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Victor Atiyeh Papers addition and Rare Books

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Identifier: ACC-2015-110

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Additions to the Victor Atiyeh Papers and rare books that once belonged to him. Donated by his children Tom and Suzanne and family. Includes 13 scrapbooks covering Victor Atiyeh's career in the Oregon Legislature, 1959-1979; 35 rare book titles (in 63 volumes), mostly related to the history of the Civil War; a plaster bust of Atiyeh, approximately 2' high; and 2 folders of miscellaneous archival material and printed ephemera. See inventory for more detail. Also arriving with this donation: approximately 60 trade books for the library's general collection.

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Gift

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No

Dates

  • 1835-1999

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Extent

6.5 Cubic Feet (3 boxes, 63 v. and 1 oversized object)

Inventory

Archives & printed ephemera, Boxes 1-3: -------------------------- - Victor Atiyeh scrapbooks, 1959-1979. 13 vols. Includes news clippings, photographs and documents from Atiyeh’s time in the Oregon House of Representatives and State Senate. - Dolores Atiyeh social engagement calendar, 1979. 1 vol. - Guest book with signatures from events, 1983. - Victor Atiyeh seal embosser, used to mark his book collection, in pouch. - Miscellaneous printed ephemera and archival material from the collection of Victor Atiyeh, including magazines related to Arab-American affairs and the Siletz Confederated Tribes legal restoration, and other topics. 2 folders. On display shelf of Archives: ------------- Plaster bust painted with bronze finish of Victor Atiyeh. Approx. 2’ high. Rare / uncommon books (see donor file in Archives for more detail): ------------- - Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Catalog. New York: 1913. - Ballantine, F. J. Pablo. Freund & Bro.: pioneer gunmakers to the west. Newport Beach, CA: Graphic Publishers, 1997. First printing. - Belknap, Charles. History of the Michigan organizations at Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, 1863. Lansing, MI: Smith, 1899. Second edition. - Belknap, George N. Early Oregon imprints in the Oregon State Archives. Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1981. - Chipman, N. P. The Tragedy of Andersonville: trial of Captain Henry Wirz, the prison keeper. Sacramento, CA: Published by the author, 1911. - Cloutier, James. This day in Oregon: daybook of Oregon history featuring Hugh Wetshoe. Eugene, OR: Image West Press, c1982. - Coffin, Charles Carleton. Winning his way. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1886. - The Civil War through the camera: hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War Times... Parts 1-16. Springfield, MA: Patriot Publishing Co., c1912. - Dabney, R. L. Life and campaigns of Lieut-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson). New York: Blelock & Co., 1866. - Dole, Bob. Great presidential wit (I wish I was in this book). New York, etc. : Scribner, 2001. - Ford, Gerald R. A Time to Heal: The autobiography of Gerald Ford. New York:Harper & Row, 1979. First edition. - Freeman, Douglas Southall. Lee’s Lieutenants: a study in command. Vols. 1-4. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, c1946. “Arlington Edition.” - Green, Alan. Oral memoir of Alan “Punch” Green, Jr. 20 April 1999-21 July 1999. James Strassmaier, interviewer. Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1999. - Hogun, William. A candid statement of the doctrines and practices both religious and moral of the Roman Catholic Church, and its dangerous tendencies … Zanesville, OH: E. C. Church, 1853. - Kirkland, Frazar. The pictorial book of anecdotes of the rebellion, or the funny and pathetic side of the war… Beautifully engraved with over 300 engravings. Chicago: Henry S. Stebbins, 1887. - Leonard, A. C. The boys in blue of 1861-1865: a condensed history worth preserving. Lancaster, PA: A. C. Leonard, 1904. - McClure, Dudley. Tales of the golden beavers. Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 1977. - Miller, Francis Trevelyan, ed. The photographic history of the Civil War in ten volumes. Vols. 1-10. New York: Review of Reviews Co., 1912. Semi-centennial memorial edition. - Page, Thomas Nelson. Robert E. Lee: man and soldier. New York: Scribner’s, 1911. - Parton, James. General Butler in New Orleans. History of the Administration of the Department of the Gulf in the year 1860 … New York: Mason Brothers, 1864. Ninth ed. - Pitman, Benn. The Assassination of President Lincoln and the trial of the conspirators … Cincinatti and New York: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1865. - Pollard, Edward A. Southern history of war: The first year of the war. New York: Richardson, 1864. - Shaw, Albert. Abraham Lincoln in contemporary caricature. [New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1901. - Smith, James E. A famous battery and its campaigns, 1861-64. The career of Corporal James Tanner in war and peace. Early days in the Black Hills with some account of Capt. Jack Crawford, the poet scout. Washington: Lowdermilk, 1892. - Sherman, William T. Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, by himself. Vols. 1-2. New York: Appleton, 1875. - Steber, Rick; Gray, Don; and Gildemeister, Jerry. Traces. Union, OR: Bear Wallow Publishing Company, 1980. “A Limited Edition Printing.” “Artist Edition.” - Sutherland, R. Q.; and Wilson, R. L. The Book of Colt Firearms. Kansas City, MO: Robert Q. Sutherland, 1971. - Thatcher, Marshall P. A hundred battles in the west: St. Louis to Atlanta, 1861-65. The Second Michigan Cavalry … Detroit, MI: Published by the author, 1884. - Truesdale, John. [Salesman’s sample copy] The Blue Coats, and how they lived, fought and died for the Union… Philadelphia, Cincinatti, etc.: Jones Brothers & Co., 1867. - Turner, George H., ed. Record of service of Michigan volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Kalamazoo, MI: Published by authority of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Michagan - United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 125th (1862-1863). History of the One hundred and twenty-fifth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, 1862-1863. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1906. - United States. Secretary of War. Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting report on the organization of the Army of the Potomac, and of its campaigns in Virginia and Maryland, under the command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, from July 26, 1861 to November 7, 1862. Washington: GPO, 1864. - United States. Secretary of War. Report of the Secretary of Warl being part of of the message and documents communicated to the two houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-Seventh Congress. Vol. 3. Washington: GPO, 1882. - Willis, Henry A. The fifty-third regiment, Massachusetts volunteers. Comprising also a history of the siege of Port Hudson. Fitchburg: Blanchard & Brown, 1889. - The Youth’s Friend. Philadelphia: American S. S. Union, 1835. Also donated on 5/19/2015: Approximately 60 books for the library's main circulating collection.

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