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Washington (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 105 Collections and/or Records:

Ancient Order of United Workmen records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1584
Abstract

Collection consists of records for Oregon and Washington only, including: letter and invoice file, 1883-1884; minutes; membership rolls, 1884-1887, 1911-1913; receipt book, 1880-1882; cash book; receipts and bills, 1881-1911; national and local printed forms, 1880-1911; newspaper, October 1, 1892; and miscellaneous insurance and death claims.

Dates: 1880-1917

Memoirs of J. R. Anderson: preĢcis

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 812
Abstract

Typescript carbon copies of a summary of "Memoirs of J. R. Anderson," with information about the career of his father, Alexander C. Anderson, with the Hudson's Bay Company.

Dates: circa 1900

Henry Clay Baker family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1126
Abstract

Papers of the family of Henry Clay Baker, including property, estate, and financial documents. The materials are related to the Baker family of Walla Walla, Washington, and the Tibbetts family of Portland, Oregon. The collection contains property-related documents such as deeds, abstracts of title, and plats. Estate papers relate mostly to Mary Tibbetts. The materials include a "fence book" that describes properties in the estate of Dorsey Syng Baker.

Dates: 1891-1947; Majority of material found within 1894-1929

William N. Bischoff notes

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2429
Abstract

Collection consists of typescript notes and research, circa 1950-1976, for William N. Bischoff's edited and annotated "We Were Not Summer Soldiers: the Indian War Diary of Plympton J. Kelly, 1855-56."

Dates: circa 1950-1976

Louis Blaine letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2625
Abstract

Manuscript letters to Louis Blaine's wife and children regarding his work and life at the lumber camp in Globe, Washington.

Dates: 1915-1916

J. Harlen Bretz research notes

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2822
Abstract

Collection includes photocopy correspondence and notes regarding the geology of the Columbia Gorge.

Dates: 1916-1917

Philip Buehner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 82
Abstract

Papers and records relating to the business interests of Philip Buehner (1858-1940), an engineer and lumberman. Buehner developed municipal water-supply projects in Washington state and Oregon, and, in partnership with with Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works, supplied pipelines for the Bull Run water system for Portland, Oregon. Buehner also operated multiple Oregon lumber companies.

Dates: 1876-1919

Capt. Geo. E. Pickett's home

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5287
Abstract

Watercolor sketch by Grace Ketchan, depicting the house of Captain George E. Pickett at 910 Bancroft St. in Bellingham, Washington.

Dates: 1856

Carpenter family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2631
Abstract

The Carpenter family owned large amounts of land in Portland, Oregon, and Clark County, Washington. Family members included Gwendoline Carpenter, Isabelle Carpenter and Royal E. Carpenter. Collection includes title abstract and warranty deeds, 1900-1956, for land in Portland and Clark County; account books, 1910-1943; plat maps of Carpenter's Addition in Marysville, Washington, undated; and miscellaneous documents, 1892-1956.

Dates: 1892-1956

The Cayuse War

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2901
Abstract

Typescript history, 34 pages, regarding the Whitman killings. Manuscript is unfinished and author is anonymous.

Dates: circa 1850-1900