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J. Neilson Barry Papers, 1897-1961
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Barry, J. Neilson (John Neilson), 1870-1961
- Title
- J. Neilson Barry Papers
- Dates
- 1897-1961 (inclusive)18971961
- Quantity
- 38 linear feet, (40 boxes and 41 oversize folders)
- Collection Number
- MSS 001
- Summary
- The J. Neilson Barry Papers are primarily subject files on Pacific Northwest history, including research notes, maps, bibliographies, clippings, and printed matter; together with correspondence, diaries, speeches, mss. of writings, published articles, account books, biographical and genealogical material, and other papers, relating to Barry's historical research, personal affairs, ministerial responsibilities (1895-1913) in Spokane and Palouse, Wash., Charles County, Md., and Baker, Or., and his work as a probation officer (1913-1922) in Spokane, Washington.
- Repository
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Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is available for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Historical NoteReturn to Top
John Neilson Barry was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, on November 26, 1870. He was one of seven children born to Major Robert Peabody Barry, a Union veteran of the Civil War, and Julia Kean Neilson Barry. The family left Wilmington when he was 3 years old, and Barry spent most of his childhood in Norfolk and Warrenton, Virginia. His early education included twelve years in private schools and academies in Virginia. Barry then worked for two years as a clerk in the cotton business in Norfolk before attending the Virginia Theological Seminary and the General Theological Seminary in New York City. He was ordained an Episcopal priest in New York in 1895.
Although he became a clergyman, his days in the cotton business were to prove important to him. He credited them with giving him the "training and experience (that) qualified me for a Registrar in the Church." For fifteen years, in addition to his regular duties as an Episcopal priest, Barry worked as a registrar for the missionary districts of Spokane, Washington, and Eastern Oregon, compiling both current and historical church records. His historical interests expanded to include the Pacific Northwest as a whole, and upon his retirement from the church Barry began devoting his full attention to the pursuit of accurate historical detail.
J. Neilson Barry did not believe in taking the easy route through life. Upon being ordained an Episcopal priest he asked "where was the weakest part of our Church, and got permission...to go there." "There" was Holy Trinity in Palouse, Washington, and for many years Barry divided his time between regular parochial work on the East coast and missions in the West. He built one church, two rectories, and three parish houses during the course of his ministerial career. In addition to serving in Palouse from 1895 to 1899, Barry served at St. Agnes Chapel of Trinity Parish in New York City (1899), Trinity Church in Spokane, Washington (1899-1904), Trinity Parish in Charles County, Maryland (1905-1906), St. Columba in Washington, D.C. (1906-1907), St. Stephen's Parish in Baker, Oregon (1907-1912), and St. Thomas Church in Washington, D.C. (1912-1913).
Barry's desire to serve where he felt he was most needed led him to retire from parochial work in 1913 in order to do volunteer work among prisoners in the city jail at Spokane, Washington, and to serve as a special probation officer for that city. One Spokane newspaper called him "a friend to every down-and-outer who has had the misfortune to land in the city jail." During World War I he took time out to serve in France with the YMCA. He officially retired from the Episcopal Church in 1922.
After leaving the ministry Barry settled in Portland, Oregon, where he built a home on Greenleaf Drive he named "Barrycrest." Historical research became the primary focus of his retirement years in Portland. "What...caused my interest in early history is the variation, and often contradiction between the valid, authentic primary sources and the secondary literature," he wrote in 1960. His goal was to "ferret out valid, authentic, verifiable primary sources" and bring them to light. By 1933, he claimed to have studied 106 journals and memoirs of the early travelers in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to documentary research, he was able to talk or correspond with many of the pioneers of the region. "When I came to this country from New York for the first time...I dined with Mr. Henry Spalding, son of the pioneer, and boarded with one of the survivors of the Whitman massacre," he wrote to the president of Whitman College. Barry was a life-long student, and in addition to taking advanced courses at Columbia University and the University of Oregon, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History at age sixty from Albany College in Oregon. He taught American History for one year at Hill Military Academy in Portland and was the author of about three hundred historical articles for newspapers and journals. He co-authored one book of historical tales for children, entitled Redskin and Pioneer (1932), and wrote an unpublished book on the trails of Idaho. He was a longtime member of the Spokane Historical Society, Oregon and Washington historical societies, Sons of the American Revolution, and, in the 1920s, was the secretary and guiding force behind the Trail Seekers, Inc., an organization that encouraged historical research and writing by young people.
J. Neilson Barry married Mildred Eldridge Pegram in New York City in 1899. They had one adopted son, Eldridge Dighton Barry. Mrs. Barry died in 1955, and after her death J. Neilson Barry moved to the Park Heathman Hotel in Portland. He died in Portland on February 26, 1961, at the age of ninety.
An article on J. Neilson Barry and three other historians of the Columbia River, entitled "Creating the Columbia: Historians and the Great River of the West, 1890-1935," was published in the Oregon Historical Quarterly, Fall 1992. His work on Champoeg was cited extensively in J.A. Hussey's Champoeg: Place of Transition (Oregon Historical Society, 1967).
Sources:
Biographical sketch in The Centennial History of Oregon (Chicago: S.J. Clarke, 1912)
Obituary, Sunday Oregonian (Portland) February 26, 1961
Autobiographical notes in the collection (Box 1, Folder 1)
Letter to Eloise Ebert, 13 January 1960 (Folder 1016)
Letter to Charles Laurenson, 15 October 1933 (Folder 572)
Letter to Stephen B.L. Penrose, 8 November 1933 (Folder 1233)
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The research files (Series 3) are the heart of the collection and comprise its largest component. Although Barry studied many aspects of Pacific Northwest history, he focused most of his research on issues surrounding the early exploration and settlement of the region. He was particularly interested in the discovery and exploration of the Columbia River, competing claims of sovereignty, the trails of Lewis and Clark and other explorers, John Jacob Astor's Astoria, the names of settlers who preceded the great migration on the Oregon Trail, and the establishment of civil government in Oregon. He scoured early explorers' journals and memoirs for names of fur traders, missionaries, visitors, and emigrants to the region. He attempted to correlate the place names and geographical features on early maps with modern nomenclature. J. Neilson Barry was interested in detail: the precise location of missions, forts, and posts; the exact routes of explorers' travels. That John Reed's 1813 fur-trading camp was near the confluence of the Boise and Snake Rivers was not enough for him; nor was the statement that Lewis and Clark traversed Idaho via the Lolo Trail. He sought out precise locations and precise routes, as close to their actual footprints and footsteps as he could determine.
In pursuit of these facts, Barry corresponded widely. The collection contains more than 5,000 letters with several hundred correspondents. He might correspond with a high ranking State Department officer on an issue of treaty interpretation, or with a local postmaster, surveyor, or old-timer on the location of a spring or a meadow mentioned in a fur-trader's journal. He collaborated with other historians, took detailed notes on primary and secondary sources, drew maps by hand, and compiled bibliographies of primary-source references to topics as diverse as the first sheep in the Oregon country to the kinds of weapons the Indians used. He organized his letters and notes by subject, binding them into booklets which served as file folders. Each booklet was labeled as to its content. The first processor of the collection, Annie Laurie Bird, pulled many of the folders together into subject groupings (Research Files 1 through 90); the rest were left in an alphabetical sequence as the Miscellaneous Subject File. Researchers on any topic, broad or narrow, will soon learn that letters and notes on the matters of their interest might be located in more than one part of the collection. Among the more prolific correspondents in the collection are Merrill D. Beal, Annie Laurie Bird, Frank Bond (U.S. Geographic Board), Charles H. Carey, R.C. Clark, Byron Defenbach, David C. Duniway, T.C. Elliott, W.J. Ghent, Grace Raymond Hebard, R.J. Hendricks, Merrill Jensen, C.S. Kingston, Elers Koch, Lewis A. McArthur, James McCormick, Edmond S. Meany, Robert W. Sawyer, Leslie M. Scott, and Frederic G. Young. Their letters are found in a number of files throughout the collection; they may be located (as can Barry's correspondence with several hundred other correspondents) by referring to the Index of Correspondents, arranged both by date and by name, both of which are available online:
J. Neilson Barry Index of Correspondents by Name
J. Neilson Barry Index of Correspondents by Date
In the course of his research, Barry, out of necessity, became a rather adept cartographer and collector of maps. He ordered photostats of explorers' maps from libraries and archives in North America and abroad, long before they were widely available in historical atlases. He made multiple copies of many of them, some of which he kept for future reference; others he distributed to research libraries throughout the United States. He also collected published maps, particularly maps from the U.S. Forest Service. He annotated many of these, tracing the routes of explorers and traders as best he could. Because of their size, these annotated maps and Photostats are filed away separately from the rest of the collection as Series 4, Maps. Published maps that were not annotated were separated from the collection and transferred to the Library's map department. Smaller maps hand-drawn by Barry were left in the appropriate research files.
Barry published the results of his research in historical journals and in newspapers. He stated in several letters that he had published over 300 articles. Many of his more important articles appeared on the pages of the Oregon Historical Quarterly and the Washington Historical Quarterly and other similar journals. The larger portion of his writings found their way to print, however, on the feature pages of newspapers such as the Sunday Oregonian. He also wrote two books, Redskin and Pioneer, a collection of historical tales for children, and an unpublished work on the trails of Idaho. Drafts and reprints of his major works are collected in Series 2, Writings. The correspondence and notes in Barry's research files (Series 3) will be much more meaningful to researchers who have reviewed his writings first.
Barry's personal papers (Series 1) contain material relating to his family, personal affairs, church work, World War I service, activities as a probation officer, and historical research and teaching. They include reminiscences from his childhood (Box 1); papers concerning the construction of his home, Barrycrest (Box 2); official case reports and record books as a Spokane probation officer (Boxes 2 and 41); memorabilia from his YMCA service in France during World War I (Box 2); his clergyman's register (1895-1921) (Box 39); gradebooks (1929-1930) from his teaching at Hill Military Academy (Box 3); personal account books for himself and his wife (Boxes 40 and 41); records of Trail Seekers, Inc. (Box 3); and histories and genealogies of the Barry, Pegram and related families (Box 1).
Related to the Barry manuscript collection is this Checklist of Maps of Western Exploration, a listing of 18th and 19th century maps relating to the exploration and early settlement of the American West, focusing on the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain region. The maps were made by the explorers themselves or by contemporaries working from explorers' notes. Most of the maps on this list were collected in the 1930s and 1940s by J. Neilson Barry. He assembled his collection from libraries and collectors across the country, at a time when published reproductions were not readily available in secondary sources. (Some maps are original, while others are facsimiles or photostats.) The checklist is available online; the physical maps described are available in Special Collections (housed in Map 28).
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[item description], J. Neilson Barry Papers, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is divided into four series: 1. Personal papers, 2. Writings, 3. Research files, and 4. Maps.
Acquisition Information
Gift of J. Neilson Barry, 1957 and after.
Processing Note
J. Neilson Barry donated his large collection of books, maps, periodicals, and manuscripts to Boise Junior College in 1957. Eugene B. Chaffee, president of the college from 1936 to 1967, became acquainted with J. Neilson Barry in the 1930s. A historian by training, Dr. Chaffee shared Barry's interest and enthusiasm for the history of the Pacific Northwest. They corresponded for a number of years. Dr. Chaffee offered to purchase the Barry collection, allowing Mr. Barry to retain custody until his death. J. Neilson Barry -- old, alone, and in poor health -- made a gift of the collection to Boise Junior College in April of 1957. He had movers come into his hotel room and pack his files and personal library. For many years he had intended to give the collection to the Oregon Historical Society but differences with the Society's board of directors led him to place the collection in Boise.
Annie Laurie Bird, a retired history teacher from Nampa, Idaho (who, like Chaffee, had corresponded with Barry on topics of mutual interest), worked under contract in 1958 to arrange the collection and prepare an inventory. The books, many of which Barry had annotated, were removed and cataloged separately for library use. Historical quarterlies were incorporated into the library's periodical collection. Published maps were placed in the map collection. Only the research files and personal papers were left intact. Unfortunately, dislocations caused by the moving of the collection to Boise and the initial processing destroyed much of the original order of the collection. For quite a number of years the collection was housed in unlocked file cabinets in the Library's reference department. There was no provision for adequate supervision of the collection or any security. There are indications that some files or parts of files inventoried by Miss Bird are missing. The collection was finally transferred to the newly-created Special Collections Department in 1974. In 1977 the collection was reprocessed. It appears that at that time, or possibly before, Barry's letters (more than 5,000 of them, both incoming and outgoing) were removed from their respective research files and arranged in one long chronological order.
The removal of the letters from their research files -- often accomplished by cutting them apart from other papers to which they had been attached -- not only further disrupted the collection's original order, but proved, over the years, to be a hindrance to topically-based research. Barry often researched more than one topic at the same time, and might write and receive a flurry of letters on a given topic for a period of weeks, then let the subject lie for months, or even years, before picking it up again. Letters that he had grouped together in topically-based research files were thus scattered when all his letters were mixed together and arranged in one chronological sequence. Few scholars had the time to wade through his hundreds of letters, one by one, searching for letters relevant to their research. So in 1998, it was decided to restore as closely as possible Barry's original arrangement by reorganizing the letters according to his original subject scheme. Fortunately, at the tops of many letters, Barry had penciled in the name of the research file to which they belonged. Dylan McDonald, a student intern, worked on this project during the school year 1998-1999; further refinement was done by archivist Alan Virta in 2005. The Special Collections Department also prepared a name index and a chronological list of Barry's correspondence, so researchers may approach his letters by correspondent, or chronologically, if so desired. The name index and calendar of correspondence are kept in the Special Collections Department. J. Neilson Barry's letters are a rich source of historical detail. Restored to their topical arrangement, they, along with accompanying notes, bibliographies, clippings, and the like, are a valuable source for the study of Pacific Northwest history.
The Index of Correspondents, arranged both by date and by name, are both available online:
J. Neilson Barry Index of Correspondents by Name
J. Neilson Barry Index of Correspondents by Date
Related Materials
During the early 1950s the Oregon State Archives borrowed several of Mr. Barry's research files from him and microfilmed them. The microfilm is now located at the Oregon State Library in Salem. There are also several smaller collections of J. Neilson Barry papers at other institutions, including the:
Eastern Washington State Historical Society
Washington State Historical Society
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Yale University Beinecke Library
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Correspondence from Barry to Smith and Wesson is also available at the Smith & Wesson Historical Foundation.
Descriptions of most of these collections are also published in the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
1: Personal papersReturn to Top
The papers in this group contain Biographical and genealogical papers, Family correspondence, Miscellaneous files, and Diaries, account books, and other volumes.
The Biographical material includes news clippings, an obituary, entries from biographical works, and various lists, summaries, reminiscences he recorded, and photographs. Also included are genealogical charts and histories for Barry's family and his wife's family, the Pegrams. Folder 7 contains typewritten stories of his father's experiences at the battles of Murfreesboro and Shiloh during the Civil War.
Correspondence includes letters with family and Ida Pollard Evans, a correspondent from his childhood home of Warrenton, Virginia. Included are letters from Barry's son, E. Dighton Barry, describing precautions and effects of the influenza pandemic in Spokane, Washington. There are also a number of letters regarding the health and financial situation of Barbara Pegram, his wife's niece, who was in a sanitarium in Spain in 1939.
Miscellaneous files contains items found inside of J. Neilson Barry's account books and diaries, collected poetry and humor, papers regarding the construction and furnishing of Barry's home, Barrycrest, in Portland, Oregon, his work as a probation officer in Spokane, Washington, and his service as a YMCA overseas secretary in 1918, and correspondence (chiefly after 1950) about Episcopal Church matters. There are Barry's students' grades at Hill Military Academy in Portland, where he taught History and other subjects (1929-1930), and at Oregon Institute of Technology (1932). There is material from the Trail Seekers, an organization formed in Oregon to promote an appreciation of history by young people.
There are notes and handouts from a teaching of history class taught by J.M. Gambrill at Columbia University in 1927; Barry's notes and student records from his studies at Albany College in Albany, Oregon, and notes for talks Barry gave to school groups in the 1920s about topics in Oregon history.
Barry's diaries are date books with brief notations of appointments and other notes. Also included are personal accounts of Barry and his wife; Barry's daily registers as Spokane probation officer; his clergyman's register of baptisms, marriages, and burials, he performed during his pastoral career; and his personal Bible. Loose papers that were inserted in these volumes were removed and placed in folders in Box 1.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Resumes; obituary; clippings |
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| 1 | 2 | Childhood reminiscences (Letter) |
1939 |
| 1 | 3 | Reminiscences, etc. |
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| 1 | 4 | Directory entries |
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| 1 | 5 | Photographs |
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| 1 | 6 | Miscellaneous |
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| 1 | 7 | Family history: Barry |
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| 1 | 8 | Genealogy: Pegram |
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| 1 | 9 | Letters from his son, E. Dighton Barry |
1918 |
| 1 | 10 | Letters from grandsons, |
1957-1960 |
| 1 | 11 | Letter to Herbert Barry (brother) |
1926 |
| 1 | 12 | Correspondence of Mildred Pegram Barry (wife) |
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| 1 | 13 | Letters from Ida Pollard Evans |
1949-1952 |
| 1 | 14 | Correspondence with Julia Barry Horner (sister) |
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| 1 | 15 | Correspondence regarding Barbara Pegram (niece) |
1939 |
| 1 | 16 | Letter from Marjory Pegram (sister-in-law) |
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| 1 | 17 | Correspondence regarding Marjory Pegram |
1960 |
| 1 | 18 | Correspondence with other family members |
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| 1 | 19 | loose items from account books |
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| 1 | 20 | loose items from address books |
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| 1 | 21 | loose items from Clergyman's register |
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| 1 | 22 | loose items from Commonplace book |
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| 1 | 23 | loose items from diaries |
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| 1 | 24 | loose items from Mildred P. Barry account books |
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| 1 | 25 | Collected poetry and humor |
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| 2 | 1-4 | Barrycrest |
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| 2 | 5 | Spokane probation officer: statistical reports of activities |
1915-1922 |
| 2 | 6 | Spokane probation officer: Case reports |
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| 2 | 7 | Spokane probation officer |
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| 2 | 8 | YMCA relief work: YMCA publications and correspondence |
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| 2 | 10 | YMCA relief work: Ardèche, France |
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| 2 | 11 | YMCA relief work |
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| 2 | 12-14 | Episcopal Church: Correspondence |
1897-1960 |
| 2 | 15 | Episcopal Church: Programs, etc. |
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| 3 | 1-2 | Hill Military Academy: Gradebook |
1929-1930 |
| 3 | 3 | Oregon Institute of Technology: Grade and assignment book |
1932 |
| 3 | 4-10 | Trail Seekers, Inc.: General |
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| 4 | 1 | Lecture notes from Columbia University |
1927 |
| 4 | 2 | Lecture notes and transcripts from Albany College |
1930-1931 |
| 4 | 3-4 | Historical talks |
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| 39 | Diaries |
1885, 1902-1955 | |
| 38 | Holy Bible |
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| 38 | Book of Common Prayer |
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| 38 | Book of Common Prayer (miniature) |
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| 38 | Hymnal |
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| 38 | Hymnal (miniature) |
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| 38 | Clergyman's register |
1895-1921 | |
| 38 | Commonplace book |
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| 38 | Address books |
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| 38 | Complete Course in Arithmetic |
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| 38 | Personal account books |
1916-1953 | |
| 38 | Account, First National Bank |
1948 | |
| 38 | Investment record (Redbook) |
1916 | |
| 38 | Checkbooks |
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| 38 | Probation officer diaries and record books |
1915-1922 | |
| 38 | Mildred P. Barry account books |
1920-1949 | |
| 38 | Wedding invitation printing plate |
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| 40 | 1 | J. Neilson Barry Depositories of Manuscripts |
2004 |
| 40 | 2 | Name Calling - Discovery and Exploration of the Olympic Peninsula by Robert Hitchman |
1959 |
| 40 | 3 | The Hudson's Bay Archives in London - The Pacific Northwesterner |
1957 |
| 40 | 4 | Diary of Judge William A. Carter - Annals of Wyoming |
1939 |
| 40 | 5 | Sons & Daughters of Oregon Pioneers and Aurora Colony Centennial Committee Founder's Day |
1959 |
| 40 | 6 | Sergeant Floyd's Journal - The Palimpsest |
1954 |
| 40 | 7 | Kootenai Valley, Porthill, Idaho Post Card Photograph (Montgomery Ranch) |
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| 40 | 8 | Rare Maps List |
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| 40 | 9 | Bellingham, Washington Map |
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| 40 | 10 | Idaho Basins Map |
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| 40 | 11 | Nevada-Idaho Border Map |
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| 40 | 12 | Louisiana Purchase Map |
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| 40 | 13 | Routes to Oregon Maps (Oregon Trail, British Water Route) |
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| 40 | 14 | Lewis and Clark Indian Map Description |
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| 40 | 15 | Miscellaneous Subject Files: U.S. Geological Survey Index Maps of Idaho |
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| 40 | 16 | Miscellaneous Subject Files: U.S. Geological Survey Index Maps of Montana |
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| 40 | 17 | Miscellaneous Subject Files: U.S. Geological Survey Index Maps of Oregon |
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| 40 | 18 | Miscellaneous Subject Files: U.S. Geological Survey Index Maps of Washington |
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| 40 | 19 | Miscellaneous Subject Files: U.S. Geological Survey Index Maps of Wyoming |
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| 40 | 20 | Miscellaneous Notes |
2: WritingsReturn to Top
This series contains more than 100 articles on aspects of Pacific Northwest history written by J. Neilson Barry, as well as the typescript of an unpublished book, The Trail Makers of Idaho (Box 8). The articles, many of which were published in the Oregon Historical Quarterly (OHQ) and Washington Historical Quarterly (WHQ), are present in various formats including typescripts, offprints, and photocopies of published versions. Very often an article is represented by more than one format. For this list, a bibliographical entry is given if the article is represented in a published form (offprint or photocopy); those represented only by typescripts are so identified. The notation "T also" in parentheses after a bibliographical entry indicates that a typescript is present along with the published form. Some articles are accompanied by correspondence with the editors and publishers. A few of the shorter articles might not have been written for publication, but as distillations of Barry's findings, prepared for himself or fellow researchers. Book reviews that Barry wrote are at the end of the series (Box 8).
