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Mss2195
Hosford,
Leonard C., 1885 -- 1961
Leonard C. Hosford
Scrapbooks
1811-1957
5 cubic feet (35 volumes in 4
document cases and 16 custom boxes)
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.
This collection
is in English.
Biography of Leonard C. Hosford:
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.
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.
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
The collection is open to the public.
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.
Leonard C. Hosford Papers, MSS 2195, Oregon Historical Society Research
Library
Gift of Mrs. Leonard C. Hosford, September 1967
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.
"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.
David L. Stearns Papers, MSS 2099, Oregon Historical Society Research
Library
Transportation Collection, MSS 1506, Oregon Historical Society Research
Library
The collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings:
Hosford,
Leonard C.
Hosford, Olin
W.
Jenkin, Kenneth
Hosford Transportation
Company
Steamboats--Canada--History.
Steamboats--West
(U.S.)--History.
Steamboats -- Willamette
River (Or.)--History.
Alaska
Idaho
Oregon
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Transportation
Washington (State)
Photographs
Scrapbooks
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 1947
5
volumes.
1
Volume 1. Steamboat
Records
1835-1879
Chapters 1-3. Photographs captioned; index of
illustrations.
2
Volume 2. Steamboat
Records
1880-1947
Chapters 4-7. Photographs captioned but not indexed.
3
Volume 3
1835-1947
Captioned illustrations only, no text. 35 photographs; 35
images absent.
4
Volume 4
1835-1947
Entire text in one volume. Photographs neither captioned nor
indexed.
5
Volume 5
1835-1947
Text is exact carbon of volume 4.
Series B
History of steamboats in
Washington, California, Utah, Alaska, and Canada
1835-1937
5
volumes
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
1849-1933
Collected by Leonard C. Hosford. 57 photographs, 2 tintypes,
57 photographs absent. Photographs captioned; no text or index.
10
Articles on steamboat
history
undated
"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.
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
5
volumes
11
Volume 1
1811 to 1870
Chapters 1-4. Text plus captioned illustrations; index of
109 illustrations.
12
Volume 2
1871 to 1883
Chapters 5-6 and supplement. Text plus captioned
illustrations; index of 149 illustrations.
13
Volume 3
1885 to 1895
Chapters 7-8. Contains index of 125 illustrations, 1 loose
photo, text.
14
Volume 4
1896 to 1905
Chapters 9-10. Text plus captioned illustrations; index of
118 illustrations.
15
Volume 5
1906-1940
Chapters 11-14. Text plus 116 captioned illustrations; no
index.
Series D
Hosford Steamboats.
1887-1934
1
volume
1/1
Volume 16
1887-1934
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.
Series E
Pictures and records of
steamboats.
1847-1957
15
volumes
Sub-series 1
Columbia River.
1858-1907
1 volume in 1
folder
1/2
Volume 17
1858-1907
- Steamers brought over Cascade Rapids of
Columbia River, 1858-1907
- Columbia Transportation Co. steamer
Telephone, 1884
- Captain E. W. Spencer steamer
Chas. R. Spencer, 1901
- White Collar Line steamers
Telephone and Bailey
Gatzert, 1884-1890
- 40 illustrations with brief
descriptions.
Sub-series 2
Rivers in California and
Colorado.
1847-1957
2 volumes in 2
folders
1/3
Volume 18
1847-1957
- Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, San
Francisco Bay steamboats.
- Colorado River history and steamboats.
- 72 illustrations with brief descriptions; 2
pages text.
4/5
Volume 34, San Francisco
Bay, Sacramento, and San Joaquin Rivers in California, USA
1853-1926
48 illustrations with descriptions.
Sub-series 3
Pictures and records of
steamboats on the Columbia, Snake, Willamette, and Yamhill Rivers in Oregon,
Washington and Idaho.
1853-1938
9 volumes in 9
folders
2/1
Volume 19, Index of
Steamboat Records
1863-1900
21 illustrations with descriptions.
2/2
Volume 20
1872-1926
29 illustrations with descriptions.
2/3
Volume 21
1866-1918
32 illustrations with descriptions.
2/4
Volume 22
1857-1909
20 illustrations with descriptions.
2/5
Volume 23
1853-1933
46 illustrations with descriptions.
2/6
Volume 24
1877-1912
22 illustrations with descriptions.
3/1
Volume 25
1884-1914
29 illustrations with descriptions.
3/2
Volume 26
1862-1912
26 illustrations with descriptions.
3/3
Volume 27
1884-1938
27 illustrations with descriptions.
Sub-series 4
Puget Sound and Skagit River,
Washington
1857-1914
2 volumes in 2
folders
3/4
Volume 28, Puget Sound
and Skagit River, Washington
1876-1912
31 illustrations with descriptions.
3/5
Volume 29, Puget Sound,
Washington
1857-1914
32 illustrations with descriptions.
Sub-series 5
Canada and
Alaska.
1865-1937
4 volumes in 4
folders
4/1
Volume 30, Columbia and
Kootenay Rivers in British Columbia, Canada
1885-1914
21 illustrations with descriptions.
4/2
Volume 31, Stickeen,
Skeena, and Fraser Rivers in British Columbia, MacKenzie, Slave, Athabaska,
Peace Rivers [in] Northwest Territory and Alberta, Canada
1865-1922
21 illustrations with descriptions.
4/3
Volume 32, Yukon,
Koyukuk, Tanana, Kuskuwin in Alaska, USA and Yukon and Lewis Rivers in Yukon
Territory, Canada
1896-1899
20 illustrations with descriptions.
4/4
Volume 33, Yukon,
Koyukuk, Tanana, Kuskuwin in Alaska, USA and Yukon and Lewis Rivers in Yukon
Territory, Canada
1898-1937
20 illustrations with descriptions.
Series F
Index of Steamboat
Records.
Undated
1
volume
35
Index of Steamboat Records
for Books 1-25
undated