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Letter selected [P] - List of Collections
 

Total # of Records found: 9
Pages:  [1]  

 
Title: Pacific American Fisheries records
 
Description: Pacific American Fisheries, Inc (PAF) conducted salmon canning operations on Puget Sound and in Alaska between 1899 and 1965, with headquarters located in Bellingham, Washington. The company had both regional and international significance as one of the largest processors of Pacific salmon in the world for much of that time. The collection at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies contains records spanning the period 1875 – 1994, with the bulk dated (1899-1967). PAF materials include corporate and administrative records, correspondence, financial, property, engineering and operational records, and also fish supply records, shipping records and a large body of reference material. PAF’s engineering and reference materials include a significant number of engineering drawings, photographs and maps. The collection also contains the records of affiliated and subsidiary companies including Deming and Gould, Hoonah Packing Company and the Pacific Packing and Navigation Company, as well as personal papers of former employees including Galen Biery, George Hube and Bert Huntoon.
 
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Dates: 1875-1994 (bulk 1899-1967)Volume: 132 linear ft.
Restrictions: Access to some personnel files is restricted.Finding Aid: NoMaps: Yes
Photographs: YesAudio Tape: NoVideo Tape: No 

Title: Pacific Northwest Jazz Alliance
 
Description: The Pacific Northwest Jazz Alliance records document the organization’s history from its inception in 1992 to its demise in 2005. Included are administrative records, financial records, advertising, fundraising activities, fliers and posters for events, and records of activities and events hosted by PNJA. In addition, are the biographies, promotional materials, and photographs of artists such as Steve Allen, Diana Krall, Poncho Sanchez, and Maria Muldaur who performed at PNJA events.
 
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Dates: 1992-2005Volume: 5 linear ft.
Restrictions: noneFinding Aid: NoMaps: No
Photographs: YesAudio Tape: YesVideo Tape: No 

Title: Patterson, Margaret and Rev. J.W. papers
 
Description: Margaret Patterson and her husband, Rev. J.W. Patterson, came to Whatcom County, Washington as missionaries for the Methodist Church from British Columbia in 1889. The collection includes correspondence, writings and art, clippings and pamphlets, receipts, certificates, photographs.
 
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Dates: 1858-1937Volume: 0.5 linear ft.
Restrictions: NoneFinding Aid: NoMaps: No
Photographs: YesAudio Tape: NoVideo Tape: No 

Title: PLF Club Records
 
Description: The PLF Club records contain a wide variety of materials that document the club’s activities from its incorporation in 1900 through the 1980s, after which time the club apparently dissolved. Additionally, the collection includes records from the Washington Federation of Women’s Clubs, of which the PLF club was a member throughout its existence. These records date from 1928 to 1968, however, the bulk date from 1949 through 1968.
 
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Dates: 1900-1986Volume: 2.5 linear ft
Restrictions: NoneFinding Aid: NoMaps: No
Photographs: NoAudio Tape: NoVideo Tape: No 

Title: Point Roberts Newspapers
 
Description: The collection contains copies of Point Roberts newspapers (Ocean Star, All Point Bulletin), subject files dealing with the water board, environmental issues, sewage etc. and includes a small number of photographs.
 
Dates: 1960'sVolume: 8 linear ft
Restrictions: NoneFinding Aid: NoMaps: No
Photographs: YesAudio Tape: NoVideo Tape: No 

Title: Puget Sound Freight Lines
 
Description: The collection contains financial, business and operational records documenting the activities of Puget Sound Freight Lines.
 
Dates: ca. 1951 - 1974Volume: 4 linear ft.
Restrictions: Some access restrictions (payroll records)Finding Aid: NoMaps: No
Photographs: NoAudio Tape: NoVideo Tape: No 

Title: Puget Sound Mail Photographs
 
Description: Photographs of taken for the Puget Sound Mail newspaper. Most of the photographs are from the Skagit Valley, especially La Conner and Mt. Vernon.
 
