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Volume 1, Oregon Historical Society Quarterly, 1900

The following works deal with the cultural, political, economic, military, biographical and geologic history of pre-territorial Oregon, Oregon Territory and the State of Oregon. [1]

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Surveys of Oregon history

Pre territorial histories

  • Clark, Malcolm, Jr. E (1981). Eden Seekers: The Settlement of Oregon 1818-1863. Boston, MA.: Houghton Mifflin Company. [1]
  • Cook, Warren (1973). Flood Tide of Empire: Spain and the Pacific Northwest 1543-1810. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-01577-5. [1]
  • Gibson, James R. (1985). Farming the Frontier: The Agricultural Opening of the Oregon Country 1786-1846. Seattle, WA.: University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-96297-6. [1]
  • Gough, Barry M. (1992). The Northwest Coast: British Navigation, Trade, and Discovery to 1812. Vancouver, BC.: University of British Columbia Press. ISBN 0-7748-0399-1. [1]
  • Irving, Washington (1836). Astoria; or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains. 2 vols.. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard. [1]
  • Lowenberg, Robert J. (1975). Equality on the Oregon Frontier: Jason Lee and the Oregon Mission 1834-1843. Seattle, WA.: University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-95491-4. [1]
  • Rich, E. E. (1958-59). The History of the Hudson's Bay Company 1670-1870. 2 vols.. London: Hudson's Bay Record Society. [1]

Historic expeditions

  • Fremont, John Charles (1845). Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-'44. Washington, DC.: Gales and Seaton, Printers. [1]
  • Goetzmann, William H. (1966). Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West. New York, NY.: Alfred A. Knopf. [1]
  • Nokes, J. Richard (1998). Almost A Hero: The Voyages of John Meares, R.N., to China, Hawaii, and the Northwest Coast. Pullman, WA.: Washington State University Press. ISBN 0-87422-155-2. [1]
  • Nokes, J. Richard (1991). Columbia's River: The Voyages of Robert Gray 1787-1793. Tacoma, WA.: Washington State Historical Society. ISBN 0-917048-68-7. [1]
  • Wilkes, Charles (1845). Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Vols. 4-5. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard. [1]

Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)

Main articles: Lewis and Clark Expedition and Bibliography of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Geographic histories

  • Loy, William G.; Stuart Allen, Clyde Patton (1976). Atlas of Oregon. Eugene, OR.: University of Oregon. [1]
  • McArthur, Lewis A. (1992). Oregon Geographic Names 6th ed.. Portland, OR.: Oregon Historical Society. ISBN 0-87595-278-X. [1]
  • Meinig, Donald W. (1968). The Great Columbia Plain: A Historical Geography 1805-1910. Seattle, WA.: University of Washington Press. [1]

Natural histories

  • McKelvey, Susan Delano (1991). Botanical Exploration of the Trans-Mississippi West 1790-1850. Corvallis, OR.: Oregon State University Press. ISBN 0-87071-513-5. [1]

Business, industry and labor

  • Beckham, Dow (1995). Stars in the Dark: Coal Mines of Southwestern Oregon. Coos Bay, OR.: Arago Books. ISBN 0-930998-06-5. [1]
  • Beckham, Stephen Dow (1987). O&C Sustained Yield Act: the Land, the Law, the Legacy. Portland, OR.: U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. [1]
  • Beckham, Stephen Dow (1984). Taylor Grazing Act in Oregon 1934-1984. U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Portland, OR.. [1]
  • Bergoffen, William W. (1976). 100 Years of Federal Forestry. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 402, Government Printing Office. [1]
  • Cox, Thomas R. (1974). Mills and Markets: A History of the Pacific Coast Lumber Industry to 1900. Seattle, WA.: University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-95349-6. [1]
  • Disque, Brice P. (ca. 1919). History of Spruce Production Division, United States Army. United States Spruce Production Corporation, n.p.,. [1]
  • Dodds, Gordon B.; Craig E. Wollner (1990). The Silicon Forest: High Tech in the Portland Area 1945-1986. Portland, OR.: Oregon Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-87595-230-7. [1]
  • Gamboa, Erasmo (1990). Mexican Labor and World War II: Braceros in the Pacific Northwest 1942-1947. Austin, TX.: University of Texas Press. ISBN : 029597849X. [1]
  • Greever, William S. (1963). The Bonanza West: The Story of Western Mining Rushes 1848-1900. Norman, OK.: University of Oklahoma Press. [1]
  • Hyman, Harold (1963). Soldiers and Spruce: Origins of the Loyal Legion of Loggers & Lumbermen. Los Angeles, CA.: Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California. [1]
  • Oliphant, J. Orin (1968). On the Cattle Ranges of the Oregon Country. Seattle, WA.: University of Washington Press. [1]
  • Puter, S. A. D. (1908). Looters of the Public Domain. Portland, OR.: The Portland Printing House, Publishers. http://www.archive.org/download/publicd00putelootersofrich/publicd00putelootersofrich.pdf. [1]
  • Richardson, Elmo (1980). BLM's Billion-Dollar Checkerboard: Managing the O & C Lands. Santa Cruz, CA.: Forest History Society. [1]
  • Simpson, Peter K. (1987). The Community of Cattlemen: A Social History of the Cattle Industry in Southeastern Oregon 1869-1912. Moscow, ID.: University of Idaho Press. ISBN 0-89301-117-7. [1]
  • Steen, Harold K. (1991). The Beginning of the National Forest System. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service FS-488. [1]
  • Steen, Harold K. (1992). The Origin of the National Forests: A Centennial Symposium. Durham, NC.: Forest History Society. [1]
  • Tyler, Robert L. (1967). Rebels of the Woods: The I.W.W. in the Pacific Northwest. Eugene, OR.: University of Oregon. [1]

