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Washington (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:

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

F. M. Kettenring papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1632
Abstract

Surveying notebooks of townships in the area of Vancouver, Washington; Des Moines River, Clearwater and Snake Rivers, 1905; and "Report of Reconnaissance between Albany and Ontario, Oregon, September and October 1904."

Dates: 1904-1905

King-Jeffery family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2486
Abstract

Collection includes deeds in Portland, Oregon, for Amos and Melinda King, and a deed in Long Beach, Washington Territory, for E. J. Jeffery; wills for Melinda King and Edward James Jeffery; a baptism certificate for Nautilla Jeffery, née King; and a stock certificate for Edna J. Jeffery.

Dates: 1876-1897

Lakeridge Apartments, Bellevue, Wash., plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3086
Abstract

Collection includes 142 plans, sections, elevations and details on 45 sheets of the Lakeridge Apartments for Environmental Properties, Inc. at 17264 NE 8th St. in Bellevue, Washington, by the firm of Zaik & Miller.

Dates: 1967

Oral history interview with Kai N. Lee

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2753
Abstract

Oral history interview with Kai N. Lee conducted by Michael O'Rourke from May 26-27, 1999, as part of the Northwest Power Planning Council Oral History Project. Lee represented Washington on the Northwest Power Planning Council, now known as the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, from 1983 to 1987.

Dates: 1999 May 26-27

Douglas Leechman collection on 19th century fur trade posts

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2379
Abstract

Collection consists of photocopy typescript notes and comments, 51 pages, undated, on fur trade posts in the mid-19th century, including Fort Langley, British Columbia, Fort Walla Walla, Fort Vancouver, and other Hudson's Bay Company posts.

Dates: circa 1957