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Archives West provides access to descriptions of primary sources in the western United States, including correspondence, diaries or photographs. Digital reproductions of the materials are available in some cases.
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June 13, 2025 3:34 pm
Sue Jensen Weeks independent film collection, 1970-1978
University of Utah Libraries, Special CollectionsThe Sue Jensen Weeks independent film collection consists of workprints, elements, and final cuts of films she directed between 1970 and 1979.
June 13, 2025 11:04 am
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University ArchivesAlpha Farm is an intentional community in Deadwood, Oregon, founded in 1972 by Jim and Caroline Estes. This collection contains notes, correspondence, daily schedules, financial records, publications, business contracts, member records, and other documentation of the community and its business enterprises in rural Western Oregon.
June 12, 2025 2:06 pm
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and ArchivesPostcard sent by the University of Idaho Library in 1948 to a patron.
June 12, 2025 11:40 am
Kenji and Helen Shiratori Shiozawa photograph collection, 1925-1999
University of Utah Libraries, Special CollectionsKenji and Helen Shiratori Shiozawa were Japanese Americans who lived and worked in Utah, Idaho, and California. The Kenji and Helen Shiratori Shiozawa photograph collection consists of color prints, negatives, and transparencies depicting Kenji Shiozawa's work as a landscape architect; Helen Shiratori Shiozawa's work as a schoolteacher; and images of Japanese American family life through the Shiozawa and Shiratori family and friends.
June 10, 2025 3:52 pm
The Man in the Shadow by Willard manuscript, undated
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and ArchivesManuscript of a short story entitled The Man in the Shadow, attributed to "Willard."
June 10, 2025 10:52 am
Mother's Day at the University of Idaho video, 1939-1941
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives11-minute silent video of events on and around the University of Idaho campus, roughly 1939-1941. Scenes include a baseball game, an event that may be a Mother's Day celebration or graduation, the University of Idaho campus, a plane crash at 3rd and Asbury in downtown Moscow, driving down the old Lewiston grade, and views of Moscow.
June 10, 2025 10:52 am
The Lady from Ada, Maude Largent Cosho by Marilyn Cosho book, 2024
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and ArchivesThe Lady from Ada, Maude Largent Cosho, a book by Marilyn Cosho. Published 2024.
June 9, 2025 12:45 pm
Lang Syne Society of Portland, Oregon, register book, 1914-1945
Oregon Historical Society Research LibraryRegister book for the charter members of the Lang Syne Society of Portland, Oregon, a fraternal organization for Portland businesspeople that was founded in 1914. The register includes names, occupational history, and other biographical information about the society's charter members.
June 9, 2025 11:53 am
Wholesale grocery ledger kept by Spencer M. Ehrman, Sr., 1948-1973
Oregon Historical Society Research LibraryA ledger owned by Spencer M. Ehrman, Sr. (1920-2004) detailing wholesale grocery purchases from 1948 to 1973. The purchases most likely relate to either Schuss Wholesale Grocery Company or Mason, Ehrman & Co., both of which were wholesale grocery firms based in Portland, Oregon, that Ehrman worked for.
June 9, 2025 11:11 am
Mason, Ehrman & Co. product labels, circa 1935-1955
Oregon Historical Society Research LibraryProduct labels for Mason, Ehrman & Co.'s Royal Club brand products. Most labels are for canned fruit or vegetables, but also include other foodstuffs, such as ketchup, pumpkin pie mix, and fruit juices. Mason, Ehrman & Company was a wholesale grocery business based in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1885 by William S. Mason (1832-1899) and Edward Ehrman (1854-1933). In the early and mid-20th century, the firm operated wholesale houses in Astoria, Oregon; Klamath Falls, Oregon; Medford, Oregon; Lewiston, Idaho; and Moscow, Idaho.
