Eastern Washington University Archives and Special Collections purchased manuscript collection, 1853-1960
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Eastern Washington University. Library
- Title
- Eastern Washington University Archives and Special Collections purchased manuscript collection
- Dates
- 1853-1960 (inclusive)18531955
- Quantity
- 2.0 linear feet
- Collection Number
- SPC-019-0763
- Summary
- The Eastern Washington University Archives and Special Collections Purchased Manuscript Collection consists of maps, prints, and periodical pages on the history of the Pacific Northwest.
- Repository
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Eastern Washington University
Archives & Special Collections
Eastern Washington University Libraries
320 Media Lane - 100 LIB
Cheney, WA
99004-2453
Telephone: 5093592475
archives@ewu.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Content Description
The Eastern Washington University Archives and Special Collections Purchased Manuscript Collection consists of maps, prints, and documents on the history of the Pacific Northwest. The maps consist of state and territorial maps of Washington and Oregon, maps of various sections of the Columbia River, and topographic maps. The prints consist of lithographs and etchings of buildings and landscapes located. Documents consists of pages from periodicals and pamphlets and postcards.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Use of this collection is subject to the rules concerning access to archival and manuscript collections at Eastern Washington University. For more information, see: http://www.ewu.edu/Library/Services/Archives.xml
Copyright restrictions may apply. For more information or permission to publish, contact Eastern Washington University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections at (509) 359-2475, or archives@ewu.edu.
Preferred Citation
Eastern Washington University Archives and Special Collections purchased manuscript collection; SPC 019-0763; Archives and Special Collections, Eastern Washington University.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
The collection has been organized into five series and five subseries.
Series 1: Eastern Washington, 1855-1960. This series is divided into five sub-series: Central Washington, General Eastern Washington, Lincoln, Spokane, and Whitman Counties, Northern Washington, Southeast Washington.
Series 2: Western Washington, 1853-1918.
Series 3: Washington state and Oregon, 1855-1955.
Series 4: Depictions of Native Americans, 1873-1898.
Series 5: Miscellaneous West, 1857-circa 1892.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Series 1: Eastern Washington, 1855-1960
This series consists of maps, prints, and documents on regions of Washington state that extend east of the Cascade Mountains. This series is divided into five series according to geographic region within eastern Washington.
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Subseries 1: Central Washington, 1886-1960
This subseries consists of materials on Chelan, Kittitas, Douglas, Grant, and Yakima counties. They include profiles of Ellensburg, maps of rapids along the Columbia River, and documents on Grand Coulee Dam and Yakima. Items are organized according to name of locale depicted.
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Description: Ellensburg, Washington print, from Northwest MagazineDates: April 1889Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: General View of Ellensburg, color print from Northwest MagazineDates: April 1889Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Views in Ellensburg, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Views in Ellensburg, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Residence of John Nash, Ellensburg, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Ranch of John L. Vaughn, near Ellensburg, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Entiat rapidsDates: 1895Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Grand Coulee Dam brochureDates: circa 1938Container: Box 1 , Folder 5
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Description: Grand Coulee Dam the eighth wonder of the worldDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 5
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Description: Grand Coulee postcardsDates: 1938Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Washington map, Hanford quadrangleDates: 1924Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Methow quadrangle, 1901 reprintDates: 1934Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Methow quadrangle, 1901 reprintDates: 1945Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Malaga quadrangleDates: 1914Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Rock Island rapidsDates: 1892Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Rock Island rapidsDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Rocky Reach rapidsDates: 1894Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Yakima diamond jubilee celebrationDates: 1960Container: Box Booklet , Folder
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Description: Yakima basinDates: undatedContainer: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Yakima postcardsDates: circa 1930Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Yakima Region, Washington TerritoryDates: 1886Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Geologic and topographic map of the Northern Pacific Route, Yakima ValleyDates: 1915Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Headquarters of Moxie county, Yakima Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Interior of Allen and Chapman's drug store North Yakima, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Subseries 2: General Eastern Washington, circa 1875-1949
This subseries consists of maps and documents on unspecified locales in eastern Washington or areas that encompass broad swaths of the region.
