The Alaska Packers Association records
document the history of one of the most dominant forces in the commercial
fishing industry in Alaska and the Puget Sound from the late nineteenth through
the late twentieth century. The bulk of...
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Caption on mount: F. M. Warren Co.'s Cannery. Columbia River, Washington
PH Coll 293.52 |
2 p. Article detailing the salmon fishing industry on the Columbia River, including providing details on salmon spawning and the use of fish wheels. The use of Chinese, Scandinavian, and Russian immigrants in the fishing and canning is described....
1896-09-19
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Six commercial
films of the Libby, McNeill & Libby Company and eight home movie reels
documenting cannery life in southeast Alaska. Home movie series includes
footage of Filipino cannery workers, known as the Alaskeros, celebrating...
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The collection documents the interests
and activities of Pacific American Fisheries, Inc (PAF), one of the largest
processors of Pacific Salmon in the world. PAF conducted salmon canning
operations on Puget Sound and in Alaska between...
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Caption on mount: McGowan's Cannery, Chinook, Columbia River, Washington
PH Coll 293.46 |
Established in 1873 by J.S. Megler.
PH Coll 293.55 Caption on mount: J.G. Megler and Co.'s Cannery. Columbia River, Washington |
Caption on mount: Knappton Cannery. Columbia River, Washington
PH Coll 293.45 |
Established in 1873 by J.S. Megler.
Caption on mount: J.G. Megler and Co.'s Cannery. Columbia River, Washington PH Coll 293.56 |
Established in 1873 by J.S. Megler.
PH Coll 293.53 Caption on mount: J.G. Megler and Co.'s Cannery. Columbia River, Washington |
Caption on mount: B.A. Seaborg's Cannery. Columbia River, Washington
PH Coll 293.49 |
Site of the first salmon cannery established in the Pacific Northwest in 1865 by William Hume.
PH Coll 293.44... |
Galen Biery, a longtime employee of Pacific American
Fisheries, was one Bellingham, Washington’s best-known local historians. The Biery Papers
comprise subject files, scrapbooks, newspapers, audio and visual materials, maps and...
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Caption on mount: Eureka Packing Company, Columbia River, Washington
PH Coll 293.42 |
Caption on mount: Pillar Rock Packing Company. Columbia River, Washington
PH Coll 293.48 |
Caption on mount: North Shore Cannery
PH Coll 293.47 |
Established in 1873 by J.S. Megler.
Caption on mount: J.G. Megler and Co.'s Cannery. Columbia River, Washington |
This is a collection includes assorted scrapbooks relating to
the Pacific Northwest, Whatcom county, Bellingham, Lynden as well as information relating to
local families and individuals. This collection also consists of twelve...
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Caption on mount: B.A. Seaborg and Co.'s Cannery. Columbia River, Washington
PH Coll 293.51 |
Caption on mount: B.A. Seaborg and Co.'s Cannery, Columbia River, Washington
PH Coll 293.50 |
The Southwestern Alaska Cannery
logbooks, spanning the period 1918-1950, document the daily work accomplished
by various fishing crews working for canneries in Alaska.; The Squaw Harbor Cannery was located on Unga Island, one of the...
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Papers of Edward
Allen, an attorney, fisheries expert, and commissioner of the International
Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission.; Edward Weber Allen (1885-1976) was an attorney from Seattle,
Washington, who specialized in fisheries...
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Caption on mount: Mess' Hapgood and Co.'s Cannery, Columbia River, Washington
PH Coll 293.43 |
Photographs made
by John W. Tollman and Frank H. Canaris depicting canneries and salmon fishing
along the Washington side of the Columbia River in the 1890s.; Frank Canaris; Frank Henry Canaris was born in Prussia on February 4, 1854, and...
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These are the personal and professional
papers of former Western Washington University history professor August Carl
Radke. The collection includes correspondence, speeches, class notes and
student files as well as research materials...
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