^ y THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE Gift of THIi HONNOLD LIBRARY PACIFIC NORTHWEST AMERICANA PACIFIC NORTHWEST AMERICANA A CHECKLIST OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COMPILED BY CHARLES W. SMITH Associate Librarian, Universitg of Washington Library Edition 2, Revised and Enlarged NEW YORK THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY London; Grafton fli Company 1921 Published April 1921 : PREFACE In 1909, a union checklist of books and pamphlets relating to the Pacific Northwest was published by the Washington State Library. That list represented the combined resources of thirteen representative libraries and was cooperatively prepared. The present list is based directly upon the former edition and is similar to it in all essential features. It includes descriptive material relating to the his- tory of the region lying north of California and west of the Rocky Mountains, comprising the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, together with British Columbia, Alaska and the Yukon. The word history has been used in its broadest sense including a wide range of literature bearing upon the region. The following classes of material have been excluded 1. Manuscripts. 2. State documents, because listed in Bowker and the Monthly List of State Publications. 3. Federal documents, for which there are government indexes also the Subject Index compiled by Katharine B. Judson. Exception to the rule has been made in the case of some few state and federal docu- ments of rarity and importance. 4. Periodicals published in the region, except those devoted mainly or wholly to history. Serials, however, as year-books and publications of societies have been included as a part of the institutional history of the Pacific Northwest. 5. Maps, except those independently issued and bound in book form. City documents have been largely omitted on the assumption that each city library will have specialized in its own local publications. Directories have been omitted if published after 1900. Reprints and excerpts from magazines, when of historical importance, have been included. The checklist is of date January 1, 1920. Of the thirteen libraries represented in the first edition, the following three ^ have withdrawn : Montana State Library, the Library of Pacific University, and the Library of Washington State College. Unique items from these libraries, however, are retained in the present edition. The new edition is greatly strength- ened by the cooperation of the following additional libraries : University of Brit- ish Columbia Library, Library of the Oregon Historical Society, Oregon State Librart, and the public libraries of Boise, Idaho, and Tacoma, Washington. The edition of 1909 was intended primarily as a librarian's handbook for use in a cooperative development of library resources. How well it served that purpose may be judged from the present survey disclosing more than twice the number of distinct items and a still greater increase in the total number of vol- umes reported. vi PREFACE III the belief that the present hst may prove of more general service as a bibliography of Pacific Northwest Americana, its publication has been placed with a house whose bibliograi)hicaI works are widely known and used. It may not be amiss to mention that certain changes in style, such as deletion of punc- tuation, have been made to conform to the standards established by this house. The work has been prepared with the endorsement of the Pacific Northwest Library Association. Acknowledgment is here made of the prompt and enthusi- astic assistance of the staflP members who furnished the data from each library. Charles W. Smith University of Washington Library, Seattle, Washington, October 25, 1920. DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF LIBRARIES B Carnegie Public Library, Boise, Idaho. Contains 26,000 volumes. Open from 10 A.M. to 9:30 P. AI. Established in 1S93 and occupied rooms in City Hall until June, 1905, when it was moved into the present building, a gift of Air. Carnegie. The library has two branches and foui stations. In addition to the books herein listed, the library has a collection of manu- scripts, clippings, and pamphlets relating to the Pacific Northwest. Librarian: Ruth Cowgill. Ecu University of British Columbia Library, Vancouver, British Columbia. Contains 34,800 volumes, and is growing at an average rate of 5,000 volumes a year. Also contains 9,000 pamphlets. Located in temporary quarters in the city of Vancouver. Financial arrangements have been made by the British Columbia Government to enable it to move to its per- manent site at Point Grey, eight miles west of Vancouver, and it is hoped to occupy the new premises by 1922. While primarily a reference Hbrary for faculty and students, its privileges are available