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Description: Columbian Basin Project brochureDates: 1949Container: Box 1 , Folder 5
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Description: Diagram of grades through Eastern WashingtonDates: circa 1875Container: Box 1 , Folder 5
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Description: Eastern part of Washington - mapDates: undatedContainer: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Salmon fishing by machine, Harper's WeeklyDates: October 1899Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Salmon wheel, Harper's WeeklyDates: March 1883Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Eastern part of Washington mapDates: 1897Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Upper Columbia river survey mapDates: 1895Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Chart of upper Columbia RiverDates: 1894Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Subseries 3: Lincoln, Spokane, and Whitman counties, 1855-1950
This subseries consists of prints, documents, and maps related to locations in Lincoln, Spokane, and Whitman counties. The prints feature buildings and natural features and include John Mix Stanley prints from the United States railroad survey conducted by Isaac Stevens. The documents include articles about the 1890 Spokane Falls Exposition. These items are arranged according to locale or nearest town.
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Description: Almota House, H.H. Spaulding, Property, Almota Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Chemakane MissionDates: 1855Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Chemakane Mission, lithographDates: 1855Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Chemakane Mission, lithographDates: 1855Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Residence of H.S. Hollingsworth, Colfax, WashingtonDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: W.J. Hamilton's Drug Store, Colfax, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: In the Palouse Country: Colfax, the Capital of Whitman County and the old trade Center of the Palouse, from Northwest MagazineDates: October 1892Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Peluse Falls, John Mix Stanley lithographDates: circa 1855Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: J.A. Cochran's Residence near Pullman, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Flouring mill of S.H. Havemale and Son, Spokane Falls, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Indian camp, Spokane River, halftoneDates: 1909Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Mr. J.A. Perkin's Residence, Colfax, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Spokane Falls sketch in Northwest MagazineDates: October 1887Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Spokane Falls and Its Exposition, Harper's WeeklyDates: September 6, 1890Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Spokane Falls and its Exposition Harper's WeeklyDates: 1890Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: The Fire at Spokane Falls, from Harper's WeeklyDates: 1889Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Tourist guide brochure - "Spokane Vacationland"Dates: 1950Container: Box 1 , Folder 5
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Description: Spokane manufacturing districtDates: 1904Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Business street of Spokane, engravingDates: 1903Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Washington - Idaho, Spokane Quadrangle, with land classificationDates: 1898Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Washington - Idaho Spokane QuadrangleDates: 1907Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Fall of the Spokane, United States Railroad survey lithographDates: 1860Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: J.H. Shields' lumber yard Sprague, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: First National Bank Sprague, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: E.M. Kinnear General Mercantile, Sprague, Washington Territory lithographDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: First National Bank, Sprague, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Wilbur, Washington, Northwest MagazineDates: May 1890Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Subseries 4: Northern Washington, 1855-1860
This subseries consists of John Mix Stanley prints from the United States railroad survey conducted by Isaac Stevens. The prints are in Okanogan and Stevens counties.
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Description: Kettle Falls, Columbia River, John Mix Stanley lithographDates: 1855Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Kettle Falls, Columbia River, lithographDates: 1855Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Fort Okinakane, John Mix Stanley lithographDates: 1860Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Subseries 5: Southeast Washington, 1855-1911
This subseries consists largely of prints from Columbia, Garfield, and Walla counties. The items are arranged according to county.
