Clatsop County Historical Society Internet Archive

Clatsop County Historical Society’s Astoria Museums

The Clatsop County Historical Society (CCHS)maintains an Archive and Research Library in the Heritage Museum which offers researchers a unique resource documenting the evolution of Clatsop County History. These are currently mostly available for free on the new CCHS web site. We have cross linked to their digital library from the history section of the Surf Pines Association Web site for your viewing pleasure. All items in the internet archive is in searchable PDF format that can help in searching for information.

Access to digital information from Clatsop County Sources

Access to 41 years of the Cumtux from the Clatsop County Historical Society (CCHS). Click here to access

Cumtux is a quarterly publication that includes 40-60 pages of interesting historical articles from many prominent members of our county who relate historical articles about the Clatsop County History. Recently CCHS has digitized all their collection from 1980 till now. Most of these are in PDF format and are fully text searchable and are available to read online. However, the last 5 years of Cumtux is fully searchable but is not viewable. Contact CCHS and you can buy the print version for $5. and for those who enjoy a hard copy almost all these editions are also available for sale at the Heritage Museum and the Carriage house at the Flavel House. Call to order 503-325-2203.

Audio recordings from Clatsop County Historical Society Click here to access

This is a collection of several recordings of people who have been instrumental in the history of Clatsop County that have been recorded by the CCHS.

Video recordings from Clatsop County Historical Society. Click here to access

This is a collection of several recordings of people who have been instrumental in the history of Clatsop County that have been recorded by the CCHS

The rest of the digital collection for CCHS, which includes city directories and all other Collections. Click here to access

Whether exploring the history of your home, looking up an ancestor from Astoria, or researching for a term paper, this is an excellent resource for casual and professional scholars alike. Led by archivist Liisa Penner and located in the Heritage Museum, the Liisa Penner Research Center & Archives contains a wealth of primary materials relating to the history of Clatsop County. Highlights of the archive include personal diaries and journals dating to the 1840s, City Directories beginning in the 1890s, Sanborn and Metsker Maps, local high school yearbooks, materials related to the local Finnish population, our Native American family history project, and over 45,000 historic photos. We have also compiled our secondary sources into easy to access formats. These include collecting past researchers’ work for future use, assembling copious vertical files of biographical information and local subject matter, and undertaking an extensive indexing project.