Science collection [manuscript], 1748-1980.

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Science collection [manuscript], 1748-1980.

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The Science collection is an artificial collection created by the Oregon Historical Society from a variety of sources. It contains printed and manuscript materials (primarily photocopies) concerning natural history and physical science in general, and including astronomy, geography, zoology, and other fields related to the Pacific northwest region. Included are: herbarium scrapbooks of Richard Meyer (1871) and Julius L. Meier (1892); copies of letters and documents relating to Archibald Menzies, with a typescript of a book on Menzies by Norah Gourlie; a report on the coal fields of the Pacific coast, prepared for the Foundation Oven Corporation by George Watkin Evans; a memoir of James Burney (1818), who served on Cook's third voyage; copies of the correspondence of Joseph Banks; biographical sketch of Georg Wilhelm Steller (in Russian); and scrapbooks of clippings concerning the eruption of Mount St. Helens in southern Washington State 1980.

2 cubic feet (3 document cases, 1 flat box, 6 reels of microfilm)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Meier, Julius L., 1874-1937

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Julius L. Meier (December 31, 1874 – July 14, 1937) was an American businessman, civic leader, and politician in the state of Oregon. An independent, he served as Governor of Oregon from 1931 to 1935. He is the only independent to be elected Governor of Oregon. Born in Portland, Oregon, he graduated from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1895 and practiced law with a partner, George W. Joseph, for the next four years, until he went into the family's business, the Meier & Frank Departm...

Menzies, Archibald, 1754-1842

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Burney, James, 1750-1821

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Gourley, Norah.

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Foundation Oven Corporation.

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Meyer, Richard, fl. 1871.

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Evans, George Watkins.

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Gourlie, Norah

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