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Oregon Historical Society

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Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Norma Paulus

 Collection
Identifier: SR3972
Abstract

Oral history interview with Norma Paulus conducted by Clark Hansen from February 10, 1999, to November 2, 2000, and from February 10-27, 2010. Paulus served as a state legislator from 1970 to 1976 and as Oregon secretary of state from 1977 to 1985.

Dates: 1999 February 10-2000 November 2, 2010 February 10-27

Theodore Roosevelt letter to George Himes

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 301
Abstract

Typed note, signed, from Theodore Roosevelt when he was governor of New York, to George H. Himes, assistant secretary of the Oregon Historical Society, complimenting Himes and the society on their work.

Dates: 1900 February 21

Kitty Shaver scrapbook and photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1080
Abstract

Scrapbook of photographs and memorabilia relating to Kitty Shaver's work as a longtime volunteer coordinator at the Oregon Historical Society. Most of the materials were given to her at the time of her retirement. Also includes personal travel photographs.

Dates: circa 1973-1993

Sketch of Southwest Broadway Ave. and Southwest Jefferson Street, Portland, Or.

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5353
Abstract

Print of a pen and ink drawing by John Waddingham that depicts SW Broadway Avenue and SW Jefferson Street in Portland, Oregon, and shows the Broadway Inn and the Oregon Historical Society.

Dates: circa 1970

Milton Smith Wirt papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 851
Abstract

Papers of a lawyer and civic leader of Portland, Oregon. Includes extensive correspondence relating to land claims, real estate controversies, and tax delinquencies, as well as correspondence and financial documents relating to the Library Association of Portland, the Multnomah Law Library, the Portland Free Kindergarten Association, the Oregon Historical Society, and other organizations and business concerns. Also includes ephemera and personal financial documents.

Dates: 1861-1923; Majority of material found within 1890-1920

Oral history interview with Thomas Vaughan

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2090
Abstract

Oral history interview with Thomas Vaughan conducted by Sieglinde Smith from October 1, 1995, to December 2, 1996. Vaughan was the executive director of the Oregon Histoical Society from 1954 to 1989.

Dates: 1995 October 1-1996 December 2

Radio interview with Homer Yasui and Jeff Uecker

 Collection
Identifier: SR 946
Abstract

Radio interview with Homer Yasui and Jeff Uecker, conducted by Bob Griggs in January 1992 for Oregon Public Broadcasting's Hotline program. Uecker discusses exhibits and events about Japanese Americans in Oregon at the Oregon Historical Society in 1992. Yasui discusses his donation of Yasui family papers to the Oregon Historical Society, and talks about his experience of incarceration by the U.S. government during World War II.

Dates: 1992 January

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Oregon 10
interviews 10
Oral Histories 8
Portland 7
oral histories (literary genre) 6
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Historians -- Oregon 4
Oral history -- Methodology 3
Oral history -- Oregon 3
Research libraries -- Oregon -- Portland 3
Architecture 2
Archival materials 2
Lawyers -- Oregon -- Salem 2
Legislators -- Oregon 2
Libraries -- Oregon -- Portland 2
Museums -- Acquisitions -- Oregon 2
Museums -- Oregon -- Portland 2
Periodical editors -- Oregon 2
Periodicals -- Oregon 2
correspondence 2
Advertising and Marketing 1
Agriculture 1
Architects -- Oregon -- Portland 1
Architecture -- Oregon -- Portland 1
Archive buildings -- Oregon -- Portland 1
Archives -- Acquisitions -- Oregon 1
Archives -- Oregon -- Portland 1
Auditing -- Oregon 1
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Oregon -- Portland -- Pictorial works 1
Burns (Or.) 1
Businesses and Corporations 1
Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area (Or.) 1
City and Town Life 1
City planning -- Oregon 1
Civil Procedure and Courts 1
Clubs and Societies 1
Crime -- Law and legislation -- Oregon 1
Cuba -- Description and travel 1
Distilleries -- Oregon 1
Educational law and legislation -- Oregon 1
Elections -- Oregon 1
Environmental law 1
Equal rights amendments -- United States 1
Fine Arts 1
Forestry law and legislation -- Oregon 1
Japanese American families -- Oregon -- Hood River 1
Japanese Americans 1
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 1
Japanese Americans -- Oregon -- History -- Exhibitions 1
Land tenure -- Oregon 1
Land use -- Law and legislation -- Oregon 1
Laws and Legislation 1
Lawyers -- Oregon -- Portland 1
Legislation -- Oregon 1
Lobbyists -- Oregon 1
Mental health 1
Museum exhibits -- Oregon -- Portland 1
Museum exhibits -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs 1
Oral history -- California 1
Oregon -- History 1
Photographs 1
Poliomyelitis 1
Political Campaigns -- Oregon 1
Portland (Or.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Design and construction 1
Rajneeshpuram (Or.) 1
Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Oregon 1
Sauvie Island (Or.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Designs and plans 1
Scrapbooks 1
Sound Recordings 1
Storage facilities -- Oregon -- Sauvie Island -- Designs and plans 1
Streets -- Oregon -- Portland -- Pictorial works 1
Taxation -- Law and legislation -- Oregon 1
Vineyards -- Oregon 1
Voter registration 1
Voter turnout -- Oregon 1
Voting -- Oregon 1
Walla Walla (Wash.) -- History 1
Washington (State) 1
Wine and wine making -- Oregon 1
Wine industry -- Oregon 1
Wine tourism -- Oregon 1
Wineries -- Oregon 1
Women legislators -- Oregon 1
Women's rights -- United States 1
bottle labels (paper labels) 1
brochures 1
building plans 1
business cards 1
legal documents 1
photographs 1
posters 1
prints (visual works) 1
programs (documents) 1
property records 1
publications (documents) 1
sound recordings 1
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