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Military

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 142 Collections and/or Records:

Harry C. Blair collection on Edward D. Baker

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 296
Abstract

Materials compiled by author Harry C. Blair regarding the life, family, and career of Colonel Edward C. Baker, including his friendship with Abraham Lincoln. The materials include notes, photographs, and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1845-1952

Frank C. Calkins letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2376
Abstract

Frank Cathcart Calkins (1878-1974) was a mapper, petrologist, and geologist. Collection consists of correspondence, primarily to Henrietta Mack Eliot, 1973-1974, regarding past trips to the Pacific Northwest while working for the U. S. Geological Survey, as well as letters concerning the account of his father, C. G. Calkins, of the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898.

Dates: 1973-1974

Camp on Snake River, Wyo.

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5278
Abstract

Watercolor sketch depicting soldiers and Native people firing on one another at the Wyoming camp of the F & K Companies of the 9th Infantry during the Indian Wars.

Dates: circa 1850-1930

Charge of Major Grier's First United States Dragoons

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5300
Abstract

Print depicting a battle at Medical Lake, Washington, on September 1, 1858, where Major William N. Grier led a charge of dragoons during the Indian Wars.

Dates: circa 1858-1950

Co. M at Malabon and Polo (Philippines)

 Item
Identifier: Mss2101
Abstract

Manuscript reminiscences of William Edward Fizner, March 24-April 4, 1899, regarding his experiences in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.

Dates: 1899

Alexander L. Coffey papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2126
Abstract

Collection consists of honorable discharge papers from Washington Mounted Rifles, Fort Vancouver, Washington, December 29, 1855 and September 13, 1856; manuscript reminiscences, 3 pages, May 3, 1905, regarding the killing of Klikitat Chief Umtuch on Strong's Battleground, now Battle Ground, Washington.

Dates: 1855-1905

Mrs. Richard Cole photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 280
Abstract

Black and white panoramic photograph depicting members of the Oregon Military Police, Company 2. Two men in the photo are identified as Captain Beach and Lieutenant Threkeld. Richard Cole is present in the photo, but not identified.

Dates: 1918

Kenneth L. Cooper papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2796
Abstract

Kenneth L. Cooper (1884-1972) served with the 364th Infantry during World War I and was elected to the Portland City Commission in 1940. Collection includes papers related to his tenure as Portland City Commissioner, 1940-1945; typescript and manuscript correspondence, 1914-1970, some from World War l; and personal papers and ephemera.

Dates: 1898-1970

Corbett family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 592
Abstract

Correspondence, property and financial records, photographs, and ephemera of the Corbett family of Portland, Oregon, primarily the family of Henry L. Corbett (1881-1957) and Henry L. Corbett's brother Hamilton F. Corbett (1888-1966). Members of the family represented in this collection are descendants of Henry Winslow Corbett (1827-1903), an early emigrant to Oregon.

Dates: 1859-1979; Majority of material found within 1903-1979

Richard H. Corning photographic collection on the site of old Fort Nez Percés

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 566
Abstract

Five black and white photographs of the site where Fort Nez Percés was located, near Wallula, Washington.

Dates: 1936 April 10