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Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- History of stern and side wheel steamboats on the Columbia, Snake, and Willamette Rivers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana in United States of America and British Columbia, Canada from 1835 through 1947
- History of steamboats in Washington, California, Utah, Alaska, and Canada
- History of stern and side wheel steamboats on the Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri and their tributaries, also the Red River of the North in United States and Canada
- Hosford Steamboats.
- Pictures and records of steamboats.
- Index of Steamboat Records.
- Names and Subjects
Leonard C. Hosford Scrapbooks, 1811-1957
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hosford, Leonard C., 1885 -- 1961
- Title
- Leonard C. Hosford Scrapbooks
- Dates
- 1811-1957 (inclusive)18111957
- Quantity
- 5 cubic feet (35 volumes in 4 document cases and 16 custom boxes)
- Collection Number
- Mss2195
- Summary
- Compilation of historical research and photographs on steamboating in the western and central United States and Canada from 1811 to 1957. Collection comprised of thirty five volumes assembled by steamboat captain Leonard C. Hosford.
- Repository
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Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
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The collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Born into steamboating, Leonard C. Hosford began work on the river with his father at age 18. The senior Hosford, Olin W., founded the Hosford Transportation Company in 1906 with sons Leonard and O. J. and prospered in the business of towing logs for the many sawmills along the Willamette River. Leonard continued this affiliation until his death in 1961.
Leonard C. Hosford married Illinois native Marion Kelly and resided in Portland for his entire life. His wife and a daughter, Nancy McClellan, survived him, along with six grandchildren. A retired steamboat captain, Hosford was a member of the Veteran Steamboat Men's Association. His love for the history of steamboating is clearly in evidence in the extensive record compiled in this collection.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection includes typewritten text, photographs, and other illustrations relating to the history of steamboating in the western and central United States and Canada. A few articles of related interest by other authors comprise one of the thirty five volumes, compiled by Leonard C. Hosford. Several volumes include index of illustrations.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any publication use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation
Leonard C. Hosford Papers, MSS 2195, Oregon Historical Society Research Library
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Series A: History of stern and side wheel steamboats on the Columbia, Snake, and Willamette Rivers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana in United States of America and British Columbia, Canada, 1835-1947
- Series B: History of steamboats in Washington, California, Utah, Alaska, and Canada, 1835-1937
- Series C: History of stern and side wheel steamboats on the Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri and their tributaries, also the Red River of the North in United States and Canada, 1811-1940
- Series D: Hosford Steamboats, 1887-1934
- Series E: Pictures and records of steamboats, 1847-1957
- Subseries 1: Columbia River, 1858-1907
- Subseries 2: Rivers in California and Colorado, 1847-1957
- Subseries 3: Pictures and records of steamboats on the Columbia, Snake, Willamette, and Yamhill Rivers in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, 1853-1938
- Subseries 4: Puget Sound and Skagit River, Washington, 1857-1914
- Subseries 5: Canada and Alaska, 1865-1937
- Series F: Index of Steamboat Records, undated
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Leonard C. Hosford, September 1967
Processing Note
Volumes 16 - 34 have been removed from original 3- ring binders and interleaved to ensure their long term preservation. Remaining volumes are in custom-made archival phase boxes.
Bibliography
"Leonard C. Hosford," Oregonian (Portland), 16 September 1961, p. 9, c. 3. "Leonard Hosford," Oregon Journal (Portland), 18 September 1961, p. 5, c. 1. "O. W. Hosford," in Charles Henry Carey, History of Oregon, volume 2: Biographical (Chicago: Pioneer Historical Publishing Company, 1922), 294-7.Related Materials
David L. Stearns Papers, MSS 2099, Oregon Historical Society Research Library
Transportation Collection, MSS 1506, Oregon Historical Society Research Library
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series A: History of stern and side wheel steamboats on the Columbia, Snake, and Willamette Rivers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana in United States of America and British Columbia, Canada from 1835 through 1947Return to Top
5
volumes.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Volume | ||
| 1 | Volume 1. Steamboat
Records
Chapters 1-3. Photographs captioned; index of
illustrations.
|
1835-1879 |
| 2 | Volume 2. Steamboat
Records
Chapters 4-7. Photographs captioned but not indexed.
|
1880-1947 |
| 3 | Volume 3
Captioned illustrations only, no text. 35 photographs; 35
images absent.
|
1835-1947 |
| 4 | Volume 4
Entire text in one volume. Photographs neither captioned nor
indexed.
|
1835-1947 |
| 5 | Volume 5
Text is exact carbon of volume 4.
|
1835-1947 |
Series B: History of steamboats in Washington, California, Utah, Alaska, and Canada, 1835-1937Return to Top
5
volumes
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Volume | ||
| 6 | History of stern, sidewheel,
propeller steamboats on Puget Sound, Gray's Harbor, Skagit, Snohomish, Samish,
Puyallup Rivers [in] Washington, USA from 1835 to 1941 and sternwheel
steamboats in British Columbia, Canada, on Fraser, Skeena, Stickeen Rivers from
1835 to 1913, by Lenard C. Hosford. Chapters 1-10, with index of
illustrations. |
|
| 7 | History of stern and side
wheel steamboats on the Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Napa Rivers and San
Francisco, San Pablo, Susuin, Humbolt Bays -- Peteluma Creek, California, and
the Great Salt Lake, Utah -- Colorado River from 1847 through 1926. 7 chapters;
index of illustrations for Chapters 1-6. This volume is designated on its cover
as Volume Four by Kenneth Jenkin and Lenard C. Hosford. |
|
| 8 | History of sternwheel
steamboats -- Kuskuwin, Yukon, Koyukuk, and Tanana in Alaska, USA and Yukon,
Stewart, Lewes Rivers and the Lakes Bennett and Teslin in Yukon Territory,
Canada, from 1869 to 1937 on Peace, Athabasca, Slave, and MacKenie Rivers [in]
Alberta and Northwest Territory on Assiniboin, Saskatchewan Rivers in Manitoba,
Canada, and Red River of the North in Canada and United States from 1861 to
1898, by Leonard C. Hosford. 7 chapters, captioned illustrations, index of
illustrations. |
|
| 9 | Steamboat
pictures
Collected by Leonard C. Hosford. 57 photographs, 2 tintypes,
57 photographs absent. Photographs captioned; no text or index.
