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Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington (State). Elwood Evans residence plans [manuscript], 1934.

Title: Elwood Evans residence plans [manuscript], 1934.

Collection includes: 16 plans, elevations, sections and details on 8 sheets of the Elwood Evans house (aka the McMicken family house) on Douglas St. in Olympia, Washington, scale: 1/4" : 1' to 3" : 1', 1934.

ArchivalResource: 43 x 61 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/704127067 View

Hines, H. K. (Harvey Kimball), 1828-1902. H. K. Hines papers [manuscripts], 1854-1884.

Title: H. K. Hines papers [manuscripts], 1854-1884.

Collection includes: Correspondence with: Sir Robert Brown, 1866-1870; Elwood Evans, 1868-1884; A[delia] J. Leslie, 1884; A. W. Waters, 1878; and others; Certificate of ordination, 1854; Manuscript refutation of the "Whitman saves Oregon" theory, 6 pp, circa 1890.

ArchivalResource: .02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Evans, Elwood, 1828-1898,. Campaign of Maj. Gen. John E. Wool, U.S. Army, against the people and authorities of Oregon and Washington, 1855-6.

Title: Campaign of Maj. Gen. John E. Wool, U.S. Army, against the people and authorities of Oregon and Washington, 1855-6. [1855-1856]

ArchivalResource: 1 v. 26 cm.

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Evans, Elwood, 1828-1898,. The Indian War, 1855-56. Newspaper details "in weekly instalments." The incidents reported chronologically "en passant": its commencement, progress, spirit of the press, etc., etc.

Title: The Indian War, 1855-56. Newspaper details "in weekly instalments." The incidents reported chronologically "en passant": its commencement, progress, spirit of the press, etc., etc. [1855-56]

ArchivalResource: 1 v. 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28308321 View

Ebey, Winfield Scott, 1831-1865. Ebey family papers 1849-1918.

Title: Ebey family papers 1849-1918.

Diaries, correspondence, financial records, photographs, and legal documents and scrapbooks concerning the overland journey from Missouri to Washington, frontier and pioneer life, politics, mining and Indian wars in Washington Territory, especially Whidbey Island. Also includes a diary and papers of Isaac Neff Ebey, as well as papers of other family members. Major correspondents include Francis A. Chenoweth, George W. Corliss, Isaac Neff Ebey, Elwood Evans, Edmund Claire Fitzhugh, Selucius Garfielde, Granville Owen Haller, William Winlock Miller, Henry Roeder, J.J.H. Van Bokkelen, William Henson Wallace, and George Frederick Whitworth.

ArchivalResource: 4.35 cu. ft. (9 boxes)

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Applegate, Jesse. Jesse Applegate letters to Elwood Evans [manuscript], 1867 July 26, Oct. 13.

Title: Jesse Applegate letters to Elwood Evans [manuscript], 1867 July 26, Oct. 13.

Acknowledges letter of 16th; criticizes Evan's intentions in to write his History of Oregon; postscript to Deady concerning Hudson's Bay Company; sub-agency of Dr.White; character of John McLoughlin; Oregon boundary legislature of 1845; S.R. Thurston; Marcus Whitman; Mrs. Victor's claim against U.S. Yoncalla.

ArchivalResource: 14 pp.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668421928 View

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00232/catalog View

Miller, William Winlock, 1822-1876. William Winlock Miller collection, 1845-1958.

Title: William Winlock Miller collection, 1845-1958.

The collection consists primarily of the papers of W. W. Miller, but it also includes the correspondence and writings of many northwestern pioneers. The papers document the organization and development of Washington Territory, and in particular, political affairs and local governement administration. Along with Miller's personal, business, and government papers, there are letters to Gov. Isaac Stevens and his writings. There are also photographs and financial, legal, and biographical material on northwestern pioneers.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126643 View

Washington (State). Territory of Washington vs. Watsersmi, to October Term, 1854, in indictment, murder, 1855.

Title: Territory of Washington vs. Watsersmi, to October Term, 1854, in indictment, murder, 1855.

The brief, written by Elwood Evans, outlines the reasons why the defendant should be discharged. A verdict had been rendered by a jury and a warrant issued to hang the defendant, but Judge O. B. McFadden issued a supersedeas and the Supreme Court decided that there was no judgment and nothing to review.

ArchivalResource: 6 p.; 32 cm.

