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Washington (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 130 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: précis

 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

Oral history interview with Ken Billington

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2728
Abstract

Oral history interview with Ken Billington, conducted by Clark Hansen on January 25, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Billington discusses his career in public power in Washington state, including as executive director of the Washington Public Utility Districts Association.

Dates: 2000 January 25

James Birnie papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 920
Abstract

Papers of a Hudson's Bay Company agent, justice of the peace, and early merchant of Cathlamet, Washington Territory. Includes Birnie & Co. accounts with Abernethy & Co.; Allan, Lowe & Co.; Henry W. Corbett; Ladd, Reed, & Co.; and other businesses in northwestern Oregon and California. Also includes fishery accounts; Cathlamet real estate records; estate papers of James A. Scarborough; and guardianship records of Edwin and Robert Scarborough.

Dates: 1845-1916; Majority of material found within 1845-1864

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

Oral history interview with Lorri Bodi

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2718
Abstract

Oral history interview with Lorri Bodi, conducted by Clark Hansen in three sessions, from August 3, 1999, to February 1, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Bodi discusses her career in the Pacific Northwest, where she specialized in environmental law. Bodi worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, American Rivers, and the Bonneville Power Administration.

Dates: 1999 August 3-2000 February 1

Oral history interview with Katherine L. Bohnet and Phyllis E. Brown

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2737
Abstract

Oral history interview with Katherine L. Bohnet and Phyllis Brown, conducted by Clark Hansen on April 12, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Bohnet and Brown discuss dryland farming in Wilson Creek, Washington, and their fight to have their lands removed from the Columbia Basin Project, an irrigation development that supplies water from the Columbia River to central Washington.

Dates: 1999 April 12

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