Alfred Downing collection 1866-1900

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Alfred Downing collection 1866-1900

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Collection includes: Album, 1 vol., 1873-1879, belonging to Agnes Downing filled with drawings by Alfred Downing, newspaper clippings, photographs, leaves and flowers from around the world (now gone, but some imprints remain), etc.; Pen and ink sketch "The filbert harvest at Bearfield Farm", 1866, 17 x 33.5 cm.; Crayon over lithograph depicting Hawthorne Terrace, Portland Heights, Portland, Oregon, ca. 1900, 42.7 x 65.3 cm., with views of the Lewis and Clark Observatory, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams and Mt. Hood. Alfred Downing was a topographer and cartoonist who participated in several survey expeditions in the Pacific Northwest.

.39 cubic feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder)

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Or.)

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In 2000 the Lewis & Clark College Special Collections department began curating exhibits in the Aubrey R. Watzek Library. In addition to curating the exhibits, Special Collections began issuing promotional and explanatory materials including brochures, catalogs, and flyers to support the exhibits. In 2005 the Special Collection initiated a Watzek Library Poetry Reading series. To support these reading the Special Collections designed and printed poetry broadsides for each reader...

Downing, Agnes.

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Downing, Alfred

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Alfred Downing, United States government topographer in the 1870s and 80s, was the topographical assistant for the U. S. Army expedition which investigated the feasibility of extending steamboat navigation on the Upper Columbia River in 1881. He published his description of that expedition in "The Region of the Upper Columbia River and How I Saw It" in 1881. He went with several exploring parties out of the Department of the Columbia from 1881 to 1883 and sketched a record of these. ...