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | Agriculture in the Oregon Country in 1795-1844, OHQ
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1929 |
| 5 | 2 | An Almanac of 1776, OHQ 15 |
1914 |
| 5 | 3 | Another Hoax Stone, Fort Henry, Idaho, WHQ 25 |
1934 |
| 5 | 4 | Archibald Pelton, the First Follower of Lewis and Clark, WHQ 19 |
1928 |
| 5 | 5 | Astorians who Became Permanent Settlers, WHQ 24 |
1933 |
| 5 | 6 | Autobiography of William Henry Rector, OHQ 30 |
1929 |
| 5 | 8 | The Bridge of the Gods on the Columbia River |
1931 |
| 5 | 9 | Boundaries |
undated |
| 5 | 10 | Broughton on the Columbia River in 1792, OHQ 27 |
1926 |
| 5 | 11 | Broughton, Up the Columbia River, 1792, OHQ 32 |
1931 |
| 5 | 12 | Broughton's Reconnaissance of the San Juan Islands in 1792, WHQ 21 |
1930 |
| 5 | 13 | The Cascades of the Columbia River |
undated |
| 5 | 14 | The Cath-Lah-Poo-Tle Weapons, Americana (?) |
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| 5 | 15 | Centennial Anniversaries in 1929 |
undated |
| 5 | 16 | The Champoeg Meeting of March 4, 1844, OHQ 38 |
1937 |
| 5 | 17 | Champoeg Park, OHQ 40 |
1939 |
| 5 | 18 | A Charles County Parish and Its Rectory Estate, Baltimore Sun, October 6 |
1907 |
| 5 | 19 | Columbia River Exploration, 1792, OHQ 33 |
1932 |
| 5 | 20 | The Clark Superimposed Map |
undated |
| 5 | 21 | The Dalles of the Columbia |
undated |
| 5 | 22 | The Discovery of the Columbia River |
undated |
| 5 | 23 | The Discovery of the Oregon Trail, Pacific Northwest Quarterly 28 |
1937 |
| 5 | 24 | The Dream That Came True. [Astoria] |
1925 |
| 5 | 25 | The Drowned Forest of the Columbia Gorge, WHQ 26 |
1935 |
| 5 | 26 | Early Oregon Country Forts: A Chronological List," OHQ 46 |
1945 |
| 5 | 27 | The Early Travelers |
1934 |
| 5 | 28 | Early Travelers in the Columbia River Gorge |
undated |
| 5 | 29 | Evaluation of Early Maps |
undated |
| 5 | 30 | An Excerpt of the Journal of E. Willard Smith, 1839-1840, Annals of Wyoming 10 |
1938 |
| 5 | 31 | An Extraordinary Canoe Race from Astoria in 1811, WHQ 21 |
1930 |
| 5 | 32 | The First-Born on the Oregon Trail, OHQ 12 [Dorion] |
1911 |
| 5 | 33 | The First Explorers of the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Geographical Review July |
1932 |
| 5 | 34 | First House in Portland. Historical marker unveiling program and brochure. [William Johnson house] |
1925-1926 |
| 5 | 35 | First Local Government, 1841: Index to Primary Sources, OHQ 41 |
1940 |
| 6 | 1 | First Map of Oregon Country, Union-Bulletin, Walla Walla, Washington |
1950 |
| 6 | 2 | The Fleet of the Dead. [Sheridan at Yaquina Bay] |
1927 |
| 6 | 3 | Footnote regarding Gray's first attempt to Enter the Columbia River |
undated |
| 6 | 4 | Fort Reed and Fort Boise, 1814-35, OHQ 34 |
1933 |
| 6 | 5 | Fort William, 1835, Portland, Or.: Hill Military Academy |
1927 |
| 6 | 6 | The French-Canadian Pioneers of the Willamette Valley. Printed in Catholic Sentinel, Portland, Or. (April 7 - June 16) |
1932 |
| 6 | 7 | Historian Will Vindicate French Canadian Pioneers of the Willamette Valley, Catholic Sentinel, Portland, Or. (April 7) |
1932 |
| 6 | 8 | General B.L.E. Bonneville, WHQ 18 |
1927 |
| 6 | 9 | Gradual Knowledge of Wyoming Geography. Printed in Annals of Wyoming (September) |
1952 |
| 6 | 10 | Grant at Vancouver, Washington, 1852-1853 |
undated |
| 6 | 11 | Have you been there? Seaside, Or.: The White Plume and the Menagerie Lion |
1931 |
| 6 | 12 | Hawaii and Oregon |
undated |
| 6 | 13 | The Historical Mosaic of Washington, Pacific Northwest Quarterly 30 |
1939 |
| 6 | 14 | History of Oregon |
1929 |
| 6 | 15 | How Oregon Was Acquired: An Expose of the Champoeg Myth, Capital Journal, Salem, Or. (April 23-26) |
1936 |
| 6 | 16 | How the Goats Came from Missouri |
1930 |
| 6 | 17 | The Identification of Belle Vue Point |
1930 |
| 6 | 18 | Indian Words in Our Language, OHQ 16 |
1915 |
| 6 | 19 | The Indians in Washington: Their Distribution by Languages, OHQ 28 |
1927 |
| 6 | 20 | The Indians of Oregon: Geographic Distribution of Linguistic Families, OHQ 28 |
1927 |
| 6 | 21 | An Interesting Hawaiian in Old Oregon. Printed in Hawaiian Historical Quarterly [John Coxe] |
1929 |
| 6 | 22-24 | Irving's Astoria Annotated |
1930 |
| 6 | 25 | John Day of the Astorian Enterprise |
undated |
| 6 | 26 | Johnnie King and the Indians (White River Massacre, 1855). |
1932 |
| 6 | 27 | Journal of E. Willard Smith..., OHQ 14 |
1913 |
| 6 | 28 | Judas |
undated |
| 6 | 29 | Ko-come-ne Pe-ca, the Letter Carrier, WHQ 20 [Kootenai Indian] |
1929 |
| 6 | 30 | Letter Identifying the Fountain' on the Powder River, OHQ 12 |
1911 |
| 6 | 31 | Lieutenant Jeremy Pinch, OHQ 38 |
1937 |
| 6 | 32 | Madame Dorion of the Astorians, OHQ 30 |
1929 |
| 6 | 33 | Miscellaneous articles about maps |
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| 6 | 34 | Mount Ora. [Contents missing at refoldering] |
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| 7 | 1 | The Murals in the State Capital, OHQ 40 |
1939 |
| 7 | 2 | The Mystery Chart of Heceta. Printed in Oregonian (September 20) |
1931 |
| 7 | 3 | The Name Coeur d'Alene. Printed in Spokesman Review, Spokane, Wash. (June 22) |
1926 |
| 7 | 4 | The Name Oregon |
undated |
| 7 | 5 | The Naming of Mount Hood. Dedication program |
1929 |
| 7 | 6 | Neer-Chee-Ki-Oo, the Home of the Mysterious Blind Indian |
undated |
| 7 | 7 | Newell's Account of the Champoeg Meeting, Oregon Voter (August 10) |
1929 |
| 7 | 8 | Notes from the Trail Seekers Council, OHQ
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undated |
| 7 | 9 | On the Plains in 1852, OHQ 29 [Oregon Trail emigrants] |
1928 |
| 7 | 10 | One Hundred Years Ago in 1829, OHQ 30 |
1929 |
| 7 | 11 | Oregon Boundaries, OHQ 33 |
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| 7 | 12 | Oregon Country Areas |
1936 |
| 7 | 13 | The Oregon Trail |
1930 |
| 7 | 14 | Origin of Indians in the Oregon Country |
undated |
| 7 | 15 | Our Maverick Annexation |
undated |
| 7 | 16 | Peter Corney's Voyages, 1814-17, OHQ 33 |
1932 |
| 7 | 17 | The Peace which was Never Broken |
undated |
| 7 | 18 | Pickering's Journey to Fort Colville in 1841, WHQ 20 |
1929 |
| 7 | 19 | Point Vancouver on the Columbia River |
undated |
| 7 | 20 | Proposed book on the Astoria Expedition |
1929 |
| 7 | 21 | Primary Sources to Early Government, WHQ 25 |
1934 |
| 7 | 22 | The Problem of the Stone Lasts, WHQ 25 |
1934 |
| 7 | 23 | The Queer Map of the Portland Locality |
undated |
| 7 | 24 | Reviews of Redskin and Pioneer |
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| 7 | 25 | San Juan Island in the Civil War, WHQ 20 |
1929 |
| 7 | 26 | The Seven Indian Nations in Washington |
undated |
| 7 | 27 | Sites of Early Forts, Boise River Region |
undated |
| 7 | 28 | Site of the Historic Granary of the Methodist Mission, OHQ 43 |
1942 |
| 7 | 29 | Site of Wallace House, 1812-1814, One Mile From Salem, OHQ 42 |
1941 |
| 7 | 30 | The South Pass and Astorian Routes |
1936 |
| 7 | 31 | Spaniards in Early Oregon, WHQ 23 |
1932 |
| 7 | 32 | Spanish and French Relics in America, OHQ 16 |
1915 |
| 7 | 33 | Tomahawk Island has Returned |
1927 |
| 7 | 34 | The Trail of the Astorians, OHQ 13 |
1912 |
| 7 | 35 | The Trail Breakers Pageant. Brochure. |
1912 |
| 8 | 1 | Two Strawberry Islands, WHQ 25 |
1934 |
| 8 | 2 | Use of Soil Products by Indians, OHQ 30 |
1929 |
| 8 | 3 | A Valuable Manuscript Which May Be Found, WHQ 19 [Lavalle journal] |
1928 |
| 8 | 4 | A Visitor to Oregon in 1842. [Rufus Sage] |
undated |
| 8 | 5 | A Visit to the Bridge of the Gods |
1931 |
| 8 | 6 | The Volcanic Cones |
undated |
| 8 | 7 | Warm Springs Johnie |
undated |
| 8 | 8 | Washington Irving and Astoria, WHQ 18 |
1927 |
| 8 | 9 | What Became of Benjamin Clapp, WHQ 21 |
1930 |
| 8 | 10 | When the Northwest was Wilderness |
undated |
| 8 | 11 | Where Broughton Raised the Flag |
undated |
| 8 | 12 | Who Discovered the Columbia River, OHQ 39 |
1938 |
| 8 | 13 | The Willamette Stone |
1926 |
| 8 | 14 | Wyoming the Completed Puzzle" printed in Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia (July) |
1932 |
| 8 | 15 |
The Trail Makers of Idaho: Front matter |
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| 8 | 16 |
The Trail Makers of Idaho: Period I, Lewis and Clark, 1805-1806 |
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| 8 | 17 |
The Trail Makers of Idaho: Period II, The Beginnings of the Fur Trade |
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| 8 | 18 |
The Trail Makers of Idaho: Period III, The Astorians, 1811-1814 |
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| 8 | 19 |
The Trail Makers of Idaho: Period IV, The British Fur Companies |
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| 8 | 20 |
The Trail Makers of Idaho: Period V, American Fur Traders |
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| 8 | 21 |
The Trail Makers of Idaho: Conclusion and maps |
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| 8 | 22-27 |
The Trail Makers of Idaho draft |
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| 8 | 28 | Book reviews by John Neilson Barry |
1929-1944 |
| 8 | 29 | Book review: Carey, General History of Oregon (with correspondence) |
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| 8 | 30 | Book review: Defenbach, Red Heroines of the Northwest (with correspondence) |
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| 8 | 31 | Book review: Montgomery, The White-Headed Eagle: John McLoughlin (with correspondence) |
3: Research filesReturn to Top
J. Neilson Barry filed most of his correspondence and research notes together by topic. During the initial processing of the collection in 1958, Annie Laurie Bird arranged his topical files into 90 broad subject groupings (each of which she called a Research File) and one Miscellaneous Subject File. The correspondence and notes in these files will be much more meaningful to researchers who have reviewed Barry's writings (Series 2) first. Please note that some of Barry's letters are not in topical research files; that correspondence is listed below under "Separated Correspondence."
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Separated correspondence
The letters in this box are those that were not interfiled into J. Neilson Barry's topical research files. In some cases the letters were of a general or miscellaneous nature that either defied classification or could not be identified; or they were wide-ranging letters exchanged with a particular person or institution on a variety of topics. Many of the research topics in the research files are represented here; for example, Barry and Eugene B. Chaffee discussed several areas of Idaho history, and the correspondence with the Oregon Historical Society discusses many themes in Oregon history. Not all of it is research correspondence, per se; some of it (particularly in Folders 1 through 4) is of a miscellaneous nature, such as letters to the editor, inquiries to merchants, and the like. All the correspondents are, however, included in the collection's index of correspondents. The one letter from H.L. Mencken (Folder 13) is a friendly letter, evidently in response to one from Barry, inviting him to submit an article to the American Mercury. A letter to Boise State University from E.W. Giesecke, written in 2004 describing Barry's home, Barrycrest, has been added to the file of correspondence between Barry and Giesecke (Box 9, Folder 10). The letter includes some reminiscences by Giesecke about Barry and two photos of the house.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 | General and miscellaneous, Chronological |
1924-1930 |
| 9 | 2 | General and miscellaneous, Chronological |
1931-1939 |
| 9 | 3 | General and miscellaneous, Chronological |
1940-1951 |
| 9 | 4 | General and miscellaneous, Chronological |
1952-1960 |
| 9 | 5 | [This number not used] |
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| 9 | 6 | Chaffee, Eugene B. |
1934-1959 |
| 9 | 7 | Chapman, C.C. / Oregon Voter |
1928-1933 |
| 9 | 8 | Curry County Indian Heir Association / Sam Van Pelt |
1930-1931 |
| 9 | 9 | Daughters of the American Revolution |
1941-1954 |
| 9 | 10 | Giesecke, E.W. |
1956 |
| 9 | 11 | Kibbe, L.A. |
1952-1957 |
| 9 | 12 | Lewis and Clark College |
1950 |
| 9 | 13 | Mencken, H.L. (one letter from Mencken) |
1932 |
| 9 | 14 | Oregon Blue Book (about) |
1935-1938 |
| 9 | 15 | Oregon Historical Society |
1929-1959 |
| 9 | 16 | Oregon Historical Quarterly: Editorial policy |
1929-1933 |
| 9 | 17 | Oregon Textbook Commission
Correspondents include Rex Putnam.
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1936 |
| 9 | 18 | Richardson, Ruth Ellsworth |
1938-1941 |
| 9 | 19 | Rollins, Philip Ashton, and Beulah Rollins |
1929 |
| 9 | 20 | Utility Security Holders Protective Association |
1933 |
| 9 | 21 | Wheat, Carl I. |
1955-1959 |
| 9 | 22 | Whitehill, Walter Muir |
1960 |
| 9 | 23 | Correspondence regarding Maps |
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| 9 | 24 | Correspondence regarding Gifts of maps |
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File 1 - Astoria: Correspondence and Writings
The early history of Astoria, John Jacob Astor's short-lived fur trading outpost near the mouth of the Columbia River, was one of J. Neilson Barry's primary research interests. He was particularly interested in determining the routes of travel of the overland Astorians (especially Wilson Price Hunt and Robert Stuart) and in ascertaining the names of all persons who worked at or visited Astoria, the names of those who stayed on in Oregon, and the names of ships that called there. He began preparing an annotated edition of Washington Irving's Astoria, but did not obtain the commitment of a publisher and never completed the project. He did, however, publish an article, "Astorians Who Became Permanent Settlers" in the Washington Historical Quarterly in 1933. Much of Barry's correspondence and research material on Astoria and Astorians is gathered in Files 1 through 8 (Folders 1 to 126). There is additional material in the Miscellaneous Subject File under names of individuals; and bodies of other related materials in File 33 (Ross Cox), File 35 (Marie Dorion), File 72 (South Pass / Robert Stuart), and elsewhere in the collection. Portions of Barry's Astoria files were microfilmed by the Oregon State Library in the early 1950s.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 1 | List of Barry's booklets on various Astorian topics |
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| 10 | 2 | Astoria Bibliography |
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| 10 | 3 | Research correspondence: Miscellaneous |
1924-1960 |
| 10 | 4 | Research correspondence: Original Astoria journal |
1927-1954 |
| 10 | 5 | Summary by John Neilson Barry |
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| 10 | 6 | Writings: The Dream That Came True |
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| 10 | 7 | Writings: Irving's Astoria, Annotations by Barry: Chapters 1-4 |
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| 10 | 8 | Writings: Irving's Astoria, Annotations by Barry: Indian chapter |
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| 10 | 9 | Writings: Irving's Astoria, Annotations by Barry: Indians: References |
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| 10 | 10 | Writings: Irving's Astoria: Correspondence |
1911-1935 |
| 10 | 11 | Writings: Irving's Astoria: Notes on criticism |
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| 10 | 12 | Writings: Review of John Jacob Astor, Landlord of New York (Smith) |
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| 10 | 13 | Miscellaneous notes |
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File 2 - Astoria: Compilations
Included in this File are Barry's notebooks recording events at Astoria chronologically (Folders 14 to 20), an index of places associated with Astoria and Astorians (Folder 21), and other compilations.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 14 | Arrivals and Departures |
1811-1814 |
| 10 | 15 | Chronology |
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| 10 | 16 | Astoria |
1811 |
| 10 | 17 | Astoria |
1812 |
| 10 | 18 | Astoria |
1813 |
| 10 | 19 | Astoria |
1814 |
| 10 | 20 | Astoria, from April 4, 1814 |
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| 10 | 21 | Place Names, indexed |
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| 10 | 22 | Names of persons |
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| 10 | 23 | Names from British Admiralty |
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| 10 | 24 | Number of Persons, Shares of Partners |
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File 3 - Astoria: Topical Notes
Mainly notes and compiled bibliographical references on the persons and topics listed.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 25 | Astor, John Jacob |
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| 10 | 26 | Astor, John Jacob: Letters to Astor |
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| 10 | 27 | Astor, John Jacob: "Pirate Gold," joke of Professor Herbert E. Bolton |
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| 10 | 28 | Astor, John Jacob: Residence of John Jacob Astor |
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| 10 | 29 | Ebbetts, Capt. John |
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| 10 | 30 | Henry, Andrew |
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| 10 | 31 | Jackson, Francis James, envoy from Great Britain |
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| 10 | 32 | Mackenzie, Charles (North West Company) meets Lewis and Clark |
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| 10 | 33 | McGillivray, Joseph |
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| 10 | 34 | Thompson, David: Letter to Fraser |
December 21 1810 |
| 10 | 35 | Thorn, Capt. Jonathan |
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| 10 | 36 | Mackinaw Company |
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| 10 | 37 | Missouri Fur Company |
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| 10 | 38 | North West Company, persons |
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| 10 | 39 | North West Company, officers and men |
1804 |
| 10 | 40 | North West Company, bibliography |
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| 10 | 41 | North West Company, miscellaneous |
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| 10 | 42 | North West Company, notes on persons |
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| 10 | 43 | Pacific Fur Company: Incorporation |
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| 10 | 44 | Pacific Fur Company: Sale of Astoria |
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| 10 | 45 | British Columbia, explorations |
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| 10 | 46 | British Government |
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| 10 | 47 | Northwest agreement |
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| 10 | 48 | Russia |
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| 10 | 49 | U.S. Government |
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File 4 - Astoria: Wilson Price Hunt
Barry sought to trace the route of Wilson Price Hunt's disaster-plagued overland expedition from St. Louis to Astoria. Correspondents include B.W. Driggs, Howard B. Lott, A.C. McCain, and Louie W. Shevling. See also File 71 (Snake River and Snake River Canyon); the Miscellaneous Subject File folder on Donald McKenzie (Folder 978); and Map folder 1302.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 50 | Hunt party (photos) |
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| 10 | 51 | McKenzie route through Idaho, 1811: Research correspondence |
1936-1937 |
| 10 | 52 | Hunt's route: South Dakota, Wyoming. Maps, Notes |
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| 10 | 53 | Hunt's route, 1811. Maps, Notes |
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| 10 | 54 | Pages clipped from Astoria for annotation, first state annotated |
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| 10 | 55 | Research correspondence |
1923-1933 |
| 10 | 56 | Research correspondence |
1938-1953 |
File 5 - Astoria: Maps
Mostly maps drawn by Barry himself. See also Miscellaneous Subject File, Folder 669, for township maps; Folder 939 in the Miscellaneous Subject File (Lapie Map); and Folder 1328 in the Maps (Series 4 for a town plan.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 57 | Worksheet maps of Columbia and Snake River |
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| 11 | 58 | Hand-drawn maps |
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| 11 | 59 | Hand-drawn maps, Astorian overland route (Wilson Price Hunt) |
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| 11 | 60 | Three-sheet worksheet map of Fort Boise |
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| 11 | 61 | Route of Overland expedition to Astoria |
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| 11 | 62 | Unidentified map/sketches |
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| 11 | 63 | Lake Biddle |
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File 6 - Astoria: Persons
J. Neilson Barry compiled these folders (arranged alphabetically by last name) with references to and information concerning persons who lived, worked, or visited Astoria. Data on Astorians who remained in Oregon was used as source material for his article, "Astorians Who Became Permanent Settlers" (Washington Historical Quarterly, 1933). The names of Astorians should also be checked against the compilations in Files 67 through 70.5 (Persons) and names of persons in the Miscellaneous Subject File.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 64 | A-B |
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| 11 | 65 | C-D; Dorions |
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| 11 | 66 | E-F |
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| 11 | 67 | H-K |
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| 11 | 68 | L |
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| 11 | 69 | Mc-M |
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| 11 | 70 | N, O, P |
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| 11 | 71 | Q, R, S; Ramsay, George |
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| 11 | 72 | T |
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| 11 | 73 | V, W; Wallace Journal; XYZ |
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| 11 | 74 | Wallace Journal: Research correspondence |
1927-1928 |
| 11 | 75 | Correspondence with Kenneth W. Porter |
1933 |
| 11 | 76 | Porter article, Editorial revisions |
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File 7 - Astoria: Post and Forts
Research material and references to outposts of Astoria.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 77 | Coeur d'Alene |
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| 11 | 78 | Flathead Fort |
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| 11 | 79 | Henry Fort |
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| 11 | 80 | McKenzie Post |
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| 11 | 81 | Oak Point Fishing Station (Winship brothers) |
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| 11 | 82 | Fort Okanogan |
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| 11 | 83 | Fort Okanogan: Research correspondence
Correspondents include Burt R. Campbell and John C. Goodfellow
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1947-1954 |
| 11 | 84 | Reed's Post on the Boise |
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| 11 | 85 | Reed's Post: Maps |
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| 11 | 86 | Reed Party |
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| 11 | 87 | Spokane |
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| 11 | 88 | Shuwap |
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| 11 | 89 | Wallace house |
1812-1813 |
| 11 | 90 | Wallace house: Research correspondence |
1924-1960 |
| 11 | 91 | North West Co. Willamette Post: Articles by R.J. Hendricks |
1937 |
| 11 | 92 | North West Co. Willamette Post: Historical marker controversy |
1959 |
| 11 | 93 | Fort Willamette |
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File 8 - Astoria: Ships
See also the folders on Ships in the Miscellaneous Subject File (Folders 1115-1127). E.W. Giesecke cited Barry's research in his series of articles, "Search for the Tonquin," in Cumtux (1990). His articles and other notes have been added to the collection (Folders 122 and 123).
