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D. J. Holmes address to the Oregon pioneers at their annual reunion held in Dallas, Polk County, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2236
Abstract

Address, made June 22, 1901, regarding the hardships pioneers faced before the advent of the railroad.

Dates: 1901 June 22

Holtz Building construction photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 338
Abstract

Album containing 31 black and white photographs showing construction of the Holtz Building (now the Mead Building) at 421 SW 5th Ave. in Portland, Oregon, in 1911 and 1912. The building was designed by the architecture firm of Doyle, Patterson, & Beach, and was constructed by the Brayton Engineering Company.

Dates: 1911-1912

Merriman Holtz papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2741
Abstract

Merriman Holtz (1901-1958) was born in Portland, Oregon. He founded Film Adettes in 1931 and served as a consultant on the distribution of movies promoting war bond sales during World War II. Collection includes memoranda, film synopses, correspondence, speeches, and ephemera regarding the work of 16mm film distributors and exhibitors in promoting bond sales during the sixth and seventh War Loan drives.

Dates: 1944-1946

Home Economists in Business collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 234
Abstract

Unprocessed collection of publications, ephemera, and other papers relating to the organization Home Economists in Business, Portland, Oregon Group, as well as the Oregon Home Economics Association and the Oregon Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. Includes membership directories, history of the organization, meeting programs, and clippings.

Dates: circa 1969-2011

Homicide Squad radio plays

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2175
Abstract

Typescript collection of scripts for "Homicide Squad," 1939, radio plays based on data from the case files of the Portland Police Department, presented by radio station KGW with the participation of the chief of police, Harry M. Niles.

Dates: 1939

Honeyman Hardware Company catalogs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1671
Abstract

Collection consists of Honeyman Hardware Company catalogs, 21 volumes, 1893-1942.

Dates: 1893-1942

Nan Wood Honeyman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 193
Abstract

The collection consists of scrapbooks, personal and political correspondence, clippings, invitations and announcements, pamphlets, and ephemera of Nan Wood Honeyman, the first woman from Oregon to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives (Democrat, 1937-1938).

Dates: 1901-1962; Majority of material found within 1935-1962

Honolulu as seen from the foot of Puawaina Punch-Bowl-Hill

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5045
Abstract

Linen-backed engraving depicting Honolulu as seen from the foot of Puawaina Punch-Bowl-Hill (Puowaina, Punch Bowl Crater), 1837, drawn by Edward Bailey and engraved by Samuel P. Kalama. Pasted in the upper left corner is a small inset engraving of the Female Seminary, Wailuku.

Dates: 1837

Honorary Sir Knights and Dames of the Royal Rosarians, 1920-2011

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 243
Abstract

Collection consists of a document listing people who have been named as honorary knights and dames by the Royal Rosarians, an organization in Portland, Oregon, whose members serve as ambassadors and boosters of the city and of the annual Portland Rose Festival. The document lists the honorees' names, their city or town of residence, the variety of rose they selected, and the Rosarians' leader, or prime minister, for each year.

Dates: 2011

The honourable company's Beaver

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2457
Abstract

Photocopy typescript exhibition script, 1977, for the Vancouver Maritime Museum, regarding the steamship Beaver of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Dates: 1977

