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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

George H. Atkinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1152
Abstract

Papers of an Oregon missionary, educator, scientist, and publicist who played a key role in establishing Oregon's public school system. Includes letters of George H. Atkinson and his wife, Nancy Bates Atkinson, as well as speeches, journals, and ephemera.

Dates: 1814-1953; Majority of material found within 1847-1878

Willard K. Martin architectural illustrations

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 897
Abstract

Ink illustrations of historic buildings in Portland, Oregon; Astoria, Oregon; Forest Grove, Oregon; and Salt Lake City, Utah, by the architect Willard K. Martin (1930-1985). Martin was a Portland-based architect who was most known for his role in designing Pioneer Courthouse Square.

Dates: 1969-1975

Alvin T. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 8
Abstract

Papers of Alvin T. Smith (1802-1888), including his diaries, and records and correspondence relating to his tenure as postmaster at Tualatin, Oregon Territory (later Forest Grove, Oregon). Smith emigrated to the Oregon Territory in 1840 as a lay missionary, and moved to what would become Forest Grove in 1841. He served as postmaster in the 1850s, and was one of the founders of Tualatin Academy (later Pacific University).

Dates: 1820-1887

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Congregational churches -- Oregon 2
Pioneers -- Oregon 2
correspondence 2
diaries 2
Architects -- Oregon -- Portland 1