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Check out: Morris Family photographs

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

Collection comprises 36 black and white, glass plate negatives of a Native American family, baseball players in baseball uniforms, unidentified people on a farm, and Jump Off Joe rock in Newport, Oregon, circa 1918.

Call number: PH333

Guide to the Morris Family photographs

Check out: Edgar F. Averill papers

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

Edgar F. Averill was president of the Oregon Wildlife Federation. The collection comprises correspondence relating to the conservation of natural resources in Oregon from 1934 to 1939.

Call number: Ax 188

Guide to the Edgar F. Averill Papers

Check out: Cape Shoalwater, Washington photographs and clippings

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

Collection contains 41 photographs and several newspaper clippings documenting the rapid shoreline erosion of Cape Shoalwater, Washington circa 1955-1971. Photographs include images of bulwarks and groins erected by residents in efforts to protect the shore. The newspaper articles, which include photographs from the collection, date from 1955 to 1965 and offer background information.

Call number: PH190

Guide to the Cape Shoalwater, Washington photographs and clippings

Check out: Jane and Paul Annixter papers

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

Jane (1903-1996) and Paul (1894-1985) Annixter wrote children’s books, with emphasis on wildlife and adventures into nature. The collection contains manuscripts, corrections, drafts, and related correspondences and notes.

Call number: Ax 654

Guide to the Jane and Paul Annixter Papers

Check out: Mount St. Helens photographs

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

The collection consists of 146 color photographs of the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State on May 18, 1980. Most photographs are from a helicopter or airplane near the summit of the mountain.

Call number: PH319

Guide to the Mount St. Helens photographs

Check out: June D. Drake and Drake Brothers photographs

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

June D. Drake was a commercial photographer in Silverton, Oregon, from 1904-1960. He used his photographs of Silver Falls in an active and successful campaign to establish Silver Falls State Park in 1931. The collection consists of 28 vintage prints in studio mounts, documenting landscape and events in the Silverton area. One series shows railroad construction.

Call number: PH031

Guide to the June D. Drake and Drake Brothers photographs

Newly available collection: Joy Belsky papers

Friday, August 24th, 2012

Joy Belsky (1944-2001) was a Portland range ecologist who worked on protecting public lands in the Western United States. The collection includes articles published in scientific journals, newsletters, newspaper articles, government publications, manuscripts, speeches/talks and correspondence.

Call number: Coll 332

Guide to the Joy Belsky Papers

Newly available collection: Cyrus Olney letter to A. B. Hallock

Friday, August 24th, 2012

Four page letter from Cyrus Olney, Astoria, Oregon, to A. B. Hallock, Portland, Oregon, October 29, 1860. Asks Hallock to make survey of Astoria.

Call number: CA 1860 Oct 29

Guide to the Cyrus Olney Letter to A. B. Hallock

Newly available collection: Nils Hogner papers

Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

Nils Hogner (1893-1970) was was a muralist and book illustrator, specializing in the illustration of nature books. The collection contains correspondence, original illustrations, manuscripts by Hogner and Dorothy Childs Hogner and others.

Call number: Ax 717

Guide to the Nils Hogner Papers

Newly available collection: Jane Mullen Walrad diary

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

Jane Mullen Walrad was an Oregon Pioneer who seemed to be very involved in her community in Jacksonville. Her diary gives a day to day description of events, the weather and family matters.

Call number: A 128

Guide to the Jane Mullen Walrad Diary