Collection includes 26 blueprint plot plans, elevations and lettering details on 12 sheets of the memorial column at Astoria, Oregon, by architect Electus D. Litchfield.

Papers of John M. Shively (1804-1893), an emigrant to Oregon and first postmaster of Astoria. Papers include correspondence, legal documents related to land sales, an 1853 diary, historical essays and other writings, genealogical materials, information on the U.S-British controversy over the Oregon Territory, and papers of Shively's son, Charles W. Shively.

Collection includes microfilm of miscellaneous records of the U.S. Customs House at the Port of Astoria, Oregon, 1848-1868, with papers of employees and steamboats. Also included is a bound volume containing typescript copies of data and reports relating to steamboats, compiled from records of the collectors of customs in Astoria and Portland, including steamers registered with U.S. Customs, reports of supervising steamboat inspectors, and records of steamboat sales.

Engraving from an unidentified newspaper depicting a panoramic view of Astoria, Oregon.

Papers of the Wood family include a bound manuscript day pilot book of George Warren Wood, 1914-1915; certificate of election to Native Daughters of Oregon for Sarah Welch Wood, 1900; manuscript list of members of Native Daughters of Oregon; business card for George A. Wood, M.D., son of George and Sarah.

Nine black and white photographic postcards, December 8, 1922, of the aftermath of the fire that destroyed the commercial district of Astoria, Oregon.