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Papers of John Franklin Calbreath, an Oregon physician and state senator, including family letters of Sidney and Mianda Smith, John U. Smith, and Irene Smith Calbreath; political letters from John H. Mitchell and George W. McBride; a copy of an 1839 overland journal of Sidney Smith; accounts and notebooks of John Franklin Calbreath; and biographical and genealogical materials.

Abstract Collection includes manuscript correspondence between Benton Killin and family, the Oregon State Horticultural Society, the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Thomas M. Gatch, C. E. Dentler of Oregon State University, and John H. Mitchell, 1894-1910, regarding Benton Killin's work in agriculture in Oregon and Alaska. Also included are speeches, circa 1900-1901; manuscript notes on Kodiak, Alaska, partially in Russian; medical diary of Dr. Frank B. Kistner, 1902; and marriage and other...

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Henry Moorhead Montgomery (1863-1932) was a contractor and insurance agent in Portland, Oregon. Papers include business correspondence, 1888-1927, regarding a suit for timber lands, construction of Heceta Head Light Station at Florence, Oregon, appointment as a civil servant, and the location of the federal Customs House in Portland, Oregon. Also included is manuscript personal correspondence, 1891-1893, with John H. Mitchell and George W. McBride.

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Charles Wolverton was a lawyer in Albany, Oregon, a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court, and a judge on U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, 1894-1926, regarding state and national politics, Wolverton's judicial career, personal and business matters with John H. Mitchell, Reuben P. Boise, and Benjamin F. Mulkey; speeches regarding initiative and referendum; and ephemera.