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Description: Northwest Magazine illustration of Dayton, WashingtonDates: October 1889Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Farm residences Columbia County, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Farm residences Columbia county, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Tucannon, Columbia County, Washington Territory lithographsDates: circa 1880Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Businesses in Pomeroy, Garfield County Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Farm residences Rigsby, Garfield County, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Buildings in Walla Walla, Washington, prints from Northwest MagazineDates: October 1889Container: Box OS , Folder 1
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Description: Old Fort Walla Walla, John Mix Stanley lithographDates: 1855Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Military post and city of Walla-Walla, Washington Territory, lithographDates: 1862Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Walla Walla commercial club adDates: 1911Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: J. Betz brewery Walla Walla, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Farm residence of H.S Copeland Walla Walla Valley, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Farm residences Walla Walla County, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Farm of C. Maier Walla Walla County, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Farm residence of Alfred Thomas Walla Walla County, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: "Sunny bank" farm residence of C.N. Babcock Walla Walla, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Farm residence of James W. Foster Walla Walla County, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Brewery and residence of Mrs. J.H. Stahl Walla Walla, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Farm residences Walla Walla County, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Farm residence of Orley Hull Walla Walla City and Valley, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Description: Farm residence of H.S Copeland Walla Walla Valley, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 2
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Series 2: Western Washington, 1853-1918
This series consists of maps, prints, and documents on regions of Washington state that extend west of the Cascade Mountains.
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Description: Centralia, Washington: The Progressive Trade Center of the Rich Chehalis Valley, from Northwest MagazineDates: November 1889Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Residence of F.N. Goerig, Cowlitz County, Washington TerritoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 3
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Description: Gray's Harbor, Northwest MagazineDates: 1890Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Hoquiam, Washington, Northwest MagazineDates: 1890Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Hudson Bay Mill, John Mix Stanley lithographDates: 1860Container: Box 1 , Folder 3
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Description: Hudson's Bay mill lithographDates: 1853Container: Box 1 , Folder 3
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Description: Harper's Weekly illustrations of Puget SoundDates: November 17, 1883Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Summit of Mount BakerDates: 1872Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Proposed new National Park at Mount RainierDates: 1893Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Mount Rainier from near SteilacoomDates: 1860Container: Box 1 , Folder 3
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Description: North river, Washington. Showing obstructions to navigationDates: 1895Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Samish Lake quadrangleDates: 1918Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Washington state and Oregon, 1884-1955
This series consists of maps of Oregon or Washington state, as well as prints of geographic locales in Oregon and documents about Washington state. The arrangement of the series places documents about Oregon before maps containing both Washington and Oregon, followed by documents about Washington. Each of these sections is organized chronologically.
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Description: Chart of canal near Cascades of the Columbia River in OregonDates: 1877Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Eastern part of Oregon, Portland, and San Francisco mapDates: circa 1895Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Mount Hood lithographDates: 1873Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Mount Hood from the Columbia lithographDates: 1873Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Three Sisters lithographDates: 1873Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Columbia River - Junction of Des Chutes, John Mix Stanley lithographDates: 1860Container: Box 1 , Folder 3
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Description: Cape Horn lithographDates: 1855Container: Box 1 , Folder 3
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Description: Cape Horn - Columbia River, John Mix Stanley lithographDates: circa 1855Container: Box 1 , Folder 3
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Description: The Mouth of the Columbia River, from Harper's Weekly (photocopy)Dates: August 2, 1884Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Cascades of the Columbia, lithographDates: undatedContainer: Box 1 , Folder 3
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Description: County and township map of Oregon and WashingtonDates: 1884Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington mapDates: 1885Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Oregon and Washington Territory mapDates: 1886Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Oregon and Washington map, CramDates: 1887Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Oregon and Washington mapDates: 1889Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: Oregon and Washington mapDates: circa 1905Container: Box OS , Folder 2
