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Washington (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 107 Collections and/or Records:

Elaine W. Sadring collection of Mount St. Helens materials

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 953
Abstract

Photographs of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, four sermons by Lincoln Y. Reed about the eruption, and a 1950s report about Mount St. Helens by Beatrice Buzzetti, all of which were compiled by Elaine W. Sadring (1924-2002). Sadring was a resident of Portland, Oregon, and a member of the First Congregational Church of Portland, where Lincoln Y. Reed was pastor in 1980. Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, killing 57 people and causing major destruction in Washington state.

Dates: circa 1951; 1980

Paul J. F. Schumacher archaeological papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2844
Abstract

Collection includes reports, blueprints, field notes, etc. regarding archaeological digs that Paul J. F. Schumacher participated in, including several in Alaska, Fort Clatsop, and Fort Vancouver.

Dates: circa 1957-1974

See your West prints

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5383
Abstract

Twelve scenic art prints of the Standard Oil Company of California's ad campaign "See Your West." Scenes include Mt. Hood, Olympic National Park, the Oregon Coast, Mt. St. Helens, Spirit Lake, South Silver Creek Falls, Multnomah Falls, the Wallowa Mountains, and the McKenzie River.

Dates: circa 1959

Oral history interview with Ed W. Sheets

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2751
Abstract

Oral history interview with Ed W. Sheets conducted by Michael O'Rourke from November 10, 1998, to September 28, 2000, as part of the Northwest Power Planning Council Oral History Project. Sheets discusses serving as executive director of the Northwest Power Planning Council, now known as the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, from 1981 to 1995.

Dates: 1998 November 10-2000 September 28

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