Military histories

  • Fletcher, Randol B. (2011). Hidden History of Civil War Oregon. Gloucestershire: The History Press. ISBN 1-60949-424-5. 
  • Frazer, Robert W., ed. (1965). Forts of the West: Military Forts and Presidios and Posts Commonly Called Forts West of the Mississippi River to 1898. Norman, OK.: University of Oklahoma Press,. [1]
  • Frazer, Robert W., ed. (1963). Mansfield on the Condition of the Western Forts 1853-54.. Norman, OK.: University of Oklahoma Press. [1]
  • Settle, Raymond, ed. (1989). The March of the Mounted Riflemen From Fort Leavenworth to Fort Vancouver, May to October 1849. Lincoln, NE.: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-9196-5. [1]
  • Webber, Bert (1975). Retaliation: Japanese Attacks and Allied Countermeasures on the Pacific Coast in World War II. Corvallis, OR.: Oregon State University Press. ISBN 0-87071-076-1. [1]
  • Willingham, William F. (1983). Army Engineers and the Development of Oregon: A History of the Portland District. Washington, DC.: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Government Printing Office. [1]

Native American histories

  • Beckham, Stephen Dow (1977). The Indians of Western Oregon: This Land Was Theirs. Arago Books, Coos Bay, OR.. ISBN 0-930998-03-0. [1]
  • Beckham, Stephen Dow (1971). Requiem for a People: The Rogue Indians and the Frontiersmen. Norman, OK.: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-87071-521-6. [1]
  • Buan, Carolyn M., Richard Lewis, ed. (1991). The First Oregonians: An Illustrated Collection of Essays on Traditional Lifeways, Federal- Indian Relations, and the State's Native People Today. Portland, OR.: Oregon Council for the Humanities. ISBN 1-880377-00-4. [1]
  • Josephy, Alvin M., Jr. (1965). The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest. New Haven, CT.: Yale University Press. [1]
  • O'Donnell, Terrence (1991). An Arrow in the Earth: General Joel Palmer and the Indians of Oregon. Portland, OR.: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-155-4. [1]
  • Ruby, Robert H.; John A. Brown (1986). A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest. Norman, OK.: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-4024-0. [1]
  • Ruby, Robert H. (1981). Indians of the Pacific Northwest: A History. Norman, OK.: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-1731-1. [1]
  • Suttles, Wayne, ed. (1990). Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 7, Northwest Coast. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 0-16-020390-2. [1]
  • Walker, Deward E., Jr., ed. (1998). Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 12, Plateau. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 0-16-049514-8. [1]

