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California

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Sister Margaret Jane Gillespie photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 294
Abstract

Two black and white photographs, one depicting a house in Los Angeles, California, and one panoramic view showing Vista House in Oregon and the Columbia River.

Dates: 1907; circa 1939

H. C. White Co. stereographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 956
Abstract

Collection consists of 20 commercially produced black and white stereographs by the H. C. White Co. Subjects include San Francisco, California, after the earthquake and fire of 1906; unidentified individuals climbing Mt. Hood; and troops in the Russo-Japanese war.

Dates: 1903-1906

Henry E. Hayes diary

 Collection
Identifier: Coll860
Abstract

Original and typescript of Henry E. Hayes' diary, which covers his time gold mining near Nevada City, California, his coming to Oregon in 1851, and his activities making shingles in Clackamas County. Hayes (1831-1919), who was born in Hartford, Connecticut, eventually became a steamboat pilot, and had a farm at Stafford, Oregon.

Dates: 1850-1852

John Bunker Hemey diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2605
Abstract

Manuscript diary regarding overland journey from Illinois to California.

Dates: 1864

H.M.S. Tenedos going into San Francisco

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5280
Abstract

Watercolor sketch of the bark Tenedos in San Francisco Bay.

Dates: circa 1800-1899

Samuel Laughlin letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1465
Abstract

Photocopy manuscript correspondence to and from Samuel Laughlin and his family in Oregon, California, and Missouri, 1858-1867, regarding family news, crops, livestock, weather, and the Civil War.

Dates: 1858-1867

David C. Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1324
Abstract

Collection includes surveying notes, Crescent City, California, 1855-1856; letter to David C. Lewis' mother, May 30, 1880, regarding marriage; and marriage certificates for David Lewis and Rebecca Mendenhall, his parents and grandparents.

Dates: 1747-1883

Horace Lyman diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2672
Abstract

Manuscript diary describing Horace Lyman's sea voyage from New York to San Francisco aboard the vessel Whitton and from San Francisco to the Columbia River aboard the Toulon. Lyman (1815-1887) was a congregational clergyman and teacher. He founded the First Congregational Church, Portland, Oregon, in 1851.

Dates: 1848-1849

Herbert A. Maddock photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1319
Abstract

Collection consists of photographs and glass lantern slides taken or collected by Herbert A. Maddock. Subjects include Maddock family snapshots and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Also included are glass lantern slide advertisements and scenic views produced by the Enterprise Slide Company.

Dates: 1900-1930

Mount Shasta

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5368
Abstract

Hand-colored lithograph depicting Mount Shasta in California.

Dates: 1873