OHS Digital Collections

Salmon Leaping Rainey Falls - Rogue River, Oregon

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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)

Articles

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1940-05 - 1940-06

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Articles discussing Willamette Valley project, water conservation, and appointment of Ira N. Gabrielson as Director of Fish and Wildlife Service.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat

Articles discussing debate over Willamette Valley project

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1940-03 - 1940-04

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Oregonian (Firm)

Articles discussing effects of dams on wildlife and American Boy trip to Alaska

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1938-06 - 1938-07

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Oregon Journal (Firm)

Articles discussing 2nd Annual American Wild Life Federation Conference and salmon

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1937-03 - 1937-04

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Oregon Journal (Firm)

Articles discussing William Finley lectures and effects of dams on salmon

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1936-08 - 1939-09

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Nature Magazine

Articles discussing trout populations in western Oregon and effects of dams on salmon fishing

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1936-05 - 1936-06

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Oregonian (Firm)

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

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1935-05 - 1935-06

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Averill, Edgar F., 1881-1955

Articles discussing fishways and William Finley lecture

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1935-03 - 1935-04

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Oregon Journal (Firm)

Articles discussing establishment of Malheur Lake bird refuge, effects of dam construction on the Columbia River, and William Finley lecture

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1935-03 - 1935-04

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Facts (Redlands, Calif.)

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

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1935-02 - 1935-03

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Oregon Journal (Firm)

Articles and correspondence

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1935-02 - 1935-03

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Collection of articles and correspondence focusing on William Finley's visit with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Other articles discuss fishways at the Bonneville Dam and beaver conservation.

Oregon Journal (Firm)

Articles discussing fishways and William Finley lectures

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1934-09 - 1934-10

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Newspaper clippings discussing William Finley's lectures and fishways at the Bonneville Dam. Advertisement for Finley's lecture for the Multnomah Anglers and Hunters Club is included.

Multnomah Anglers and Hunters Club (Portland, Or.)

Californian interest in Oregon

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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

Trip to British Columbia and southern Alaska, 1926 and 1931

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1926 - 1931

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Field notes of William Alakangas, the chief engineer of the "Westward", documenting a trip along the coast of British Columbia, May 2-19, 1926. Included is an article draft by Alakangas, "It's a scream, but no fair laughing $5,000,000.00 reward for a suitable title." The article discusses a trip along the coast of British Columbia and southern Alaska with a group, including Arthur Pack and William Finley, July-August 1931. Activities described include hunting porpoises, fishing for salmon, and collecting bird specimens.

Alakangas, William

Salmon

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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

Fishermen

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1924 - 1942

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Manuscript that details the practice of fishing of two species: trout and salmon. There is a heavier focus on the salmon as it goes into the spawning process. The overall tone of the document is about the nature of the pursuit of fish. The author ends the document pondering if there is a difference between actually catching the fish and catching a glimpse.

Finley, Phoebe Katherine

Portland Rose Festival electric floats

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1914

Part of Portland General Electric Photograph Collection

Photograph of an electric float from the Portland Rose Festival from 1914, with the name “The Food of Kings and the King of Foods” written on a sign at the front. Electric light bulbs adorn much of the float, and a large salmon and several individuals holding a net are visible.

Consider the salmon

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1910 - 1942

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Manuscript calling for the preservation of the Columbia River as a salmon stream. The river is proposed to have additional dams added which would interrupt the salmon.

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

Habits of the Columbia River salmon

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1910 - 1942

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Manuscript that details salmon spawning, including the journey made and the process the female's body goes through.

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

Lack of good fishways

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1910 - 1942

Part of William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946

Manuscript that laments the lack of well made and accurate fish ladders and fish pathways.

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

Spawning Chinook Salmon

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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

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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

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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