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 94 | Ships connected with struggle for Astoria. |
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| 11 | 95 | USS Adams / USS John Adams |
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| 11 | 96 | Albatros |
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| 11 | 97 | Alert |
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| 11 | 98 | Beaver |
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| 11 | 99 | HMS Cherub |
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| 11 | 100 | Schooner Columbia |
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| 11 | 101 | USS Constitution |
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| 11 | 102 | Dolly Jane |
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| 11 | 103 | Enterprise |
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| 11 | 104 | USS Essex |
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| 11 | 105 | Forrester |
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| 11 | 106 | Hamilton |
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| 11 | 107 | Isaac Todd |
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| 11 | 108 | The Lark |
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| 11 | 109 | HMS Laurel |
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| 11 | 110 | New Hazard |
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| 11 | 111 | Otter |
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| 12 | 112 | Pedler |
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| 12 | 113 | HMS Phoebe |
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| 12 | 114 | HMS Raccoon |
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| 12 | 115 | HMS Raccoon: Research correspondence |
1929 |
| 12 | 116 | Spanish Corvette, Santa Barbara |
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| 12 | 117 | Small schooner purchased at Sandwich Islands |
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| 12 | 118 | Spanish Frigate, Tagle |
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| 12 | 119 | Tonquin |
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| 12 | 120 | Tonquin |
1810-1811 |
| 12 | 121 | Tonquin: Research correspondence |
1929-1960 |
| 12 | 122 | Tonquin: The Search for the Tonquin, by E.W. Giesecke |
1990 |
| 12 | 123 | Tonquin: Notes by E.W. Giesecke, with tribute to Barry |
1997 |
| 12 | 124 | Trading vessel at Astoria |
1813 |
| 12 | 125 | British war vessel |
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| 12 | 126 | Whaler |
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File 9 - Barlow Road (and other emigrant roads)
In 1846, Sam Barlow obtained a charter allowing him to cut a toll road from Tygh Valley, Oregon, to the Willamette Valley, enabling westbound pioneers to leave the Columbia River at The Dalles and avoid both the rapids and ferry charges. Over its many years of operation, there were many course variations. Barry traced much of the route on hand-drawn township maps, and was interested in other cross-country routes from the Columbia to the Willamette. The file includes several letters (1941-1942) from W.J. Williams, who was particularly interested in the descent on the steep grade of Laurel Hill. For information on other emigrant trails in Oregon, see the folders on Trails, Roads, and Routes (Folders 1169-1177) in the Miscellaneous Subject file.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 127 | Barlow Road Map |
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| 12 | 128 | Plats of the Barlow Road |
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| 12 | 129 | Laurel Hill: Research correspondence |
1941-1942 |
| 12 | 130 | Sandy River plat |
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| 12 | 131 | Township plats, T1N, Ranges East |
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| 12 | 132 | Township plats, T1S, Ranges East |
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| 12 | 133 | Township plats, T2S, Ranges East |
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| 12 | 134 | Township plats, T3S, Ranges East |
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| 12 | 135 | Township plats, T4S, Ranges East |
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| 12 | 136 | Township plats, T4S, Des Chutes Region |
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| 12 | 137 | Township plats, T5S, Des Chutes Region |
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| 12 | 138 | Township plats, T5S, Ranges East |
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| 12 | 139 | Township plats, T6S, R12E |
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File 10 - Battles
Folders 140 and 143 contain extensive lists of battles and other fights between Indians and whites, mainly in Oregon. Folder 141 includes letters (1926) from W.P. Gray, captain of the steamer Spokane, with his recollections of the fighting involving his ship in 1878. Gray's obituary is in Folder 867 in the Miscellaneous Subject File. Portions of File10 were microfilmed by the Oregon State Library in the early 1950s. Notes on forts in Washington are found in File 40, Forts: State of Washington.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 140 | Battles in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Idaho): Lists |
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| 12 | 141 | Bannock-Paiute War (and Steamer Spokane) |
1878 |
| 12 | 142 | Battle of Evans Creek |
August 24 1853 |
| 12 | 143 | Forts and battles in Oregon, by county: Lists |
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| 12 | 144 | Forts and battles in Oregon: Camp Watson: Correspondence and Photographs
Correspondents include Mrs. D.H. Putnam
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1924-1926 |
| 12 | 145 | Data from Heitman's Historical Register and Dictionary of the U.S. Army
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| 12 | 146 | Indian Wars. Accounts and reminiscences |
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| 12 | 147 | Modoc War |
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| 12 | 148 | Nez Perce War |
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| 12 | 149 | Miscellaneous notes and articles. Includes Index of Battles |
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File 11 - Boise, Old Fort, and Reed Fort Locations
These folders pertain to Barry's interest in the precise locations of the successive fur-trading posts at the mouth of the Boise River established by John Reed, Donald McKenzie, and Hudson's Bay Company. By Barry's time, the main channel of the river had shifted considerably, relocating the river's mouth and complicating his search. He corresponded with historian Annie Laurie Bird and other local people in attempting to locate the path of the original channel, and prepared a number of hand-drawn maps. Some of the letters by Barry in these files are photocopies (apparently made many years ago) of his originals letters sent to personnel of the Idaho State Historical Society. Additional correspondence about this topic is found in the correspondence with Eugene B. Chaffee (Box 9, Folder 6); oversize maps are located in Maps folder 1303.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 150 | Research correspondence |
1932-1941 |
| 12 | 151 | Location of the Reed Forts and Boise Forts by John Neilson Barry |
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| 12 | 152 | Fort Boise |
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| 12 | 153 | "Fort Boise," by Annie Laurie Bird |
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| 12 | 154 | Fort Boise, by Eugene B. Chaffee, Idaho Statesman
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1934 August 26 |
| 12 | 155 | Summary of locations of Reed, McKenzie, McKay post on the Boise or near it |
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| 12 | 156 | Fort Boise locations/maps and notes |
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| 12 | 157 | Miscellaneous booklet of maps, notes, photostats |
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File 12 - Bonneville, Captain
This file contains more than 100 letters to and from Barry chronicling his interest in Captain Benjamin Bonneville's explorations in the Pacific Northwest, 1832-1834, and the identification of places mentioned in Bonneville's 18-page handwritten report of July 1833, particularly places in Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon. Barry was instrumental in unearthing and publicizing the 1833 report (found in War Department files). He prepared an annotated typescript (File 161) from photostats he obtained from the War Department. The Washington Historical Quarterly published a transcript from Barry's photostats in July 1927, though he was critical of that work for its lack of annotations. Among Barry's correspondents in these files are B.W. Driggs, Philip Rand, and W.A. Ricks (Idaho) and Grace Raymond Hebard (Wyoming). Additional letters about Bonneville are located in Folder 1213, Wallowa region, in the Miscellaneous Subject File.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 13 | 158 | Research correspondence |
1925-1927 |
| 13 | 159 | Research correspondence |
1928-1939 |
| 13 | 160 | Correspondence pertaining to Bonneville in booklet form (photos) |
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| 13 | 161 | Bonneville's Report, transcribed and annotated by Barry |
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| 13 | 162 | Bonneville's itinerary |
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| 13 | 163 | Maps |
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| 13 | 164 | Winter Cantonment |
1832 |
| 13 | 165 | Article by Washington Irving, "The Adventure of Captain Bonneville..." |
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| 13 | 166 | Article by G. K. Warren, containing letters from Bonneville |
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File 13: Boundaries, International
Barry traced the claims over time of European powers and the United States to the territory of the Pacific Northwest, making note of developments, chronologically, in a series of notebooks (in Folders 170 and 171). The file includes some sketch maps but no correspondence. Much related material is found in Files 84 to 87 (Treaties). See also Miscellaneous Subject File for folders on Colorado, Map of (Folder 795) and Northwest Boundary (Folder 1013).
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 13 | 167 | Spanish exploration and treaties |
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| 13 | 168 | Russia on the Northwest coast: Northwest boundaries |
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| 13 | 169 | Russians and French on Northwest coast |
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| 13 | 170 | Boundary |
1801-1820 |
| 13 | 171 | Boundary |
1824-1840 |
| 13 | 172 | Notebook of photostats (U.S documents, 1873) pertaining to the Oregon boundary |
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| 13 | 173 | Article: 54 40 or Fight, by Paterson |
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| 13 | 174 | Notes on article: The Oregon Treaty of 1846, by Sage |
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File 14 - Canada: British Columbia
See also Miscellaneous Subject File for Simon Fraser and Fraser River (Folders 845 and 846).
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 13 | 175 | Correspondence, Miscellaneous |
1926-1954 |
| 13 | 176 | British Columbia |
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| 13 | 177 | Coastal Indian Tribes |
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| 13 | 178 | Interior Indian Tribes |
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| 13 | 179 | Morice, A.G.: Notes and correspondence |
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| 13 | 180 | Victoria's Oldest House |
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File 15 - Canada: Hudson's Bay Company
The material in this file concentrates on the Hudson's Bay company's activities and personnel in what became the American Pacific Northwest. See also Maps folder 1305.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 13 | 181 | Hudson's Bay Company |
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| 13 | 182 | Proof sheets from Hunter Miller on settlement of HBC claims (Treaty Series 128, Document 240) |
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| 13 | 183 | Correspondence with Hunter Miller [See also File 87, Treaties Concerning Oregon] |
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| 13 | 184 | Employees, 1829-1832, 1840-1843: Lists |
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| 13 | 185 | License to trade |
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| 13 | 186 | Minutes of Council, 1830-1843 (1834-1838 omitted): extract notes by Barry |
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| 13 | 187 | Posts and forts: Fort Umpqua (Oregon): Correspondence
Correspondents include E.O. Fuller and Hunter Miller
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1948-1949 |
| 13 | 188 | Value of Property |
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| 13 | 189 | Miscellaneous articles clipped from Beaver, Canadian Historical Review, etc., dealing with the activities of the Hudson's Bay Company |
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| 13 | 190 | Miscellaneous Articles II |
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| 13 | 191 | Miscellaneous Articles III |
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File 16 - Canada: Maps and List of Forts
These files contains hand-drawn and commercial maps, as well as Barry's notes, about posts, forts, and routes of fur traders, in Canada, particularly British Columbia.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 14 | 192 | Athabasca Pass |
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| 14 | 193 | Map lists, British Columbia |
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| 14 | 194 | British Columbia, Hudson's Bay Company: Routes of travel, trails, etc. Hand-drawn maps and notes |
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| 14 | 195 | Maps showing Hudson's Bay Company fur trading posts |
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| 14 | 196 | Forts in Canada: lists |
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| 14 | 197 | The Grand Portage |
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| 14 | 198 | Routes of travel: Maps |
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| 14 | 199 | Jasper National Park (Athabasca Pass) |
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| 14 | 200 | The Route to Montreal |
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File 17 - Cascades
Barry was interested in the natural history of the Cascades of the Columbia River and the Indian legends of the Bridge of the Gods, as well as the military history of the vicinity, particularly the battle there in 1856. Barry mixed his notes in some of his booklets, so some of these folders contain notes on aspects of the Cascades not indicated by the folder titles. Folder 209 contains a printed prospectus for building the 1926 steel Bridge of the Gods (also found in Folder 288). Correspondents in the Sheridan Point file (Folder 208) include D.A. Brown, who wrote about the restored Fort Rains there as well as other Columbia River blockhouses. More notes and letters about the Cascades are in File 29 (Columbia River: Drowned Forest).
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 14 | 201 | Bridge of the Gods: Correspondence |
1929-1937 |
| 14 | 202 | The Bridge of the Gods on the Columbia River, by J. Neilson Barry |
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| 14 | 203 | Battle at the Cascades, March 26-28, 1856. Notes and correspondence |
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| 14 | 204 | Bibliography, Cascades |
1849 |
| 14 | 205 | Cascades Cemetery |
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| 14 | 206 | Fort Gilliam |
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| 14 | 207 | Massacre at Cascades |
1856 |
| 14 | 208 | Sheridan Point |
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| 14 | 209 | Clippings and Bridge of the Gods prospectus |
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File 18 - Champoeg I
In 1936, J. Neilson Barry published a series of articles in the Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon), entitled "How Oregon Was Acquired: An Expose of the Champoeg Myth." In particular, he wished to debunk a popular notion that Oregon became part of the United States by a vote of its early settlers at Champoeg on May 2, 1843. He believed that the importance of the May 2 meeting was exaggerated in other respects, too, including the claim that it represented the beginnings of civil government in Oregon. These files reflect his continuing research on what exactly took place at various meetings at Champoeg, who was there, the wording of monuments and signage at Champoeg State Park, and the broader question of the origins of civil government by the American settlers in Oregon. See also the folders on Ewing Young's estate (Folders 1264-1267) in the Miscellaneous Subject file. Portions of Barry's Champoeg files were microfilmed by the Oregon State Library in the early 1950s.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 14 | 210 | Correspondence |
1925-1937 |
| 14 | 211 | Correspondence |
1938-1939 |
| 14 | 212 | Correspondence |
1940-1944 |
| 14 | 213 | Correspondence |
1948-1960 |
| 14 | 214 | Articles: How Oregon Was Acquired, by John Neilson Barry |
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| 14 | 215 | Articles: Champoeg Humbugs and other summations by John Neilson Barry |
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| 14 | 216 | Articles: Champoeg Meeting of March 4, 1844, by John Neilson Barry |
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| 14 | 217 | Articles: First Local Government in Oregon, 1841, by John Neilson Barry |
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| 14 | 218 | Articles: Primary Sources to Early Government, by John Neilson Barry |
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| 14 | 219 | Champoeg address by Rex Putnam, with correspondence |
1939 |
| 14 | 220 | McNary bill |
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| 14 | 221 | Champoeg Park, Museum: State Legislation |
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| 14 | 222 | Report on Champoeg by Charles Hicks |
1937 |
| 14 | 223 | An Evaluation of the Champoeg Meeting, by Robert W. Rowe |
1950 |
| 14 | 224 | Clippings and notes regarding civil government in Oregon |
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| 14 | 225 | Article reprints from the Oregon Historical Quarterly |
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| 14 | 226 | Notes: Alcaldes, Local government in Jackson County |
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| 14 | 227 | Notes on laws |
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| 14 | 228 | Pioneers: Miscellaneous notes on persons |
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| 14 | 229 | Provisional Government: Notes and Articles |
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| 14 | 230 | Provisional Government: Notes and lists of names |
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| 14 | 231 | Civil Government. Notes and synopses |
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File 19 - Champoeg II: Maps and Plats
J. Neilson Barry made a detailed study of early land ownership and donation claims in the Champoeg vicinity. He created detailed hand-drawn maps of the townships and sections, noting early ownership and the presence of structures such as barns, houses, etc. See also Maps folder 1306.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 15 | 232 | Champoeg locality |
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| 15 | 233 | Township 3 South, Ranges 1 West and 2 West |
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| 15 | 234 | Township 4 South, Ranges 1, 2, 3, and 4 West, 1 East |
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| 15 | 235 | Land Donation claims (Ady, Billique, Despard, La Framboise, Langtain, Lucier, Newell) |
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| 15 | 236 | Plats of Champoeg village |
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| 15 | 237 | Newberg, Campment Du Sable (mainly notes) |
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File 20 - Champoeg III: Source Documents
Chiefly photostats of primary source documents Barry used in his research and prepared for duplication and distribution. For maps of Champoeg Park, see Map folder 1306.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 15 | 238 | Persons by name, A-Ma |
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| 15 | 239 | Persons by name, John McLoughlin |
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| 15 | 240 | Persons by name, N-Z |
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| 15 | 241 | Champoeg Park: Legislative appropriations |
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| 15 | 242 | Champoeg Park: Conclusions, with evaluation of site, by C.R. Hicks |
1937 |
| 15 | 243 | Champoeg Park: Miscellaneous documents |
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| 15 | 244 | Champoeg Park: Memorial inscription (Maud Mattley, DAR) |
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| 15 | 245 | Champoeg. Poem by Jeanette Green |
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| 15 | 246 | Parrish, J.L. Oregon anecdotes |
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| 15 | 247 | French petition or "addresse" |
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| 15 | 248 | Executive Documents, U.S. Congress |
1872-1873 |
| 15 | 249 | Names of persons who voted... |
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| 15 | 250 | Souvenir of the 80th Anniversary of the Organization of the First American Civil Government West of the Rocky Mountains.... |
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File 21 - Chronology of Oregon
Notations, year by year, on important events in Oregon, with bibliographical references.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 15 | 251 | Chronology |
1500-1829 |
| 15 | 252 | Chronology |
1830-1879 |
File 22 - Clatsop Beach
[moved to File 56, Lewis and Clark on Lower Columbia, Folder 501].