|
1849-1933 |
| 10 | Articles on steamboat
history
"Famous pioneer steamboats of Puget Sound" by William O.
Thorniley, "History of Northwest Steamboating," by H. C. Lord, and newspaper
clippings relating to Sauvie Island and the Eliza
Anderson. Articles repaginated and reformatted in 3-ring binder by
Hosford.
|
undated |
Series C: History of stern and side wheel steamboats on the Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri and their tributaries, also the Red River of the North in United States and Canada, 1811-1940Return to Top
5
volumes
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Volume | ||
| 11 | Volume 1
Chapters 1-4. Text plus captioned illustrations; index of
109 illustrations.
|
1811 to 1870 |
| 12 | Volume 2
Chapters 5-6 and supplement. Text plus captioned
illustrations; index of 149 illustrations.
|
1871 to 1883 |
| 13 | Volume 3
Chapters 7-8. Contains index of 125 illustrations, 1 loose
photo, text.
|
1885 to 1895 |
| 14 | Volume 4
Chapters 9-10. Text plus captioned illustrations; index of
118 illustrations.
|
1896 to 1905 |
| 15 | Volume 5
Chapters 11-14. Text plus 116 captioned illustrations; no
index.
|
1906-1940 |
Series D: Hosford Steamboats., 1887-1934Return to Top
1
volume
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Volume 16
Captain Olin W. Hosford -- Steamboats he owned or had
interest in Columbia and Willamette Rivers from 1887 to 1934.
Contains views of harbors, Portland, Oregon vicinity. 29
illustrations with brief descriptions.
|
1887-1934 |
Series E: Pictures and records of steamboats., 1847-1957Return to Top
15
volumes
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Sub-series 1: Columbia River. 1 volume in 1
folder
|
1858-1907 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/2 | Volume 17
|
1858-1907 |
Sub-series 2: Rivers in California and
Colorado. 2 volumes in 2
folders
|
1847-1957 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/3 | Volume 18
|
1847-1957 |
| 4/5 | Volume 34, San Francisco
Bay, Sacramento, and San Joaquin Rivers in California, USA
48 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1853-1926 |
Sub-series 3: Pictures and records of
steamboats on the Columbia, Snake, Willamette, and Yamhill Rivers in Oregon,
Washington and Idaho. 9 volumes in 9
folders
|
1853-1938 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/1 | Volume 19, Index of
Steamboat Records
21 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1863-1900 |
| 2/2 | Volume 20
29 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1872-1926 |
| 2/3 | Volume 21
32 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1866-1918 |
| 2/4 | Volume 22
20 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1857-1909 |
| 2/5 | Volume 23
46 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1853-1933 |
| 2/6 | Volume 24
22 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1877-1912 |
| 3/1 | Volume 25
29 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1884-1914 |
| 3/2 | Volume 26
26 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1862-1912 |
| 3/3 | Volume 27
27 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1884-1938 |
Sub-series 4: Puget Sound and Skagit River,
Washington 2 volumes in 2
folders
|
1857-1914 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/4 | Volume 28, Puget Sound
and Skagit River, Washington
31 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1876-1912 |
| 3/5 | Volume 29, Puget Sound,
Washington
32 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1857-1914 |
Sub-series 5: Canada and
Alaska. 4 volumes in 4
folders
|
1865-1937 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/1 | Volume 30, Columbia and
Kootenay Rivers in British Columbia, Canada
21 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1885-1914 |
| 4/2 | Volume 31, Stickeen,
Skeena, and Fraser Rivers in British Columbia, MacKenzie, Slave, Athabaska,
Peace Rivers [in] Northwest Territory and Alberta, Canada
21 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1865-1922 |
| 4/3 | Volume 32, Yukon,
Koyukuk, Tanana, Kuskuwin in Alaska, USA and Yukon and Lewis Rivers in Yukon
Territory, Canada
20 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1896-1899 |
| 4/4 | Volume 33, Yukon,
Koyukuk, Tanana, Kuskuwin in Alaska, USA and Yukon and Lewis Rivers in Yukon
Territory, Canada
20 illustrations with descriptions.
|
1898-1937 |
Series F: Index of Steamboat Records., UndatedReturn to Top
1
volume
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Volume | ||
| 35 | Index of Steamboat Records
for Books 1-25 |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Steamboats -- Willamette River (Or.)--History.
- Steamboats--Canada--History.
- Steamboats--West (U.S.)--History.
Personal Names
- Hosford, Leonard C. (creator)
- Hosford, Olin W.
- Jenkin, Kenneth
Corporate Names
- Hosford Transportation Company
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
Processed by Maynard Kessler and
Shawna Gandy, 2004. Finding Aid prepared by Shawna Gandy, 2005.
2006
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