Pamphlets, Booklets, and Government Publications
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Relander's collection of pamphlets includes materials from the territorial period through the mid-20th century.
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Item Correspondence on the subject of Indian Hostilities in Oregon and Washington Territories(United States Government, 1856) United States GovernmentOfficial correspondence related to the then emergent crises in the Oregon and Washington Territories. This report offers multiple viewpoints on the causes and progress of events.Item Colored plates from the Report of the Pomologist and Report of the Ornithologist.(UNKNOWN, 1892) UnknownFull color illustrations of fruits and gophers removed from where they were bound. Labeled with their Latin names, and the lithographer. Single sheet from the original publication shows the fruit illustrations where from the Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, Division of Pomology, and has information on several varieties of fruit.Item Yakima Irrigating and Improvement Co.(Northern Pacific Railroad Co., 1893)Promotional material designed to attract investors and settlers to Kennewick.Item Five farmers' foes: Canadian thistle, sow thistle, bull thistle, Chinese thistle, and Russian thistle.(UNPUBLISHED, 1894) Craig, MosesThis bulletin no. 32, from 1894, was done by the Oregon agricultural experiment station. Includes an illustration of each thistle, and how to prevent and kill the weeds.Item A partial list of editorials and articles written on the mountains and forests by Geo. W. Stewart.(UNPUBLISHED, 1897) Stewart, Geo W.List dates from an 1878 article entitled, "Influence of Trees upon Rainfall," through an 1897 editorial on the western boundary of the Yosemite reservation.Item How to make money with squabs.(UNKNOWN, 1900) Rice, Elmer C.; Brinston, G. H.; Johnson, J. Y."Sensible home employment. The facts about an industry little known but of great importance and capable of extraordinary development. The easiest home employment for invalids, boys and girls, women and men who may be busy at other work and wish to add to their income."Item Spohn's distemper compound, 21 years on the market.(UNKNOWN, 1910) Unknown"Spohn's Compound is extensively used by farmers; breeders of all kinds of live stock; horse stock farms; handlers of ponies; breeders and fanciers of dogs and other pet animals; trainers and drivers of trotting, pacing and running horses; sales stables; and by a number of veterinary surgeons." Black and white illustrations throughout.Item Collection of catalogs (pt. 6).(UNKNOWN, 1912) UnknownCollection of catalogs sent to Relander. Included in this folder is The National Gallery illustrated catalogue from 1912, Sears, Roebuck & Co., catalogue no. 113, as well as another Sears, Roebuck & Co. undated catalog, from the Edwardian era, and The Anchorage, "Marine Antiques." Due to copyright status, they have not been digitized, but are available in person by appointment, or you can e-mail for further information on certain ones you are interested in. See also PUB-128-05-001 and PUB-128-06-001 as well as PUB-129-01-001 through PUB-129-03-001.Item Naming of counties in the State of Washington(University of Washington, 1913) Smith, Charles W.A 13 page article that outlines the rational and processes used to form and name Washington State counties.Item "An act extending the period of payment under reclamation projects, and for other purposes."(UNPUBLISHED, 1914-08-13) AnonPublic--No. 170--63D Congress. S. 4628.Item Outlawry of War, a plan to outlaw war: 67th Congress 2nd session of the Senate.(U. S. Government Printing Office, 1922-01-19) Levinson, Salmon O.Presented by Mr. Borah. "War between nations, with all its attendant horrors, has always been and is now perfectly legal. A direct attack by one nation on another, no matter how unjustified, is a legal procedure. Even the Kaiser was violating no known law by declaring war in 1914. Whatever value wars may have had in the past, these last years have shown modern war to be so terrible an instrument, so far-reaching in its destruction and the results of that destruction, that its use in our closely interdependent present-day civilization jeopardizes the very life of that situation."Item "A Scrap of Paper."(UNKNOWN, 1924-03-04) Dovell, W. T.; Venables, R. J."Into the valley of 'many waters,' which is 'Walla Walla' in the Indian tongue, came Isaac I. Stevens--he who was later to die gloriously at Chantilly--then the Governor of Washington Territory. Being thereunto accredited by the National government, his mission was to negotiate a treaty with those Indian tribes who had their habitat in that vast country which lies generally between the Cascades and the Bitter Root Mountains. The assignation had been appointed for June, 1855, where the purple crescent of the Blue Mountains enfolds the valley of the waters."Item Improved method for making cider vinegar.(UNKNOWN, 1926-06) Vandecaveye, S. C.Bulletin No. 202, produced by the State College of Washington agricultural experiment station in Pullman, Washington Division of Bacteriology.Item Poultry diseases in Washington.(UNKNOWN, 1926-11-24) Sawyer, C. E.; Worley, S. S.Bulletin 5-W issued by The State College of Washington, Western Washington Experiment Station, Puyallup, Washington. Covers a variety of diseases, their prevention and treatments. Several diseases have the recommended prevention of not using regular window glass, which filters out UV rays. Black and white photographs throughout.Item Lambs: saving a larger harvest.(State College of Washington, Extension Service, 1927-07) Hubbard, C. M.Bulletin no. 143, issued by the Extension Service of the State College of Washington, Pullman, Washington. Good advice given on lambing, and feeding and management after lambing. Black and white photographs throughout.Item Indian Music, Bulletin No. 19.(UNKNOWN, 1928) UnknownIssued by the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, this booklet is an excerpt from the Handbook of American Indians, Bulletin 30, Bureau of American Ethnology.Item Statement of Condition - Sunshine Mining Company.(UNPUBLISHED, 1928-12-31) Anon"Mines at Shonts, Idaho - Office and principal place of business, Yakima, Washington."Item Orchard census for Yakima and Kittitas County.(UNPUBLISHED, 1930) Unknown"The Orchard Census for Yakima and Kittitas Counties was taken by the Inspectors of the State Department of Agriculture in the various sections of these Counties, and every effort was made to collect the information from all commercial orchards in these two Counties. A segregation as to dates of planting has been made so that by studying varieties and plantings the trend of planting may be noted."Item Tree planting on Oregon farms.(UNKNOWN, 1930-01) Peavy, George W.Bulletin No. 3, done by the Oregon State Board of Forestry, in Salem, Oregon. Includes species to plant and how to care for the trees.Item H. R. 137: a bill to aid the several states in constructing post roads.(UNKNOWN, 1931-12-08) Summers, John W.From the 72nd Congress, 1st Session of the House of Representatives. "Mr. Summers of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Roads and ordered to be printed."