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Oregon 1726
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interviews 762
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photographs 487
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Businesses and Corporations 283
administrative records 281
financial records 210
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Home and Family 196
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diaries 167
scrapbooks 163
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clippings (information artifacts) 151
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Women 111
Washington (State) 110
Oregon -- Politics and government -- 20th century 109
photograph albums 106
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reports 104
Diaries 93
Justice, Administration of -- Oregon 88
Lawyers -- Oregon -- Portland 88
Religion 83
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Sports and Recreation 77
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Immigrants -- Oregon 72
Judges -- Oregon 71
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Language
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Digregorio, Charles 91
Oregon. Legislative Assembly 88
Raman, Sankar 72
Strassmaier, James 67
Hansen, Clark 62
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Dodds, Linda S. 60
Republican Party (Or.) 52
Democratic Party (Or.) 49
Immigrant Story (Hillsboro, Or.) 42
United States. District Court (Oregon) 38
Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011 37
O'Rourke, Michael (Filmmaker) 37
Watts, Roberta 27
Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest 24
United States District Court of Oregon Historical Society 23
Northwest Power Planning Council (U.S.) 20
Oregon. Supreme Court 19
United States. Congress. Senate 19
Johnston, J. H. (John H.), 1855-1944 18
Harmon, Rick 17
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (1905 : Portland, Or.) 16
Oregon Historical Society 16
Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974 15
Portland Rose Festival (Portland, Or.) 15
Portland General Electric Company 14
Solomon, Gus J. (Gus Jerome), 1906-1987 14
McCall, Tom, 1913-1983 13
Oregonian (Firm) 13
Johnson, Curtis 12
Minidoka Relocation Center 12
Photo-Art Commercial Studios (Portland, Or.) 12
Dollahite, Nancy E. 11
Oregon Journal (Firm) 11
Pendleton Round-Up 11
United States. Army 11
University of Oregon 11
Kolisch, Marian W. 10
Meier & Frank (Portland, Or.) 10
Neuberger, Richard L. (Richard Lewis), 1912-1960 10
Oregon. Circuit Court (Multnomah County) 10
Oregon. Court of Appeals 10
Yaw’s Top Notch (Portland, Or.) 10
Atiyeh, Victor 9
Dilg, Janice (Janice Lynn) 9
Hudson's Bay Company 9
Oregon (Battleship) 9
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation 9
Angelus Studio (Portland, Or.) 8
Boe, Jason, 1929-1990 8
Edwards, Cecil L. 8
Fred Meyer, Inc. 8
Green, Edith, 1910-1987 8
McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857 8
Portland Public Schools (Or.) 8
Roberts, Betty, 1923-2011 8
Timberline Lodge (Mount Hood, Or.) 8
United States. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) 8
Vaughan, Thomas, 1924-2013 8
Applegate, Jesse A., 1811-1888 7
Gifford, Benjamin A. 7
Goldschmidt, Neil E., 1940- 7
Hartman, Judy 7
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 7
Lane, Joseph, 1801-1881 7
McArthur, Lewis L. 7
McNary, Charles Linza, 1874-1944 7
Oregon Geographic Names Board 7
Reed College (Portland, Or.) 7
United States. Congress. House 7
Wyatt, Wendell William, 1917-2009 7
Baker, Edward Dickinson, 1811-1861 6
Failing, Henry, 1834-1898 6
Frank, Gerry (1923) 6
Gates, John, 1829-1888 6
Howard, Vinita M., 1928- 6
McArthur, Lewis A. (Lewis Ankeny), 1883-1951 6
Mehren, Elizabeth 6
Mitchell, John H. (John Hipple), 1835-1905 6
Neuberger, Maurine B. (Maurine Brown), 1907-2000 6
Oregon. Circuit Court (Lane County) 6
Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives 6
Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State 6
Portland (Or.). Bureau of Police 6
Portland (Or.). Fire Department 6
Portland Art Association (Portland, Or.). Museum Art School 6
Portland Art Museum (Or.) 6
Portland Assembly Center (Portland, Or.) 6
Portland Civic Theatre (Portland, Or.) 6
Prentiss, A. M. (Arthur M.) 6
Rankin, Tex (John Gilbert), 1894-1947 6
Shaver Transportation Company (Portland, Or.) 6
Smith family 6
Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway 6
Sprague, Charles A. (Charles Arthur), 1887-1969 6
Straub, Robert W. 6
Sweetland, Monroe, 1910-2006 6
Tule Lake Relocation Center 6
United States. Attorney (Oregon) 6
University of Oregon. Medical School 6
Washington Public Power Supply System 6
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