Typescript essay, "Deep, dark canyon of the Applegate Trail," by Catherine DeMoss of Eugene, Oregon, circa 1930-1960, discussing the route the Applegates might have taken to Oregon on their overland journey in 1846.

Photocopies of correspondence of Robert Owen on the Oregon Question. Correspondents include J. M. Storms, also known as Cora Montgomery; Robert Dale Owen, his son; and Sir Robert Peel.

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.