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Lorenzo Lorain letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 417
Abstract

Collection consists of correspondence by Lorenzo Lorain dating from 1855 to 1861, as well as biographical information about Lorain collected between 1958 and 1968. The bulk of the letters concern his time stationed at Fort Walla Walla and Fort Umpqua between 1856 and 1861.

Dates: 1855-1968; Majority of material found within 1855-1861

Lorenzo Lorain photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1416
Abstract

Collection consists of photographs taken by or attributed to Lorenzo Lorain while stationed at Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon, between 1857 and 1861. They depict scenes around Fort Umpqua and the Coast Reservation, portraits of Native Americans and soldiers, and street scenes of Portland, Oregon City, and The Dalles.

Dates: 1857-1860

John R. Lord papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2785
Abstract

John R. Lord (died 1906) was a physician and surgeon in Orono, Maine. He married Jeanette Record in 1848 and came to Oregon in the early 1880s. Collection includes letters of introduction and recommendations, marriage license, commission as justice of the peace, a will, and other documents.

Dates: 1847-1906

Lord & Schryver Conservancy collection on landscapes at Gaiety Hollow and Deepwood Estate

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 300
Abstract The collection consists of two reports and supporting materials, produced in 2012, that relate to landscape design and rehabilitation at Gaiety Hollow and the Deepwood Estate in Salem, Oregon. Both sites are associated with Salem landscape architects Elizabeth Lord (1887-1976) and Edith Schryver (1901-1984). The reports are titled "Gaiety Hollow Cultural Landscape Report" and Historic Deepwood Estate: Preservation Project." Lord and Schryver founded the first landscape architecture firm in...
Dates: 2012

Max W. Lorenz papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll863
Abstract Papers of Portland, Oregon, contractor Max W. Lorenz (1884-1952), a German-American immigrant who ran the Lorenz Brothers Construction Company with his brother Walter Lorenz, and who supervised the construction of Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood. Materials in the collection mostly relate to the Lorenz Brothers Construction Company. Items include a date book, a book of estimates, specifications for an office building, correspondence, and a Lincoln High School handbook that belonged to Lorenz's...
Dates: 1928-1950

O. J. Lougheed papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2265
Abstract

Papers include typescript business correspondence and testimonials, 1911-1934, regarding O. J. Lougheed & Son, Inc. Saw Repair Works, Portland, Oregon, and miscellaneous documents.

Dates: 1911-1934

Charles W. Love photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 860
Abstract

Charles W. Love was an amateur photographer and street railway employee in Portland, Oregon. This collection, consisting of photographic prints and glass-plate negatives, features images of the employees and cars of the Portland Railway Company, the City and Suburban Railway Company, and the Portland Railway, Light, and Power Company during the period from 1898-1910. Other photographs in this collection document Brownsville, Oregon, circa 1912.

Dates: 1898-1912

Lovejoy Columns restoration and relocation records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 931
Abstract Records, photographs, and ephemera related to efforts to conserve and relocate the Lovejoy Columns. The Lovejoy Columns were ten pillars for the Lovejoy Viaduct in Portland, Oregon, that were painted by Greek American Tom E. Stefopoulos from 1948 to 1952. When the Lovejoy viaduct was demolished in 1999, local artists, including members of the architectural collective Rigga, successfully campaigned for these pillars to be left intact. In 2005, two of the columns were relocated to Elizabeth...
Dates: 1964-2006; Majority of material found within 1998-2005

Leslie M. Lowell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 899
Abstract

Typescript articles, typed by Leslie M. Lowell, on Robert Newell, James Sinclair, Umpqua Valley geology and early settlement, and "A trip from Washoe, Nevada, to Douglas County, Oregon, 1863."

Dates: circa 1890-1960

Lower class

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2914
Abstract

Manuscript autobiography by George Youell regarding his life as an English fisherman and his rise to prominence.

