YALE COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA
Zc70 -- The Pacific Coast
Scope
Use for works which describe the states of California, Oregon, and Washington
and the following topics:
- Works on this region that also
include Nevada and/or Idaho
- Works on the northwest coast
of North America, i.e. roughly the region from Alaska to the northern boundary
of California
- Works on the Pacific Northwest
(Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana west of the continental divide, and British
Columbia) for the periods before ca. l769 and after 1859
- Class works on this region between
1769 and 1859 in Zc74 except as noted
elsewhere
- Early Pacific voyages of exploration
that cannot be classed with a smaller locality
- Columbia River and Columbia River
Valley
- Northwest boundary (from Rockies
to the Pacific) after 1846; before 1846 class in Zc74
- San Juan Island dispute
- Military department of the Columbia
(Oregon)
- Matthew Perry's Expedition to
Japan
Example
Scott, Thomas Fielding.
A charge to the clergy of the missionary diocese of Oregon, and of Washington
and Idaho territories ..., 1865.
| Zc70 |
Work relating to the Pacific
Northwest. |
| 865sc |
Year of publication of first
edition followed by first two letters of main entry |
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