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Description: County and township map of Oregon and WashingtonDates: undatedContainer: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Harper's Weekly, Frontier Life in Washington TerritoryDates: August 1857Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington Territory map, Aster and AdamsDates: 1872Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Washington mapDates: 1882Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington map, Rand McNallyDates: 1884Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington map, Rand McNallyDates: 1887Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington map, Rail Road and Township MapDates: 1887Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington map, Rand McNallyDates: 1888Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington map, Rand McNallyDates: 1889Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Our Would Be States - Tacoma, Walla WallaDates: 1889Container: Box 1 , Folder 3
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Description: Washington map, Rail Road and County MapDates: 1889Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington state map from Rand McNally and Co. atlasDates: 1890Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington State mapDates: 1891Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington mapDates: 1892Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Washington, The GraphicDates: 1893Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Frank Leslies Weekly with illustration of last spike on Northern Pacific RailwayDates: February 16, 1893Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington map, Rand McNallyDates: circa 1895Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Washington map, Rand McNallyDates: circa 1895Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Washington map, Rand McNallyDates: circa 1895Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Washington map Century AtlasDates: 1897Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington State map showing distribution of SpruceDates: 1898Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington map, Rand McNallyDates: 1900Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Idaho and Washington - mapDates: circa 1900Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington map, CramDates: 1903Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington map, Rand McNallyDates: 1905Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Washington map, CramDates: circa 1905Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Idaho and Washington map, CramDates: 1908Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington State mapDates: 1922Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington highway map, Rand McNallyDates: 1928Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Washington state and West Virginia mapDates: 1940Container: Box OS , Folder 3
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Description: Postcards, greetings from WashingtonDates: 1944Container: Box 1 , Folder 3
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Description: Washington map, Rand McNallyDates: 1955Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Series 4: Depictions of Native Americans, 1873-1898
This series contains images and articles depicting Native Americans from the Pacific Northwest. The articles depict armed conflicts involving the Nez Perce and Bannock Indians. The images include prints and photographs of Native American individuals, groups, and caricatures.
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Description: Recent Uprising Among the Bannock Indians, Frederick Remington drawing from Harper's WeeklyDates: 1898Container: Box OS , Folder 4
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Description: Bannock Indian color prints from Harper's WeeklyDates: July 6, 1878Container: Box OS , Folder 4
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Description: Indians on the Columbia, lithograph, from Picturesque AmericaDates: 1873Container: Box OS , Folder 4
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Description: Nez Perce campaign color prints from Harper's WeeklyDates: August 18, 1877Container: Box OS , Folder 4
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Description: Nez Perce campaign prints from Harper’s WeeklyDates: 1877Container: Box OS , Folder 4
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Description: End of Nez Perces War, Harper's WeeklyDates: 1877Container: Box OS , Folder 4
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Description: End of Nez Perces War, Harper's WeeklyDates: November 17, 1877Container: Box OS , Folder 4
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Description: Tomasket, Nez Perce ChiefDates: 1889Container: Box 1 , Folder 4
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Description: United States Census photograph of Chief Joseph, Nez Perce IndianDates: 1889Container: Box 1 , Folder 4
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Description: United States Census photographs of Native Americans near Colville AgencyDates: 1890Container: Box OS , Folder 4
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Description: Yakima Chief apple labelDates: undatedContainer: Box OS , Folder 4
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Series 5: Miscellaneous West, 1857-circa 1892
This series includes images, maps, and articles about portions of the west beyond Washington and Oregon.
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Description: "Niagara Falls of the West" - Great Shoshone Falls, color print from Harper's WeeklyDates: April 17, 1869Container: Box 1 , Folder 3
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Description: Idaho Territory mapDates: 1886Container: Box 2 , Folder 1
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Description: Harper's Weekly illustrations, Coeur d'Alene Mining TroublesDates: circa 1892Container: Box 2 , Folder 5
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Description: Frank Leslie's along the route of the Northern Pacific RailwayDates: 1883Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Crescent City, Klamath county lithographDates: 1857Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Leslie's Northern California and Southern OregonDates: 1887Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Description: Harper's Weekly, The New El Dorado in British AmericaDates: 1858Container: Box Map Drawer , Folder
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Geology--Research--Washington (State)
Geographical Names
- Cascade (Mont.)
- Columbia River -- Maps
- Columbia River -- Prints
- Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
- Indians of North America -- Northwest, Pacific
- Oregon -- History
- Oregon -- Maps
- Oregon -- Prints
- Spokane County (Wash.)
- Spokane County (Wash.) -- Prints
- Washington (State) -- History
- Washington (State) -- Maps
- Washington (State) -- Prints