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Isaac Ingalls Stevens papers, 1848-1859

Title: Isaac Ingalls Stevens papers 1848-1859

The Stevens papers contain correspondence, reports, memoranda, and maps documenting the 1856 declaration of martial law in Washington Territory and Indian hostilities, relations with the Hudson's Bay Company and the Puget Sound Agricultural Company, and political events during Steven's administration (WA MSS 442-444). In 1857, Stevens prepared a map of the Washington and Nebraska territories for his report on the railroad survey with information on various Indian tribes, reservations, settlements, and military posts (WA MSS 445).

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 3; Linear Feet: 1.0

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Evans, Elwood, 1828-1898. The Fraser River excitement, 1858 : its philosophy and claims to historical notice : Olympia, Washington, 1878.

Title: The Fraser River excitement, 1858 : its philosophy and claims to historical notice : Olympia, Washington, 1878.

Apparently written with a view to publication; with penciled changes in phraseology interlineated, and passages marked for condensation. An interpretation of the Fraser River gold rush of 1858 as the occurrence most influential on the history of the old Oregon country after 1846.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 26 leaves ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (28 exposures) : negative (Rich. 107:3) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26501217 View

Anderson, Alexander Caulfield, 1814-1884. Historical notes on the commerce of the Columbia River, 1824 to 1848 /by Alexander Caulfield Anderson, [1880].

Title: Historical notes on the commerce of the Columbia River, 1824 to 1848 /by Alexander Caulfield Anderson, [1880].

The notes are accompanied by a newspaper clipping, "Pioneer Ships," with passages numbered to correspond with Alexander Anderson's comments. Title comes from a note in Elwood Evans handwriting.

ArchivalResource: 6 p. (in 2 folders) ; 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127518 View

Catlin, Seth, d. 1871. Protest, 1854 Mar 4.

Title: Protest, 1854 Mar 4.

Protest against the passage by the Washington Territorial Legislature of a bill providing for a road from Steilacoom to the county seat in Clark County, to be paid for by the counties through which it passes. Endorsed by Elwood Evans.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. (in 2 folders) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127506 View

McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857. Letters and deed, 1841-1865.

Title: Letters and deed, 1841-1865.

The 1841 letter to A. C. Anderson directs him to extend assistance to the United States Exploring Expedition and to Dr. Richmond of the Nisqually Mission (WA MSS 319). The 1850 letter to Peter Ogden inquires about the possibility of building a sawmill at Port Discovery (WA MSS 320). The 1850 deed is for land in Oregon City which John McLoughlin sold to James Winston. Annotations on the deed record the transfer of the property to other owners, such as Noyes Smith (WA MSS 321).

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127748 View

Miller, William Winlock, 1822-1876. William Winlock Miller papers, 1851-1876.

Title: William Winlock Miller papers, 1851-1876.

The collection contains letters received, business papers, scrapbooks, and material from William Winlock Miller's service as quartermaster general of Washington Territory.

ArchivalResource: 11 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126633 View

Ralph Waldo Emerson letters from various correspondents, ca. 1814-1882.

Title: Ralph Waldo Emerson letters from various correspondents, ca. 1814-1882.

Letters from colleagues and friends to American Transcendentalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (12 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00123/catalog View

McFadden, Obadiah B., 1817-1875. Letter, 1859 Jul 11.

Title: Letter, 1859 Jul 11.

The letter to the Election Board at Tumwater instructs the Board that it may accept votes from residents of 20 days provided they have been residents of the Territory for six months. Copy in Elwood Evans hand, signed by a member of the Election Board.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127747 View

Ebey, Winfield Scott, 1831-1865. Ebey family papers [microform] 1849-1918.

Title: Ebey family papers [microform] 1849-1918.

Diaries, correspondence, financial records, photographs, and legal documents and scrapbooks concerning the overland journey from Missouri to Washington, frontier and pioneer life, politics, mining and Indian wars in Washington Territory, especially Whidbey Island. Also includes a diary and papers of Isaac Neff Ebey, as well as papers of other family members. Major correspondents include Francis A. Chenoweth, George W. Corliss, Isaac Neff Ebey, Elwood Evans, Edmund Claire Fitzhugh, Selucius Garfielde, Granville Owen Haller, William Winlock Miller, Henry Roeder, J.J.H. Van Bokkelen, William Henson Wallace, and George Frederick Whitworth.

ArchivalResource: 4 35 mm. microfilm reels: negative.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39934896 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

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Dowell, Benjamin Franklin, 1826-1897. The Heirs of George W. Harris and Mary A. Harris, Indian Depredation Claimants vs. the Rogue River Indians...Petition and Argument /by Benjamin Franklin Dowell, [1888].

Title: The Heirs of George W. Harris and Mary A. Harris, Indian Depredation Claimants vs. the Rogue River Indians...Petition and Argument /by Benjamin Franklin Dowell, [1888].

