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Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission. Records, 1905-1918.

Title: Records, 1905-1918.

Microfiche reproductions of annual reports submitted by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, the Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation Company and the Great Northern Railway Company.

ArchivalResource: 145 microfiches.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36960645 View

J.P. Morgan & Co. Oregon-Washington R.R. & Navigation Co. 4% bonds : syndicate records, 1911 May 26.

Title: Oregon-Washington R.R. & Navigation Co. 4% bonds : syndicate records, 1911 May 26.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270903186 View

Gill, Frank Bryson, 1876-1955. Frank B. Gill papers [manuscript], circa 1880-1948.

Title: Frank B. Gill papers [manuscript], circa 1880-1948.

This collection includes the historic files of Frank B. Gill, an officer and historian of the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company, and the Union Pacific Railroad. Gill was the author of numerous articles on the history of railroads in the Northwest. The files contain research notes from newspapers, copies of correspondence and related documents regarding the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company, the Union Pacific Railroad, and other western lines; and correspondence between Gill and other regional railroad officers and historians. There are also scrapbooks with articles, clippings, and railroad memorabilia.

ArchivalResource: 8 cubic feet (7 boxes; 6 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/160305148 View

Nash, Charles G.,. Charles G. Nash photographs [graphic], circa 1940-1949

Title: Charles G. Nash photographs [graphic], circa 1940-1949

Photographs taken by Charles G. Nash, surveyor for the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company (O. W. R. & N. Co.), of the Deschutes River and the Columbia River Highway, possibly circa 1940-1949. Nash's photo notebook is also included in the collection.

ArchivalResource: Unprocessed collection: Approx. 0.21 cubic feet (272 photographs and 1 volume in 2 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71844567 View

Ready, Martin. Martin Ready affidavit made in the case of A. C. Barclay v. Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation Company [manuscript], 1914.

Title: Martin Ready affidavit made in the case of A. C. Barclay v. Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation Company [manuscript], 1914.

Typescript affidavit, 2 pp, 1914, wherein Ready denies Barclay's allegation that he was interested in gaming rooms above the Cactus Saloon, and suggesting that Barclay had him confused with Martin Denny, the owner of a gambling den in the area.

ArchivalResource: .02 cubic feet (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/694873234 View

The Dalles Camera Club,. Pictorial history of The Dalles, Or. photograph album [graphic], 1950.

Title: Pictorial history of The Dalles, Or. photograph album [graphic], 1950.

Photograph album depicting the history of The Dalles, Or. in photographs, compiled and photographed by The Dalles Camera Club in July 1950, with historical texts written by Judge Frederick Wallace Wilson. Most of the photographs are reproductions of earlier photos and drawings dating from circa 1847-1906. Subjects include the Methodist mission founded by Jason Lee in 1838; buildings at Fort Dalles; the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company's railroad lines; businesses and other buildings, including the first Wasco County courthouse; residents, including writer Joaquin Miller; the 1894 flood; views of the Columbia River and steamboats; and Ezra Meeker at the "End of the Oregon Trail" monument dedication in 1906, among other subjects. Photographs were taken and/or supplied by Wanda Muir Gifford; Frederick Wallace Wilson; Walter Blaser; Thelma Cox; William Howard McNeal; and Elite Studio, among others. A loose card stored with the album contains the following inscription: "To Ralph E. Moody / In Appreciation of many kindnesses to / Fred W Wilson / JULY 1950."

ArchivalResource: 0.1 cubic feet (32 photographs in 1 volume).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/100079219 View

W. Bittle Wells Papers, 1834-1964, 1888-1964

Title: W. Bittle Wells Papers 1834-1964 1888-1964

Papers of an editor, publisher, and insurance agent of Portland, Oregon. Includes autobiographical materials relating to Wells's life and work with the Southern Pacific Railroad's Bureau of Community Publicity and his work with the New York Life Insurance Company; letters; photographs; poems; and diaries from Wells's high school and college years.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 cubic feet (3 document cases, 1 oversize folder)

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King County (Wash.). Commissioners. Records, 1854-1949; (bulk 1910-1949).

Title: Records, 1854-1949; (bulk 1910-1949).

