British Columbia

Abstract Small collection consisting primarily of pencil and watercolor drawings and sketches made by Cleveland Rockwell (1837-1907), a cartographer and Oregon artist. The bulk of the sketches depict landscape scenes in Oregon, Washington, California, and Alaska, as well as British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. The collection also includes a significant number of watercolor drawings of Pacific Northwest and California wildflowers, some of them made by Cornelia F. Rockwell (née Russell, 1856-1922),...

Abstract Oral history interview with Lloyd F. Sharpe, conducted by Clark Hansen on September 23, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Sharpe discusses his lawsuit against the provincial government of British Columbia, seeking compensation for the flooding of his land due to the construction of the Libby Dam in Montana. He also talks about the Columbia Basin Trust, which manages funds earned through hydropower projects in B.C., and invests them into dam-impacted...

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Three pen and watercolor sketches by the English explorer, trader, and geographer David Thompson (1770-1857), depicting: "Mountains South of Saleesh of Flathead Lake, Montana," "Rocky Mountains, East of the head of the Columbia River, B.C.," and "Nelson Mountains, West of the head of the Columbia River, B.C."

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Typescript copies of journals and correspondence of John Work, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company who explored the Pacific Northwest in the 1820s and 1830s. The materials were collected by Isaac Burpee in the 1940s for use in a publication. Also included are Burpee's research notes and microfilm containing copies of John Work's original journals of 1823-1835 and a transcription made in 1945.