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File 23 - Colter, John
John Colter, one of the members of the Lewis and Clark expedition, returned to the Rocky Mountains as a trapper after the conclusion of the expedition in 1806. On William Clark's 1814 map, Clark added the route of Colter's travels in 1807. The anomalies and inaccuracies of that map have given rise to questions about Colter's actual route, however. Barry pursued the problem, analyzing the information and trying to sort out the verifiable geographic locales from the disputable ones. He also investigated the 1933 discovery of a stone in eastern Idaho with an inscription allegedly by John Colter. More information on the latter is also found in File 39, Fort Henry / Carved Stones. Correspondents include Merrill D. Beal, Carl E. Jepson, Roy A. Phillips, John E. Price, and Howard R. Stagner. See also Map folder 1307.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 15 | 253 | Research correspondence |
1929-1937 |
| 15 | 254 | Research correspondence |
1938-1946 |
| 15 | 255 | Research correspondence |
1947-1954 |
| 15 | 256 | Notes and problems on John Colter: Barry's summation |
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| 15 | 257 | Bradbury and others on Colter |
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| 15 | 258 | 1814 Colter Map |
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| 15 | 259 | Colter Stone |
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| 15 | 260 | Miscellaneous notes, maps, and printed material |
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| 15 | 261 | Newspaper account of opposition to Jackson Hole National Monument Proposal |
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| 15 | 262 | Cody / Big Horn promotional materials |
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File 24 - Colter, John: Maps |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 15 | 263 | John Neilson Barry's notes and miscellaneous writings |
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| 15 | 264 | Tracings of Maps |
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| 15 | 265 | Barry's Worksheets for drawing maps (1) |
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| 16 | 266 | Barry's Worksheets for drawing maps (2) |
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File 25 - Colter, John: Old Maps |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 16 | 267 | Miscellaneous file of Mr. Barry's earlier attempts to map Colter's Route |
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| 16 | 268 | Miscellaneous file of Mr. Barry's earlier attempts to map Colter's Route |
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File 26 - Columbia River: Lt. Broughton
One of Barry's primary historical interests was the identification of places named by early explorers of the Columbia River. He sought to restore the names those explorers gave to those places and, in pursuit of that goal, conducted an active correspondence with the U.S. Board of Geographic Names. File 26 centers around the exploration by Lieutenant William Broughton of the Royal Navy, who in 1792, during Vancouver's voyage to the Northwest coast, entered the river and charted it as far as a point he named Point Vancouver. There is information about Barry's attempts to identify Broughton's Point Vancouver both in this file and File 32, Columbia River: Point Vancouver. This file also documents Barry's efforts to memorialize Broughton. Correspondents include Broughton's grandson Bertram R. Mitford (Folder 271). See also File 88 on Captain George Vancouver, and Folder 749 in the Miscellaneous Subject File on Edward Bell and the search for his journal, which also relate to Broughton's Columbia River explorations. A Photostat of Broughton's chart of the river is in Map folder 1308.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 16 | 269 | Research Correspondence |
1926-1928 |
| 16 | 270 | Research Correspondence |
1929 |
| 16 | 271 | Research Correspondence |
1930-1951 |
| 16 | 272 | Correspondence notebook |
1928 |
| 16 | 273 | Depth of water and Patton report |
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| 16 | 274 | Broughton's filed notes and observation angles |
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| 16 | 275 | Broughton's journal: Correspondence |
1929 |
| 16 | 276 | Broughton Bluff: Correspondence |
1926 |
| 16 | 277 | Flag Island: Correspondence |
1929 |
| 16 | 278 | Friendly Reach / Vancouver expedition |
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| 16 | 279 | Broughton's Point Possession |
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| 16 | 280 | Belle Vue Point |
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| 16 | 281 | Belle Vue Point: Correspondence
Correspondents include H.G. Halkett of Willamette River Light Station.
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1926-1933 |
| 16 | 282 | Broughton map and exploration |
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| 16 | 283 | Broughton and Point Vancouver: Maps |
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File 27 - Columbia River II
Barry's concise summation of Broughton's exploration of the river, extracted from Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery and Edward Bell's journal.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 16 | 284 | First Exploration of the Columbia River |
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File 28 - Columbia River III
These folders contain notes and correspondence about the Columbia River, chiefly (but not exclusively) about physical aspects of the river. His short essay, "The Unanswered Question" (Folder 300), addresses the extent of the river; i.e. whether the salt waters of the lower Columbia can properly be considered part of the river at all, or whether they are really an inlet of the ocean; a question that has bearing on who should be credited with discovering the river: Heceta, Gray, or Broughton. The question is also explored in Barry's file of correspondence with the Canadian Geographic Journal and Royal Geographical Society (Folder 287). More information about this can be found in File 43 (Heceta); and Folders 864-865 in the Miscellaneous Subject file on Captain Robert Gray. See also Map folder 1309.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 16 | 285 | Research Correspondence |
1923-1933 |
| 16 | 286 | Research Correspondence |
1939-1959 |
| 16 | 287 | Correspondence with Canadian Geographical Journal and Royal Geographical Society |
1930-1933 |
| 16 | 288 | Correspondence with Lewis R. Williams |
1930 |
| 16 | 289 | Bridge of Gods (Steel bridge prospectus) |
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| 16 | 290 | Explorations of the Columbia and Snake Rivers |
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| 16 | 291 | High Water Stages |
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| 16 | 292 | Columbia River in Washington |
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| 16 | 293 | Naming of Columbia River and British Columbia, by Basil G. Hamilton |
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| 16 | 294 | Navigation, Columbia Bar |
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| 16 | 295 | Columbia River maps by John Neilson Barry |
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| 16 | 296 | Columbia River maps by John Neilson Barry |
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| 16 | 297 | Picture maps of the Columbia |
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| 16 | 298 | Reed Island |
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| 16 | 299 | Salinity of Water |
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| 16 | 300 | The Unanswered Question |
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File 29 - Columbia River IV: Drowned Forest
The notes and correspondence in these folders pertain primarily to the drowned (or submerged) forest in the Columbia River, above the Cascade rapids, whose snags protruding above the water were noted by early travelers during periods of low water.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 17 | 301 | Research correspondence |
1934-1937 |
| 17 | 302 | Cascades, Bridge of the Gods, and Submerged Forest: Notes and charts |
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| 17 | 303 | Statements of early travelers (extracts) |
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| 17 | 304 | Statements of early travelers (extracts) |
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| 17 | 305 | References |
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| 17 | 306 | Drowned Forest: Photo and ms. map |
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| 17 | 307 | Submerged Forest of the Columbia River Gorge, by D.B. Lawrence |
1936 |
File 30 - Columbia River V
[Removed and cataloged with Special Collection books: "Columbia River and Minor Tributaries" (1933)]
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File 31 - Columbia River VI: Columbia River Gorge and Highway |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 17 | 309 | Columbia River Gorge and Mt. Hood, by R. J. Grace (Union Pacific Railroad) |
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| 17 | 310 | Columbia River Gorge, from an open observation car (Union Pacific Railroad) |
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| 17 | 311 | Pamphlets about Columbia River Highway |
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| 17 | 312 | Travelers in the Columbia River Gorge, by year, 1792-1834 |
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File 32 - Columbia River VII: Point Vancouver
This file, consisting chiefly of correspondence, documents Barry's efforts to identify the site along the river that Lt. Broughton named Point Vancouver in 1792. Barry's correspondence extended to the British Admiralty Office, from whom he obtained a photostat of Broughton's chart of the Columbia, confirming the conclusions he had made in 1928 from his comparison of Broughton's narrative and astronomical observations (recorded in Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery) to modern charts and maps, his own site visits, and consultations with river experts. An article summarizing Barry's work was published in the Portland Oregonian on January 1, 1933 (Folder 318). Barry also sought recognition of the site by the U.S. Board of Geographic Names, a task complicated by an earlier identification of Broughton's Point Vancouver as modern-day Cottonwood Point. Correspondents include historian T.C. Elliott, Fred C. Schubert of the Army Corps of Engineers (Portland), and Captain R.S. Patton, Director of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, whose investigation and report convinced the U.S. Board of Geographic Names to accept Barry's location. Additional information about the identification of Point Vancouver is also found in File 26, Columbia River: Lt. Broughton. A copy of the Patton report is found there, in Folder 273. A photostat of Broughton's chart is located in Maps folder 1308.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 17 | 313 | Point Vancouver: Notes |
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| 17 | 314 | Correspondence notebook |
1926-1929 |
| 17 | 315 | Correspondence, Chronological |
1926-1929 |
| 17 | 316 | Correspondence, Chronological |
1930 |
| 17 | 317 | Correspondence, Chronological |
1930-1939 |
| 17 | 318 | Newspaper article, "Point Vancouver Location Settled" |
1933 |
| 17 | 319 | Names on Broughton's map |
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| 17 | 320 | Notes regarding the name Point Vancouver |
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| 17 | 321 | Cottonwood Point |
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File 33 - Cox, Ross
Barry was interested in tracing the "lost wanderings" of the Astorian Ross Cox in what is now eastern Washington in August 1812. Among his correspondents was Otto Wollweber, of Reardan, Washington, who was familiar with many of the old trails. Barry's annotated copy of Cox's Adventures on the Columbia River (1831) is located in the Special Collections Department. A map by Barry of Cox's wanderings is in Map folder 1310.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 17 | 322 | Research correspondence |
1933-1956 |
| 17 | 323 | Names, summary draft |
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| 17 | 324 | Judge Carey's notes on Ross Cox |
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| 17 | 325 | Summary (4th) of Cox's Adventures on the Columbia River
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| 17 | 326 | Lost Wanderings: Draft maps |
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File 34 - Day, John
One of the last controversies Barry entered into concerned the alleged burial site of the Astorian John Day and the question whether or not he was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. In 1953, the Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution recognized a traditional gravesite on Birch Creek, Clark County, Idaho, as the place, and had it marked accordingly. Almost immediately that was challenged, and eventually the Sons of the American Revolution asked that the marker be taken down. Much of the controversy hinged on whether Birch Creek or some other stream was the one known in the 19th century as John Day's River. Barry contributed to the investigations by supplying copies of historic maps of the vicinity showing that the Little Lost River, not Birch Creek, was that stream. Principal correspondents include J.A. Harrington and E.C. Phoenix, both of whom questioned the Birch Creek site, as well as Ellen Fourt, J.R. Gobble, Lula H. Lough, and Marion C. Orr. See also File 38 on the Ferris Map and Map folder 1311.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 17 | 327 | Biographical notes |
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| 17 | 328 | Marker and gravesite: Correspondence |
1953 |
| 17 | 329 | Marker and gravesite: Correspondence |
1953-1959 |
| 17 | 330 | Notes regarding the John Day marker |
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| 17 | 331 | Sons of the American Revolution report |
1957 |
| 17 | 332 | Notes, Birch Creek massacre, 1877 (Nez Perce War) |
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| 17 | 333 | Maps: Kittson |
1825 |
| 17 | 334 | Maps: Bonneville |
1837 |
| 17 | 335 | Maps: Arrowsmith |
1837-1844 |
| 17 | 336 | Maps: Mullan |
1853 |
| 17 | 337 | Maps: Compilations / Idaho's Queer Basin |
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File 35 - Dorian Family
The travails and heroic survival of Marie Dorion, the only female member of the Wilson Price Hunt party, were related by Washington Irving, Ross Cox, and other early chroniclers of the West, but the details of her life story and whereabouts afterwards remained as obscure as Sacajawea's until J. Neilson Barry ferreted them out of church and civil records (from St. Louis to Oregon) and found elderly people who remembered her. His findings were published in the Oregon Historical Quarterly in 1929 as "Madame Dorion of the Astorians." W.J. Ghent, who wrote Dorion's entry in the Dictionary of American Biography, credited Barry with the breakthrough. "My sketch for the Dictionary will be recalled and amended to accord with your discoveries. Fortunately the D's have not yet been reached in the printing...I trust that you will keep me informed of any further discoveries you make" (June 11, 1929, in Folder 342). The letters and notes in these folders document Barry's research. One of his principal informants was Isabel Bertrand, who not only remembered Madame Dorion but also recounted the history of her own family, the Aubichons, early settlers of the French Prairie vicinity on the Willamette (Folder 341). Other correspondents include Cleveland S. Simkins, a Dorion descendant, and Vera Joyce Nelson.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 18 | 338 | Research correspondence |
1928-1929 |
| 18 | 339 | Research correspondence (photo) |
1930-1953 |
| 18 | 340 | Correspondence: Dictionary of American Biography |
1929-1930 |
| 18 | 341 | Correspondence: With French Prairie, Old settlers |
1929-1932 |
| 18 | 342 | Correspondence: Ghent, W.J. |
1929 |
| 18 | 343 | Correspondence: Idaho |
1929-1935 |
| 18 | 344 | Correspondence: Roman Catholic |
1929-1935 |
| 18 | 345 | Correspondence: South Dakota (including Doane Robinson) |
1929 |
| 18 | 346 | Attempt to identify with Topaz |
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| 18 | 347 | References to all Dorion names including index |
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| 18 | 348 | Marie Dorion: Church records and burial records |
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| 18 | 349 | Marie Dorion: Notes on family members, and marker in Caldwell, ID |
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| 18 | 350 | Footnote to follow article "Madam Dorion" by John Neilson Barry |
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| 18 | 351 | Dorion family: Miscellaneous |
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File 36 -Discoveries, Miscellaneous |
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| 18 | 352 | Miscellaneous article offprints I |
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| 18 | 353 | Miscellaneous article offprints II |
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File 37 - Douglas, Davis
Barry traced out and mapped Scottish botanist David Douglas' travels in the Pacific Northwest, 1826-1827, through a close reading of his journal.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 18 | 354 | Article by A. R. Sweeter |
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| 18 | 355 | Journals
Notes and extracts
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1825-1827 |
| 18 | 356 | Summary of journals |
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File 38 - Ferris Map
The map by fur trader Warren Angus Ferris was one of the keys disproving the alleged gravesite of John Day (see File 34, John Day). Folder 359 contains Barry's hand drawn worksheets tracing Ferris' map and comparing it to modern maps. Correspondents include J. Cecil Alter and Fred Rosenstock.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 18 | 357 | Correspondence |
1954 |
| 18 | 358 | Journal: Extracts and notes |
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| 18 | 359 | W. A. Ferris Map: Worksheets |
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File 39 - Fort Henry / Carved Stones
The notes and correspondence in these folders relate primarily to finding the site of Andrew Henry's fort and trading post in the upper Snake River region of eastern Idaho, and to attempts to authenticate two stones allegedly inscribed by members of Henry's party. Correspondents include Merrill D. Beal, Charles Kelly, Susie Boice Trego, and F.A. Miller of St. Anthony, Idaho, owner of the two Fort Henry stones. Barry studied the route and personnel of the 1871 Hayden survey of the Yellowstone region to determine if any members of that party could have left the stones; see File 42, Hayden Survey (Box 19, Folders 379 and 380) for those notes. There is also information about a stone allegedly inscribed by John Colter in 1808, and one allegedly left by an early Hudson's Bay Company party in Stevenson, Washington. For information about stones allegedly carved by William Clark in 1805, see File 48, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Clark stones (Box 21, Folder 441).
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 18 | 360 | Correspondence |
1927-1955 |
| 18 | 361 | Major Andrew Henry notes |
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| 18 | 362 | Map of Henry's Fort |
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| 18 | 363 | Idaho Carved Stones. Rubbings and photos (photos) |
circa 1933 |
| 18 | 364 | Map of Fort Henry area |
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| 18 | 365 | Carved stone at Stevenson, Washington |
1929 1960 |
File 40 - Forts: State of Washington
Miscellaneous materials about military forts and trading posts in early Washington. Notes on forts in Oregon are found in File 10, Battles.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 19 | 366 | Forts: Listing |
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| 19 | 367 | Forts: A-C |
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| 19 | 368 | Forts: E-L |
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| 19 | 369 | Forts: M, N, O |
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| 19 | 370 | Forts: P-Z |
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| 19 | 371 | Forts: Fort Bennett |
1934-1941 |
| 19 | 372 | Forts: Fort Columbia |
1951-1954 |
| 19 | 373 | Forts: Fort Colville |
1945-1949 |
| 19 | 374 | Forts: Fort Okanogan |
1952-1960 |
| 19 | 375 | Forts: Fort Walla Walla |
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| 19 | 376 | Miscellaneous forts |
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File 41 - Robert Frazier Map
J. Neilson Barry worked to correlate the place names and geographic features on Robert Frazer's map (1807) of Lewis and Clark's explorations with modern maps.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 19 | 377 | Barry's manuscript maps and essays |
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| 19 | 378 | Barry's manuscript maps: working drafts |
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File 42 - Hayden Survey
Barry traced the route of the Hayden survey in the Yellowstone area, 1871. One of his motivations to do this was his belief that at least one of the carved stones ("Al, the cook....") found in eastern Idaho (File 39) might have been left by this survey team. See also File 39 (Fort Henry / Carved Stones).
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 19 | 379 | Sidford Hamp diary (reprint) |
1872 |
| 19 | 380 | Notes by John Neilson Barry |
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File 43- Heceta, Captain Bruno
Barry was interested in identifying the geographic features on Heceta's chart of the mouth of the Columbia River (1775) and calculating the position of Heceta's ship when he drew it. He published a summary of his findings in the Portland Oregonian on September 20, 1931, maintaining that the chart should settle the dispute as to whether the mouth of the Columbia is actually an inlet of the ocean or a part of the river proper. Additional information may be found in File 28 (Columbia River III) and in his file of correspondence with the Canadian Geographic Journal (Box 16, Folder 287). See also Map folder 1314.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 19 | 381 | Research correspondence |
1930-1938 |
| 19 | 382 | Correspondence and notes |
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| 19 | 383 | Heceta's River Chart, by John Neilson Barry |
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| 19 | 384 | Schooner Sonora |
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File 44 - Indians
This file consists chiefly of research correspondence, references to primary sources, and clippings, about Indians in Oregon and Washington. Barry was particularly interested in sorting out the tribes and linguistic families in Washington (Folders 405 to 407), the agricultural practices of Oregon and Washington Indians (Folder 386), and the sources of the iron and copper weapons the Indians of the Columbia possessed when first encountered by American and European explorers (Folder 388). Among his correspondents on the latter topic were George G. Heye and Arthur A. Woodward, who wrote a long letter on the subject. See Barry's articles on the linguistic families of Washington and Oregon Indians (Box 6, Folders 19 and 20) and on copper weapons (Box 5, Folder 14). See also File 14 (Canada: British Columbia) for Barry's notes on British Columbia Indians; names of tribes in the Miscellaneous Subject File; and the folders on Pictographs (Folder 1048), Religious Observances in Oregon (Folder 1077), and Tobacco (Folders 1160 and 1161) in the Miscellaneous Subject File. There is a good deal of correspondence with Ellen Center, a Tillamook Indian, regarding Chief Kilchis, his ancestry and descendants in the Miscellaneous Subject File Folder 1158 (Tillamook Indians).
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 19 | 385 | Indians (Lists of tribes and linguistic groups in Oregon and Washington) |
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| 19 | 386 | Agriculture by Indians |
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| 19 | 387 | Agriculture by Indians: Correspondence |
1928 |
| 19 | 388 | Battle-axes and swords, Iron: Research correspondence |
1931-1949 |
| 19 | 389 | Catholic missions: Correspondence |
1937-1954 |
| 19 | 390 | Chiefs (alphabetically) |
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| 19 | 391 | Diseases and medicine |
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| 19 | 392 | Food |
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| 19 | 393 | Index in Portland Library |
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| 19 | 394 | Miscellaneous notes and clippings |
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| 19 | 395 | Mounds in Oregon |
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| 19 | 396 | Maps: Indians of Oregon Country, by R. L. Benson |
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| 19 | 397 | Number of Indians |
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| 19 | 398 | Bronze plaques of Indian chiefs (Museum of the American Indian) |
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| 19 | 399 | Relics: Correspondence |
1924-1949 |
| 19 | 400 | Spokane Princess, Jessie Jim: Clippings |
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| 19 | 401 | Textiles |
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| 19 | 402 | Chief Timothy: Clippings |
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| 19 | 403 | Veterans of Indian Wars: Clippings |
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| 19 | 404 | Indians in Washington |
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| 19 | 405 | Indians in Washington and Oregon: Research correspondence
Correspondents include H.C. Coe.
