Steamboats on the Columbia: the pioneer period, 1850-1869

Collection

Identifier: Mss1590

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Typescript doctoral dissertation, "Steamboats on the Columbia: The pioneer period, 1850-1869," written by Earle King Stewart as a Ph. D. candidate in history at the University of California, Berkeley, and dated February 1948. The dissertation is 614 pages, with an additional bibliography.

Dates

Creation: 1948

Creator

Stewart, Earle K. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Extent

.23 Cubic Feet (1 document case)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Typescript dissertation, "Steamboats on the Columbia: The pioneer period, 1850-1869," by Earle King Stewart, University of California, Berkeley, 1948.

Publication note

Two chapters were published in Oregon Historical Quarterly, Volume 51, No. 1, March 1950. The text from Oregon Historical Quarterly was also reprinted in "Steamboat Days on the Rivers," Fred W. Wilson and Earle K. Stewart, published in Portland, Oregon, by the Oregon Historical Society in 1969.