Historical Studies of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Beechert, Alice & Edward. Hawaiians at Fort Vancouver. Unpublished manuscript. Undated.

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Hussey, John A. Historic Furnishings Study: Armament and Furnishings of the Fort Vancouver Bastion. Washington, D.C: National Park Service, 1973.

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Hussey, John A. Historic Furnishings Study: Fort Vancouver Bakery (1973). 

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Hussey, John A. Historic Structures Report: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Volume I. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1972.

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Hussey, John A. Historic Structures Report: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Volume II. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1976.

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Hussey, John A. The History of Fort Vancouver and its Physical Structure. Portland, OR: National Park Service & Washington State Historical Society, 1957.

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Hussey, John A. Hudson's Bay Company Fur Brigades in the Columbia Department. Unpublished manuscript. Undated.

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Hussey, John A. The Fort Vancouver Farm. Unpublished manuscript. Undated.

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Hussey, John A. The Women of Fort Vancouver. Unpublished manuscript, 1977. 

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Merritt, Jane T. Administrative History: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (1993)

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Shine, Gregory P. “Dr. John McLoughlin,” in Encyclopedia of U.S. Indian Policy & Law, ed. Tim Garrison & Paul Finkelman. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2008.

Shine, Gregory P. "'A Gallant Little Schooner': The U.S. Schooner Shark and the Oregon Country, 1846." Oregon Historical Quarterly 109, no. 4 (Winter 2008): 536-65. 

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Shine, Gregory P. "Respite From War: Buffalo Soldiers at Vancouver Barracks, 1899-1900." Oregon Historical Quarterly 107, no. 2 (Summer 2006):196-227. 

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Shine, Gregory P. Sympathy and Prompt Attentions: Fort Vancouver's Relief of the US Schooner Shark, 1846. Vancouver, WA: National Park Service, 2006.

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Shine, Gregory P. "The National Game is Decidedly 'On the Fly'": The Rise of Organized Base Ball in the Portland and Vancouver Area in 1867: A Historic Resource Study for Fort Vancouver National Historic Site and the Vancouver National Historic Reserve. Vancouver, WA: National Park Service, 2006. 

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Shine, Gregory P. “Ulysses S. Grant,” The Oregon Encyclopedia. Portland: Oregon Historical Society & Portland State University, 2008

Steele, Harvey W. The Stock of the European Sale Shop at Fort Vancouver, 1829-1860. Unpublished manuscript, 1976. 

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Historical Studies of the Vancouver National Historic Reserve

Hardesty, Von. Historical Overview of Pearson Airfield (1992). (1.5 MB .pdf file)

Leavengood Architects, Historic Structures Report for Vancouver Barracks, West Barracks (2002).

• Title Page (50 KB .pdf file)
• Table of Contents (15 KB .pdf file)
• Introduction (129 KB .pdf file)
• Building 607 - Infantry Barracks (421 KB .pdf file)
• Building 614 - Post Hospital (849 KB .pdf file)
• Building 636 - Red Cross Convalescent House (704 KB .pdf file)
• Building 638 - Double Artillery Barracks (609 KB .pdf file)
• Building 621 - Hospital Sergeant's Quarters (219 KB .pdf file)
• Building 626 - Dental Surgery (192 KB .pdf file)
• Building 628 - Mess Hall and Kitchen (183 KB .pdf file)
• Building 630 - Quartermaster's Storehouse (288 KB .pdf file)
• Building 631 - Hospital Steward's Quarters (133 KB .pdf file)
• Building 640 series, 602,673, 676: NCO Duplexes (262 KB .pdf file)
• Building 640 series, 602,673, 676: NCO Garages (35 KB .pdf file)
• References & Bibliography (13 KB .pdf file)

Shine, Gregory P. “A General Time of Indulgence and Festivity”: Early Winter Holiday Celebrations at the Vancouver National Historic Reserve. Part I: Christmas (2007). (44.6 KB .pdf file)

Shine, Gregory P. “A General Time of Indulgence and Festivity”: Early Winter Holiday Celebrations at the Vancouver National Historic Reserve. Part II: New Year's Day (2007). (37.5 KB .pdf file)

Shine, Gregory P. "Respite From War: Buffalo Soldiers at Vancouver Barracks, 1899-1900." Oregon Historical Quarterly 107, no. 2 (Summer 2006):196-227. (907 KB .pdf file)

Sinclair, Donna L. Part One, "Our Manifest Destiny Bids Fair for Fulfillment": An Historical Overview of Vancouver Barracks, 1846-1898 (2003). (2.6 MB .pdf file)

Sinclair, Donna L. Part Two, The Waking of a Military Town: Vancouver, Washington and the Vancouver National Historic Reserve, 1898-1920 (2003). (5.3 MB .pdf file)

Sinclair, Donna L. Part Three, Riptide on the Columbia: A Military Community Between the Wars, Vancouver, Washington and the Vancouver National Historic Reserve, 1920-1942 (2003). (10.1 MB .pdf file)

Tonsfeldt, Ward A. Historic Structures Report for Vancouver Barracks, West Barracks, Vancouver National Historic Reserve: Historical Background and Context (2003).

• Part 1 (cover - p.217) (46.4 MB .pdf file)
• Part 2 (p.218- end) (12.4 MB .pdf file)