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Charles McNary speech accepting vice presidential nomination

 Collection
Identifier: SR1182
Abstract

Audio recording of a speech given by U.S. Senator Charles McNary in Salem, Oregon, on August 27, 1940. In the speech, he accepts the Republican nomination for vice president.

Dates: 1940 August 27

McNary family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1551
Abstract

Correspondence and property records of members of the McNary family. James McNary (1790-1871) and Alexander McNary (1798-1860) emigrated to Oregon in 1845. James McNary's grandson Charles L. McNary (1874-1944) was a U.S. senator for Oregon.

Dates: 1859-1936

Alfred B. Meacham letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2293
Abstract Collection consists of a manuscript letter to Cyrus S. Woodworth, Portland, Oregon, June 3, 1899, regarding financial matters; and a manuscript letter from John Smith, Warm Springs Indian Agency, December 5, 1871, regarding a survey made along the Columbia River near The Dalles fishery. Alfred Benjamin Meacham (born 1826) and his wife, Orpha Caroline Feree (born 1828) were 1850 pioneers to Suisun City, California. In 1862, they and Meacham's brother Harry moved to eastern Oregon and...
Dates: 1871-1899

Walter E. Meacham papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2479
Abstract

Typescripts for books and articles by Oregon historian and preservationist Walter Meacham, including typescripts of "Wagon wheels," "Stories of pioneer women," and "He walked with Lincoln."

Dates: circa 1925-1951

Stephen Mead Estate papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1765
Abstract

Stephen Mead was a businessman and property owner in Portland, Oregon. Papers include correspondence; business and financial papers, including leases; abstract titles, mortgages, deeds, building and realty appraisals; and blueprints of Mead Estate holdings.

Dates: 1867-1950

Oral history interview with Henry S. Mears and Margaret S. Clark

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9564
Abstract

Oral history interview with siblings Henry S. Mears and Margaret S. Clark conducted by Charles Digregorio on August 3, 1976. Mears and Clark discuss the life and career of their father, Portland businessman and Oregon legislator Samuel Maxwell Mears.

Dates: 1976 August 3

Fred Meek papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2369
Abstract

Miscellaneous office files and correspondence of Fred Meek, who was a pharmacist in Portland, Oregon, and an Oregon state representative.

Dates: 1949-1974

Joseph L. Meek papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 926
Abstract

Papers of and relating to Joseph L. Meek (1810-1875), including both original materials and copies. Papers include typescript copies of newspaper articles about Meek, materials relating to his appointment as a U.S. Marshal and to the Whitman murders, various family papers and correspondence, signal books, and a warranty deed.

Dates: circa 1840-1904

Ezra Meeker diary

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 374
Abstract

Typescript transcript of the diary, 1905-1906, of Oregon pioneer Ezra Meeker, relating to travels in Oregon and to the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland.

Dates: 1905-1906

Ezra Meeker letters to L. T. Henderson

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2593
Abstract

Typescript correspondence to L. T. Henderson of the Ford Motor Company regarding the storage of Ezra Meeker's covered wagon and his work for the Oregon Trail Memorial Association.

Dates: 1927

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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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