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Washington (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:

So that ships may pass: historical, structural and operational development of navigation - Lower Columbia and Willamette Rivers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2945
Abstract

Typescript history regarding the history of the development of the Willamette and Lower Columbia Rivers from Captain Robert Gray's discovery of the Columbia in 1792 to 1968.

Dates: 1968

Southern Pacific Gold Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2765
Abstract

Southern Pacific Gold Company was headquartered in Spokane, Washington, with gold interests in Grants Pass, Oregon. Collection includes correspondence between L. T. Matthews and R. E. Pinney regarding payroll and conditions of mines and labor in Grants Pass.

Dates: 1906

Andrew Jackson Splawn letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1554
Abstract

Collection includes manuscript and typescript correspondence used by Andrew Jackson Splawn in his book "Ka-Mi-Akin: Last Hero of the Yakimas," 1858-1908.

Dates: 1858-1908

Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway main line photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 272-B
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs of scenes along the main line of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, including laying of tracks in East St. Johns in July 1952; railroad trains and tracks; railroad stations, particularly in Washington state; and interior views of railroad cars.

Dates: 1938-1954

Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway main line scenes photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 272-A
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs by multiple photographers, circa 1920-1969, of scenes along the main line of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, from Portland, Oregon, to Spokane, Washington. A large number of the images were taken along the Columbia River and in the Columbia River Gorge. Also included are photographs of Mount Hood, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams, and aerial views of Portland and Spokane.

Dates: circa 1920-1969

Spruce Production Division lantern slides

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1062
Abstract

Lantern slides depicting activities of the Spruce Production Division in Oregon and Washington State during World War I.

Dates: circa 1917-1919

John Mix Stanley collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5302
Abstract

Collection includes 31 tinted lithographs depicting scenes of the Pacific Northwest done for the U. S. Pacific Railroad Exploration and Survey Report. Scenes include the Columbia River, waterfalls, Nimiipuu (Nez PerceĢ) people, the Palouse River, Hudson's Bay Company, the Cascades, Mount Rainier, lakes, and missions.

Dates: 1855

Clara Wing Stimson collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2687
Abstract

Collection includes a biography regarding Clara Wing Stimson's involvement with the Red Cross during World War I; a typescript of "A Trip Around the World" in two parts, 1926-1927, as told in correspondence to her parents, Frederick and Eva Wing of Seattle, Washington, and other documents.

Dates: 1926-circa 1970

Clarence Elzy Talbott reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2454
Abstract

Typescript reminiscences of Clarence Elzy Talbott, 99 pages, 1949-1950, recounting his childhood and youth in Oregon and Washington and his time at the University of Idaho.

Dates: 1949-1950

Kate D. Taylor letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2615
Abstract Kate D. (Catharine Dewees) Taylor was the wife of Captain Oliver Hazard Perry Taylor, who was killed during the 1858 Steptoe Expedition in Washington Territory. She was a resident of Fort Walla Walla. Collection includes correspondence to Kate D. Taylor and Oliver Hazard Perry Taylor, 1859-1868, from Major William N. Grier, James Wheeler Jr., and others regarding events at Fort Walla Walla and Indian hostilities; correspondence, 1858-1859, from family and friends; and a biographical sketch...
Dates: 1855-1868