Dates: 1938

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Oregon 1680
correspondence 789
interviews 725
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photographs 473
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oral histories (literary genre) 379
administrative records 278
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financial records 207
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Home and Family 195
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Politics and Politicians 171
Fine Arts 165
diaries 165
scrapbooks 161
Architecture 151
clippings (information artifacts) 147
Military 142
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Oregon -- Politics and government -- 20th century 107
photograph albums 106
Washington (State) 105
Legislators -- Oregon 103
Women 102
reports 100
Diaries 92
Lawyers -- Oregon -- Portland 86
Justice, Administration of -- Oregon 85
Religion 82
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reminiscences 74
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Political Campaigns -- Oregon 69
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speeches (documents) 65
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Immigrants -- Oregon 62
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blueprints (reprographic copies) 37
Retail Trade 36
Gays and Lesbians 34
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newsletters 27
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Language
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German 16
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Digregorio, Charles 89
Oregon. Legislative Assembly 87
Strassmaier, James 64
Hansen, Clark 61
Dodds, Linda S. 59
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Raman, Sankar 59
Republican Party (Or.) 51
Democratic Party (Or.) 48
Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011 36
O'Rourke, Michael (Filmmaker) 36
United States. District Court (Oregon) 35
Immigrant Story (Hillsboro, Or.) 29
Watts, Roberta 27
Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest 24
United States District Court of Oregon Historical Society 21
Northwest Power Planning Council (U.S.) 20
Johnston, J. H. (John H.), 1855-1944 18
United States. Congress. Senate 18
Oregon. Supreme Court 17
Harmon, Rick 16
Oregon Historical Society 16
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (1905 : Portland, Or.) 15
Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974 15
Portland General Electric Company 14
Portland Rose Festival (Portland, Or.) 14
McCall, Tom, 1913-1983 13
Oregonian (Firm) 13
Solomon, Gus J. (Gus Jerome), 1906-1987 13
Johnson, Curtis 12
Minidoka Relocation Center 11
Oregon Journal (Firm) 11
Photo-Art Commercial Studios (Portland, Or.) 11
United States. Army 11
University of Oregon 11
Kolisch, Marian W. 10
Meier & Frank (Portland, Or.) 10
Oregon. Circuit Court (Multnomah County) 10
Oregon. Court of Appeals 10
Yaw’s Top Notch (Portland, Or.) 10
Atiyeh, Victor 9
Hudson's Bay Company 9
Neuberger, Richard L. (Richard Lewis), 1912-1960 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
Pendleton Round-Up 8
Timberline Lodge (Mount Hood, Or.) 8
Vaughan, Thomas, 1924-2013 8
Dilg, Janice (Janice Lynn) 7
Gifford, Benjamin A. 7
Goldschmidt, Neil E., 1940- 7
Hartman, Judy 7
Lane, Joseph, 1801-1881 7
McArthur, Lewis L. 7
McNary, Charles Linza, 1874-1944 7
Oregon Geographic Names Board 7
Portland Public Schools (Or.) 7
Reed College (Portland, Or.) 7
Roberts, Betty, 1923-2011 7
United States. Congress. House 7
Wyatt, Wendell William, 1917-2009 7
Applegate, Jesse A., 1811-1888 6
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
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 6
McArthur, Lewis A. (Lewis Ankeny), 1883-1951 6
Mehren, Elizabeth 6
Mitchell, John H. (John Hipple), 1835-1905 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 Art Association (Portland, Or.). Museum Art School 6
Portland Civic Theatre (Portland, Or.) 6
Prentiss, A. M. (Arthur M.) 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
United States. Attorney (Oregon) 6
United States. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) 6
University of Oregon. Medical School 6
Washington Public Power Supply System 6
White Stag Manufacturing Company 6
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847 6
Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944 6
Andrews, Wesley (Charles Wesley), 1875-1950 5
Bimrose, Art, 1912- 5
Deady, Matthew P. (Matthew Paul), 1824-1893 5
Fee, James Alger, 1888-1959 5
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