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Henry Hopkins collection
Collection includes typescript reminiscences of Henry Hopkins, and typescript newspaper articles and obituaries.
Edgar Horner account of the sinking of the S.S. Alaska and related materials
Edgar Horner's account of the sinking of the S.S. Alaska off Cape Mendocino, California, in 1921, and related newspaper clippings and a map. The Alaska was a steamship traveling from Portland, Oregon, to San Francisco, California, when it hit Blunt's Reef and sank, killing 42 people. Horner (1888-1974) was one of the surviving passengers.
J.H. Horner papers
Papers of a Wallowa County, Oregon, official and amateur historian, consisting primarily of a manuscript of his unpublished book "Wallowa River and Valley," as well as correspondence with Otis Halfmoon and other documents.
John B. Horner collection
Collection consists of materials by or belonging to John B. Horner that concern Oregon-related historical topics. These include diagrams and documents concerning the Kalapuya mounds; the text of an address Horner delivered to the Oregon Pioneer Association; and a letter from Gertrude Balch Ingalls with a biographical sketch of her brother, Frederic Homer Balch. Horner (1856-1933) taught English and history at Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University).
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.