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Washington (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Van Tran

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12330
Abstract

Oral history interview with Van Tran conducted by Sankar Raman and Shea Seery in 2019 for The Immigrant Story. Tran discusses her experiences as a young woman during and after the Vietnam War, and talks about operating Phở Lê, a Vietnamese restaurant now located in Vancouver, Washington.

Dates: 2019

Photograph albums of Umpqua River Jetty construction and Brubaker aerial survey of Northwest coast

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1424
Abstract

Collection consists of two albums containing photographs of the Pacific coastline taken between 1926 and 1947. One album contains aerial photographs taken by Brubaker Aerial Surveys of the Oregon and Washington coasts. The other contains photographs of the construction of the Umpqua River jetties. Notable locations depicted in the collection include Astoria, Tillamook, Lincoln City, and Reedsport.

Dates: 1926-1947

Oral history interview with Tim Wapato

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2766
Abstract

Oral history interview with Tim Wapato conducted by Michael O'Rourke from August 4 to November 16, 2002, as part of the Northwest Power Planning Council Oral History Project. Wapato discusses his work on the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.

Dates: 2002 August 4-November 16

Wesley Andrews photographic postcards

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 87
Abstract

Collection includes photographic postcards of landscapes in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Yellowstone National Park from 1904-1940. Wesley Andrews was both the photographer and the printer of these photographic postcards.

Dates: 1904-1940

Whitman Mission research scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2929
Abstract

Scrapbook containing brochures, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, extracts from Narcissa Whitman's diary, and photographic postcards regarding the Whitman killings and the history of the Whitman Mission and the Cayuse Indians.

Dates: circa 1836-1966

Sketch of Whitman Mission

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5326
Abstract

Pencil sketch of the Whitman Mission, Waiilatpu, by Nancy Ann Osborn Jacobs, a survivor of the killings at the mission in 1847. The sketch depicts the mission buildings and the surrounding landscape.

Dates: circa 1847-1929

Harry E. Williams photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 293
Abstract

Black and white panoramic photograph, taken by the L. A. Dix Photo Co. of Tacoma, circa 1917-1919, of Company F, 361st Infantry, United States National Army, at Camp Lewis in Tacoma, Washington. Officers in the photo are identified, including Captain H. E. Williams, company commander.

Dates: circa 1917-1919

Charles R. Woods letter to "Nell"

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 782
Abstract

Manuscript letter from Charles R. Woods to "Nell," describing his life in the army in the Pacific Northwest, especially in Walla Walla, Washington.

Dates: 1856 October 30

John Work papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 319
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1823-1945; Majority of material found within 1823-1835

Oral history interview with John G. Wyers

 Collection
Identifier: SR2097
Abstract

Oral history interview with John G. Wyers conducted by his son, Teunis J. Wyers, from March 3-21, 1959. John G. Wyers immigrated to the United States from the Netherlands in the late 19th century, and settled in White Salmon, Washington, in 1891.

Dates: 1959 March 3-21