/30 Harold’s 75th Birthday August 15, 1973 / Bertha talks with Mother May 1, 1944
33/31 “The Judge and I” with musical background undated
33/32 Mystery Lake, September – October 1973
33/33 Lee Richardson, Fly Fishers Club of Oregon December 4, 1973 / Festchrift for Sam Lehman, Oregon Flyfishers February 5, 1974
33/34 Eastern Washington with Townley (Dry Fall Chopaka), April 22-28, 1974 / Sandhill Cranes; Bill Nelson on Grande Ronde, September-October 1971
33/35 Dick Wahl, KGMI June 13, 1974
33/36 “Lefty” Kreh re: Joe Brooks July 26, 1974 Click here to view full transcript
33/37 Curt Gowdy re: Joe Brooks July 28, 1974
33/38 Washington Fly Fishers Club “Fly Clinic” undated
33/39 Mystery Lake (Les Townley),October 17-18, 1974 October 28-29, 1974
33/40 Sinlaheken (2 trips) 1975
33/41 Schwiebert on Stilly June 18, 1975
33/42 Cascade Lake Trip (Lipstone – Gold – Moser) May 5-8, 1975 / Cascade Lake Trip (Townleys)

May 13-15, 1975
33/43 Steelhead Clinic TV Show (Channel 11)

November 12, 1975 / Errol Champion “Man of the Year,” Enos Bradner “Lapis Lazuli” - Washington Fly Fishing Club September 18, 1979
33/44 Roderick Haig-Brown at Washington Fly

Fishers Club meeting November 18, 1975
33/45 Roderick Haig-Brown at Washington Fly Fishers Club meeting (edited version), November 18, 1975
33/46 Dragon Lake trip (Townley, Moser, Gold, Wahl)

 June 2-7, 1976 / Mystery Lake with Les,October 4-6, 1976
33/47 Letcher Lambuth Craftsman Award (Roderick Haig-Brown) at Washington Fly Fishers Club meeting. January 20, 1976 / Letcher Lambuth Award (Enos Bradner) January 18, 1977
33/48 “Fishermen’s Stories – My Impossible Dream” April 1977
33/49 Steelhead fishing interview with Al Knudson, August 11, 1977
33/50 Letcher Lambuth Award (Al Knudson),

January 17, 1978
33/51 Lambuth Award (Ralph E. Wahl), January 16, 1979 / Letcher Lambuth Award (Walt Johnson) January 18, 1983
33/52 Washington Fly Fishers Club May 15, 1979
33/53 Steelhead fishing interview with Walt Johnson

November 27, 1979
33/54 Steve Raymond re: Mt St. Helens Eruption,

May 20, 1980
33/55 Valerie Haig-Brown TV Interview re: “Bright

Waters, Bright Fish” (Channel 8) December 16,

1980.
33/56 Ira Yeager and Bob Wethern interview, October 11, 1981
33/57 Talk with Lee Richardson at Bob Wethern’s home November 2, 1981
33/58 Fly Fishers Club of Oregon Twentieth Anniversary

Dinner November 3, 1981
33/59 Grizzly Bill, March 9, 1982
33/60 Letcher Lambuth Award 1984; 1985 / Washington Fly Fishers Club January 21, 1986
33/61 Letcher Lambuth Award (Wes Drain) & Washington Fly Fishers Club meeting January 19, 1988 / Letcher Lambuth Award (Ken McLeod) & Washington Fly Fishers Club meeting, January 20, 1987

Series IV: Film and Artifacts, Undated 

Box 34 

8mm Film 

Indian Summer Adventure, Undated 

Canadian Vacation, Undated 

Castle Films Sport Parade - Big Fish, Undated 

Castle Films Sport Parade - Freshwater Fishing, Undated 

10 Unidentified/Undated Reels 

Artifacts 

'Salmon' Leather Wallet