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The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by Warren Arthur Snyder titled "A phonemic and morphological analysis of southern Puget Sound Salish." 117 pages. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Washington, 1957. Vita. Bibliography: page 117. Purchased from University Microfilms, 1982.

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by Arthur David Martinson titled "Mountain in the sky: a history of Mount Rainier National Park." viii, 174 leaves: illus., maps, tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), Washington State University, 1966. Bibliography: leaves 165-174. University Microfilms, 66-13571

The item is a microfilm copy of a thesis by Thomas Melville Hess titled "Snohomish grammatical structure." 1967. iii, 110 leaves. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Washington, 1967. Vita. Bibliography: leaf 110. University Microfilms, 68-3852.

Documentary. This film depicts a trip from Seattle to Victoria on the S.S. Princess Marguerite, and profiles the history of the ship -- and of her namesake, an earlier B.C. coastal steamship that was sunk during World War II while serving as a troop transport.

The item is a copy of a thesis by Barry Carlson on microfilm titled "A grammar of Spokan: a Salish language of eastern Washington." 1972. xxii, 142 leaves: tables. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Hawaii, 1972. Bibliography: leaves 141-142. University Microfilms 72-31052.

The item is a copy of a thesis by Sister Mary Louise, O.P. titled "Eugene Casimir Chirouse, O.M.I. and the Indians of Washington." iii, 137 leaves. Thesis (M.A.), University of Washington, 1932. Bibliography: leaves 129-137.

The file consists of a transcript titled "Down the Columbia river by canoe" by George Burnet Forde, written in 1916. It contains an account of a trip made in September and October 1915 by the 15 year old G.B. Forde who accompanied his father John Preston Forde, a civil engineer with the C.P.R. and assistant Captain F.P. Armstrong. The purpose of the trip was to examine the possibilities of navigation on the Columbia. The party travelled from Robson, B.C., to Beverly, Washington, by canoe and then onwards by train and steamer to Astoria. There are 21 photographs that accompany the transcript.

Notes on the geographical observations made by David Douglas on the Pacific Coast of North America.

Presented by the City Archives, Vancouver.

Amateur film footage. This reel includes the following items:

39. Building Holden, ca. 1935. Shows launching of tug "E.B. Schley" and development of mine operations at Holden, Washington.
40. Verna Phillips May Queen 1938; Emily's girls at cabin; speedboat races at Harrison, Aug-1938.
41. Grouse Mountain; snow at Britannia, 193-.
42. Bikes; snow at Britannia; tennis; Boys car; Ollie on bike.

Amateur footage showing the following: Mt. Shukstan; Ruby Dam site; Diablo Dam; Grand Coulee Dam (1937-39) under construction; Dry Falls Grand Coulee; Old Faithful Geyser; Mud Volcano; Yellowstone Canyon; Monmouth Falls; Badlands, North Dakota; New York; "Queen Mary" (ship).

Item consists of one stereo photograph of the waterfront at Tacoma, Washington.

Amateur film. The town of Ymir and the nearby Yankee Girl gold mine. Mining concentrator building (with aerial tramway) beside the Salmo River. Mine site, high on mountainside; buildings; small electric train of ore cars; dumping tailings on hillside; dumping ore into aerial tramway; tramway buckets descending very steep hillside to concentrator, and emptying into hopper there. B&W: interior shots (some dark): ore on conveyor belt; refining processes [cyanidation and flotation]; etc. COLOUR: bridge across river for ore cars. B&W: interior of assay office; staff with instruments, performing tests, etc. COLOUR: May Day celebrations: baseball game; rock-drilling contest; presentation of prizes; May Queen pageant and crowning; children maypole dancing. Scenery: gravel road, creek, waterfalls. Nelson: general views, streets, buildings, Kootenay Lake. Family group on lawn; members posing for camera. Lake scenes: boat pushing barge; water-skiing (skier passes the sternwheeler "Moyie" at dock); speedboat. Kettle Falls on the Columbia River.

The series consists of diaries, 1892-1894, and 1901 and notebooks. The diary for 1892-1894 records Stewart's travels in Washington and Idaho, his work in a mine in Gem, Idaho, and his return to Banff and Calgary; the diary for 1901 describes his work for the Calgary Water Board. One notebook is kept in a book recording correspondence received from 1888 onward, by his father, G.A. Stewart, Park Superintendent at Banff.