Pacific Northwest History: Oregon
Digital Collections & Online Resources
- Historic Oregon NewspapersA full-image searchable database of Oregon newspapers published between 1860 and 1922.
The links below will only access digital materials; there are many more primary sources available electronically and in mircofilm that can be accessed through the UW Libraries Catalog.
- Chronicling America: OregonA small collection of late 19th and early 20th century Oregon Newspapers including the Evening Herald (1908-1922) and the Daily Astorian (1876-1890).
- Democratic Standard (Portland)Although there are just a few years available online (1854, 1857-1859), this is an important primary source for early Oregon history.
- Oregon DigitalCollections on Oregon history as well as other topics from the unique digital collections from OSU and UO Libraries.
- Oregon ExplorerHistoric photographs, reports, and more that document the natural resources of Oregon.
- Oregon Historic Photograph CollectionsThousands of photographs of Oregon with an emphasis on the Salem region and Willamette Valley.
- Oregon History ProjectNarrative, timeline, and more than 400 digitized images and other artifacts illustrating Oregon history.
- Oregonian 1861-2010Microfilmed Portland newspaper from 1937 to present.
- Oregon Newspapers IndexIndex to Portland Oregonian 1852-1987 & two additional Oregon papers.
- The Oregon trail: the Missouri River to the Pacific OceanThis book, apart of the Federal Writer's Project, was created in 1939 and includes information about history of the state of Oregon.
- Southern Oregon Digital ArchivesHistory of southern Oregon, First Nations, and the bioregion.
- University of Oregon Digital CollectionsDigital collections of photographs, journal articles, sheet music, manuscripts, ephemera, etc. on the history of Oregon and UO.
Newspapers & Magazines
Washington State or Territorial Newspapers
- Chronicling America: WashingtonSmall collection of papers from the late 19th century and early 10th. Includes the Tacoma Times, 1903-1918.
- Washington Digital NewspapersWashington Digital Newspapers brings together over 600,000 pages from Washington’s earliest Territorial newspapers to the present day. Freely accessible to the public, this growing collection complements the Washington State Library’s physical collection of more than 6,500 newspaper titles.
- News Tribune (Tacoma)1889 to current
Also available on microfilm A3953 held in the microforms & newspapers collection. - Seattle Post-IntelligencerNewspaper page images for Dec 1901-1985 and text only for 1986-present.
April 1882-1900 included in Chronicling America.
For 1876 to 1882 use microfilm A329 held in the microforms & newspapers collection.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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American magazine articles published between 1890 and 1982.
- Los Angeles TimesFull image version from 1881 -1987.
- New York TimesFull image version from 1851-2007.
- Wall Street JournalFull image version from 1889-1993.
Oregon State
Oregon Steam Navigation Company, Circa 1875
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