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Washington (State)

 Subject

Subject Source: archiveswest

Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:

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

Oral history interview with George W. Hinman

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2736
Abstract

Oral history interview with George W. Hinman, conducted by Clark Hansen on October 25, 1999. Hinman discusses his work with the Energy Policy Council to forecast energy consumption in the Pacific Northwest during the 1970s.

Dates: 1999 October 25

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

Paul Irsfeld memorabilia relating to PayLess Drug Stores

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1135
Abstract Memorabilia of Paul Irsfeld (born 1934) relating to his career at PayLess Drug Stores and the PayLess Golf Classic. Collection includes photographs; ephemera; a program for the 1977 PayLess PGA Golf Classic; and a brief history of the PayLess Golf Classic written by Irsfeld's daughter, Lori Delman. Irsfeld was the manager of the Union Gap PayLess Drug Store in Yakima, Washington. The PayLess Golf Classic was a charity golf tournament held annually from 1969 to 1979, most often at an Oregon...
Dates: 1950-circa 2025

Oral history interview with Hazar Jaber

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12354
Abstract

Oral history interview with Hazar Jaber, conducted by Sankar Raman, Nancy Dollahite, and Hannah Kendall on May 29, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Jaber discusses her work with the Syrian Red Crescent Society; her immigration to the United States; and her experiences running a dental practice, Happy Kids Dentistry, in Longview, Washington.

Dates: 2020 May 29