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Washington (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 113 Collections and/or Records:

Richard H. Corning photographic collection on the site of old Fort Nez Percés

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 566
Abstract

Five black and white photographs of the site where Fort Nez Percés was located, near Wallula, Washington.

Dates: 1936 April 10

Ralph Penniwell Cowgill photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1180
Abstract

Black and white photographs and cyanotypes, primarily in two albums. Scenes in one album relate to work by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Pacific Northwest from 1898-1900, particularly in Idaho; locations include Coeur d'Alene Lake, Spokane, Mount Adams, the Columbia River Gorge, and Mount Hood. The second album includes photographs of an irrigation project near Medford, Oregon.

Dates: 1898-1915

Oral history interview with Barbara Elliott Davies

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9372
Abstract

Oral history interview with Barbara Elliott Davies conducted by Charles Digregorio on July 18, 1976. Davies discusses the life and work of her father, Thomas Coit Elliott, at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon, and of her grandfather, John Euclid Elliott, in the development of Walla Walla, Washington.

Dates: 1976 July 18

Degree of Pocahontas, Wahkiakum Council No. 40 records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1644
Abstract

The Degree of Pocahontas is the ladies auxiliary of the Improved Order of Red Men, a fraternal organization founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1834. Collection includes correspondence, 1934-1953; membership forms, invoices, and reports, 1937-1952; Roll of Chiefs book for Improved Order of Red Men Tribe No. 65., 1918.

Dates: 1918-1953

Kathie Durbin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 403
Abstract

Papers of a journalist who worked in Oregon and Washington state and specialized in environmental reporting. The collection includes personal information, early student essays, travel essays, poetry, articles published in newspapers and magazines, and material for three books. Included are background sources and notes to support articles and books.

Dates: 1962-2013

Oral history interview with Tom L. Eckman

 Collection
Identifier: SR2752
Abstract

Oral history interview with Tom L. Eckman conducted by Michael O'Rourke from September 16, 1998, to September 29, 2000, as part of the Northwest Power Planning Council Oral History Project. Eckman was manager of conservation resources for the Northwest Power Planning Council, now known as the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, from 1982 to 2014.

Dates: 1998 September 16-2000 September 29

Oral history interview with Daniel J. Evans

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2756
Abstract

Oral history interview with Daniel J. Evans conducted by Michael O'Rourke from February 29 to March 1, 2000, as part of the Northwest Power Planning Council Oral History Project. Evans served as the first chair of the Northwest Power Planning Council, now known as the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, from 1981 to 1983.

Dates: 2000 February 29-March 1

J. F. Ford photograph album of logging and Northwest scenes

 Collection
Identifier: Album 194
Abstract

Album of black and white photographs by J. F. Ford, most of which depict logging activities. Also included are cityscapes of Portland and Astoria, Oregon; sternwheel steamboats; and Northwest landscapes.

Dates: circa 1890-1900

J. F. Ford photograph album of Oregon and Washington scenes

 Collection
Identifier: Album 162
Abstract

One album containing 25 black and white photographs of scenes in Oregon and Washington state, most with the mark of photographer J. F. Ford. A significant number of the photographs depict logging scenes. Others are of places in the Columbia River Gorge; Mount Hood; Mount Rainier; the steamer Bailey Gatzert; a shipwreck on Clatsop Beach; a cottage in Seaside, Oregon; and construction of a log raft in Stella, Washington.

Dates: 1900

Fort Vancouver

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5385
Abstract

Engraving of an aerial view of Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, by Richard Covington.

Dates: 1855