Local and regional histories

  • Allen, Barbara (1987). Homesteading the High Desert. Logan, UT.: Utah State University. ISBN 0-87480-268-7. [1]
  • Armstrong, Chester H. (1965). History of the Oregon State Parks (1917-1963). Salem, OR.: Oregon State Highway Department,. [1]
  • Barlow, Jeffrey; Christine Richardson (1991). Gum San: Land of the Gold Mountain. Bend, OR.: The High Desert Museum. [1]
  • Beckham, Dow (1998). Bandon-by-the-Sea: Hope and Perseverance in an Oregon Coastal Town. Coos Bay, OR.: Arago Books. [1]
  • Beckham, Stephen Dow (1986). Land of the Umpqua: A History of Douglas County, Oregon. Roseburg, OR.: Douglas County Commissioners. [1]
  • Bowen, William A. (1978). The Willamette Valley: Migration and Settlement on the Oregon Frontier. Seattle, WA.: University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-95590-2. [1]
  • Brimlow, George Francis (1951). Harney County, Oregon, and Its Range Land. Portland, OR.: Binfords & Mort, Publishers. [1]
  • Clark, Keith; Lowell Tiller (1967). Terrible Trail: The Meek Cutoff 1845. Caldwell, ID.: The Caxton Printers, Ltd.. ISBN 0-89288-233-6. [1]
  • Douthit, Nathan (1981). The Coos Bay Region 1890-1944: Life on a Coastal Frontier. Coos Bay, OR.: River West Books. ISBN 978-0-9607192-0-4. [1]
  • Hussey, John A. (1967). Champoeg: Place of Transition. Portland, OR.: Oregon Historical Society. [1]
  • Jackson, Royal; Jennifer Lee (1978). Harney County: An Historical Inventory. Burns, OR.: Harney County Planning Commission and Harney County Historical Society. [1]
  • Kittredge, William (1987). Owning It All. St. Paul, MN.: Graywolf Press. ISBN 1-55597-366-3. [1]
  • MacColl, E. Kimbark (1979). The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon 1915 to 1950. Portland, OR.: The Georgian Press Company. ISBN 0-9603408-1-5. [1]
  • MacColl, E. Kimbark (1976). The Shaping of a City: Business and Politics in Portland, Oregon 1885-1915. Portland, OR.: The Georgian Press Company. [1]
  • MacColl, E. Kimbark; Harry H. Stein (1988). Merchants, Money, and Power: The Portland Establishment 1843-1913. Portland, OR.: The Georgian Press. ISBN 0-9603408-3-1. [1]
  • Merriam, Lawrence C., Jr.; David G. Talbot (1992). Oregon's Highway Park System 1921-1989: An Administrative History. Salem, OR.: Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. [1]
  • O'Callaghan, Jerry A. (1960). The Dispossession of the Public Domain in Oregon. Washington, DC.: Government Printing Office. [1]
  • Ronda, James P. (1990). Astoria and Empire. Lincoln, NE.: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-3896-7. [1]
  • Smith, Dwight A.; James B. Norman, Pieter A. Dykman (1985). Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon. Salem, OR.: Oregon Department of Transportation. ISBN 0-87595-205-4. [1]
  • Straton, Kathryn A. (1977). Oregon's Beaches: A Birthright Preserved. Salem, OR.: Oregon State Parks and Recreation Branch. [1]
  • Unruh, John D., Jr. (1979). The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West 1840-60. Urbana, IL.: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-00698-4. [1]
  • Vaughan, Thomas, ed. (1981). High & Mighty: Select Sketches about the Deschutes Country. Portland, OR.: Oregon Historical Society. ISBN 0-87595-103-1. [1]

Columbia river

See also: Columbia River
  • Clark, Robert (1995). River of the West: Stories From the Columbia. New York, NY.: Harper Collins West. ISBN 978-0-06-258516-5. [1]
  • Dietrich, William (1995). Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River. New York, NY.: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-295-97546-6. [1]
  • Donaldson, Ivan J.; Frederick K. Cramer (1971). Fishwheels of the Columbia. Portland, OR.: Binfords & Mort, Publishers. ISBN 0-8323-0007-1. [1]
  • Gronowski, Nancy H.; Jeanette Kloos (1987). A Study of the Historic Columbia River Highway. Salem, OR.: Oregon Department of Transportation. [1]
  • Harden, Blaine (1996). A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia. New York, NY.: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-03936-6. [1]
  • Smith, Courtland (1979). Salmon Fishers of the Columbia. Corvallis, OR.: Oregon State University Press. ISBN 0-87071-313-2. [1]
  • Smith, Dwight A. (1984). Columbia River Highway Historic District. Salem, OR.: Oregon Department of Transportation. [1]
  • Tollefson, Gene. (1987). BPA & The Struggle for Power at Cost. Portland, OR.: Bonneville Power Administration. [1]

