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Kina McKelvey letter to Merle McKelvey about Rose Festival parades

Collection

Identifier: Coll 929

Abstract

Letter from Kina McKelvey (1884-1960) to her sister, Merle McKelvey (1888-1970), which describes Rose Festival parades that she had seen. Kina McKelvey lived in Portland, Oregon, and later Taft, Oregon; she married physician Thomas W. Ross (1884-1948) in 1914.

Dates: 1909 June 11

Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Margaret McLeod papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss 2960

Abstract The Margaret McLeod papers consist of correspondence, brochures, photographs, certificates, reports, newspaper clippings, and ephemera created and collected by McLeod during her service with the American National Red Cross. During World War II, McLeod worked in the European Theater with the group's Club Service, a program that provided soldiers with food, recreation, and entertainment. McLeod's collection provides a vivid portrait of life for Club Service workers, documenting not only the...

Dates: 1942-1946

Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

MCM Architects photographs and design documents for Forest Heights, Portland, Oregon

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Identifier: Org. Lot 1156

Abstract

Collection of photographs and architectural documents related to the Forest Heights subdivision in Portland, Oregon. The images depict the interiors and exteriors of houses, renderings of house styles, and construction of the subdivision.

Dates: circa 1988-1994

Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Doug McMahon photographic collection

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Identifier: Org. Lot 1096

Abstract

Four black and white photographs depicting downtown Portland, Oregon, the Forestry Building, and Multnomah Falls.

Dates: circa 1930-1939

Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

McMahon family and other land records

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Identifier: Coll0788

Abstract

Land records for various locations in Oregon for properties owned by the McMahon family, Patrick Holland, and others.

Dates: 1871-1973

Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

James H. McMillen reminiscences

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Identifier: Mss2242

Abstract

James H. McMillen (1823-1913) was an Oregon pioneer of 1845, volunteer in the Cayuse Indian war, and resident of Washington County, Oregon. Collection consists of McMillen's manuscript reminiscences, 1910-1911, in the form of a letter to George Himes, regarding his journey to Oregon in 1845; his acquaintance with John McLoughlin and Peter Skene Ogden; and his recollections of the Whitman killings, Cayuse Indian War, and early Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1910-1911

Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

William McMillen papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss1555

Abstract William McMillen (1824-1869) was Multnomah County Sheriff in the 1850s, delegate to the National Democratic Committee in 1864, and owned the Hallock & McMillen Building with A. B. Hallock. Collection includes tax and financial records; deeds; legal documents regarding his estate, 1870-1874; certificates and papers relating to his service as Multnomah County sheriff, 1850-1860; correspondence relating to his service as delegate to the National Democratic Committee; and genealogical...

Dates: 1835-1901

Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library