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1. Deady Hall Exteriors, 3 of 3
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Items from a collection of University of Oregon faculty, students, buildings, organizations, and events.
2. Condon Lectures; Geological Revolution by Charles Drake
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Items from a collection of University of Oregon faculty, students, buildings, organizations, and events.
3. Columbia River Highway
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20 p. An offprint of the journal Contracting, this pamphlet contains four reprints of articles and photographs previously published in the summer of 1916. Three articles are reprinted from Contracting, and the fourth, by Henry Bowlby, is reprinted from American Forestry. The articles and black and white photographs describe in brief the impetus for and history of the building of the Columbia River Highway and show the scenic beauties to be viewed from the road. There seems be be some advertisement for Warrenite, a road surface placed over macadam roads, which was used on the Highway. Both general description and more specific information about contracts, engineering, and construction history are contained in the articles.
4. David Thompson, Pathfinder and the Columbia River
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9 p. Transcription of an address given at the annual meeting of the Pioneer Association of Stevens County at Kettle Falls, Washington, on June 23, 1911. Elliott points out that the early white explorer and geographer David Thompson reached Kettle Falls in June of 1811. He notes that "at the age of forty-one years David Thompson thus traversed every reach of this magnificent river from source to mouth". Included in the pamphlet are many quotations from Thompson's journals, a description of the man, and a note on his later life.
5. Official Columbia Highway Tour
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Tourism brochure by the Oregon Touring Bureau
6. Columbia River Centennial
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2 p. Article by Florence E. Winslow detailing the discovery and early exploration of the Columbia River. There is also some focus on the placement and expected future greatness of Astoria.
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