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Washington (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 113 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Randy W. Hardy

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2764
Abstract

Oral history interview with Randy W. Hardy conducted by Michael O'Rourke from June 11 to September 10, 2002, as part of the Northwest Power Planning Council Oral History Project. Hardy served as the executive director of the Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee from 1982 to 1984, and as CEO of the Bonneville Power Administration from 1991 to 1997.

Dates: 2002 June 11-September 10

J. C. Harvey family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2735
Abstract

Julius Cone Harvey (1862-1932) was a Methodist clergyman and graduate of Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. He married Mary E. Heald in 1884 and migrated to western Washington. Collection includes memories of Mary E. Heald Harvey describing her childhood and youth in Iowa and Kansas and her early married life; letters of Clifton Harvey while at sea, 1939; blank verse and acrostic letters of Atwood Harvey, 1932-1934; and a family scrapbook.

Dates: 1879-1945

John S. Hawkins letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1558
Abstract

Photostat manuscript letters from Lt. Colonel (later General) John Summerfield Hawkins, Royal Engineer, of Her Majesty's Boundary Commission, concerning the marking of the International Boundary at the 49th parallel between British Columbia and the Washington Territory.

Dates: 1859-1862

Henriot Brothers daybook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 781
Abstract

Bound daybook for the Henriot Brothers steam grist mill, Cowlitz Prairie, Lewis County, Washington.

Dates: 1881-1886

Paul L. Heslop papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2787
Abstract

Collection includes articles and photographs describing Kaplan turbines at the Bonneville Dam, 1937-1940, including descriptions of their special characteristics and installation. Also included are plans for the turbines. Paul Loveridge Heslop (1891-1956) was a mechanical engineer and chief of the Structural and Mechanical Section at the Bonneville Dam.

Dates: 1937-1940

The historical significance of Walla Walla Valley

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1041
Abstract

Typescript copy of "The Historical Significance of Walla Walla Valley," an address by Dr. Stephen Beasley Linnard Penrose, March 27, 1929. Penrose (1864-1947) was president of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.

Dates: 1929 March 27

History of the Cascades

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2481
Abstract

Photocopy typescript paper regarding the history of the Columbia River, particularly the areas of North Bonneville, Stevenson, and Cascade Locks, Washington.

Dates: 1935

David S. Hoyt journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2865
Abstract Entries in a journal begun by David S. Hoyt to record "observations on an expedition through Oregon and Washington territories and the Rocky Mountains for the exploration of the Northern Route for the Pacific Rail Road in the Summer and Autumn of 1853." The journal consists only of several pages of entries dated from June 22, 1853, to June 27, 1853. The entries describe Hoyt's journey by ship from San Francisco, California, up the Pacific Coast and the Columbia River to Vancouver,...
Dates: 1853

Humiston, Wilson and Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 862
Abstract

Business papers of a wholesale liquor company in Portland, Oregon, including saloon orders (1862-1864) from mining camps and towns in eastern Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, which include news of the mines and business conditions in those areas. Also included are records and correspondence of the company's predecessor, Humiston and Ma'Dan (1859-1862).

Dates: 1859-1864

India Office Library materials relating to the Pacific Northwest

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1573
Abstract

Materials microfilmed from the British Library Oriental and India Office Collections relating to the Pacific Northwest, including: Canton Factory records; materials regarding ships sailing to the Northwest Coast; log of the ship Prince of Wales; and materials regarding the fur trade.

Dates: 1716-1817