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1964, two box cars full of the Jesup collection 
had just arrived. Sidetracked and waiting to 
be unloaded, the collection narrowly missed 
destruction in the fire. The exhibit then was 
stored by the city until the new forestry center 
opened in June 1971.”!?° In fact, the Jesup Col- 
lection had still been safely in New York. 
Munger wrote to Oliver just days after the 
fire, expressing the committee’s sadness at the 
loss and explaining its plans to rebuild. He 
noted, “It is very fortunate that the Jesup Col- 
lection was not there.” !2? At the museum, Oli- 
ver and his staff were solidifying plans for an 
early October moving day. The Santini Brothers 
moving company was contracted to pack and 
transport the collection.!°° On October 6, 1964, 
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the specimens departed the museum aboard 
three moving vans destined for Portland, Ore- 
gon (the surviving paperwork gives no indica- 
tion that railroad cars were employed).!3! How 
they were stored once they arrived there is not 
recorded, but it is possible that the Gallery of 
Trees Committee took advantage of one of the 
offers for local warehouse space that had been 
made during their planning process.!°? The 
Jesup Collection would not be put on display 
for nearly seven more years while a new build- 
ing was constructed, but that building promised 
to include dedicated space for the logs. 
At the new Western Forestry Center, which 
opened in June 1971 in Washington Park, west 
of downtown Portland, the Jesup Collection 
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