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Collection includes correspondence, memorabilia, and an account book later used as a picture scrapbook. Correspondence includes letters, most in German with translations, between John E. Gantenbein and Mary Stier, and between Gantenbein and family, friends, and colleagues. Also included is correspondence between J. Edward Gantenbein and Helen Louise Pittock concerning personal matters.

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Collection includes a handwritten German pay stub, 1812, for a person whose name may be Aloise Huemfich; a German confirmation record, 1869, for Maria Pape (also identified in collection as Mary); a marriage certificate for Charles Gritzmacher and Mary Pape, 1874, at Portland, Oregon; and newspaper clippings of obituaries of Gritzmacher family members, 1913-1958.

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Joseph Hornung immigrated to Oregon from Germany in 1872. He became keeper of the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse in 1884. Papers include emigration and citizenship documents, a certified copy of a marriage return, and appointment documents and a letter related to Hornung's service at the lighthouse.

Abstract Heinrich Rüppel was a German immigrant to Portland, Oregon, a foreman at the Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Company, a member of the Portland Social Turn Verein, and a jewelry craftsman. Papers include manuscript correspondence with friends and relatives in Germany, in German, 1879-1901, with typescript translations. Also included are photocopy and original newspaper clippings in German and English, speeches, and ephemera relating to the Portland Social Turn Verein, circa 1880, most with...