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Recollections of a Civic Errand Boy
The Autobiography of John Henry Hauberg, Junior
John Henry Hauberg, Jr.
John Henry Hauberg, Junior, was born in 1916 in Rock Island, Illinois. His maternal grandfather, F.C.A. Denkmann, and great uncle, Frederick Weyerhaeuser, had purchased a sawmill on the banks of the Mississippi in 1860. This modest enterprise was the foundation of the Weyerhaeuser Company, a lifelong partnership and family business which continues to this day.
His father, John Henry, Senior, was fascinated by the history of Rock Island County, especially the story of Chief Black hawk and his descendants. he began collecting tribal artifacts and sponsored powwows and traditional native crafts. He transferred this enduring interest in Native American art to his son. When John Henry, Junior, moved to Seattle, he became involved with the tribes and individual artists of Western Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska. Part of his legacy to the city of Seattle is a stunning collection of Pacific Northwest Coast Indian art that can be seen at the Seattle Art Museum.
After serving in World War II, John Hauberg attended and graduated from the University of Washington School of Forestry. Anxious to test new ideas in forest management, in 1948 he founded the Pilchuck Tree Farm, a 16,000 acre research tree farm north of Arlington in Snohomish and Skagit Counties. In 1971, Dale Chihuly came to him with a proposal to hold a glassblowing summer workshop on the tree farm. The rest, as they say, is history.
In addition to the Pilchuck Glass School, John Henry Hauberg has been involved with the community in many ways: with the Bush School, Reed College, the UW College of Forest Resources, The Seattle Art museum, the Seattle Symphony, the Pilot School for Handicapped Children, the Child Development and Retardation Center, the American Federation of Art, the American Crafts Council, and the Republican Party, among many others.
His great loves, besides forest management, were his extended family, photography (many of his photos appear in this book), traveling, architecture, ancient history, and collecting Pacific Northwest Coast Indian art.
This book is his story, the story of a Renaissance man, Seattle citizen, philanthropist and art collector extraordinaire.
Table of Contents:
Introduction by Ralph Munro
Thirty-three and Looking Back Already
How I Came to Be
Early Days and Early Memories
My Father's Indians and My Mother's Church
The Great House: A Description
The Great House and How We Used It
Family Travels
Boat Trips, Big Hikes, Farming, the Olympics, and Elsewhere
Fessenden and Hatchkiss,1930-1935
The Princeton Years, 1935-1939
Wandering, 1939-1943
The Army in the U.S.A.
The War Years in Europe
Families and Friends Postwar
My Family
Forestry: Early Influences
The University of Washington College of Forestry
A Forest Takes Shape
Pilchuck Tree Farm Today
My Sister Kay
The Seattle Symphony and Its Revival
Republican Politics, 1956-1964
Work for the Handicapped
Collections
Seattle Art Museum and King Tut
Travels
Life with Ann Homer Hauberg
Homes at Bainbridge Island, 601, and Tatoosh
Family Events
Family Photo Album
Epilogue by Fay Hauberg Page
References
Family Trees
Index
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Pub Date:
2003
ISBN:
CLOTH:
0-295-98364-7
9780295983646
Price:
Cloth: $29.95
Subject Listing:
Autobiography
Western History
Bibliographic information:
426 pp., 500 photos (many in color), 6" x 9"
Distributed for:
Pacific Denkmann Company
Territorial rights:
world
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