The author's personal copy of the printed brief with his manuscript annotations and corrections. Presented to Elwood Evans and attested at the end by D. S. Holton and Charles K. Chansler, clerk of Josephine County.

ArchivalResource: 64 p.; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127602 View

Victor, Frances Fuller, 1826-1902. Frances Fuller Victor correspondence and notes relating to the history of Oregon, 1865 - [ca. 1886].

Title: Frances Fuller Victor correspondence and notes relating to the history of Oregon, 1865 - [ca. 1886].

Letters from George T. Allan, November 6, 1865; Lindsay Applegate, April 2, 1879; James F. Brown, June 26, 1874; W.W. Buck, May 15 , 1880; Seymour W. Condon, September 29, 1883; Elwood Evans, July 30, 1880; Louise Lanit, September 18 and 30, 1879 (2); Henry A Oxer, September 19, 1883; Josiah L. Parrish, March 24, 1879; Mrs. Victor to H.H. Bancroft [1882?]; notes [ca. 1865-1886].

ArchivalResource: Originals : 12 items.Copies : partial microfilm reel (32 exposures) : negative (Rich. 106:3) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215445265 View

Elwood Evans notebook, 1859-1882

Title: Elwood Evans notebook 1859-1882

Elwood Evans (1828-1898) was a lawyer, politician, and historian of the Pacific Northwest. The collection consists of a single notebook intended primarily as source notes for Evans' historical work.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 linear feet, 1 folder

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv82034 View

McElroy, T. F. (Thornton F.), 1825-1885. Thornton F. McElroy papers, 1862-1872.

Title: Thornton F. McElroy papers, 1862-1872.

This collection consists of T.F. McElroy's correspondence, contracts, orders & invoices for the printing he contracted as the Territorial Printer. The contracts have a stamp that is initialed by McElroy and Evans. The collection includes ledger pages of costs for incidental printing for the Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council and other offices that required printing. Included is a receipt of R.W. Moxlie, Sheriff of Thurston County, WA to T. F. McElroy for Eliza A.H. DeWolf, plaintiff and John R. Fleming, defendant, dated Nov. 16, 1862.

ArchivalResource: 1 binder (4 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/268810086 View

Evans, Elwood, 1828-1898. History of Oregon : ms., 1873.

Title: History of Oregon : ms., 1873.

A formal history of Oregon, 1513-1846; the chapter headings serve roughly as an index to the contents.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 351 p. ; 34 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (185 exposures) : negative (Rich. 105:9) and positive (Film P-A, reel 5)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26575134 View

Evans, Elwood, 1828-1898. Elwood Evans papers, 1841-1894.

Title: Elwood Evans papers, 1841-1894.

The papers document the history of the Northwest and Evans's historical research and professional life. Events and topics covered include; Northern Pacific Railroad Exploration and Survey in 1853, territorial government and law in Oregon and Washington, settlement of Oregon Territory and Alaska, Oregon missions and Marcus Whitman, and Indian wars. The papers include Evans's writings, scrapbooks, and other research material on the Northwest, and drafts of his History of the Pacific Northwest.

ArchivalResource: 4.25 linear feet (17 boxes and 5 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126616 View

Evans, Elwood, 1828-1898. Elwood Evans correspondence and other materials, circa 1863-1870.

Title: Elwood Evans correspondence and other materials, circa 1863-1870.

This collection contains original correspondence of Elwood Evans, Sec. of Washington Territory, 1863-1868. It also contains a 6.5" (17 cm.) x 12" (30 cm.) broadside for Elwood Evans, Independent Candidate for representative in the Legislative Assembly. Included in the collection is a black & white negative of Elwood Evans' portrait of about 1870.

ArchivalResource: 1 binder (2 letters & 1 broadside)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/268678569 View

Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. ALS, 1869 October 20 : Washington, D.C. to ex-Governor Elwood Evans.

Title: ALS, 1869 October 20 : Washington, D.C. to ex-Governor Elwood Evans.

Dix writes, "Dear Sir, I respectfully ask your immediate attention to the inadequate and I think I must add, to the too irresponsible condition of th Insane At Monticello" (of Washington D.C. territory).

ArchivalResource: 6 p. ; 21 x 13.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19684432 View

Flett, John, 1815-1892. Indian religions notes, 1890 Jul 11.

Title: Indian religions notes, 1890 Jul 11.

Notes on the Northwest Indians religions. Typewritten manuscript with corrections and alterations in Elwood Evans's hand and dated by Evans.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. (in 2 folders) ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127577 View

Lovejoy, A. Lawrence (Asa Lawrence), 1808-1882. Letter: to the Honorable E. Evans /by Asa Lawrence Lovejoy, 1867 Nov 10.