Correspondence, minutes, legal documents, financial records, reports, notes, and maps, relating to inter-county river improvement (1910-1949) and Lake Washington ferries (1918), and other papers (1854-1892) concerning the commissioners. Includes material relating to Building Owners and Managers Association of Seattle, King County Auditor's Office, King County Prosecuting Attorney, Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company, Pierce County Board of Commissioners, Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Seattle Port Commission, and Washington Dept. of Highways. Persons represented include J.B. Lockwood, Wyndham J. Roberts, and Reginald Heber Thomson.

ArchivalResource: 3.3 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70927441 View

Wells, W. Bittle. W. Bittle Wells papers, 1834-1964 (bulk 1888-1964).

Title: W. Bittle Wells papers, 1834-1964 (bulk 1888-1964).

The collection primarily contains autobiographical materials, writings, and personal diaries. Included is a long account of Wells's work with the New York Life Insurance Company; a booklet titled "The world, the flesh, and the devil"; poems; letters; a compiled autobiographical scrapbook; and publications produced by Wells. Of particular interest is a printed report of the Bureau of Community Publicity, 1911, which provides details on the operations of the bureau and its relations with various local booster groups throughout the northwestern U.S. Also related to the Bureau is a long letter to Thomas Vaughan, 1957, analyzing the organization's work. Wells's personal diaries (formerly designated at Mss 894-1) are legible and contain vivid descriptions of his activities while a student in 1880s and 1890s.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 cubic feet (3 document cases, 1 oversize folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62417093 View

Martin Ready affidavit made in the case of A. C. Barclay v. Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, 1914

Title: Martin Ready affidavit made in the case of A. C. Barclay v. Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation Company 1914

Typescript affidavit, 2 pp, 1914, wherein Ready denies Barclay's allegation that he was interested in gaming rooms above the Cactus Saloon, and suggesting that Barclay had him confused with Martin Denny, the owner of a gambling den in the area. A. C. Barclay, a former policeman, was injured in a train collision in Malheur County, Oregon.

ArchivalResource: .02 cubic feet (1 folder)

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv93460 View

Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company. Washington State Library's collection of annual reports of the Oregon-WashingtonRailroad and Navigation Company, 1911-1912, 1914.

Title: Washington State Library's collection of annual reports of the Oregon-WashingtonRailroad and Navigation Company, 1911-1912, 1914.

This collection consists of 2 account books for the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company of the annual report to the State Board of Tax Commissioners of the State of Washington. One account book is the annual report to the Public Service Commission of the State of Washington. Some of the items covered in the annual report of 1912 are: lists of the directors; directors post office address; date of expiration of term; lists the officers; lists of capitol stock; mileage of road operated all tracks; amt. paid to private lines for mileage with WA; description of the right-of-way by 40 acre tracts, government lots, city lots, city blocks & operating property. It appears these books were part of a legal case because they have either "plaintiff or defendants exhibit" written on them.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (3 account books)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/429685843 View

Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company construction photograph album [graphic], 1911-1912.

Title: Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company construction photograph album [graphic], 1911-1912.

Photograph album depicting the construction of Ayer Contract Section 5 on the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company's route along the Snake River near Ayer, Wash., 1911-1912. Includes photographs of railroad track and bridge construction and the George Chew Construction Company from Spokane, Wash., who was managing the project. Includes loose photographs in envelope inside the album. The photographer is unknown.

ArchivalResource: 0.09 cubic feet (88 photographs in 1 volume).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85777346 View

State Board of Equalization of Idaho. Records, 1930.

Title: Records, 1930.

Valuation for tax purposes of the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company in Idaho; net railway operating income of western railroads; valuations of Idaho counties; and valuations of business buildings, mills and elevators, and miscellaneous individual property throughout Idaho.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42926578 View

Union Pacific Railroad Company. Condensed profiles for the Oregon Short Line Railroad and the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company [manuscript], circa 1977.

Title: Condensed profiles for the Oregon Short Line Railroad and the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company [manuscript], circa 1977.

Two ring binders titled "Union Pacific System / Oregon Short Line R. R. / Condensed Profile," and "Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company / Condensed Profile." Each contains schematic diagrams showing elevations and other features of all segments of track, produced by the Office of the Chief Engineer System, Omaha, Nebraska.

ArchivalResource: .04 cubic feet (2 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/234239326 View