to others on application. The library is open daily from 9 A.M. to 9:30 P. M. during the term, and from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. during vacation. Loans are for a period of two weeks. Librarian : John Ridington. L Library of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, Vic- toria, British Columbia. A reference library only, being principally for the use of legislators and govern- ment officials. It may, however, be used by the public when the house is not in ses- sion. It contains about 100,000 volumes, including pamphlets. The Dewey Decimal classification is used. The Library of the Legislative Assembly was established in 1893. The subject matter of the library is in the main of a legal and parhamentary nature. It em- braces, however, a comparatively large and valuable collection of early discoveries and historical works relating to the Northwest Pacific Coast of America and the North- west Territories of Canada. The reading room is open to the public during government hours.—viz., from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., Saturday 9 A. M. to i P. M., every day that the legislature is not in session. Librarian : John Forsyth. M Montana State Library, Helena, Montana. Mu University of AIontana Library, Missoula, AIontana Contains 50,000 volumes and 20,000 pamphlets. Open daily, except Sunday from A. M. to 7 :55 A. M. to 5 130 P. M. and from 7 to 9 -.30 P. M. ; on Saturday, from 8 , Ref- 12 M and from i to 5 P.M. Its use is free. Books are loaned for one week. erence books, reserved books and current periodicals do not circulate. The library started with a collection of books donated at the organization of the lo- University in September, 1895. It is now housed in a two-story brick building, cated on the north side of the main oval. Librarian : Gertrude Buckhous. LIBRARIES viii DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF O Univkrsity of Oregon Library, Eugene, Oregon. Contains aI)Out 92,500 volumes. Open daily during term time from 7:45 A.M. hours are from A. M. to to 10 P. ^^., and on Sundays from 2 to 6 P. M. Vacation 9 period of the cal- 6 P. M. Users of the Library are allowed to draw books for a endar month, with renewal privileges. The University of Oregon Library may be said to have been founded in 1882, when Henry Villard, President of the Northern Pacific Railroad, contributed to the University $1,000 for books. During the four preceding years the library needs were served by the two literary societies. In 1883, Mr. Villard gave to the University an endowment fund of $50,000 one of the conditions of the gifts being that not less for than $4,000 a year should be expended for books. The annual appropriation books, periodicals and binding is now about $10,000. Librarian: M. H. Douglass. Oh Library of the Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Oregon. Located in the Auditorium, Third and Market Streets. Open from 9 A. M. to 5 P. ^L Contains 14,460 volumes and 12,365 pamphlets, only a part of which are included in the "Checklist." The library has important files of local newspapers and of Oregon documents. Most noteworthy, is the manuscript material which includes the diaries of S. R. Thurston, first Delegate to Congress, Jason Lee, Mrs. H. H. Spalding, and many of P. corre- the early missionaries and pioneers ; the complete file of Judge M. Deady's spondence and journals from his appointment as Federal Judge; Mrs. Eva Emery Dye's correspondence in the preparation of her books, and other important collections. Curator: George H. Himes. Librarian : Nellie B. Pipes. Os Oregon State Library, Salem, Oregon. Contains about 180,000 volumes in the following sections: General lending collec- tion, reference library, document collection and traveling library. Open daily from 8 130 to 5 P. M. Books are loaned by mail upon request to any citizen of Oregon, being sent when possible through established public and travelling library centers. The library contains a special collection of books on Oregon history and books by Ore- gon authors. The library has been in existence since territorial days and was a document and law collection until 1913 when the title of "State Library" was given to the Oregon Library Commission which was established in 1905. At this time the law books were transferred to the Supreme Court Law Library, the documents and general literature remaining in the State Library. Both libraries are housed in the Supreme Court Building, and supported by State appropriations. Librarian : Cornelia Marvin. DESCRirTn'E LIST OF LTr>RARIES ix P Library Associatiox of Portlaxd, Portland, Oregox. Contains about 295^000 volumes, the reference library comprisinc: nearly 40,000 of these. The central building is open from 9 A.M. to 9:30 P.M. on week-days and on Sundays and holidays from 2 P. M. to g :30 P.