What’s New in Digital Collections: a list of the latest newspapers, books, maps
Historical Newspapers in Washington
- Puget Sound Weekly Argus: 1876 (Port Townsend) Jan. 1, 1876 – July 27, 1877
- Puget Sound Herald (Steilacoom) March 12, 1858 – Dec. 27, 1860
- Yakima Herald Feb. 2, 1889 – Dec. 29, 1892
Classics in Washington History
County and Regional History
- Fort Colvile, 1826-1871 by U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service. Contents: This pamphlet summarizes the history of Fort Colvile, founded by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1825.
Military History
- 600 days’ service by Harold H. Burton. Contents: A history of the 361st Infantry Regiment of the 91st Division of the United States Army.
- Camp Lewis. Contents: An early historical record of the Ninety-First Division at Camp Lewis.
- Official history of the Thirteenth Division. Contents: The history of the 13th Division, organized at Camp Lewis, American Lake, Washington on July 16, 1918. The book contains photographs of troops and descriptions of their duties.
Native Americans
- Report on source, nature, and extent of the fishing, hunting, and miscellaneous related rights of certain Indian tribes in Washington and Oregon : together with affidavits showing location of a number of usual and accustomed fishing grounds and stations by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Contents: A report covering the investigation pertaining to the fishing, hunting, and related miscellaneous rights of certain tribes in the Pacific Northwest under the provisions of a group of treaties executed in the period between December 26, 1854 and January 25, 1856. The investigation was conducted, and the report prepared in 1941, as a result of fish and wildlife conservation legislation which limited rights reserved to Indians in the treaties of the 1800s.
Natural History
- Natural history of Washington territory and Oregon by George Suckley. Contents: Preface, including a brief narrative of the explorations from 1853 to 1857.–Errata, with additions and corrections up to 1860.-[pt. 1. Meteorology – not included (see Notes).–pt. 2. Botanical report.–pt. 3. Zoological report
- Climate of the state of Washington by W.N. Allen. Contents: “A careful and elaborate treatise on the climactic conditions, with reference to temperature, winds, rainfall and snowfall.”
Miscellaneous
- [Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address] by Abraham Lincoln. Contents: Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865. The text was excerpted from the Congressional Globe of the 38th Congress, 2nd Session.
- British Columbia and Vancouver Island
[London? : Longman & Co.?] , 1865 - Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
[Portland, Or.?] : USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, [1991] - Indian reservations, allotments and ceded areas in Washington
Cooper, Gwen
[Olympia, Wash.] : Dept. of Game, [1961] - Johnson’s Washington and Oregon
[New York] : Johnson & Browning, [1862?] - Legislative districts and commissioner districts, Olympia, Washington
Thurston County (Wash.) Auditor’s Office
[Olympia, Wash.] : The Office, 1989 - Legislative districts and commissioner districts, Thurston County, Washington
Thurston County (Wash.) Auditor’s Office
[Olympia, Wash.] : The Office, 1989 - Map of Oregon Territory, 1838
Parker, Samuel, 1779-1866
Utica, N.Y. : M.M. Peabody, 1838 - Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and part of Montana (1876)
Mitchell, S. Augustus
S. Augustus Mitchell, 1876 - Map of the City of Cheney (1916)
Morgan, W. L.
W. L. Morgan? 1916 - Map of the Oregon Territory
Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
[19–?] - Map of state of Washington, 1905
Washington (State). Bureau of Statistics and Immigration
Seattle, Wash. : Tucker-Hanford Co. , 1905 - Map of Washington showing location of mines, quarries, limekilns … [1918]
Washington Geological Survey, [1918] - Oregon and Washington (1873)
Gray, Frank A.
O. W. Gray, 1873 - Part of British Columbia (1861)
Publ. for the Journal of the Royal Geographic Society … to illustrate the papers of Mr. Justice Begbie, Comr. Mayne, R. N., Lt. Palmer, R.E. & Mr. Downie.
J. Murray Albemarle, 1861 - Preliminary agricultural map of Colville region, Washington Ter.
Hilgard, Eugene W. (Eugene Woldemar), 1833-1916
N.Y. : Julius Bien & Co., 1883 - Reconnaissance of Olympia Harbor, Washington Ter. (1856)
U.S. Coast Survey, 1856 - Sketch K showing the progress of the survey in Section XI: from Tillamook Bay to the Boundary
U.S. Coast Survey, 1859 - Washington (1900)
Cram, George Franklin, 1841-1928
Geo. F. Cram, 1900
Shows location of banking towns and railroads. - Washington and Oregon [1854?]
J. H. Colton & Co. , [1854?] - World (1829?)
s.n. , 182-?
Folded leaf from a book, possibly the American universal geography.
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