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Washington (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 105 Collections and/or Records:

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

Irving B. Lincoln photographic collection on Mt. St. Helens and Spirit Lake

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 794
Abstract

Collection consists of 14 black and white photographs, primarily of Mt. St. Helens and Spirit Lake.

Dates: 1940-1946

Oral history interview with Jim W. Litchfield

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2759
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jim W. Litchfield conducted by Michael O'Rourke from September 21-22, 2000, as part of the Northwest Power Planning Council Oral History Project. Litchfield was power planning director for the Northwest Power Planning Council, now known as the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, from 1981 to 1992.

Dates: 2000 September 21-22

Percy A. Lockwood photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 853
Abstract

Photographs taken by Percy Albert Lockwood, a civil engineer and surveyor, from 1908 to about 1920. His images show several engineering projects in Oregon and Washington, including surveying crews, as well as some of his family life.

Dates: 1908-1920

Loew family photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 336
Abstract

Black and white photographs of mostly unidentified members of the Loew family in Portland, Oregon. Subjects include outdoor activities; Portland scenes, including the 1910 and 1912 Rose Festivals; and the Kuhn family. A number of photographs depict family vacations to various locations in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska.

Dates: 1910-1919

Maryhill Museum construction photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 761
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs depicting the area around the site of the Maryhill Museum in Maryhill, Washington, and construction of the museum.

Dates: circa 1914

Oral history interview with Arthur J. McCourt

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9237
Abstract

Oral history interview with Arthur J. McCourt conducted by Charles Digregorio on March 13, 1979. McCourt was an accountant at Weyerhaeuser Company, and later served as director of the company's archives.

Dates: 1979 March 13

Blaine H. McGillicuddy collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 788
Abstract

Collection includes a typescript carbon copy document titled "Yacolt Fire, Clark County, Washington, 1902," containing an interview with Herbert Straub of Eugene, Oregon, and the press record of the fire; and a typescript carbon copy document titled "Mima Prairie Notes," with maps of a proposed ship canal from the Columbia River to Puget Sound.

Dates: 1967

Archibald Menzies journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1593
Abstract

Photocopy and microfilmed versions of journal kept by botanist Archibald Menzies during George Vancouver's scientific voyage to the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: 1790-1794

Oral history interview with Gwen V. Miller

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9475
Abstract

Oral history interview with Gwen V. Miller conducted by Charles Digregorio on December 17, 1975. Miller talks about her grandparents' overland journey to Oregon, about life in 19th-century Oregon, and about the relationship between white emigrants and Native people.

Dates: 1975 December 17