Title: Letter: to the Honorable E. Evans /by Asa Lawrence Lovejoy, 1867 Nov 10.

The letter gives an account of the emigration of 1842 with Dr. Elijah White, the stay at Fort Laramie, the departure of Dr. White at Green River, and the arrival at Fort Hall and Waiilatpu.

ArchivalResource: 8 p.; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127742 View

Evans, Elwood, 1828-1898. Northwest Coast history : Olympia, Washington : ms., 1878.

Title: Northwest Coast history : Olympia, Washington : ms., 1878.

Interview with H.H. Bancroft, commenting on his various historical studies of Oregon, Washington, and the Northwest Coast, with some personal background information, including the circumstances of his coming to Olympia in 1851 and his association with Governor Isaac I. Stevens in Pacific Railroad explorations and in Washington Territorial affairs. Included are four letters to H.H. Bancroft and Mrs. F.F. Victor, 1880-1884, giving information on various historical problems, and his views on the question of the Hudson's Bay Company and Jesuit responsibility for the Whitman Massacre.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 1 volume ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (32 exposures) : negative (Rich. 107:3) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25771516 View

William Winlock Miller collection, 1845-1958

Title: William Winlock Miller collection 1845-1958

The collection consists primarily of the papers of W. W. Miller, but it also includes the correspondence and writings of many northwestern pioneers. The papers document the organization and development of Washington Territory, and in particular, political affairs and local governement administration. Along with Miller's personal, business, and government papers, there are letters to Gov. Isaac Stevens and his writings. There are also photographs and financial, legal, and biographical material on northwestern pioneers.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 11; Linear Feet: 4.25

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.miller View

Evans, Elwood. Elwood Evans papers [manuscript], 1867-1885.

Title: Elwood Evans papers [manuscript], 1867-1885.

Correspondence, speeches (including speech delivered at Oregon Pioneer Association, June 16, 1876), carbon copy of letter to Sam J. Walker relating to Whitman's eastward trip of 1884, dated 1885 Mar. 30; and other miscellaneous papers.

ArchivalResource: .02 cubic feet (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668421934 View

Swan, John Mumford, 1870-. The Olympia Club conversazione : Olympia, Washington, 1878.

Title: The Olympia Club conversazione : Olympia, Washington, 1878.

Informal remarks to H.H. Bancroft by John M. Swan, Sheriff (William) Billings, Frank Tarbell, Elwood Evans, and Antonio Rabbeson, June 9, 1878, concerning British Columbia; Vancouver Island; Governor James Douglas; the Hudson's Bay Company and its services to the settlers during the Indian outbreaks of the 1850's; and sailing ships operated on the Northwest Coast by the Company and by American speculators.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 20 leaves ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (21 exposures) : negative (Rich. 107:4) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25750710 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843

Title: Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.

The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks. The collection includes the papers of Sir Francis Bernard and George Chalmers, letters of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington, the journals of Thomas Ainslie, the Board of Trade, the New York Provincial Congress and Conventions, as well as the papers and records from state public offices, among many others. The Sparks collection also contains his own historical essays and compositions, published articles, letter books, diaries, account books related to his college days, professional research, and material documenting his tenure as College president.

ArchivalResource: 252 volumes, 10 env., 2 folders, 3 cases, 57 boxes (31.6 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01965/catalog View

Miller, William Winlock, 1822-1876. William Winlock Miller collection [microform], 1845-1883.

Title: William Winlock Miller collection [microform], 1845-1883.

Correspondence and papers of William Winlock Miller, who held numerous government positions in Washington Territory, including serving as Superintendent of Indian Affairs beginning in 1861. Also includes papers from other Pacific Northwest pioneers, including Governor Isaac I. Stevens, and Elwood Evans.

ArchivalResource: 16 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43584816 View

Tolmie, William Fraser, 1812-1886. Letters and memorandum, 1851-1881.

Title: Letters and memorandum, 1851-1881.

The 1851 letters to John Bradley, William Dougherty, and Lyon A. Smith, are identical and warn the addressees that they are occupying land owned by the Puget Sound Agricultural Company and giving them notice to leave (WA MSS 476). The copy of an 1881 letter to Elwood Evans describes an attack by Snoqualmie Indians on Fort Nisqually in May 1849 and the murder of L. C. Wallace (WA MSS 477). The copy of an 1872 memorandum refers to the wreck of a Japanese junk and the final rescue of three survivors from the Makah Indians (WA MSS 478).

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128306 View