Ethnic histories

  • Edson, Christopher J. (1974). Chinese in Eastern Oregon 1860-1890. San Francisco, CA.: R. and E. Research Association. ISBN 0-88247-238-0. [1]
  • Lowenstein, Steven (1987). The Jews of Oregon 1850-1950. Portland, OR.: Jewish Historical Society of Oregon. ISBN 0-9619786-0-0. [1]
  • Nakata, Deena K. (1995). The Gift: The Oregon Nikkei Story Retold. Portland, OR: Deena K. Nakata. [1]

Ghost towns

  • Camp Adair: The story of a World War II cantonment : today, Oregon's largest ghost town. 2005. ISBN 0-9718583-5-7. 
  • Florin, L.F. (1982). Oregon Ghost Towns. Superior Publishing Co. ISBN 0-87564-323-X. 
  • May, Keith F. (1996). Ghosts of Times Past: A Road Trip of Eastern Oregon Ghost Towns. Drigh Sighed Publications. ISBN 1-57502-107-2. 
  • Varney, Phillip (2005). Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest: Your Guide to Ghost Towns, Mining Camps, and Historic Forts of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Voyageur Press. ISBN 0-89658-592-1. 

Biographies

  • Barlow, Jeffrey; Christine Richardson (1979). China Doctor of John Day. Portland, OR.: Binford and Mort Publisher. ISBN 0-8323-0346-1. [1]
  • Beckham, Stephen Dow (1971). The Simpsons of Shore Acres. Coos Bay, OR.: Arago Books. ISBN 0-685-53206-2. [1]
  • Dodds, Gordon B. (1959). The Salmon King of Oregon: R. D. Hume and the Pacific Fisheries. Chapel Hill, NC.: The University of North Carolina Press. [1]
  • Foster, Mark S. (1989). Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73045-8. [1]
  • Jeffrey, Julie Roy (1991). Converting the West: A Biography of Narcissa Whitman. Norman, OK.: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-2359-1. [1]
  • Moynihan, Ruth Barnes (1983). Rebel for Rights: Abigail Scott Duniway. New Haven, CT.: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-02952-7. [1]
  • Munnick, Harriet Duncan (1989). Priest's Progress: The Journey of Francis Norbert Blanchet from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific in Three Parishes. Portland, OR.: Binford & Mort Publishing. ISBN 0-8323-0474-3. [1]

Memoirs, diaries and journals

Political histories

Culture

  • Bingham, Edwin R. (1993). William G. Robbins, Robert Frank, Richard Ross. ed. Pacific Northwest Writing: Reaching for Regional Identity. Regionalism and the Pacific Northwest. Corvallis, OR.: Oregon State University Press. [1]
  • Dodds, Gordon B. (1993). Varieties of Hope: An Anthology of Oregon Prose. Corvallis, OR.: Oregon State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87071-374-3. [1]
  • Turnbull, George S. (1939). History of Oregon Newspapers. Portland, OR.: Binfords & Mort, Publishers. [1]

Social history

  • Aikens, C. Melvin (1986). Archaeology of Oregon. Portland, OR.: Oregon State Office, U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. [1]
  • Booth, Brian, ed. (1992). Wildmen, Wobblies, and Whistle Punks: Stewart Holbrook's Lowbrow Northwest. Corvallis, OR.: Oregon State University Press. ISBN 0-87071-383-3. [1]
  • Ward, Jean M., Elaine A. Maveety, ed. (1995). Pacific Northwest Women 1815-1925: Lives, Memories, and Writings. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press. ISBN 0-87071-387-6. [1]

Geology

  • Bishop, Ellen Morris (2006). In Search of Ancient Oregon: A Geological and Natural History. Portland, OR: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-789-9. 
  • Wagner, Parke D. Jr.; Snavely, Holly C. (1963). Tertiary Geologic History of Western Oregon & Washington. State of Washington. 
  • Williams, Ira A. (1991). Geologic History of the Columbia River Gorge, As Interpreted from the Historic Columbia River Scenic Highway. Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-223-2. 

Journals

  • Oregon Historical Quarterly (Oregon Historical Society). 1900-present.  [2]

Bibliographies

See also

Notes

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  2. ^ "About the Oregon Historical Quarterly". Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society. http://www.ohs.org/research/quarterly/about-ohq.cfm. Retrieved 2011-12-21. 
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