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  • Announcement of bond sale for the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. by Jay Cooke & Co., 1878.
  • Railroads--Finance
  • 1 broadside : map (on verso) ; 44 x 26 cm. "Jay Cooke & Co., fiscal agents Northern Pacific Railroad Co." View map on verso: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/maps/id/375/rec/1
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  • nimíipuu (Nez Perce) women at ceremonial gathering
  • Clothing and dress; Ceremonial objects; Horesemen and horsewomen; Tipis; Lapwai (Idaho); Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • In this photograph, three nimíipuu (Nez Perce) women ride horses at an outdoor ceremonial gathering in Lapwai, Idaho. All three women wear púxnin’(shawls) and cíickan (blankets/robes), while their horses are adorned with cíickan (blankets/robes). ...
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  • nimíipuu (Nez Perce) and employees at nimíipuu (Nez Perce) Agency
  • Native American agents; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Nez Perce Agency; Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874; Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851; Montieth, Reverand W.J.; McFarland, Reverand D.F.; Lapwai (Idaho); Missionary settlements;...
  • In this photograph, a large group of nimíipuu (Nez Perce) peoples and employees of the nimíipuu (Nez Perce) Agency stand in front of the physical site of the agency in Lapwai, Idaho. In the 1830s, Reverand Henry Spalding and his wife Eliza...
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  • "Wolf" on Horseback
  • Native American culture; Brown, William C., 1916-
  • Blue-tinted photograph, artificially colored in, featuring Native American man sitting on horse. "Wolf" appears on verso of image.
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  • Presidential commission appointing Fayette McMullin second Governor of Washington Territory, document, 1858 January 18.
  • Buchanan, James A.; McMullin, Fayette, 1805-1880.; Governors--Washington (State); Presidents--Messages.; Presidents--Proclamations.; Washington (State)--History--To 1889--Archives.
  • 1 item, unpaginated (2 p. in frame) ; 32 x 40 cm.
    Verso has manuscript text (with autographs) of McMullin's oath and swearing in ceremony by Associate Justice F.A. Chenoweth, Thurston County, Washington Territory, 13 March 1858.
    Text...
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  • "Wolf" on Colville Reservation
  • Native American culture; Brown, William C., 1916-
  • Black and white photograph featuring Native American man, presumably named "Wolf", standing wrapped in blanket on Colville Indian Reservation. Inscription on verso of identical print reads, "One of the Government's wards residing on this...
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  • Tom Pah = ween (Tom Poween)
  • Poween, Tom; Brown, William C., 1916-
  • Black and white photograph featuring image of Tom Poween, a member of the Nez Pierce tribe, dressed in highly decorated traditional garments with feather head dress. Writing on verso of image reads, "Tom Poween, Nespiece Tribe, Picture of Tom Pah =...
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  • The Old Crossing
  • Native American culture; Owhi; Brown, William C., 1916-
  • Black and white photograph showing bend in a small river. Description on verso of image reads, "View 1, 3/4 miles above the point by Indian graves in crevices and 3/4 mile above present crossing, and one mile below Starbuck, looking south, showing...
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  • Catherine May
  • Bedell, Catherine May, 1914-
  • Black and white photograph featuring image of Catherine May. "Portrait goes in center of big H. T., Pg. 6 33%" written on verso of image.
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  • Queen Anne Letters patent [?], ca. 1702-1707
  • Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714--Records and correspondence; Laws and Legislation; Letters patent--Specimens
  • This item appears to be a Queen Anne letters patent [?] on a single membrane of parchment (69 x 77 cm). It is written in court hand, a script commonly used for legal documents in England prior to 1733. It is probably in Latin, and includes a large...
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