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December 24, 2024 1:38 pm
Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special CollectionsThe Gene Quaw Collection consists of a autographed tribute album, some printed items, and 106 black and white photographs taken of Quaw, his band members, and friends in Yellowstone National Park, most of which are circa 1921-1922. The printed materials in the collection consist of a copy of Yellowstone, along with a mimeograph lyric sheet for the song dated March 4,1947, a business card for Quaw as pianist for the "Lone Star Trio" at Old Faithful Inn, and a program for a formal recital at Mammoth Hot Springs, September 11, 1921. The original hand carved wooden cover for the autographed tribute album has been retained with the collection.
December 23, 2024 1:38 pm
K. Ross Toole Archives Histories, Reports and Miscellany Collection, circa 1942-1992
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special CollectionsThe K. Ross Toole Archives Histories, Reports and Miscellany Collection is an artificial collection created by Archives staff to provide information about and access to single documents or single folders of material about the history of the University of Montana and the region.
December 19, 2024 2:37 pm
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical LibraryThe Sagebrush War (1850s-1860s) was an armed conflict between the California county of Plumas and the now-defunct Nevada County of Roop over the jurisdiction of Honey Lake Valley and Susanville, California. Collection consists of a box with 4 folders, containing a copy of Charles Curry Aiken's Master of Liberal Studies Thesis for the University of Oklahoma Graduate College: "Sagebrush War: The California-Nevada Boundary Dispute on the 120th Meridian".
December 19, 2024 2:23 pm
BLM Maps of Oregon Collection, 1999-2001
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical LibraryThe United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was formed in 1946 by the merger of the General Land Office and the United States Grazing Service. BLM is in charge of administering over 245 million acres of public land, most of which is located throughout the 12 western states. Collection consists of a set of 6 maps, produced by the Bureau of Land Management: North County Klamath/Deschutes County Boundary, Bonanza, Bly Mountain, Sprague River, Crescent Gilchrist + Crescent Lake, Bly Area, and Keno-Midland Klamath County.
December 19, 2024 2:07 pm
Army Operations: Modoc Expeditionary Force, 1974
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical LibraryThe Modoc War was known as one of the costliest of the 19th-Century Indian Wars. It lasted for 8 months between 1872 and 1873. Francis S. "Van" Landrum was a businessman and self-taught structural engineer/land surveyor in Klamath Falls, Oregon as well as a noted amateur historian and author. Collection contains a map drawn by Landrum that includes all the major points of importance related to the Modoc War.
December 19, 2024 1:47 pm
Klamath County Fairgrounds Committees' Records, 1973-1974
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical LibraryThe Klamath County Fairgrounds and Klamath County Event Center are located in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Fairgrounds host a wide variety of year-round recreational and educational activities. Collection consists of documentation of the activities of the two Fairgrounds Committees: Advisory Committee and Organizational Committee: memos, meeting minutes, surveys, Klamath County Chamber of Commerce Organization list, and reports
December 19, 2024 1:31 pm
Modoc War Correspondence Compilation, 1850-1901
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical LibraryThe Modoc War between the Modoc Tribe and the US Army lasted for 8 months between 1872 and 1873. Collection contains correspondence and records of interviews of the main participants of the conflict.
December 19, 2024 1:22 pm
Modoc War Correspondence Compilation, 1850-1901
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical LibraryThe Modoc War between the Modoc Tribe and the US Army lasted for 8 months between 1872 and 1873. Collection contains correspondence and records of interviews of the main participants of the conflict.
December 19, 2024 9:38 am
Subject files collection, undated
Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & ArchivesThis collection includes files on numerous topics associated with Oregon Health & Science University and other institutions in the region, health science in the Pacific Northwest more broadly, and some holdings on other general health science topics. File contents vary widely, but can include news clippings, publications, and other writings; ephemera; images; correspondence; and more.
December 18, 2024 3:58 pm
Albert R. Jonsen papers, 1970-1998 (approximately)
University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsResearch materials on the field of bioethics, primarily related to the book The Birth of Bioethics (1998) and Jonsen's History of Bioethics research project