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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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October 3, 2022 2:53 pm
Idaho photograph collection, 1849-1983
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and ArchivesPhotographs featuring displays and exhibits, conventions, scenery, logging, mining, ranching, farming, Indigenous peoples, horses, celebrities, and other Idaho subjects.
October 3, 2022 1:03 pm
Genny Nelson papers, 1952-2020
Oregon Historical Society Research LibraryPapers of Genevieve "Genny" Nelson (1952-2020), including records relating to Sisters of the Road Café. Nelson was a co-founder of Sisters of the Road Café, and an advocate for people experiencing homelessness.
October 3, 2022 12:41 pm
Portland Garden Club lantern slides, 1930-1940
Oregon Historical Society Research LibraryThis collection is made up of glass lantern slides created for the Portland Garden Club in the 1930s. The club was founded in 1924. Subjects depicted in the collection include the Kerr Gardens, the Frank and Meier estates, and various urban, suburban, and country gardens.
October 3, 2022 12:35 pm
1890 Portland flood and street scene photographs, circa 1890
Oregon Historical Society Research LibraryCollection consists of 18 photographs of Portland, Oregon, taken circa 1890. The primary subject of the photographs is flooded streets in downtown and inner East Portland during the 1890 flood. Other subjects depicted in the photographs include cable cars, the bark Coloma, Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, the Riverside Hotel, the Morrison Bridge, and other unflooded street scenes from Portland.
October 3, 2022 11:09 am
Emma Schwabenland Haynes Nuremberg Papers, 1940-1984
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)The Emma Schwabenland Haynes Nuremberg Papers consist of newspaper clippings, reports, and photographs of the Nuremberg trials collected by Emma Schwabenland Haynes, who served as an interpreter and translator during the trials. A smaller portion of the collection includes Haynes’ personal family genealogical papers.
October 3, 2022 9:18 am
George Horvath Photographs of Camp Paxson, Montana, 1939-1940
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special CollectionsThe George Horvath Photographs of Camp Paxson, Montana feature the construction of the sleeping cabins, bathhouses, and lodge at Camp Paxson along Seeley Lake in Montana. The structures were built in 1939 and 1940 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).
October 3, 2022 9:18 am
Photographs of Thornton Hospitals in Missoula and Stevensville, Montana, circa 1910-1947
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special CollectionsThe Photographs of Thornton Hospitals collection consists of images of the three Thornton hospital buildings in Stevensville and Missoula, Montana, and portraits of Dr. William Thornton and Dr. Charles Thornton.
October 3, 2022 9:18 am
Francis Foster Powell Photographs of the Bitterroot Valley, Montana, 1910-circa 1922
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special CollectionsThe Francis Powell Photographs of the Bitterroot Valley, Montana consist of 13 images of orchard operations and irrigation techniques from 1910 to the early 1920s. A few additional photographs depict the Bitter Root Inn, which was commissioned by the Bitter Root Valley Irrigation Company and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909.
September 30, 2022 4:45 pm
William Royal diary and bible census, 1858-1864
Oregon Historical Society Research LibraryDiary of William Royal (1796-1870), and notebook he used to record information about bible ownership in Portland, Oregon. Royal was a Methodist minister who came to Oregon in 1853, and who lived in Portland in the 1860s.
September 30, 2022 4:33 pm
C. C. McClendon letter to siblings, 1857 August 24
Oregon Historical Society Research LibraryLetter from C. C. McClendon (1832-1922) to his siblings in Arkansas. The letter discusses McClendon's recent purchase of land and the Oregon Constitutional Convention.
