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Washington (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Swain Gifford illustrations from Picturesque America

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5310
Abstract

Ten engravings, some hand colored, by Robert Swain Gifford, excised from Volume 1 of "Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In" edited by William Cullen Bryant, 1872. The engravings depict Native people and landscape features along the Columbia River, primarily in the Columbia River Gorge.

Dates: 1872

Oral history interview with Gilbert A. Giles

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2721
Abstract

Oral history interview with Gilbert A. Giles, conducted by Clark Hansen on October 3, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Giles discusses how the construction of dams on the Columbia River affected salmon populations and the Native people who lived along the river.

Dates: 1999 October 3

G.M. Standifer Construction Corporation steamship plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4054
Abstract

Four plans on 1 sheet, drawn by H. Purdy Jr., of a freight steamer for the G. M. Standifer Construction Corporation of Vancouver, Washington.

Dates: 1919 April 24

Great Northern Railroad photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 183
Abstract

Album of black and white photographs taken during construction of the Cascade Tunnel in Washington state by the Great Northern Railway. Many of the photographs depict scenes of or near the West Portal of the tunnel, including views of switchbacks, Tye Creek, workers, and buildings at the work camp.

Dates: 1897-1899

Mrs. H. M. Gunderson photographic collection on the construction of the Bonneville Dam

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 461
Abstract

Eight black and white photographs of the construction of transmission lines for the Bonneville Dam, equipment, and Camp Larch, where the construction workers lived.

Dates: 1941

Washington Hall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 944
Abstract

Collection includes an affidavit and agreements between Washington Hall and the lower band of the Chinook Indian Tribe regarding Hall's land holdings at Chinook Point in Pacific County, Washington.

Dates: 1848-1851

Horace Hallett papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1022
Abstract

Papers of a saloon keeper of Cathlamet, Washington, containing account ledgers and daybook of the Caledonia Saloon, correspondence with suppliers, and records of the Horace Hallett estate.

Dates: 1871-1913

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