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1926-1958 |
| 19 | 406 | The Seven Indian Nations of Washington, Notes by J. Neilson Barry |
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| 19 | 407 | The Seven Indian Nations of Washington, Summation by J. Neilson Barry |
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| 19 | 408 | Indian Words: Letters from Archibald F. Robertson |
1952 |
| 19 | 409 | Nathaniel J. Wyeth's description, 1834 |
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| 19 | 410 | W. P. Clark. Indian Sign Language, 1885 |
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| 19 | 411 | George Bird Grinnell. Cheyenne Indians... |
1924 |
| 19 | 412 | Hopi Indian Reservation |
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File 45 - La Hontan, Baron
Most of the letters in the correspondence file (Folder 413) concern Barry's attempts to determine if the Minnesota River, rather than the Missouri, was the "Long River" described by French explorer, the Baron de la Hontan, in the published version of this travels. Correspondents include Louis D. Powers, of Ortonville, Minnesota, who was familiar with the local geography. Barry was also interested in La Hontan's descriptions of Indians and geography of the West. See also Map folder 1317.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 20 | 413 | Research correspondence |
1950-1952 |
| 20 | 414 | Bearded Indians |
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| 20 | 415 | Earliest Description of Colorado Rockies |
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| 20 | 416 | "The Murdered Map of La Hontan" (Essay by John Neilson Barry) |
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| 20 | 417 | Miscellaneous notes |
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| 20 | 418 | New Voyages to North America |
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| 20 | 419 | Miscellaneous articles |
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| 20 | 420 | Worksheets for maps |
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File 46 - Lee, Jason
Barry was "not a great admirer of Jason Lee, as a missionary, a husband, or a man" (February 10, 1932). He opposed the placement of a statue of Lee in the U.S. Capitol as well as the issuance of a postage stamp in his honor. Barry studied the surveys of the U.S.-Canadian border and insisted Lee was born in Canada rather than in Vermont, and considered him a transient, not an Oregon settler eligible to represent the state on either a postage stamp or in Statuary Hall. Correspondents in this file include Richard G. Montgomery, who proposed writing a novelized version of Lee's life.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 20 | 421 | Correspondence about Jason Lee |
1927-1952 |
| 20 | 422 | Biography |
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| 20 | 423 | Clippings |
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| 20 | 424 | Notes / List of Protestant missionaries |
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| 20 | 425 | Postage stamp |
1948 |
| 20 | 426 | Printed booklets |
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| 20 | 427 | Permanent settlers, 1834 |
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| 20 | 428 | Statue of Jason Lee, U.S. Capitol |
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| 20 | 429 | General problems in research |
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File 47 - Lee, Jason: Old Methodist Mission
Barry conducted intensive research in land and survey records to pinpoint the location of Jason's Lee's mission building. Portions of this file were microfilmed by the Oregon State Library in the early 1950s. See also Map folder 1319.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 20 | 430 | Mission site: Correspondence |
1940-1941 |
| 20 | 431 | Plats by J. Neilson Barry |
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| 20 | 432 | Township boundary and section lines |
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| 20 | 433 | Meanders of the river |
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| 20 | 434 | Donation land claims |
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| 20 | 435 | R. J. Hendricks' "Bits for Breakfast" |
1940 |
| 20 | 436 | "Old Mill--Old Mission," by Oswald West |
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| 20 | 437 | Resurvey |
1921 |
File 48 - Lewis and Clark Expedition
J. Neilson Barry was interested in many aspects of the Lewis and Clark expedition besides their route of travel. File 48 contains folders on a variety of topics. The most extensive folder pertains to one of the expedition's presentation medals owned by Mrs. Mary V. Lane, of Underwood, Washington (Folder 452). Correspondents include Mrs. Lane and D.A. Brown.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 21 | 438 | Miscellaneous correspondence |
1928-1959 |
| 21 | 439 | Astronomical observations |
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| 21 | 440 | Branding iron |
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| 21 | 441 | Clark stones
Photos and rubbings (photos)
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1805 |
| 21 | 442 | Commemorations |
1945 |
| 21 | 443 | Costume: Correspondence |
1935-1939 |
| 21 | 444 | Costume: Notes |
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| 21 | 445 | Dog belonging to Lewis |
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| 21 | 446 | Frenchmen in Dakotas who joined expedition temporarily |
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| 21 | 447 | Invoice of goods |
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| 21 | 448 | Journal extracts: Gass and Whitehouse on Clearwater River |
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| 21 | 449 | Journal extracts: Gass, Ordway, Whitehouse |
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| 21 | 450 | Letter from Clark to General George Rogers Clark |
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| 21 | 451 | Iron loop for dugouts found at Armstead, Montana |
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| 21 | 452 | Medals: Correspondence |
1927-1940 |
| 21 | 453 | Multnomah and Oregon Rivers |
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| 21 | 454 | Names of persons |
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| 21 | 455 | Names of places |
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| 21 | 456 | Notes from Ordway's journal |
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| 21 | 457 | Notes from Thwaites |
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| 21 | 458 | Passports |
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| 21 | 459 | Published journals: Correspondence |
1949-1950 |
| 21 | 460 | Rocky Mountain Region of Montana |
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| 21 | 461 | Salt cairn, Seaside, Oregon |
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| 21 | 462 | Shoshones mentioned Pacific Ocean |
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| 21 | 463 | Spontoon |
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| 21 | 464 | Cath-la-poh-tle weapons, by John Neilson Barry (article) |
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| 21 | 465 | Weapons of Indians |
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File 49 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: Patrick Gass
Barry took detailed notes on the journal of Patrick Gass. He corresponded with Donegan Wiggins and others about marking Gass' grave in West Virginia, and with Rufus Rockwell Wilson (Press of the Pioneers) about publishing an annotated version of Gass' journal.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 21 | 466 | Gravesite and Journal: Correspondence |
1926-1935 |
| 21 | 467 | Journal illustrations |
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| 21 | 468 | Journal: Notes I |
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| 21 | 469 | Journal: Notes II |
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File 50 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: Sacajawea
Sacajawea was not a major research interest of Barry's, but he did compile some notes regarding her name and her role with the Lewis and Clark expedition. His thinking is summarized in a letter of January 22, 1949 (Folder 470) in which he calls Sacajawea "an interpreter...not a guide." Among his correspondents was Grace Raymond Hebard, who advanced the thesis that Sacajawea died at the Wind River reservation, Wyoming, in 1884. Hebard supplied Barry with typescripts of some of the testimony she incorporated into the appendices of her book (1933), as well as some material not published. Though Barry considered Miss Hebard an "amiable lady, highly esteemed," he did not accept her theory and wrote at considerable length to refute it.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 21 | 470 | Research correspondence |
1929-1953 |
| 21 | 471 | Grace Raymond Hebard: Manuscript and correspondence |
1928-1931 |
| 21 | 472 | Notes; Name; Maps |
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| 21 | 473 | Miscellaneous articles |
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File 51 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: East of the Continental Divide
Barry's main interest in Lewis and Clark was tracing the course of their route back and forth across the continent and identifying the places they mentioned in their journals. Files 51 through 57 contain his correspondence, notes, and hand-drawn maps toward that end. Though he was interested in the entire Lewis and Clark trail, Barry's most extensive research involved the land (as opposed to river) portions of the route, in what are now Montana, Wyoming, and especially Idaho. He corresponded with local historians, surveyors, Forest Service personnel, and others familiar with the areas the expedition traversed.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 21 | 474 | Saint Louis (1804) to Great Falls |
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| 21 | 475 | Great Falls to Three Forks |
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| 21 | 476 | Three Forks to Armstead, Montana |
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| 21 | 477 | Three Forks to Big Hole Basin: Correspondence
Correspondents include George R. Metlen.
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1935 |
| 21 | 478 | Return, 1806 |
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| 21 | 479 | Return: Big Hole Basin (Clark, 1806) |
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| 21 | 480 | Lewis battle, 1806 |
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| 21 | 481 | Thompson Creek |
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| 21 | 482 | Yellowstone region (Clark, 1806) |
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File 52 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: Lemhi Region
Barry's correspondents in File 52 include John N. Kinney, supervisor, Salmon National Forest.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 22 | 483 | Lemhi region: Research correspondence |
1932-1955 |
| 22 | 484 | Lemhi region: Original journals (extracts), August 1805 |
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| 22 | 485 | Lemhi region: Notes |
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| 22 | 486 | Lemhi region: Clark's trip on Salmon River, August 1805 |
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| 22 | 487 | Lemhi region: Summary, August 1805 |
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File 53 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: Lolo Trail
Barry's principal correspondents in this File are Elers Koch and Roy A. Phillips of the U.S. Forest Service.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 22 | 488 | Lolo Trail: Research correspondence |
1932-1958 |
| 22 | 489 | Lolo Trail: Hungry Creek to Koose Kee River |
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| 22 | 490 | Lolo Trail: Journals |
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| 22 | 491 | Lolo Trail: Plat of courses on ridge |
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| 22 | 492 | Lolo Trail: Notes on route from Hungry Creek to Weippe prairie |
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| 22 | 493 | Lolo Trail: Eastward on the Lolo Trail: Journals |
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| 22 | 494 | Lolo Trail: Patrick Gass, Notes |
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| 22 | 495 | Lolo Trail: Maps |
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File 54 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: Clearwater River |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 22 | 496 | On the Clearwater: Abstracts of journals, westward march, 1805 |
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| 22 | 497 | On the Clearwater: Abstracts of journals, eastward march, 1806 |
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File 55 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: On the Snake and Columbia Rivers |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 22 | 498 | Lewiston to the Dalles |
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| 22 | 499 | Cascades of the Columbia |
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File 56 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: On the Lower Columbia |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 22 | 500 | Campsite of Clark: April 4, 1806 by J. Neilson Barry |
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| 22 | 501 | Clatsop Beach |
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| 22 | 502 | Fort Clatsop |
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| 22 | 503 | Journal of Sergeant John Ordway |
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| 22 | 504 | Multnomah Indians with Maps and notes |
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| 22 | 505 | Notes |
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| 22 | 506 | Sandy River |
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| 22 | 507 | Sauvie Island |
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| 22 | 508 | Sighting the Pacific / Seaside, Oregon |
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| 22 | 509 | St. Helen's neighborhood |
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| 22 | 510 | Vancouver and Washougal neighborhoods |
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| 22 | 511 | Mouth of Columbia (6 maps) |
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| 22 | 512 | Maps by J. Neilson Barry |
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File 57 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: Maps
In this File are notes and short essays about the various 19th century maps of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Barry's correspondence about those maps, and some of his own hand-drawn maps. The maps Barry collected documenting the expedition are in Map folders 1320a to1320 h.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 23 | 513 | Lewis and Clark in Idaho, Maps by J. Neilson Barry |
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| 23 | 514 | Tracings, etc. by J. Neilson Barry |
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| 23 | 515 | Herman Friis article |
1954 |
| 23 | 516 | This number not used |
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| 23 | 517 | Clark maps: Correspondence |
1926-1959 |
| 23 | 518 | Clark's manuscript map superimposed on a Montana map |
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| 23 | 519 | Clark's manuscript map, Yale: Tracings |
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| 23 | 520 | Colter route on Clark's manuscript map |
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| 23 | 521 | Colter route on 1814 etching |
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| 23 | 522 | Dalles map |
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| 23 | 523 | Drouillard map of 1808 |
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| 23 | 524 | Drouillard map of 1808: Correspondence |
1940-1951 |
| 23 | 525 | Frazer map: Correspondence |
1954-1955 |
| 23 | 526 | Frazer map |
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| 23 | 527 | Kamiah map (made by Indians, of Hell's Canyon) |
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| 23 | 528 | Lewis map of 1806 |
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| 23 | 529 | Mandan Indian map |
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| 23 | 530 | McVicar map |
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| 23 | 531 | Misplacement of Continental Divide |
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| 23 | 532 | Textbook maps showing route of journey |
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File 58 - Lisa, Manuel
Moved to Folder 954.
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File 59 - Marias Pass
Barry was interested in the history of Marias Pass in northwestern Montana, particularly knowledge of it by traders, trappers, and explorers in the early 19th century. The assertion that it was discovered in 1889 by John Frank Stevens, a surveyor-engineer for the Great Northern Railway, seemed unreasonable to him, so he searched for earlier references in journals and on early maps. Correspondents include Ralph Budd, Lew L. Callaway, William Marriott Canby, L.J. Lownds, Paul C. Phillips, and H.M. Sims.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 23 | 533 | Correspondence |
1929-1932 |
| 23 | 534 | Correspondence |
1935-1952 |
| 23 | 535 | Article on John Frank Stevens |
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| 23 | 536 | Notes |
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| 23 | 537 | Map of Marias Pass |
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| 23 | 538 | Itinerary of James Doty, Pacific Railroad Reports (1854) |
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| 23 | 539 | Manuscript maps by J. Neilson Barry |
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File 60 - McLoughlin, Doctor John
In 1928, Barry campaigned to have the historic name McLoughlin Point restored to Ryan Point on the Columbia River, near Vancouver, Washington. That proposal drew considerable opposition from locals who were used to the name Ryan Point.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 23 | 540 | Doctor John McLoughlin: Notes |
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| 23 | 541 | Doctor John McLoughlin: Family |
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| 23 | 542 | Doctor John McLoughlin's correspondence: Notes |
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| 23 | 543 | McLoughlin Point chronology |
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| 23 | 544 | McLoughlin Point: Correspondence |
1928 |
File 61 - New York: City and State
Barry's notebook is subtitled "Indian Paths and Villages / Forts, etc. / Battlefields, etc.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 23 | 545 | Miscellaneous notes and maps |
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File 62- Ogden, Peter Skene
Barry studied the published journals of Peter Skene Ogden in an attempt to trace his travels in the West. He also made note of persons mentioned in the journals (Folder 546), part of his broader effort to identify early Western inhabitants and sojourners who predated the influx of Oregon settlers in the 1840s.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 24 | 546 | Early notes for 1824-1830: Names |
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| 24 | 547 | Notes, Ogden's Snake Country |
1824-1825 |
| 24 | 548 | Notes, Ogden's Snake Country |
1825-1826 |
| 24 | 549 | Notes on William Kittson |
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| 24 | 550 | Note on Mrs. P. S. Ogden |
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| 24 | 551 | Article by D.E. Miller, annotated by J. Neilson Barry |
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File 63 - Oregon Agriculture
Bibliographic references and occasional clippings relating to agriculture in early Oregon. See also Barry's article on early Oregon agriculture (Box 5, Folder 1) and File 44, Indians, for folders on Indian agriculture.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 24 | 552 | Notes on agriculture and settlers |
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| 24 | 553 | Animals |
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| 24 | 554 | Bees |
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| 24 | 555 | Food |
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| 24 | 556 | Mills |
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| 24 | 557 | Willamette Valley agriculture |
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File 64 - Oregon Trail
These slim files contain miscellaneous correspondence and printed matter related to the Oregon Trail and historic commemorations associated with it in the 1920s. See Files 9 (Barlow Road), 66 (Oregon Trail in Idaho), and 72 (South Pass) for Barry's research on segments of the trail route.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 24 | 558 | Articles and souvenir programs |
1912-1925 |
| 24 | 559 | Correspondence, Miscellaneous |
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| 24 | 560 | Correspondence, William G. Paden and Irene D. Paden |
1937-1944 |
| 24 | 561 | Notes and correspondence on "The Oregon Trail" (WPA guide) |
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| 24 | 562 | Oregon Trail commemorative coin: Congressional report |
1926 |
| 24 | 563 | Localities mentioned by travelers |
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| 24 | 564 | Old Oregon Trail (Motion Picture): Correspondence |
1930 |
| 24 | 565 | Old Oregon Trail legislation |
1925 |
| 24 | 566 | "Old Oregon Trail" pamphlets |
1922-1926 |
File 65 - Oregon Trail: Maps
These notes and hand-drawn maps come from Barry's study of Oregon Trail maps published in The Crown Collection of American Maps, Series IV: The American Transcontinental Trails, by Archer Butler Hulbert. He studied the course of the trail as outlined in the maps and redrew portions of particular interest to him in a larger scale on range and township grids.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 24 | 567 | Crown maps: Wyoming |
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| 24 | 568 | Crown maps: Idaho |
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| 24 | 569 | Crown maps: Oregon |
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File 66 - Oregon and Other Trails in Idaho
Barry took extensive notes from Oregon Trail diaries. He paid particular attention to the mileages recorded by the diarists and correlated the geographical features they mentioned to modern place names. See also File 11 on Old Fort Boise.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 24 | 570 | Index to journals on the Oregon Trail in Idaho |
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| 24 | 571 | Chronology |
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| 24 | 572 | Summary, from ford of Boise River to Fort Boise |
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| 24 | 573 | Diaries: Excerpts, Notes |
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| 24 | 574 | Diaries: Excerpts, Notes |
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File 67 - Persons: French Canadians
Notes and correspondence about early French Canadians in the Pacific Northwest. Correspondents include Harriet D. Munnick. See also the Miscellaneous Subject File for folders on a number of individuals, filed alphabetically by name; File 6 (Astoria: Persons); File 19 on Champoeg with maps of donation land claims; File 35 on the Dorion family; and Barry's article, "The French Canadian Pioneers of the Willamette Valley" (Box 6, Folder 6 ). Portions of File 67 were microfilmed by the Oregon State Library in the early 1950s.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 24 | 575 | French Canadians in the Willamette Valley: Research correspondence |
1932-1958 |
| 24 | 576 | Canadian settlers (French speaking): Lists |
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| 24 | 577 | Champoeg list |
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| 24 | 578 | Donation Land Claims list |
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| 24 | 579 | French Canadian Pioneers of Willamette Valley, by John Neilson Barry |
1932 |
| 24 | 580 | Frenchmen in Wyoming (Lists of names) |
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| 24 | 581 | List of naturalized citizens, McMinnville, Oregon |
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File 68 - Persons: Listed by Years
Lists of early settlers and others in the Pacific Northwest derived from primary sources.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 25 | 582 | Astoria, permanent settlers |
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| 25 | 583 | List of names east of Rockies, 1814 (Franchere) |
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| 25 | 584 | Itineraries (of Western explorers) with names of persons |
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| 25 | 585 | List of persons in Oregon country |
1807-1829 |
| 25 | 586 | List of settlers (English-speaking) |
1830-1843 |
| 25 | 587 | Names mentioned by Alexander Henry |
1813-1814 |
| 25 | 588 | Roll of Honor Pioneers, 1843 |
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File 69 - Persons: Census 1850-1940
Chiefly published statistical data.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 25 | 589 | Population, notes (including first settlers of Willamette Valley) |
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| 25 | 590 | Population Bulletins (U.S.) |
1910-1940 |
| 25 | 591 | Population Bulletins (Oregon) |
1910-1940 |
File 70 - Persons: Census by the Years
Lists of names of early persons in the Oregon country, arranged by year. See also the Miscellaneous Subject File for names of signatories on Petitions to Congress (Folder 1044) and names of persons in the estate papers of Ewing Young (Folder 1266).
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 25 | 592 | Barry's selection of terms for early persons in Oregon country |
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| 25 | 593 | Settlers by years (Oregon census), 1833-1842 (Names) |
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| 25 | 594 | Census lists |
1833-1846 |
| 25 | 595 | Additional names after first compilation |
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| 25 | 596 | Immigration, 1841, 1842 |
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| 25 | 597 | Census, French speaking |
1843 |
| 25 | 598 | Census, English speaking |
1843 |
| 25 | 599 | Women in the trek of 1843 |
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| 25 | 600 | Protestant missionaries, 1843 |
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| 25 | 601 | Pioneers of 1844 |
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| 25 | 602 | Immigration, 1845 and 1846 (incomplete) |
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File 70.5 - Persons: Indexes
Compilations of bibliographic references to early settlers and others in the Pacific Northwest, arranged by last name. Occasionally newspaper clippings about persons have been affixed to their bibliography page, as well. Many of the persons are also represented by folders in the Miscellaneous Subject File and elsewhere within the collection. (Until 2006, these index folders were filed at the beginning of their letters in the Miscellaneous Subject Files).
