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| Repository: | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |
| Summary: | Papers of Nettie J. Asberry, Tacoma African American activist and president of the Washington State Association of Colored Women's Clubs |
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| Repository: | Eastern Washington University |
| Summary: | None |
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| Repository: | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |
| Summary: | Biographical information, program of plays and photographs of a poet and playwright of Seattle, Washington |
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| Repository: | Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library |
| Summary: | Beginning in 1949, Robert O. Brown began collecting information on early Portland neighborhoods and their architecture and drew detailed drawings of Portland buildings and residences. The collection consists of photocopies of drawings of Portland buildings and residences and photocopies of rough maps of some areas of the city. |
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| Repository: | Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections |
| Summary: | The collection contains ledger book maps and entries regarding western Oregon reservations and land allotments. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Edward Burns was a soldier who served in the American Civil War. The collection contains a photostat copy of a letter from Burns to James Boyle, dated December 18, 1862. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Henry Olin Cady (1857-1916) was a Methodist Episcopal missionary to China, stationed at Chungking and Chentu (Chengtu), and was one of the founders of the West China Mission. The collection (1866-1904) contains copies of 300 letters written by Cady from China, many of which regard the history of the West China Mission. |
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| Repository: | Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections |
| Summary: | The collection contains materials from the Rogue River Tribe of Indians, et al. v. United States claims case. |
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| Repository: | Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections |
| Summary: | The collection contains correspondence and research notes regarding Dixon's expeditions to western Oregon and northern California where he gathered linguistic materials, folklore, and cultural artifacts from tribal members under the patronage of the American Museum of Natural History. |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Collection contains the genealogies and local histories of the towns of Edison and Bow, in Skagit County, Washington. The bound volume is entitled, Families who Imiigrated to Edison-Bow, Skagit Co, WA from Southwestern Norway. |
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| Repository: | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |
| Summary: | Photocopies of Board of Trustee and stockholder meeting minutes of the Lake Washington Belt Line Company, which began work on a rail line on the east side of Lake Washington |
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| Repository: | Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections |
| Summary: | The collection contains correspondence regarding Lorenzo Lorain's military service at Fort Walla Walla and Fort Umpqua. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Sylvester Mowry (1830-1871), became a commissioned soldier, owned mining claims, was the founder of Mowry, Arizona, and was arrested and imprisoned on suspicion of being a southern sympathizer. The collection contains a a letter written July 18, 1853, to Edward J. Bicknall, from Mowry. |
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| Repository: | Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections |
| Summary: | The collection contains newspapers and clippings regarding issues and events affecting Native American tribes throughout the United States from 1975-1993. |
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| Repository: | Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections |
| Summary: | The collection contains diary entries written by traveling Oregonians during the 1870's. |
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| Repository: | Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections |
| Summary: | Collection materials follow the life of “Indian Mary” Peters and her daughters, Rosetta Farlow and Lillian Fairfield. A majority of the collection focuses on the inheritance and sale of Mary's homestead near Grants Pass. |
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| Repository: | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |
| Summary: | Ida Levin (born 1907) was a dancer from Seattle, Washington who continued her professional career in New York. The Marguerite Portnoff collection of Ida Levin ephemera consists of photocopies of a 1925 newspaper clipping and a flyer relating to the Benefit Dance Recital organized by the Vocational Scholarship Committee of the National Council of Jewish Women on behalf of the young dance student. |
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| Repository: | Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections |
| Summary: | The collection focuses on Karen Rathe's grandmother, Bessie Hanseth, a teacher at the Upper Farm School near Siletz, Oregon, circa 1920-1921. A secondary focus includes diary entries and correspondence written by Hanseth while in Siletz and Newport, Oregon. |
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| Repository: | Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections |
| Summary: | The Rogue River Gambling Song Collection contains copies of sheet music composed by Charles Sanford Skilton for the Suite Primeval on Tribal Indian Melodies. |
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| Repository: | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |
| Summary: | Photocopies of reports, correspondence, and meeting minutes primarily related to the purchase, construction, and operations of the Russian Orthodox Greek Church of Christ's Resurrection in Cle Elum, Washington |
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| Repository: | Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections |
| Summary: | The collection contains materials gathered by E. A. Schwartz while researching for his Ph.D. dissertation, Blood Money: The Rogue River Indian War and its Aftermath, 1850-1986. |
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| Repository: | Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections |
| Summary: | The collection contains correspondence received and sent by Siletz Indian agents from 1871-1910. |
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| Repository: | Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections |
| Summary: | The collection contains materials gathered from Siletz tribal members and residents for the Siletz Culture Project conducted from April-September 1985. |
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| Repository: | Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections |
| Summary: | The collection contains newspapers, scrapbooks, and clippings pertaining to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. Collection focuses include restoration of Siletz tribal status, establishment of the Siletz Reservation, and the Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow. |
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| Repository: | Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections |
| Summary: | The albums contain copies of articles from state, regional, and local newspapers regarding the establishment of the Siletz Reservation and the transfer of Government Hill. |
