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1.
A concise view of Oregon Territory, its colonial and Indian relations; compiled from official

Creator:
White, Elijah, 1806-1879
Published / Created:
1846
Call Number:
Zc74 846wi
Image Count:
42
Alternative Title:
American settlement of Oregon (continued)
Publisher:
T. Barnard, Printer
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific, Oregon --Description and travel, and Oregon --History --To 1859
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America --Oregon and Law --Oregon
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A concise view of Oregon Territory, its colonial and Indian relations; compiled from official letters and reports, together with the organic laws of the colony, by Elijah White ...

2.
Drawings and sketches made during a voyage around the world, 1791-1795

Creator:
Bacstrom, Sigismund
Published / Created:
1792-1800, bulk 1792-1794.
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2405 (Oversize)
Image Count:
130
Abstract:
Views of natives, landscapes, and ethnographic objects of the Northwest Coast of America, Pacific Islands, China, and South America. Half of the drawings are fully rendered watercolors, others are rough sketches with detailed notes on coloring, dates ...
Description:
Bacstrom, a protégé of Sir Joseph Banks, served as surgeon on a private fur-trading ship which sailed around Cape Horn to the South Seas, Nootka Sound, the East Indies, and the Cape. Bacstrom left the ship at Nootka Sound and later served as surgeon...
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific, Hawaii, China, Islands of the Pacific, Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.), South America, and Greenland
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Social life and customs, Clothing and dress, and Whaling
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Drawings and sketches made during a voyage around the world, 1791-1795

3.
George Gibbs notebooks of scientific observations of the Pacific Northwest, 1853-1858

Creator:
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1810
Image Count:
498
Abstract:
Three holograph notebooks containing diary entries relating to travel; barometrical recordings; and observations on the languages and customs of the Indians and the flora and fauna of Washington Territory and the Pacific Northwest written while Gibbs...
Description:
George Gibbs, a New York lawyer, joined the Regiment of Mounted Rifles in 1849, went to Fort Vancouver, Washington, and remained in the Pacific Northwest for the next eleven years. During that time he held a number of positions, including that of an ...
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific, Northwest, Pacific., and Washington (State)
Subject (Name):
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873. and Northwest Boundary Commission, 1857-1869.
Subject (Topic):
Pacific railroads, Explorations and surveys, Description and travel, Indians of North America, Languages, Social life and customs, Natural history, and Surveyors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > George Gibbs notebooks of scientific observations of the Pacific Northwest, 1853-1858

4.
Letters, 1813-1817

Creator:
Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848
Call Number:
WA MSS 13
Image Count:
20
Abstract:
Letters to James Monroe, Secretary of State, James Madison, President, and William Jones, Secretary of the Navy, John Astor's efforts to secure government protection for his Pacific Fur Company post at Fort Astoria. One letter by Albert Gallatin intro...
Description:
Typed transcript available.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific and Oregon
Subject (Name):
Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848., Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849., Jones, William, 1760-1831., Monroe, James, 1758-1831., United States. President (1809-1817 : Madison), United States. Department of State., United States. Navy Dept., and Pacific Fur Company.
Subject (Topic):
Fur trade, History, and Commerce
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters, 1813-1817

5.
Oregon and the Pacific Northwest

Creator:
Davidson, I. G. (Isaac Grundy), 1845-1922
Published / Created:
ca. 1879.
Call Number:
WA Photos 400
Container / Volume:
Volume B
Image Count:
44
Abstract:
Two versions of a viewbook, each with a different binding, that consist of photographs along the Columbia River, as well as images of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, created by Isaac Grundy Davidson and compiled by printer George H. Himes, both from Po...
Description:
The complete title of the volume is “Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Glimpses of pretty spots along the valley of the Columbia River from Northern Montana to the Pacific Ocean. Scenery along the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, showing the n...
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific, Astoria (Or.), Beacon Rock (Wash.), Bradford Island (Or.), Bridal Veil Falls (Or.), Cabinet (Idaho), Cape Disappointment State Park (Wash.), Clark Fork (Idaho : Town), Clark Fork (Mont. and Idaho), Coeur d'Alene Lake (Idaho), Columbia River, Fort Sherman (Idaho), Idaho, Latourell Falls (Or.), Meacham Creek (Or.), Meacham Creek Canyon (Or.), Multnomah Falls (Or.), Oregon, Portland (Or.), Puget Sound (Wash.), Puyallup River (Wash.), Rainier, Mount (Wash.), Riparia (Wash.), Seattle (Wash.), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), Spokane Falls (Wash. : Waterfall), Umatilla River (Or.), and Washington (State)
Subject (Name):
Davidson, I. G. 1845-1922. (Isaac Grundy),, Himes, George H., 1844-1940., Rockwell, Cleveland, 1837-1907., Northern Pacific Railway Company, Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Company., and Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Subject (Topic):
Railroads
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Oregon and the Pacific Northwest