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 25 | 603 | A-B (A is missing) |
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| 25 | 604 | C |
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| 25 | 605 | D |
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| 25 | 606 | E-F (F is missing) |
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| 25 | 607 | G |
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| 25 | 608 | H-I-J |
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| 25 | 609 | K-L |
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| 25 | 610 | M-Mc-N |
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| 25 | 611 | P-Q |
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| 25 | 612 | R |
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| 25 | 613 | S |
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| 25 | 614 | T |
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| 25 | 615 | W |
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| 25 | 616 | X-Y-Z |
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File 71 - Snake River and Snake River Canyon
J. Neilson Barry was particularly interested in the travels of the Astorians in the Hell's Canyon country of the Snake River. See also File 4 (Astoria: Wilson Price Hunt: McKenzie Route; particularly Folder 51); and the Miscellaneous Subject File for folders on Donald McKenzie (Folder 978) the Wallowa region (Folders 1212-1214). For a variety of reasons, Barry disliked the name "Snake" and avoided using the term "Hell's Canyon." Folder 619 includes an article from the Portland Oregonian of October 18, 1936, entitled "We Paddled a Canoe Through Hell Canyon," by George Thomas and Alan Williams, recounting a canoe trip from the Boise River to Portland, Oregon.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 25 | 617 | Correspondence |
1929-1952 |
| 25 | 618 | Name of Snake River: Correspondence |
1924-1930 |
| 25 | 619 | Miscellaneous newspaper clippings |
1929-1951 |
| 25 | 620 | Maps of Snake River Canyon |
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| 25 | 621 | Explorations of Snake River |
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| 25 | 622 | Government figures (water flow) |
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| 25 | 623 | Indian map, 1806 |
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| 25 | 624 | Summary of explorations of Snake River |
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File 72 - South Pass / Robert Stuart Route
Barry was interested in the 1812 eastward overland route of the Astorian Robert Stuart and particularly his crossing of the continental divide at South Pass, Wyoming. Much of the correspondence relates to the geography of the South Pass region and speculation on Stuart's exact route of travel through the area. Correspondents include Seymour S. Bernfeld, Donald A. Sherlock, Philip Ashton Rollins (one letter), and others familiar with the territory and the terrain. Other related correspondence with B.W. Driggs (1929) is found in File 4 (Astoria: Wilson Price Hunt). Folders 627 and 628 contain photostats of field notes for government surveys of the area in 1885 and 1931. Barry's conclusions are found in his article, "The Discovery of the Oregon Trail," published in the Pacific Northwest Quarterly (1937) (Box 5, Folder 23). He contended that Nathaniel J. Wyeth, rather than Stuart, was the first to travel in full the route that became the Oregon Trail through that region.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 26 | 625 | Research correspondence |
1927-1953 |
| 26 | 626 | Maps by Barry |
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| 26 | 627 | Field notes of surveys (Photostats) |
1931 |
| 26 | 628 | Field notes of survey (Photostats) |
1885 1931 |
| 26 | 629 | Robert Stuart: Journal and journey: miscellaneous notes |
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| 26 | 630 | Robert Stuart: Travel memo, October 10-24, 1812 |
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| 26 | 631 | Robert Stuart: Travel memo, October 6-12, 1812 (Hoback River vicinity maps) |
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| 26 | 632 | Robert Stuart maps (Barry's hand-drawn versions) |
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File 73 - Spokane House, Location of
Barry was interested in the precise location of the Spokane House, the North West Company's fur trading post at the confluence of the Spokane and Little Spokane rivers. In the 1940s he worked with local historians and other local people to pinpoint the site. See also Map folder 1326.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 26 | 633 | Correspondence |
1922-1946 |
| 26 | 634 | Correspondence |
1947-1954 |
| 26 | 635 | Correspondence: Fay M. Orton |
1946-1947 |
| 26 | 636 | Correspondence: Jerome Peltier |
1947-1954 |
| 26 | 637 | Correspondence: Local informants |
1947-1951 |
| 26 | 638 | Summation (not by Barry) |
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| 26 | 639 | Miscellaneous |
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| 26 | 640 | Photos from Jerome Peltier (photos) |
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| 26 | 641 | Maps and sketches |
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File 74 - Thompson, David: Chronological Index
Detailed notes on the travels of David Thompson, mainly in the Spokane, Kootenay, and Columbia River regions.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 26 | 642 | Notebooks |
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File 75 - Thompson, David: Miscellaneous
Barry's main interest in David Thompson was his travels and exploration in what is now Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, as well as names of persons associated with him.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 26 | 643 | Research correspondence |
1930-1960 |
| 26 | 644 | Description of |
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| 26 | 645 | Maps of travel on Columbia River, July-August 1811, by J. Neilson Barry |
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| 26 | 646 | Names of persons |
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| 26 | 647 | Names of persons, West of the Rockies and Idaho, David Thompson era |
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| 26 | 648 | Journals |
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| 26 | 649 | Notes |
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| 26 | 650 | Miscellaneous notebook and clipped articles |
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| 26 | 651 | John McDonald relief party |
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| 26 | 652 | Map and notes |
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| 26 | 653 | Summary of articles on Thompson in Oregon Historical Quarterly |
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File 76 - Thompson, David: Maps and Printed Materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 654 | Manuscript maps by Barry
For copies of Thompson's maps, see Map folder 1327.
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| 27 | 655 |
Canadian Historical Review
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1936 September |
| 27 | 656 |
Canadian Historical Review
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1937 March |
| 27 | 657 |
Canadian Historical Review
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1937 June |
File 77 - Township Plats: Ashland Area and Southwest Oregon
Barry made hand-drawn maps of townships in various areas of Oregon, drawing in principal streams, trails, roads, etc., and often annotating them with notations of donation land claims and their owners.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 658 | Ashland region |
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| 27 | 659 | Applegate Creek |
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| 27 | 660 | Jackson County |
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| 27 | 661 | Josephine County |
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| 27 | 662 | Klamath Lake region |
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File 78 - Township Plats: Baker Area |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 663 | Baker region |
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| 27 | 664 | Blue Mountains and Meacham |
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| 27 | 665 | Burnt River |
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| 27 | 666 | Grande Ronde |
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| 27 | 667 | Malheur |
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File 79 - Township Plats: Coast Range
Folder 669 (Astoria) also contains numerous clippings, bibliographic references, and other information about Astoria history.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 668 | Guide map of coast townships |
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| 27 | 669 | Astoria
See also Map folder 1328
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| 27 | 670 | Cape Horn, Point Adams |
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| 27 | 671 | Indian Treaty, 1851 |
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| 27 | 672 | Siletz Bay |
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| 27 | 673 | Yaquina Bay |
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| 27 | 674 | Various townships plats |
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File 80 - Township Plats: Cow Creek
Also Wolf Creek.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 675 | Townships 30S to 33S, Manuscript maps |
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File 81 - Township Plats: Eugene |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 676 | Eugene |
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File 82 - Township Plats: Willamette
The maps in this File, about the Willamette Valley, seem to have been drawn for the purpose of recording locations of donation land claims. See also Map folder 1329.
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 677 | Townships 1S to 7S |
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| 27 | 678 | Townships 1N to 4N |
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| 27 | 679 | Miscellaneous (Tualatin, Beaverton) |
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File 83 - Township Plats: Umpqua River |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 680 | Umpqua River, Township 22S, 23 S, 25S |
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| 27 | 681 | Umpqua River, miscellaneous |
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File 84 - Treaties, British
Barry was interested in the history of boundaries and sovereignty in the Oregon country and particularly international treaties regarding those issues. Much related material is located in File 13, Boundaries.
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| 28 | 682 | Treaties through 1824 |
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| 28 | 683 | Convention |
1826-1827 |
| 28 | 684 | Treaty of 1842 |
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| 28 | 685 | Pakenham, Buchanan, 1845 |
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| 28 | 686 | Treaty of 1846 |
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| 28 | 687 | Notes, Carey |
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| 28 | 688 | Notes, Dr. John Bassett Moore |
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File 85 - Treaties, Russian |
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| 28 | 689 | Treaties, Russian |
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File 86 - Treaties, Spanish
The various proposals and counterproposals of the United States and Spain leading to the Treaty of 1819, which fixed the northern boundary of Spain's possessions at the 42nd parallel, is the focus of Barry's research in this file. He drew a series of colored maps illustrating the various proposals (Folder 692).
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| 28 | 690 | J. Neilson Barry's maps and notes |
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| 28 | 691 | Notes, typed |
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| 28 | 692 | Maps of Spanish Treaty, 1819: Notebook |
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File 87 - Treaties, United States, Concerning Oregon
Barry's study of the evolution of the international boundaries in the Pacific Northwest led him to correspond with scholars and government officials, including Joseph C. Grew, Philip Brooks, E.C. Barker, Hunter Miller, and C.S. Kingston. The action of Captain James Biddle, U.S. Navy, in raising the American flag at the mouth of the Columbia in 1818, and its implications, were of particular interest to him (Folders 697 and 698), as were ceremonies customary in taking possession of a new country (Folder 703). Much more correspondence with Hunter Miller is in File 15, Canada: Hudson's Bay Company. See also Miscellaneous Subject File, Northwest Boundary (Folder 1013).
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| 28 | 693 | Correspondence |
1924-1946 |
| 28 | 694 | Correspondence |
1947-1959 |
| 28 | 695 | Atlas of Historical Geography. Notes |
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| 28 | 696 | Atlas, Oregon Boundaries. Notes |
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| 28 | 697 | Biddle, Captain James: Research correspondence |
1924-1932 |
| 28 | 698 | Biddle, Captain James: Notes |
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| 28 | 699 | List of books on Oregon boundary |
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| 28 | 700 | Independent Government |
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| 28 | 701 | Hunter Miller notes |
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| 28 | 702 | Notes |
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| 28 | 703 | Oregon boundary dispute, Oregon in Congress |
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| 28 | 704 | Taking possession |
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| 28 | 705 | Arbitration, 1871: Notes on old maps |
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File 88 - Vancouver, Captain George
Barry took extensive notes on George Vancouver's Voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and round the world relating to the expedition's exploration of the Columbia River. He also studied the journal kept by a member of the Chatham's crew as published in the Washington Historical Quarterly, 1914-15. See also the files on Columbia River, particularly Files 26 and 27; Miscellaneous Subject Files, Edward Bell's Journal (Folder 749); and Map folder 1330.
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| 28 | 706 | Vancouver's narratives: Notes |
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| 28 | 707 | New Vancouver journal (kept on H.M.S. Chatham) |
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| 28 | 708 | Explorations, 1792, 1793 |
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| 28 | 709 | Vancouver mentioned by Lewis and Clark |
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File 89 - Vancouver, Washington and Fort Vancouver
The three main topics in this file are agriculture at the Fort Vancouver trading post, the old apple tree in Vancouver (reputedly the oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest), and General Ulysses S. Grant's association with the U.S. Army's Fort Vancouver. Barry was part of the effort to have a marker erected at the site of Grant's potato patch.
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| 28 | 710 | Correspondence |
1922-1952 |
| 28 | 711 | Agriculture at Fort Vancouver |
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| 28 | 712 | Apple tree: Research correspondence |
1926-1946 |
| 28 | 713 | Apple tree: Clippings |
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| 28 | 714 | General U.S. Grant at Vancouver, 1852-1853 |
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| 28 | 715 | Newspaper clippings |
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| 28 | 716 | Township plat by John Neilson Barry |
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File 90 - Work, John
Barry took notes from the journals of John Work, fur trader, particularly as they related to his travels inside what is now the United States. Names of persons mentioned in the journals were a particular interest of his.
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| 28 | 717 | Journals, 1824-1830: Notes |
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| 28 | 718 | Journals, 1830-1834: Notes and index of names |
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| 28 | 719 | Journal extract, 1832 (in Idaho)
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File 91 - Miscellaneous Subject File |
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| 29 | 720 | Adams, John Quincy |
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| 29 | 721 | Adams, John Quincy: Correspondence with Samuel Flagg Bemis |
1949-1950 |
| 29 | 722 | Adams, John Quincy: Research correspondence |
1936-1946 |
| 29 | 723 | Ainsworth, J.C., Capt. |
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| 29 | 724 | Akin murder: Correspondence and clippings |
1933 1937 |
| 29 | 725 | Alaska boundaries: Research correspondence |
1936-1939 |
| 29 | 726 | Alaska Indians |
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| 29 | 727 | Alaska: Russian Battles |
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| 29 | 728 | Albeni Falls, Idaho |
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| 29 | 729 | Applegate family / Applegate Route |
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| 29 | 730 | Applegate Route: Research correspondence |
1945-1947 |
| 29 | 731 | Archives, Oregon |
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| 29 | 732 | Arrowsmith Map
See also Map folder 1301.
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| 29 | 733 | Artists: Agate and Adams |
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| 29 | 734 | Ashley, William H. |
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| 29 | 735 | Ashley-Smith explorations |
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| 29 | 736 | Ashton, Jo |
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| 29 | 737 | Athapascan Indians / Alsea Indians |
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| 29 | 738 | Aurora colony (Oregon) |
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| 29 | 739 | Babcock, Ira L., Dr. |
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| 29 | 740 | Bailey, W. J., Dr. |
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| 29 | 741 | Ball, John |
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| 29 | 742 | Barnabie, Joseph |
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| 29 | 743 | Barnaby, Joseph |
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| 29 | 744 | Barnston, George |
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| 29 | 745 | Barr, Mr. Notes on stories |
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| 29 | 746 | Bear, The Kidnapping Bruin |
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| 29 | 747 | Beaver, Herbert |
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| 29 | 748 | Beaver, Herbert, Rev. at Fort Vancouver |
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| 29 | 749 | Bell, Edward. Journal |
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| 29 | 750 | Bell's Hill / Sandy River: Correspondence |
1931-1941 |
| 29 | 751 | Bell's Hill / Sandy River: Notes, etc. |
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| 29 | 752 | Bell's Hill / Sandy River: Notes from Court house |
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| 29 | 753 | Bernier, Marcel Isadore: Research correspondence |
1944-1945 |
| 29 | 754 | Bernier, Francis |
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| 29 | 755 | Bidwell, John, General |
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| 29 | 756 | Billique, Pierre |
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| 29 | 757 | Birnie, James |
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| 29 | 758 | Blanchet, Bishop |
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| 29 | 759 | Bonneville Dam: Correspondence |
1934-1938 |
| 29 | 760 | Boise River / Clark map |
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| 29 | 761 | Books and Authors |
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| 29 | 762 | Booth, John Wilkes |
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| 29 | 763 | Brackenridge, Henry M. |
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| 29 | 764 | Bradbury, John. Travels of |
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| 29 | 765 | Bridger, James |
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| 29 | 766 | Brown, J. Henry. Political History of Oregon |
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| 29 | 767 | Buried treasure / Pacific pirates / Beeswax ship |
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| 29 | 768 | Burlingame, Merrill. The Montana Frontier |
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| 29 | 769 | Bush, George, black pioneer |
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| 29 | 770 | Buttons, Discovered: Correspondence |
1924-1939 |
| 29 | 771 | Camels |
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| 29 | 772 | Canadian Northwest, by E. H. Olin |
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| 29 | 773 | Canby, William M. Journal and maps (Western Montana) |
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| 29 | 774 | Canning, William: Research Correspondence |
1950-1960 |
| 29 | 775 | Carson, Alexander |
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| 29 | 776 | Carson, Kit |
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| 29 | 777 | Carson, Washington (Local history) |
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| 29 | 778 | Cartwright House / Mountain House (Lorane, Oregon) (photos) |
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| 29 | 779 | Casseno, Chief |
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| 29 | 780 | Charboneau (young man) |
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| 29 | 781 | Charponka, killed at Fort Hall (1834) |
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| 29 | 782 | Childs, Joseph B. |
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| 29 | 783 | Chinookan Indians |
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| 29 | 784 | Chinook wind |
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| 29 | 785 | Chinook wind: Research correspondence
Correspondents include T.C. Elliott, Edward L. Wells, and meteorologists
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1931-1946 |
| 29 | 786 | Chittenden, H. M. The American Fur Trade: Notes |
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| 29 | 787 | Clapp, Benjamin |
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| 29 | 788 | Clark, Dan E. Extracts from the The West in American History |
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| 29 | 789 | Clark, R. C. History of the Willamette Valley |
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| 29 | 790 | Clark, Down, Blue. School History of Oregon |
1930 |
| 29 | 791 | Clatsop County |
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| 29 | 792 | Clyman, James |
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| 29 | 793 | Coeur d'Alene essay contest (origin of name)
Correspondents include C.M. Barbeau
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| 29 | 794 | Coffin Rock |
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| 29 | 795 | Colorado, Map of |
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| 29 | 796 | Cook, James, Captain |
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| 29 | 797 | Corbett, Oregon: Tunnel Hill |
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| 29 | 798 | Corney, Peter |
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| 30 | 799 | Coulee Dam |
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| 30 | 800 | Counties of Oregon (Maps) |
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| 30 | 801 | Course of Des Femmes Creek (Finlay Creek, near Missoula, Montana) |
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| 30 | 802 | Cowlitz |
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| 30 | 803 | Coxe, John |
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| 30 | 804 | Crater Lake, Oregon |
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| 30 | 805 | Crooks, Ramsay |
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| 30 | 806 | Custer, General |
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| 30 | 807 | Cross, Osborne |
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| 30 | 808 | Cullen, John W. |
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| 30 | 809 | Dale, Clifford. Ashley-Smith Exploration |
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| 30 | 810 | The Dalles, Oregon / Wishram, Washington. Maps, notes, and correspondence |
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| 30 | 811 | Deady, Matthew, Judge |
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| 30 | 812 | Dease, Warren |
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| 30 | 813 | Deer Island |
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| 30 | 814 | Degie, Phillip |
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| 30 | 815 | Delard, Joseph |
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| 30 | 816 | Delcour, Jean Baptiste |
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| 30 | 817 | De Smet, Father
See also Map folder 1312.
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| 30 | 818 | Dictionary of American History |
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| 30 | 819 | Dictionary of American History: Correspondence |
1937-1938 |
| 30 | 820 | Dogs, laws, etc.: Correspondence |
1932-1948 |
| 30 | 821 | Dogs, laws, etc.: Notes |
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| 30 | 822 | Doctors in the Oregon Country |
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| 30 | 823 | Donpierre, David |
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| 30 | 824 | Douglas, James, Sir |
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| 30 | 825 | Drake, Francis, Sir |
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| 30 | 826 | Draper, Lyman Copeland / Larry Gara |
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| 30 | 827 | Dubreuil, Jean Baptiste |
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| 30 | 828 | Dunn, John. History of Oregon Territory |
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| 30 | 829 | Duprey, Louis. Daughter of (Mrs. Marguerite La Fontaine) |
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| 30 | 830 | Eells, Cushing, Rev. |
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| 30 | 831 | Electric Lights, first on Oregon ship |
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| 30 | 832 | Eugene, Oregon, pageant: Program (Sunset Trail) |
1929 |
| 30 | 833 | Farnham, Thomas J. Travels in the Great Western Prairies |
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| 30 | 834 | Fidler, Peter
See also Map folder 1313.
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| 30 | 835 | Firearms |
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| 30 | 836 | Finley, Jaco |
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| 30 | 837 | Fish Springs, California |
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| 30 | 838 | Fitzpatrick, Thomas |
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| 30 | 839 | Flags at Astoria, etc. |
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| 30 | 840 | Floods and Fires in Oregon (Oregon Oddities) |
1941 |
| 30 | 841 | Force, John |
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| 30 | 842 | Foster, Phillip |
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| 30 | 843 | Fossils, Archeology, Geologic phenomena: Clippings |
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| 30 | 844 | Franchere, Gabriel. Itinerary from Astoria to Montreal, 1814 |
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| 30 | 845 | Fraser on the Fraser River (The Beaver) |
1944 |
| 30 | 846 | Fraser River and Simon Fraser |
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| 30 | 847 | Free Trappers |
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| 30 | 848 | Fremont, John C. |
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| 30 | 849 | Frost, John, Rev. Journal of |
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| 30 | 850 | Fuller, George W. History of the Pacific Northwest |
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| 30 | 851 | Gale, Joseph |
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| 30 | 852 | Gamble, John M. |
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| 30 | 853 | Garry, Chief of the Spokanes |
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| 30 | 854 | Gauthier, Pierre, and Paul Ojet |
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| 30 | 855 | Gay, George |
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| 30 | 856 | Gervais, Joseph |
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| 30 | 857 | Gilbert, E. W. The Exploration of Western America |
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| 30 | 858 | Gillespie, Archibald H., Captain |
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| 30 | 859 | Gilliam, Cornelius, Colonel |
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| 30 | 860 | Goodyear, Miles. With Whitman, 1836 |
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| 30 | 861 | Gilpin, William, Governor |
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| 30 | 862 | Glacier National Park / Triple Divide Peak, including maps |
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| 30 | 863 | Glass balls on beach |
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| 30 | 864 | Gray, Robert, Captain: Research correspondence |
1928-1929 |
| 30 | 865 | Gray, Robert, Captain: Notes |
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| 30 | 866 | Gray, William H. |
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| 30 | 867 | Gray, William P., Captain |
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| 30 | 868 | Gray's Harbour |
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| 30 | 869 | Greenhow, Robert |
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| 30 | 870 | Hancock, Samuel |
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| 30 | 871 | Harmon, Daniel W. |
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| 30 | 872 | Hastings, L. W. |
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| 30 | 873 | Hathaway, Felix |
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| 30 | 874 | Hayden Island |
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| 30 | 875 | Hawaiians |
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| 30 | 876 | Henry, Alexander |
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| 30 | 877 | Heraldry |
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| 30 | 878 | Hewett, Adam |
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| 31 | 879 | Hikes: Notes (Columbia River sands) |
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| 31 | 880 | Himes, George H. Biography |
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| 31 | 881 | Historical Spots, Marking of |
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| 31 | 882 | Hoax |
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| 31 | 883 | Holderness, Samuel M. |
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| 31 | 884 | Hole, The Deep |
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| 31 | 885 | Hoole, Jacques |
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| 31 | 886 | Hooley, Jacques, aged trapper |
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| 31 | 887 | Horizons (Memory, Tradition, Gossip) |
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| 31 | 888 | Hulbert, A. B. The Oregon Crusade (Overland to the Pacific series) |
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| 31 | 889 | Hunter, John D. |
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| 31 | 890 | Idaho |
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| 31 | 891 | Idaho: Acquisition of territory of Oregon and Idaho by U.S. |
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| 31 | 892 | Idaho: Boise Basin, by Annie Laurie Bird |
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| 31 | 893 | Idaho: Boise, The Peace Valley, by Annie Laurie Bird |
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| 31 | 894 | Idaho: Correspondence, Miscellaneous |
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| 31 | 895 | Idaho: Correspondence with Idaho State Historical Society |
1932-1955 |
| 31 | 896 | Idaho: Correspondence with Idaho State Historical Society |
1956-1959 |
| 31 | 897 | Idaho: Maps (I) |
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| 31 | 898 | Idaho: Maps (II) |
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| 31 | 899 | Idaho: Name |
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| 31 | 900 | Iroquois |
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| 31 | 901 | Ivory Statuettes, Japanese |
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| 31 | 902 | Jack, Sailor (Astorian) |
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| 31 | 903 | Jackson's Little Hole |
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| 31 | 904 | Jacobs, Melvin C. Winning Oregon |
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| 31 | 905 | Jacobs, Melvin C. Winning Oregon: Correspondence |
1938-1939 |
| 31 | 906 | James, Thomas. Three Years Among Indians and Mexicans |
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| 31 | 907 | Japanese |
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| 31 | 908 | Japanese / American friendship: Correspondence |
1929-1935 |
| 31 | 909 | Jewitt, John R. |
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| 31 | 910 | Johnson, Neil: Diary excerpts, 1850 |
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| 31 | 911 | Johnson, William (Portland settler): Research correspondence |
1933-1934 |
| 31 | 912 | Johnson: Early settlers by that name |
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| 31 | 913 | Johnstown Flood (1889) |
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| 31 | 914 | Joseph, Chief |
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| 31 | 915 | Kal-la-poo-yah Indians |
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| 31 | 916 | Kane, Paul, Artist (I) |
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| 31 | 917 | Kane, Paul, Artist (I) |
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| 31 | 918 | Kautz, August V. Diary of Mullan Road (1860) |
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| 31 | 919 | Kelley, Hall J.
