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Shipping -- Columbia River

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Records of the river steamer 49

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2088
Abstract

Records of the river steamer 49, 1866-1869 and 1891-1901, with shipping manifests and school notes by Henry Feldman, Ladd School, Portland, Oregon, 1904-1905. The steamer navigated the Columbia River from Marcus, Washington, to points above Revelstoke, British Columbia, for 12 to 15 years.

Dates: 1866-1901

Oral history interview with Homer T. Shaver

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9501
Abstract

Oral history interview with Homer T. Shaver conducted by Charles Digregorio on September 8, 1976. Shaver discusses his family's business, the Shaver Transportation Company, of which he became president in 1967.

Dates: 1976 September 8

Homer T. Shaver papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2041
Abstract Homer T. Shaver joined his family business, Shaver Company, in 1921. He helped organize a towboat firm, Shaver Forward Company, to haul grain to Portland from the Upper Columbia River. In 1967, he became president of Shaver Transportation. Papers include a typescript copy of an address to the 41st meeting of the Veteran Steamboatmen of the West, July 31, 1966, regarding Portland streets named after river vessel operators. Papers also include typescript correspondence, 1953, regarding the...
Dates: 1953-1966

Radio interview with Homer T. Shaver

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9502
Abstract

Radio interview with Homer T. Shaver conducted by Doug Porter on August 14, 1963, for the Junior Chamber of Commerce evening program, “Mr. Jaycee Report.” Shaver discusses his tug and barge business, the Shaver Transportation Company, which operated on the Willamette and Columbia rivers.

Dates: 1963 August 14