Dates: c.1950-1980Volume: .5 linear ft
Restrictions: NoneFinding Aid: NoMaps: No
Photographs: YesAudio Tape: NoVideo Tape: No 

Title: Puget Sound Power and Light Company records
 
Description: The Puget Sound Power & Light Company was one of the leading private power and transportation operations in the Pacific Northwest Region. The collection reflects the consolidation and activities of numerous transport and utility companies in Washington State, resulting in the incorporation of Puget Sound Traction Light & Power in 1912 – which reincorporated as Puget Sound Power & Light in 1919. The records document in particular the development and operation of rail transit systems in the Puget Sound area from the late nineteenth century through the 1930s, including electric street railways and interurban rail services. The collection comprises the records of the following predecessor and subsidiary companies of Puget Sound Power & Light: Baker Estates (1903-1907) Bellingham and Skagit Railway Company (1910-1912) Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railway Company (1892-1899) Bellingham Bay Electric Street Railway Company (1890-1907) Bellingham Bay Gas Company (1890-1902) Bellingham Bay Gas and Railway Company (1890-1896) City Transport Company, (1922-1926) Columbia Improvement Company (1903-1905) Edison General Electric Company (undated) Everett Railway and Electric Company/Everett Railway and Light Company (1893-1907) Everett Railway Light and Water Company, (1896-1924) Fairhaven and New Whatcom Railway, (1891-1897) Fairhaven and Southern Railroad Company (1890-1891) Fairhaven Electric Light Power and Motor Company (1891; 1900-1901) First Avenue Railway Company, (1898-1901) Front Street Cable Railway, (1888-1898) Grant Street Electric Railway, (1891-1900) Green Lake Electric Railway Company, (1889-1902) Lake Whatcom Electric Railway Company (1892) Lynden Electric Railway and Improvement company (1901-1906; 1917) Madison Street Cable Railway Company, (1889-1900) Northern Railway and Improvement Company (1898-1903) North Seattle Cable Railway Company, (1889-1899) Pacific Coast Power Company (1904; 1901-1911) Pacific Northwest Traction Company, (1911-1930) Pacific Traction Company (1909-1929) Puget Sound Bus Company (1915-1923) Puget Sound Electric Railway Company (1903-1960) Puget Sound International Railway and Power Company (1907-1930) Renton Coal Company (1901-1924) Renton Co-operative Coal Company (1895-1901) Renton Mine and Renton Mines Association (1902-1910) Seattle Central Railway Company (1899-1903) Seattle Consolidated Street Railway Company (1888-1899) Seattle Electric Company (1894-1922) Seattle Motor Livery Compay (1902-1912) Seattle Railway and Seattle City Railway Company (1890-1922) Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway and Seattle -Tacoma Railway Company (1899-1912) Seattle-Tacoma Power Company (1905-1906) Seattle-Tacoma Union Stage Lines, (1921-1923) Seattle Traction Company and Seattle-Everett Traction Company (1897-1911) South Seattle Cable Railway Company (1889-1897) Stone & Webster Engineering Consulting Corporation (1910-1912) Tacoma Railway and Power Company (1903-1929) Third Street and Suburban Railway Company (1895-1901) Union Truck Line, (1800-1900) Vancouver Traction Company (1908-1911) Washington Railway and Power Company (1907) West Street and North End Railway Company (1890-1901) Whatcom County Railway and Light Company (1903-1938) Whatcom-Fairhaven Gas Company (1902-1922)
 
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Dates: 1888-1960 (1888-1932)Volume: 166 linear ft
Restrictions: NoneFinding Aid: NoMaps: No
Photographs: YesAudio Tape: NoVideo Tape: No 

Title: Pulp Friction: Former Georgia Pacific Employee interviews
 
Description: Collection of oral histories conducted by Kelly Huffman as research for the play Pulp Friction. The collection includes interviews with Garth Arneson, Bill Busby, Ken Christiansen, Noel Collamer, Chris Dillard, Vernon Dale Haaland, Jonathan Roebuck, Erika Shepard, and Jerry Wilson, as well as two anonymous interviewees.
 
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Dates: 2001-2002Volume: .5 linear ft
Restrictions: Access and use restrictions apply. Finding Aid: NoMaps: No
Photographs: NoAudio Tape: YesVideo Tape: No 

Total # of Records found: 9
Pages:  [1]