See also Map folder 1316.
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| 31 | 920 | Kelley Point |
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| 31 | 921 | Kimberland, Bill |
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| 31 | 922 | Kipling, Rudyard |
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| 31 | 923 | Kipling, Rudyard. Biography |
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| 31 | 924 | Koaster, Johann (Jo Ashton) |
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| 31 | 925 | Ko-come-ne-peca (Kootenai woman): Research correspondence
Correspondents include O.B. Sperlin.
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1928-1952 |
| 31 | 926 | Ko-come-ne-peca (The Kootenay Letter carrier) |
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| 31 | 927 | Ko-come-ne-peca. Statements by early travelers |
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| 31 | 928 | Ko-come-ne-peca (in Franchere) |
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| 31 | 929 | Konapee: Research correspondence |
1931-1960 |
| 31 | 930 | Konapee: Notes |
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| 31 | 931 | La Bonte, Louis, Astorian |
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| 31 | 932 | Lafayette-Neilson letters |
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| 31 | 933 | Laframboise, Michel |
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| 31 | 934 | La Gasse, Charles |
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| 31 | 935 | LaGrande, Oregon: Correspondence |
1925 1933 |
| 31 | 936 | Lake View and Lake County, Oregon (Fire, 1894) |
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| 31 | 937 | Lancaster, Samuel |
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| 31 | 938 | Laliberte / Liberty family: Correspondence
Correspondents include John Porter Graham
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1949-1954 |
| 31 | 939 | Lapie map (French)
See also Map folder 1318.
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| 31 | 940 | Larocque, F. A. |
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| 31 | 941 | Larocque, Joseph |
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| 31 | 942 | LaValle expedition / Yoncalla, Oregon: Correspondence |
1960 |
| 31 | 943 | LaValle expedition: Notes and reprints
Reputed overland journey of a shipwrecked party led by Baptiste LaVall(e) from Oregon to Louisiana, 1809; and Henry R. Schoolcraft's interest in their reports of Indian mounds.
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| 32 | 944 | Le Blanc |
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| 32 | 945 | Ledyard, John |
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| 32 | 946 | Lee and Frost. Ten Years in Oregon |
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| 32 | 947 | Leonard, Zenas |
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| 32 | 948 | Letters, Postage |
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| 32 | 949 | Leuders Bay |
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| 32 | 950 | Lewis, James (I, James Lewis) |
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| 32 | 951 | Lewis, Samuel |
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| 32 | 952 | Lighthouses |
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| 32 | 953 | Linnton (Springville), Oregon |
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| 32 | 954 | Lisa, Manuel |
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| 32 | 955 | Lolo Pass / John Mullan |
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| 32 | 956 | Lolo Trail |
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| 32 | 957 | Lolo Trail / Dr. John Evans |
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| 32 | 958 | Long, Stephen H. |
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| 32 | 959 | Longview, Washington: Correspondence |
1926-1928 |
| 32 | 960 | Lucier, Etienne |
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| 32 | 961 | Mackenzie, Alexander, Sir
See also Map folder 1321.
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| 32 | 962 | Malheur River, Oregon |
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| 32 | 963 | Manby, Thomas |
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| 32 | 964 | Manson, Donald |
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| 32 | 965 | Manzanita Beach, Oregon |
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| 32 | 966 | Mapmaking. National Geographic (The Story of the Map) |
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| 32 | 967 | Marion County, Oregon |
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| 32 | 968 | Masson, L.R. Les Bourgeois |
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| 32 | 969 | Matthieu, F.X. |
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| 32 | 970 | McAllister, James J. (Boise, Idaho) |
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| 32 | 971 | McClellan, George B. (at the Cascades of the Columbia)
See also Map folder 1322.
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| 32 | 972 | McDonald, Archibald |
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| 32 | 973 | McDonald, Ranald |
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| 32 | 974 | McDougall, James |
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| 32 | 975 | McKay, Alexander |
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| 32 | 976 | McKay, Charles. |
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| 32 | 977 | McKay, Jean Baptiste Desportes |
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| 32 | 978 | McKenzie, Donald |
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| 32 | 979 | McLennan, Donald |
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| 32 | 980 | McLeod, Alexander |
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| 32 | 981 | Meares, John |
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| 32 | 982 | Meek, Joseph |
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| 32 | 983 | Meek, Stephen |
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| 32 | 984 | Meek Cut-Off |
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| 32 | 985 | Meek Cut-Off: Correspondence
Correspondents include Lawrence A. McNary.
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| 32 | 986 | Melish Map of 1818
See also Map folder 1323.
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| 32 | 987 | Minto, John. 1844 Reminiscences |
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| 32 | 988 | Missouri River |
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| 32 | 989 | Moccasins, Indian |
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| 32 | 990 | Modoc War |
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| 32 | 991 | Montour, Nicholas |
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| 32 | 992 | Montana: General and miscellaneous correspondence |
1940-1959 |
| 32 | 993 | Moonshine |
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| 32 | 994 | Moore, Robert |
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| 32 | 995 | Moscow, Idaho
See also Map folder 1334.
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| 32 | 996 | Mount Baker |
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| 32 | 997 | Mount Hood |
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| 32 | 998 | Mount Rainier |
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| 32 | 999 | Mount St. Helens |
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| 32 | 1000 | Mountains |
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| 32 | 1001 | Mulpah River |
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| 32 | 1002 | Multnomah (Name) |
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| 32 | 1003 | Multnomah. "The Last of the Multnomahs" (Script) |
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| 32 | 1004 | Mural Paintings at the Oregon Capitol Building. Controversy |
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| 33 | 1005 | Naches Pass Highway-Naches Pass Road (Washington) (3 booklets) |
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| 33 | 1006 | Nampa Image (Clay figure found in well in Nampa, Idaho, 1889) |
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| 33 | 1007 | Negroes in Oregon |
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| 33 | 1008 | Newell, Robert, Dr. |
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| 33 | 1009 | Nez Perce Indians |
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| 33 | 1010 | Noises in the Rocky Mountains |
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| 33 | 1011 | Nuttall, Thomas. Includes "Thomas Nuttall's Homeward Journey" by John Neilson Barry |
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| 33 | 1012 | North Dakota including notes regarding Colter map and Lewis and Clark map |
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| 33 | 1013 | Northwest Boundary |
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| 33 | 1014 | Okanagan Valley carved by glacial ice |
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| 33 | 1015 | O'Neal, James A. |
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| 33 | 1016 | Oregon: General and miscellaneous correspondence |
1925-1960 |
| 33 | 1017 | Oregon: How Oregon Took Shape, Her Story in Maps |
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| 33 | 1018 | Oregon: The Mysterious Name Oregon by John Neilson Barry |
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| 33 | 1019 | Oregon: Origin of name: Correspondence
See also Map folder 1324
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1952-1960 |
| 33 | 1020 | Oregon Archives. Photostat copies of public documents |
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| 33 | 1021 | Oregon Guide (WPA) |
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| 33 | 1022 | Oregon Guide (WPA): Correspondence |
1936 1941 |
| 33 | 1023 | Oregon localities: Correspondence |
1925-1954 |
| 33 | 1024 | Oregon Historical Quarterly Index by John Neilson Barry |
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| 33 | 1025 | Oregon City. History, notes, maps |
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| 33 | 1026 | Oregon Country, Early Days in (clippings) |
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| 33 | 1027 | Oregon Literary Map |
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| 33 | 1028 | Ough, Richard |
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| 33 | 1029 | Pacific Northwest History Conference: 1st: Proceedings |
1948 |
| 33 | 1030 | Pacific Northwest History Conference: 2nd: Proceedings |
1949 |
| 33 | 1031 | Pacific Northwest History Conference: 3rd: Program |
1950 |
| 33 | 1032 | Pacific Northwest History Conference: 4th: Minutes |
1951 |
| 33 | 1033 | Pacific Northwest History Conference: 5th: Minutes |
1952 |
| 33 | 1034 | Pacific Railroad Survey Vol VI: Notes (Williamson, Abbot, Sheridan in Oregon) |
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| 33 | 1035 | Pageants and Programs (General guidelines) |
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| 33 | 1036 | Palouse Indians: Research correspondence, and Notes |
1937-1939 |
| 33 | 1037 | Palmer, Joel |
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| 33 | 1038 | Parker, Samuel |
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| 33 | 1039 | Parkman, Francis (Reprint from the Wisconsin Magazine of History) |
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| 33 | 1040 | Paulina, Chief |
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| 33 | 1041 | Payette, Francois |
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| 33 | 1042 | Peoria Party |
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| 33 | 1043 | Peters, Henry H. Journal 1850 |
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| 33 | 1044 | Petitions to Congress (from Oregon) |
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| 33 | 1045 | Picketing of Portland Theaters by Union |
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| 33 | 1046 | Pickett, Charles E |
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| 33 | 1047 | Pictographs, Indian: Correspondence |
1932-1951 |
| 33 | 1048 | Pictographs, Indian: Notes (Photos) |
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| 33 | 1049 | Pierre, Old, the Iroquois |
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| 33 | 1050 | Pierre's Hole, Battle of |
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| 33 | 1051 | Pillar Rock, Near Astoria |
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| 33 | 1052 | Pike, Zebulon. Maps and notes |
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| 33 | 1053 | Pinch, Jeremy: Research correspondence |
1928-1944 |
| 33 | 1054 | Pinch, Jeremy: Article by T. C. Elliott |
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| 33 | 1055 | Pinch, Jeremy: Notes, chronology, etc. |
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| 34 | 1056 | Pioneer Association index and notes |
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| 34 | 1057 | Pioneers, Classes of settlers |
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| 34 | 1058 | Pioneers, Barlow Monument |
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| 34 | 1059 | Pipes (Tobacco; personal) |
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| 34 | 1060 | Porter, Kenneth W. John Jacob Astor, Businessman. Notes and annotations |
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| 34 | 1061 | Portland: Correspondence |
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| 34 | 1062 | Portland: Canyon Road and other roads |
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| 34 | 1063 | Portland: Council Crest |
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| 34 | 1064 | Portland: Elk Point |
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| 34 | 1065 | Portland: Miscellaneous brochures, etc. |
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| 34 | 1066 | Portneuf, Joseph |
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| 34 | 1067 | Pritchard, John. "Lost on the Prairies", 1805 |
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| 34 | 1068 | Protestant ministers and Lay missionaries in the Oregon County (compilation) |
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| 34 | 1069 | Pudding River |
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| 34 | 1070 | Puget Island |
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| 34 | 1071 | Putnam, Charles and Nathan |
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| 34 | 1072 | Ramsay men (Shipwrecked sailor; Redheaded Indian; Jack Ramsay) |
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| 34 | 1073 | Rector, William Henry |
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| 34 | 1074 | Rector's map, 1818, based upon Lewis and Clark's map |
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| 34 | 1075 | Red Pioneers by Jacob Calvin Cooper. Book Review |
1929 |
| 34 | 1076 | Red River emigrants |
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| 34 | 1077 | Religious Observances in Early Oregon |
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| 34 | 1078 | Revere, Paul |
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| 34 | 1079 | Revolutionary veterans |
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| 34 | 1080 | Rickreall Creek (origin of name) |
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| 34 | 1081 | Rivet, Francois |
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| 34 | 1082 | Roberts, George B. / Sauvie Island |
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| 34 | 1083 | Robinson, Edward |
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| 34 | 1084 | Rogers, Cornelius. Estate |
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| 34 | 1085 | Rogers, Robert: Research correspondence |
1927-1960 |
| 34 | 1086 | Rooster Rock |
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| 34 | 1087 | Rooster Rock / Phallic worship: Correspondence |
1926-1935 |
| 34 | 1088 | Ross, Alexander: Research correspondence |
1949-1950 |
| 34 | 1089 | Ross, Alexander: Canoe race |
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| 34 | 1090 | Ross Alexander. Fur Hunters of the Far West. Abstract |
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| 34 | 1091 | Ross Map
See also Map folder 1325
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| 34 | 1092 | Rush, Richard (in London) |
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| 34 | 1093 | Russell, Osborne. Journal of a Trapper |
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| 34 | 1094 | Sage, Rufus B. "A Visitor to Oregon in 1842" by John Neilson Barry |
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| 34 | 1095 | Sager children (Whitman massacre) |
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| 34 | 1096 | Salem, Oregon. Land surveys |
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| 34 | 1097 | Salem, Oregon. Notes on talk by John Neilson Barry |
1928 |
| 34 | 1098 | Salem Shrine |
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| 34 | 1099 | Salmon River, Idaho |
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| 34 | 1100 | Sand Island |
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| 34 | 1101 | Sandwich Islands |
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| 34 | 1102 | Sandwich Islanders |
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| 34 | 1103 | Sanitariums and Springs |
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| 34 | 1104 | San Juan Island in the Civil War |
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| 34 | 1105 | Sandy River region |
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| 34 | 1106 | Schafer, Joseph. Notes on his course on Pacific Northwest history |
1929 |
| 34 | 1107 | Schoolcraft. Notes from his works |
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| 34 | 1108 | Scientists in the Oregon country |
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| 34 | 1109 | Scott, Harvey. Article concerning |
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| 34 | 1110 | Seaside, Oregon |
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| 34 | 1111 | Sha Hap Tian |
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| 34 | 1112 | Sheridan, Philip H. |
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| 34 | 1113 | Sheridan, Philip H. / Blockhouse, Newport, Oregon: Correspondence |
1926-1949 |
| 34 | 1114 | Sheridan, Philip H. / Blockhouse, Newport, Oregon: Notes |
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| 35 | 1115 | Ships: Astoria arrivals and departures, 1850 (H.C. Leonard journal) |
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| 35 | 1116 | Ships: British Navigators on the Northwest Coast |
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| 35 | 1117 | Ships: Brother Jonathan |
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| 35 | 1118 | Ships: Columbia (Oregon Historical Quarterly articles) |
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| 35 | 1119 | Ships: List of Ships at Columbia River from 1775 |
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| 35 | 1120 | Ships: Vessels at the Columbia River 1775-1814: Appendix |
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| 35 | 1121 | Ships: Vessels on or near Columbia River, 1775-1814 |
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| 35 | 1122 | Ships: The Jennie, 1792 |
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| 35 | 1123 | Ships: Lausanne |
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| 35 | 1124 | Ships: Wreck of Lupatia |
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| 35 | 1125 | Ships: Vessels on the Northwest Coast 1543-1811 (3 parts) |
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| 35 | 1126 | Ships: Notes on ships in Northwest waters |
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| 35 | 1127 | Ships: Miscellaneous Articles and Clippings |
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| 35 | 1128 | Ships: Steamboats and Steam Vessels, including War of 1878 |
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| 35 | 1129 | Ships: Steamboat Shoshone |
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| 35 | 1130 | Ships: Wreck near Florence, Oregon |
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| 35 | 1131 | Shoshone Indians and Vocabulary |
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| 35 | 1132 | Simpson, Sir George. Journal,letters, etc. |
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| 35 | 1133 | Simpson, Port. British Columbia |
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| 35 | 1134 | Sinclair party 1854 |
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| 35 | 1135 | Skam Naugh River (Later called Boise) |
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| 35 | 1136 | Skinner, Edward Hayes ("A Few Came Home With Gold") |
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| 35 | 1137 | Slacum, William A. |
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| 35 | 1138 | Smelt |
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| 35 | 1139 | Smith, Celiast |
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| 35 | 1140 | Smith, Jedediah |
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| 35 | 1141 | Smith, Willard |
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| 35 | 1142 | Smith, Silas B. |
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| 35 | 1143 | Smith, Silas B.: John Neilson Barry correspondence with Eathel Abbey Moore |
1957-1960 |
| 35 | 1144 | Smith, Solomon H. |
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| 35 | 1145 | Snake River murders, from Ogden journals |
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| 35 | 1146 | Spain on Northwest coast: Explorations and Nootka controversy |
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| 35 | 1147 | Spanish in Oregon: Tree markings: Correspondence
Correspondents include R.S. Shelley
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1928 |
| 35 | 1148 | Spanish north of New Mexico / Father Escalante: Correspondence
Correspondents include William S. Wallace
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1946-1951 |
| 35 | 1149 | Star of Oregon (Vessel, 1841-1842) |
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| 35 | 1150 | Strawberry Island |
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| 35 | 1151 | Stuart, Captain |
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| 35 | 1152 | Sutter ("The Days of 49," by Blaise Cendrars) |
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| 35 | 1153 | Swan, James G. |
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| 35 | 1154 | Sylvester, Avery, Captain |
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| 35 | 1155 | Talbot, Theodore |
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| 35 | 1156 | Thornton, J. Quinn |
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| 35 | 1157 | Thwaites, Early Western Travels, Index |
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| 35 | 1158 | Tillamook Indians / Ellen Center: Correspondence with Ellen Center
Twenty-one letters from Ellen Center, a Tillamook Indian of Garibaldi, Oregon, to historian J. Neilson Barry, several of which (1930-1933) recount Tillamook traditions of 18th and 19th Century shipwrecks and discuss the ancestry and descendants of Center's grandfather, Chief Kilchis, and speculation about his possible descent from a non-Indian ancestor. Later correspondence between Barry and Center relates to Barry's attempts to secure settlement of Tillamook claims against the federal government. The file also includes Barry's correspondence with federal and local officials on Center's behalf, and his letters (1933) to Franz Boas about the Tillamooks.
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1930-1955 |
| 35 | 1159 | Tillamook Indians / Chief Kilchis: Research correspondence |
1930-1933 |
| 35 | 1160 | Tobacco in Fur Trade |
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| 35 | 1161 | Tobacco, Pipes of, Indian |
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| 35 | 1162 | Toby, Old (Guide for Lewis and Clark) |
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| 35 | 1163 | Tod, John (Hudson's Bay Company) |
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| 35 | 1164 | Tolmie, W. F., Dr. |
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| 35 | 1165 | Tomahawk Island |
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| 35 | 1166 | Tongue Point |
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| 35 | 1167 | Townsend, J.K.: Narrative |
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| 35 | 1168 | Townsend, J.K.: Research correspondence |
1927-1929 |
| 35 | 1169 | Trails, Roads, and Routes: Blue Mountains |
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| 35 | 1170 | Trails, Roads, and Routes: California to Oregon |
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| 35 | 1171 | Trails, Roads, and Routes: via Montana |
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| 35 | 1172 | Trails, Roads, and Routes: Over the Cascades and through Oregon |
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| 35 | 1173 | Trails, Roads, and Routes: Pony Express |
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| 35 | 1174 | Trails, Roads, and Routes: Southern Route, Oregon Trail |
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| 35 | 1175 | Trails, Roads, and Routes: Umpqua Route |
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| 35 | 1176 | Trails, Roads, and Routes: Wallowa Routes |
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| 35 | 1177 | Trails, Roads, and Routes: Willamette Valley to Clatsop Plains |
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| 35 | 1178 | Transportation: Clippings and notes, Miscellaneous |
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| 35 | 1179 | Transportation: Routes: Bridges |
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| 35 | 1180 | Transportation: Routes: Ferry |
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| 35 | 1181 | Transportation: Railroads |
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| 35 | 1182 | Transportation: Stage Coach |
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| 35 | 1183 | Tryon family |
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| 35 | 1184 | Twiss, Travers, Sir. The Oregon Territory, Its History and Discovery, 1846 (Table of contents) |
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| 35 | 1185 | Underwood, Amos |
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| 35 | 1186 | Utah Historical Quarterly |
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| 35 | 1187 | Vale, Oregon |
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| 35 | 1188 | Vancover Pagent |
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| 35 | 1189 | Venereal Disease / Oregon Indians |
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| 35 | 1190 | Verne or Venier, husband of Marie Dorion |
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| 35 | 1191 | La Vérendrye |
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| 35 | 1192 | Vermont: Boundaries: Correspondence |
1937 |
| 35 | 1193 | Vermont: Origin of name: Correspondence |
1924 |
| 35 | 1194 | Victor, Francis Fuller |
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| 35 | 1195 | Victor, F. F. "River of the West" |
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| 35 | 1196 | Villard, Henry |
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| 35 | 1197 | Virginia |
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| 35 | 1198 | Visitors, American, to Oregon (list) |
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| 35 | 1199 | Visitors, British, to Oregon (list) |
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| 35 | 1200 | Visitors, to Oregon country (list) |
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| 35 | 1201 | Vocabularies of Indian Tribes |
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| 35 | 1202 | Voyages, Early, to Oregon, 1790-1816 (Article offprints) |
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| 36 | 1203 | Wagner, Henry R. The Cartography of the Northwest Coast. Notes |
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| 36 | 1204 | Wagner, Henry R. Spanish Voyages to the Northwest Coast. Notes |
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| 36 | 1205 | Wagner, J., early trapper |
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| 36 | 1206 | Wagons in Oregon country |
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| 36 | 1207 | Wai-I-Lat-Pu An |
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| 36 | 1208 | Walker, Joseph R. |
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| 36 | 1209 | Walker, Mrs. Elkanah |
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| 36 | 1210 | Walla Walla / Fort and vicinity: Research correspondence |
1938-1950 |
| 36 | 1211 | Walla Walla vicinity. Surveys, boundaries
See also Map folder 1331.
