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Joseph Hornung papers
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.
Horseback Honeymoon photographic collection
Small collection of black and white photographs taken during Ella Allen Scott and Quincy Scott's 1907 honeymoon trip, made on horseback, from Minnesota to Washington State. Quincy Scott (1882-1965) was a longtime editorial cartoonist for the Oregonian newspaper in Portland. Ella Allen Scott (1882-1971), also an artist, worked in book and magazine illustration, was dean of women at the University of Montana, and later exhibited and sold paintings.
Aceneth Hosford papers
Collection consists of a biographical sketch of Aceneth Hosford and a photocopy family record with genealogical information. Aceneth Hosford (1828-1896), nee Glover, was an emigrant to Oregon, settling in Mt. Tabor. Her husband was Reverend Chauncy O. Hosford. Spellings of her first name vary and include Acenith, Aceneth, Asenath, and Acenath.
John Hotchkiss papers
John T. Hotchkiss was a bookstore manager and salesman for J.K. Gill & Co., a bookstore and stationer in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes scrapbook items, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and leaflets regarding Oregon authors and poets, J. K. Gill's "Poet's Corner," the Oregon Writer's League and poet Mary Carol Davies. Also included are newspaper clippings regarding J. K. Gill and various Oregon writers.
Mike Houck papers
Papers of Mike Houck, an environmentalist from Portland, Oregon. The collection includes records and documents relating to the management and conservation of urban greenspaces in the Portland area, speeches and publications by Houck, materials relating to the adoption of the great blue heron as Portland's city bird, and materials relating to a symposium, "Olmsted Landscape Legacy 1903-2003."
Oral history interview with Steven M. Houston
Oral history with Steven M. Houston conducted by Clark Hansen on June 17, 2002, as part of the Oregon Wine Archives Oral History Project. Houston found the Houston Vineyards winery near Eugene, Oregon, in 1980, and discusses the wine industry in Oregon.
How high is Mount Hood? A long sought after question
Photocopy manuscript reminiscences giving a history of the ascents and surveys made on Mt. Hood from 1790 and discussing the establishment of the official elevation of the mountain in 1938 by Roy M. Sylar and others.
How we came to Oregon
Typescript poem by John Hamilton McClure about his journey to Oregon with his family in 1853 when he was a child.
Typescript of D. F. Howard's writings
Typescript volume of the writings of D. F. Howard. The volume includes poems about the Civil War and a poem and dramatic outline about the Konapee wreck, a shipwreck that may have occurred near the mouth of the Columbia River in the 18th century. Howard (1841-1937) was a writer and poet who lived in Stella, Washington.
James Austin Howard papers
James Austin Howard (born 1871) was a realtor in Albany, Oregon. Papers include correspondence, insurance policies, ledgers, receipts, and bank books regarding real estate and other business topics.