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Archives West provides access to descriptions of primary sources in the western United States, including correspondence, diaries or photographs. Digital reproductions of the materials are available in some cases.
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September 18, 2024 10:45 am
Utah State University Inclusion Center collection, 1990-2020's
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives DivisionPromotional materials, photographs, and records from the Inclusion Center.
September 17, 2024 12:54 pm
Utah State University LGBTQ+ and Related Campus Organizations records, 1992-2023
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives DivisionPhotographs, promotional materials, handbooks from early LGBTQ+ student and local groups at USU and in Cache Valley.
September 16, 2024 10:20 am
H. Smith family photograph album, 1910-1929
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University ArchivesThe collection consists of one album of the H. Smith family from Gearhart. Family scenes, including Oregon coast, c. 1907-1920s.
September 16, 2024 10:14 am
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and ArchivesLauren Fins is from the College of Natural Resources. Collection includes teaching materials, serials, and monographs.
September 13, 2024 2:16 pm
Publication Services Photographs, 1980-2000
Western Washington University, Special CollectionsPhotographs of people, events, organizations, buildings, campus scenes, and other subjects associated with Western Washington University, created primarily for university publications and media relations.
September 13, 2024 11:23 am
James Ottoman Collection, 1970-1989
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical LibraryJames Robert Ottoman, born in 1926, was a retired farmer who worked in Klamath County, Oregon, as well as both Modoc and Tulelake counties in California for 65 years. Collection contains miscellaneous materials from the Medford, Oregon, office of the BLM: documentation, correspondence, and brochures, donated by James Ottoman.
September 12, 2024 10:30 am
Applegate Travelers' Diaries Collection, 1845-1888
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical LibraryThe Applegate Trail was an emigrant trail in the states of Idaho, Nevada, California, and Oregon, used in the mid-19th Century. Collection contains three handwritten diaries dating back to 1800s, written by various travelers along the Applegate Trail.
September 12, 2024 10:28 am
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and ArchivesA 1946 letter from Peter Paul Drus to Harold Cornelison regarding Drus's illustration (figurine) of the University of Idaho Vandal mascot; attached is a 1964 note from Harold Cornelison providing context for the 1946 letter. A 12-inch bronze- and silver-painted statuette of unknown material depicting the University of Idaho Vandal mascot, attributed to Peter Paul Drus and created in approximately 1924. Statuette commonly referred to as "Baby Joe" or "Baby Joe Vandal."
September 12, 2024 10:18 am
Jay Glover Eldridge diaries, 1893-1962
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and ArchivesDiaries containing a record of daily activities of Jay Glover Edridge, personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other loose notes.
September 12, 2024 7:27 am
Washington State University Queer Archives Oral History Project, 2023-2024
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)The Queer Archives Oral History Project contains interviews, and transcripts, with Washington State University (WSU) students, alumnx, staff, and faculty who are a part of the LGBTQ+ community in the Palouse region.