OHS Digital Collections

OrgLot369_FinleyC0240
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Part of William L. Finley photographs, 1901-1940

A group of unidentified men pulling fish from a fish rack with nets to gather roe and milt from chinook salmon for spawning at the Little White Salmon Fish Hatchery in White Salmon, Washington.

Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953

Salmon Drying on Racks

OrgLot369_FinleyC0245
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Part of William L. Finley photographs, 1901-1940

Large salmon steaks hanging on racks to dry.

Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953

Fishing for steelhead from beach on Sauvie Island

OrgLot1284_2144_1
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1953-07-23

Part of Al Monner news negatives

William Schurman (left) and F.M. Garrison on a beach at Sauvie Island for steelhead fishing. Garrison holds a Chinook jack salmon and steelhead while kneeling next to Schurman, who is seated on a log. Another fish lays on a mat in front of the pair. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, July 26, 1953 (negative 1 of 10).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

Salmon Leaping Rainey Falls - Rogue River, Oregon

OrgLot1275_B2_Christian_P-1155
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1959?

Part of Gilliam Portrait Studio and Camera Shop negatives

Negative of a photographic postcard showing an airborne salmon traveling upstream at a rapid on the Rogue River. Handwriting on negative reads, "Salmon leaping Rainey Falls - Rogue River. Christian P-1155." Handwritten note on envelope indicates this was taken in 1959.

Christian (Photographer)

Trolling for Chinooks yesterday and today

mssfinley_series02_box03_folder04_08
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1939-04-12

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Article describing the causes for the decline in fish populations in Oregon due to pollution and addition of hatchery raised fish.

Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955

Press release discussing effects of dams on salmon fishing

mssfinley_series04_box06_folder05_09
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1940-03-16

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Izaak Walton League of America

Articles discussing effects of Willamette Valley project on salmon fishing

mssfinley_series04_box06_folder05_10
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1940-03

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

East Oregonian Publishing Co.

Article discussing effects of Willamette Valley project on salmon fishing

mssfinley_series04_box06_folder05_11
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1940-03-20

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Izaak Walton League of America

Articles discussing debate over Willamette Valley project

mssfinley_series04_box06_folder05_17
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1940-03

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Albany Democrat-Herald

Articles discussing debate over Willamette Valley project and death of William Finley's gardener

mssfinley_series04_box06_folder05_23
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1940-04

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Oregon Journal (Firm)

Arthur Pack field notes, 1933

mssfinley_series05_box07_folder05_02
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1933

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Arthur Pack's field notes discussing his trip across the United States, including the southwest, Oregon, and Alaska, June 21-August 22, 1933.

Pack, Arthur Newton, 1893-1975

Articles discussing waterway development projects and William Finley lectures

mssfinley_series04_box06_folder04_42
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1939-05

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

New York Times Company

Articles

mssfinley_series04_box06_folder04_50
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1939-07

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Articles discussing visit from National Wildlife Federation president, David Aylward, management of pilchard and salmon industries, and National Wildlife Federation meeting.

Oregon Journal (Firm)

Articles discussing William Finley lectures and increasing hunting and fishing license fees

mssfinley_series04_box05_folder06_29
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1935-02 - 1935-03

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Oregon Journal (Firm)

Articles discussing Malheur Lake refuge, effects of dams on salmon populations, and creation of the Oregon Wilderness Society

mssfinley_series04_box05_folder06_61
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1935-08

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953

Articles authored by William Finley and Ed F. Averill discussing Oregon wildlife

mssfinley_series04_box05_folder06_80
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1935-12-08

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955

Articles discussing dam construction and salmon fisheries

mssfinley_series04_box06_folder01_38
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1936-12

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Oregon Journal (Firm)

Californian interest in Oregon

mssfinley_series01_box02_folder04_49
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1930 - 1939

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Manuscript discussing the interest Californians were taking in Southern Oregon for recreation, especially in respects to angling in the Rogue, Umpqua, and Wilson rivers. The author points out that these are smaller streams and for the fishermen who depend on the rivers for their livelihood could be greatly affected by Californians' recreational fishing.

Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953

Salmon

mssfinley_series01_box03_folder01_16
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1924 - 1942

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

This manuscript describes the path of the salmon during the spawning season.

Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953

Spawning Chinook Salmon

OrgLot369_FinleyC0241
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Part of William L. Finley photographs, 1901-1940

A group of unidentified men pulling fish from a fish rack with nets to gather roe and milt from chinook salmon for spawning at the Little White Salmon Fish Hatchery in White Salmon, Washington.

Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953