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| 36 | 1212 | Wallowa region |
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| 36 | 1213 | Wallowa region: Correspondence (Mount Bonneville, Chief Joseph Mountain, (Mount Howard)
Correspondents include J.H. Horner.
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1924-1933 |
| 36 | 1214 | Wallowa region: Historical pageant |
1925 |
| 36 | 1215 | Wapinitia, Oregon, natural curiosity: Correspondence |
1925 |
| 36 | 1216 | Ward Massacre |
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| 36 | 1217 | Warre and Vavasour |
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| 36 | 1218 | Warrior Rock (Sauvie Island) |
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| 36 | 1219 | Washington State Historical Parks; Fort Columbia dedication |
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| 36 | 1220 | Washington Territorial Centennial; Washington maps |
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| 36 | 1221 | Washougal, Washington |
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| 36 | 1222 | Washougal, Washington: Correspondence
Correspondents include Isabel Ernie
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1926-1929 |
| 36 | 1223 | Weather Bureau reports, Oregon |
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| 36 | 1224 | Weather history, Oregon country (Floods) |
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| 36 | 1225 | Weiser River, Idaho (Origin of name) |
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| 36 | 1226 | Wenatchee |
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| 36 | 1227 | West, George Miller |
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| 36 | 1228 | West Orange, New Jersey. Psychological Experiment |
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| 36 | 1229 | Wheatland, Yamhill County, Oregon, 1866 |
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| 36 | 1230 | White, Elijah, Dr. Ten Years in Oregon 1848 |
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| 36 | 1231 | White men's children in the Oregon country |
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| 36 | 1232 | White women in the Oregon country |
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| 36 | 1233 | Whitman, Marcus: Controversies: Correspondence |
1928-1949 |
| 36 | 1234 | Whitman, Marcus: Notes |
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| 36 | 1235 | Whitman, Narcissa: Journal, 1836 |
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| 36 | 1236 | Whitman memorial |
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| 36 | 1237 | Wilkes Expedition at the Columbia River, 1841
See also Map folder 1332.
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| 36 | 1238 | Wilkes Expedition: Correspondence |
1928-1943 |
| 36 | 1239 | Willamette (Origin of name): Correspondence |
1923-1926 |
| 36 | 1240 | Willamette River: Correspondence |
1939-1948 |
| 36 | 1241 | Willamette River: Notes |
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| 36 | 1242 | Willamette Stone |
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| 36 | 1243 | Willamette University / Wallace Prairie, by Gustavus Hines |
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| 36 | 1244 | Fort William and Warrior Rock: Correspondence
Correspondents include John W. Rowland and residents of Sauvie Island.
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1924-1945 |
| 36 | 1245 | Fort William and Warrior Rock: Notes |
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| 36 | 1246 | Wilson the gunner |
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| 36 | 1247 | Wiser, Peter |
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| 36 | 1248 | Winthrop, Theodore |
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| 36 | 1249 | Wislizenus, F. A., Dr. A Journey to the Rocky Mountains |
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| 36 | 1250 | Wishram Village |
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| 36 | 1251 | Woody Island |
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| 36 | 1252 | Works Progress Administration: Historical Records Survey: Correspondence |
1940-1941 |
| 36 | 1253 | Wyeth, Nathaniel J.: Research correspondence |
1927-1939 |
| 36 | 1254 | Wyeth, Nathaniel J.: Notes
See also Map folder 1333
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| 36 | 1255 | Wyoming: Miscellaneous correspondence |
1928-1960 |
| 36 | 1256 | Wyoming: Buffalo Bill Country maps by John Neilson Barry |
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| 36 | 1257 | Wyoming: Geology and paleontology: Correspondence |
1940-1949 |
| 36 | 1258 | Wyoming. Printed materials, Booklets |
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| 37 | 1259 | Yachats |
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| 37 | 1260 | Yac-O-Nan Indians |
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| 37 | 1261 | Yakima country |
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| 37 | 1262 | Yakima Valley archeology |
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| 37 | 1263 | Yellowstone National Park |
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| 37 | 1264 | Young, Ewing. Monument |
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| 37 | 1265 | Young, Ewing. Estate |
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| 37 | 1266 | Young, Ewing. Estate, persons mentioned |
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| 37 | 1267 | Young, Ewing. Estate |
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| 37 | 1268 | Original Inventory |
1958 |
| 37 | 1269 | Original Inventory Sheets |
1958 |
4: MapsReturn to Top
J. Neilson Barry's large maps are divided into two subgroups: those maps that were removed from the collection and integrated into the department's general map collection, and those that have remained with the manuscript collection. Maps in the former category include published maps of national forests in the West (mainly Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana), USGS topographical maps, river and shoreline surveys, and reproductions of explorers' maps (both facsimiles and photostats). Most of those maps are now located in the Special Collections Department. The national forest and topographical maps were integrated into the department's general holdings of such maps and have not been separately enumerated.
The maps that remain a part of the manuscript collection are listed below, arranged according to the Research file to which they correspond. They consist chiefly of photostats of portions of explorers' maps, often annotated by Barry with modern names of geographical features and other notes; published maps he also annotated; and hand-drawn maps by made by Barry himself, sometimes to illustrate his articles. Barry obtained most of the facsimiles and photostats in the 1930s and 40s, long before many of them were readily available in secondary works. In many cases, Barry's photostats are larger than their counterparts in the subsequently-published atlases, and are thus much easier to read. Maps that have been reproduced in Carl Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West (1957-1963) and Gary Moulton's Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1983) have been so noted. With each folder description, references are made to corresponding folders in Barry's Research files, where fuller information can often be found concerning the nature and context of his research in these areas.
| Container(s) | Description |
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| 1301 | Arrowsmith maps (Cf. Folder 732)
Photostats of the western portions of the Arrowsmith 1802 and 1833 maps of North America. One sheet each. The 1833 map was at some later time annotated with the names of forts and trading posts.
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| 1302 | Astoria: Wilson Price Hunt Route (Cf. File 4)
Hand-drawn map by John Neilson Barry tracing Hunt's route from the Missouri River (north fork) to Wind River, Wyoming.
Published map of Targhee National Forest (1922) annotated with highlights on geographic features pertaining to Hunt's route through the Tetons.
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| 1303 | Boise, Old Fort, and Reed Fort Locations (Cf. File 11)
Photostats of Land Office survey maps (1868, 1876, 1878, and undated) of townships in the vicinity of the mouth of the Boise River.
Enlargement (photostat) of small portion of David Thompson's strip map in the British Museum (ca. 1818) marking Squaw Butte and Reid's Fort and noting his encounter with Snake Indians there. See also Folder 1327, David Thompson.
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| 1304 | Bonneville, Capt. (Cf. File 12)
Photostat of a portion of a late 19th-century map of the U.S. that had been annotated with notes concerning Bonneville's travels.
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| 1305 | Canada: Hudson's Bay Company (Cf. File 15)
Photostats of 17 maps and plats from the National Archives originally gathered in evidence by the "British and American Joint Commission on the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural Company's Claim, under the treaty of July 1, 1863." Includes depictions of Fort Vancouver and vicinity, mouth of the Columbia River, Nisqualli, and Cowlitz farm. Provided to Barry and annotated by Hunter Miller:
Hudson's Bay Company maps no. 1, 2
U.S. Maps and Plats no. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Puget's Sound Company maps no. 1, 2, 3, 4
Photostats of two maps from the National Archives prepared to illustrate Hudson's Bay Company land claims at Colvile, Washington Territory, under the treaty of 1846.
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| 1306 | Champoeg (Cf. File 18)
"Proposed Design for Champoeg Memorial Park" (blueprint)
Three surveys of Champoeg State Park
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| 1307 | Colter, John (Cf. Files 23-25)
One hand-drawn map prepared by Barry
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| 1308 | Columbia River: Lt. Broughton (Cf. File 26 and 28)
Photostat on two sheets of "A Sketch of the River Columbia" (1792) by Broughton, from its mouth to Point Vancouver, with one-sheet enlargement.
Three hand-drawn maps by Barry.
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| 1309 | Columbia River (Cf. File 28)
Hand-drawn map, "The First Explorers on the Columbia River." Reduced photocopy is in Box 16, 289.
Photostat of township plat made by Surveyor General of Washington Territory for Township 2 North Range 7 East (1860), along the Columbia River at the Cascades.
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| 1310 | Cox, Ross (Cf. File 33)
20th century plat map of a small area along the Spokane River, annotated by Barry and titled "Ross Cox Wandering".
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| 1311 | Day, John (Cf. File 34)
Photostats of a portion of William Kittson's map (1825) depicting the Snake River Plain in Idaho and identifying Day's River. The map is no. 362 in Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West.
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| 1312 | De Smet, Father (Cf. Folder 817)
U.S. Forest Service map of Targhee National Forest (1944) annotated by Barry with notes concerning "Father De Smet's Journey".
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| 1313 | Fidler, Peter (Cf. Folder 834)
Enlarged photostat of portion of Fidler map (1792) depicting fur trading areas between the Saskatchewan River and Rocky Mountains.
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| 1314 | Heceta, Captain Bruno (Cf. File 43)
2 hand-drawn maps by John Neilson Barry on 1 sheet: "Modern map reduced from charts 6151-6152
"U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey with Low Island and Sand Banks Omitted" and "Chart of 1775 by Bruno Heceta / the Modern names are added by J. Neilson Barry."
Much reduced versions were published with Barry's article, "Who Discovered the Columbia River," in Oregon Historical Quarterly, v. 39 (1938) facing page 158.
A photostat of Heceta's 1775 chart of the mouth of the Columbia River ("Plano de la Bahia de la Asumpcion...") was moved to the Special Collections map collection.
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| 1315 | Humboldt, Alexander von
Photostats on two sheets of portions of Humboldt's "Carte Generale du Royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne" (1804) depicting the present-day Southwestern U.S. Full map published in Carl Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West as map 272.
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| 1316 | Kelley, Hall J. (Cf. Folder 919)
Photostat of Kelley's map of "Territory of Oregon" based on his explorations, 1834-1835. Published in Carl Wheat, Mapping the Transmissippi West as map 444.
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| 1317 | La Hontan, Baron (Cf. File 45)
Photostats of La Hontan maps of Riviere Longue (published in Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West as map 87) and New France.
Township plat of Big Stone County, Minnesota (1947)
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| 1318 | Lapie map (French) (Cf. Folder 939)
Photostats of portions of Lapie's map (1821) depicting the Western U.S. and tracing the overland route of the Astorians. Includes the exaggerated Moltnomah (Willamette) River. Two copies, both annotated by Barry, denoting sites associated with the Astorians. Published in Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West, as map 342.
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| 1319 | Lee, Jason: Old Methodist Mission (Cf. File 47)
Photostats of both the deed and the mortgage (1844) transferring the mission farm site from the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church to the Oregon Institute (Alanson Beers, trustee). No maps.
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| 1320-a | Lewis and Clark expedition (Cf. Files 48-57)
Photostats of 3 maps (4 sheets), part of a set acquired by the Library of Congress in 1925 from the Office of Indian Affairs, and once owned by Clark:
Undated ms. map of Mississippi River, from Red River to Rock River
Untitled ms. map with French legends of western U.S. (ca. 1797), listed in Carl Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West, no. 243
Map made by Nicholas King, War Department copyist (1803), carried on the expedition and annotated by Lewis, labeled by Barry "Clark's 2nd map." On two sheets. Published in Gary Moulton, Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1983), map 2.
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| 1320-b | Lewis and Clark Expedition
Photostats of maps made by Clark, from the images published in Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, ed. by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905).
Enlarged and often clearer to read than those published in Thwaites:
Sketch-map of the Multnomah River. Two copies, one annotated by Barry. Enlarged photostats of map published in Thwaites, v. 4, following p. 242. Very similar but not exactly the same as the map published in Gary Moulton, Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1983), v. 7, page 63.
Sketch-map given by an Indian at the Falls of the Columbia showing the Columbia and Snake River systems above the Falls. Annotated by Barry. Enlarged photostat of map published in Thwaites, v. 4, following p. 308. Also published in Gary Moulton, Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1983), v. 7, page 50
Map from information given by Chopunmish Indians. Two copies, one annotated by Barry. Enlarged photostats of map published in Thwaites, v. 5 frontispiece. Also published in Gary Moulton, Atlas of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1983), vol. 7, pp. 316-317, and in Carl Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West (1957-1963) as map 280
Sketch given by Indians, April 18, 1806...showing the basin of Lewis's [Snake] River. Annotated by Barry. Photostat of Map 40 in Thwaites, v. 8. Also published in Gary Moulton, Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1983), map 96
Sketch map given by Cutnose, etc., May 18, 1806, showing Indian trails over the continental divide. Photostat of Map 41 in Thwaites, v. 8
Sketch by Hohastillpilp, May 29, 1806, showing Indian trails over the continental divide. Photostat of map 42 in Thwaites, v. 8.
Sketch obtained from Indians at Flathead River camp. Two copies, both annotated by Barry. Photostats of Map 43 in Thwaites, v. 8. Also published in Gary Moulton, Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1983), map 101.
Indian sketch-map of the Lewis [Snake] River system, showing trails and Indian villages. Two copies, both annotated by Barry. Photostats of Map 44 in Thwaites, v. 8. Also published in Gary Moulton, Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1983), map 100.
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| 1320-c | Lewis and Clark Expedition
Photostat of "A Map of part of the Continent of North America..." compiled by Nicholas King (1806) from National Archives, Records of Department of War. 4 sheets. Plus second positive copy of portion depicting the Pacific Northwest. Map 284 in Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West; Map 123 in Moulton, Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
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| 1320-d | Lewis and Clark Expedition
Photostat of George Drouillard's sketch-map of the upper Yellowstone country (1808), from the Library of Congress. Referred to as "Drouillard 1" (no. 289) in Carl Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West. The notation "the road to the Spanish settlements" engendered some speculation of the existence of Spanish posts north of New Mexico (cf. Folder 1148).
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| 1320-e | Lewis and Clark Expedition
Photostat of George Drouillard's ms. map of the middle Yellowstone and Bighorn country, from the Missouri Historical Society. Referred to as "Drouillard 2" (no. 290) in Carl Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West and published in v. 2 opposite p. 56, though it is incorrectly captioned as no. 289. Together with Photostat of "Notes" about the map.
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| 1320-f | Lewis and Clark Expedition
Reproductions of "A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track, Across the Western Portion of North America...Copied by Samuel Lewis from the Original Drawing of Wm. Clark" (1814); known as the American etching. 2 clean copies; 5 enlargements of portion covering eastern Idaho, Yellowstone, and Wyoming, with some annotations. Published in Carl Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West as map 316; in Gary Moulton, Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition as map 126.
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| 1320-g | Lewis and Clark Expedition
Photostats of English and Irish etchings of the above; with enlargement of a portion of the English etching centering on the Yellowstone region. 3 sheets.
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| 1320-h | Lewis and Clark Expedition
Large-scale hand-drawn map by Barry of Cape Disappointment, noting modern features and places associated with Clark.
USGS topographic maps for Helena, Fort Logan, Dillon, Three Forks, and Livingston, Montana, annotated by Barry.
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| 1321 | Mackenzie, Alexander (Cf. Folder 961)
Photostat of "A Map of America...exhibiting Mackenzie's track from Montreal to Fort Chipewyan & from thence to the North Sea in 1789 and to the West Pacific Ocean in 1793".
2 enlargements of portions of the map focusing on the Northwest coast.
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| 1322 | McClellan, George (Cf. Folder 971)
Untitled and undated map prepared by the Historical Section of the Army War College tracing the routes of George B. McClellan and others through Washington during the explorations for potential routes for a Pacific railroad, 1853-1855.
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| 1323 | Melish map (Cf. File 986)
Photostat of a portion of the John Melish map of 1818 depicting western North America; with 2 copies of an enlargement of the area west of the Rocky Mountains, both annotated by Barry.
Oregon: Origin of Name (Cf. File 1019)
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| 1324 | Published color reproduction made in 1938 of "Sketch of the Fort at Michilimackinac" (the Magra map), with Barry's annotation, "Birthplace of the name 'Oregon'". |
| 1325 | Ross, Alexander (Cf. Folder 1091)
Photostats (9 sheets) of Alexander Ross's hand-drawn map (1821) of the Columbia River watershed in the British Museum (Additional MS 31358 B). Also published in reduced size (as map 345) in Carl Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West.
Enlargement of that portion of the map depicting the inland Northwest centering on the Spokane region, annotated by Barry; enlargement of that portion of the map depicting southern Idaho, also annotated by Barry.
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| 1326 | Spokane House, Location of (Cf. File 73)
4 survey maps from the 1940s, made by the Spokane County engineer, of the vicinity of the Spokane House.
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| 1327 | Thompson, David (Cf. Files 74-76)
Photostat (of poor quality) of a portion of Thompson's ms. map, "The Oregon Territory" (ca. 1818) in the British Museum, covering Idaho north of the Weiser River, heavily annotated by Barry. Full map published in much reduced size in Carl Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West, as no. 329.
Photostat of a portion of Thompson's strip map (ca. 1818) in the British Museum, covering the Snake River Plain in Idaho, with Thompson's own annotation about his encounter with Snake Indians at Reid's Fort. 2 copies, each annotated differently by Barry. Full map published, in much reduced size, in Carl Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West, as no. 330.
Hand-drawn maps and charts by Barry tracing Thompson's route to Astoria, 1811, compiled in notebook form.
Hand-drawn maps and charts by Barry tracing Thompson's route from Astoria, 1811, compiled in notebook form.
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| 1328 | Townships: Coast Region (Cf. File 79)
Photostat of "Plan of the Town of Astoria, Oregon Ty" (Map W 38(A)) obtained from the National Archives, Records of War Dept., Office of Chief of Engineers. Undated. On 2 sheets.
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| 1329 | Townships: Willamette (Cf. File 82)
Photostats of early township plats made by the Surveyor General of Oregon, with names of property owners. 12 sheets:
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| 1330 | Vancouver, Captain George (Cf. File 88)
Enlarged photostats (negative and positive) of Plate 6 in Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery... (1798) which includes a sketch of the entrance of the Columbia River.
Enlarged Photostat of a small portion of Plate 3 mapping the Columbia River as far as "P. Vancouver".
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| 1331 | Walla Walla / Fort and vicinity (Cf. Folders 1210-1211)
Undated plat entitled "Map of Wallula City / Old Fort Walla Walla" showing streets and lots.
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| 1332 | Wilkes Expedition (Cf. Folders 1237-1238)
Photostats of portions of maps from the United States Exploring Expedition depicting the Columbia and Willamette rivers (1841). Seven sheets. See Checklist of Maps of Western Exploration for Wilkes' "Map of the Oregon Territory by the U.S. Ex. Ex." (1841).
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| 1333 | Wyeth, Nathaniel (Cf. Folders 1253-1254)
Published map, "Cambridge Vicinity in Revolutionary Times..." by Samuel F. Batchelder (1925) annotated by Barry to show Nathaniel Wyeth's birthplace and the Wyeth homestead.
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| 1334 | Other Maps
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| 1335 | Sketches and Images
Columbia River Entrance (photograph); Astoria as it was in 1813; Siouan War Club and Spontoon sketches; log cabin sketch; other unlabeled sketches
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| 1336 | Clearwater River
Plan and Profile of Clearwater River and tributaries, Idaho. U.S. Geological Survey. 1926. Sheets A-N (14 sheets)
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| 1337 | Snake River
Plan and Profile of Snake River, Lewiston, Idaho to Huntington, Oregon. U.S. Geological Survey. 1923. 17 sheets
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| 1338 | Willamette River
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| 1339 | Columbia River
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
Corporate Names
Geographical Names
- Champoeg (Or.)
- Columbia River
- Idaho
- Northwest, Pacific
- Oregon
- Oregon National Historic Trail
- Palouse (Wash.)
- Snake River Canyon (Idaho and Or.)
Form or Genre Terms
Collection processed by Don P. Haacke; revised by Alan Virta.
1977, revised 2006, updated 2023 and 2024
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