6.
Paintings

Creator:
Kane, Paul, 1810-1871
Published / Created:
1846-1848.
Call Number:
WA MSS 278
Container / Volume:
Framed painting (Fort Vancouver, Columbia River)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A set of six framed oil paintings of scenes in the Pacific Northwest. Four of the paintings, "Falls of the Peluse Snake River," "Kakkabakka Falls (Falls on the Willamette)", "Buffalo Hunt," and "Buffalo Resting", have been attributed to Paul Kane. "F...
Description:
Paul Kane (1810-1871), from Toronto, spent four years in Europe and returned to North America to paint Indians and scenes of the Northwest. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company's 1846 spring brigade to the Northwest and George Simpson, the company's gov...
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific
Subject (Name):
Kane, Paul, 1810-1871., Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872., and Warre, Henry James, Sir, 1819-1898.
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting and American bison
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Paintings

7.
Paintings

Creator:
Kane, Paul, 1810-1871
Published / Created:
1846-1848.
Call Number:
WA MSS 278
Container / Volume:
Framed painting (Falls of the Peluse Snake River)
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
A set of six framed oil paintings of scenes in the Pacific Northwest. Four of the paintings, "Falls of the Peluse Snake River," "Kakkabakka Falls (Falls on the Willamette)", "Buffalo Hunt," and "Buffalo Resting", have been attributed to Paul Kane. "F...
Description:
Paul Kane (1810-1871), from Toronto, spent four years in Europe and returned to North America to paint Indians and scenes of the Northwest. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company's 1846 spring brigade to the Northwest and George Simpson, the company's gov...
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific
Subject (Name):
Kane, Paul, 1810-1871., Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872., and Warre, Henry James, Sir, 1819-1898.
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting and American bison
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Paintings

8.
Paintings

Creator:
Kane, Paul, 1810-1871
Published / Created:
1846-1848.
Call Number:
WA MSS 278
Container / Volume:
Framed painting (Mount Hood from the East)
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
A set of six framed oil paintings of scenes in the Pacific Northwest. Four of the paintings, "Falls of the Peluse Snake River," "Kakkabakka Falls (Falls on the Willamette)", "Buffalo Hunt," and "Buffalo Resting", have been attributed to Paul Kane. "F...
Description:
Paul Kane (1810-1871), from Toronto, spent four years in Europe and returned to North America to paint Indians and scenes of the Northwest. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company's 1846 spring brigade to the Northwest and George Simpson, the company's gov...
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific
Subject (Name):
Kane, Paul, 1810-1871., Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872., and Warre, Henry James, Sir, 1819-1898.
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting and American bison
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Paintings

9.
Paintings

Creator:
Kane, Paul, 1810-1871
Published / Created:
1846-1848.
Call Number:
WA MSS 278
Container / Volume:
Framed painting (Buffalo Hunt)
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
A set of six framed oil paintings of scenes in the Pacific Northwest. Four of the paintings, "Falls of the Peluse Snake River," "Kakkabakka Falls (Falls on the Willamette)", "Buffalo Hunt," and "Buffalo Resting", have been attributed to Paul Kane. "F...
Description:
Paul Kane (1810-1871), from Toronto, spent four years in Europe and returned to North America to paint Indians and scenes of the Northwest. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company's 1846 spring brigade to the Northwest and George Simpson, the company's gov...
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific
Subject (Name):
Kane, Paul, 1810-1871., Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872., and Warre, Henry James, Sir, 1819-1898.
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting and American bison
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Paintings

10.
Paintings

Creator:
Kane, Paul, 1810-1871
Published / Created:
1846-1848.
Call Number:
WA MSS 278
Container / Volume:
Framed painting (Buffalo Resting)
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
A set of six framed oil paintings of scenes in the Pacific Northwest. Four of the paintings, "Falls of the Peluse Snake River," "Kakkabakka Falls (Falls on the Willamette)", "Buffalo Hunt," and "Buffalo Resting", have been attributed to Paul Kane. "F...
Description:
Paul Kane (1810-1871), from Toronto, spent four years in Europe and returned to North America to paint Indians and scenes of the Northwest. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company's 1846 spring brigade to the Northwest and George Simpson, the company's gov...
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific
Subject (Name):
Kane, Paul, 1810-1871., Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872., and Warre, Henry James, Sir, 1819-1898.
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting and American bison
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Paintings