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Performing Arts History Committee records
Records of a committee organized by the Oregon Historical Society around 1966 to seek out information and materials documenting performing arts in the state. The collection consists primarily of meeting minutes from 1966-1976 and attached correspondence and other documents, and also includes two papers written for seminars at Lewis and Clark College in 1966 and 1968, concerning music history in Oregon.
George Perkins papers
Collection includes correspondence and documents regarding legal cases, 1914-1961. Clients include the Nicolai family, Rose City Brewing Co., Shaver Transportation Co., and Peninsula Iron Works.
Hayes Perkins diaries
Typescript copies of diaries of Hayes Perkins, titled "Here And There." Entries from 1928 to 1936 detail Hayes's work at San Simeon. Also includes typescript memoir, "Hayes Perkins' last journeys: across the Sahara (1952) and around South America (1955)," and biographical information.
Henry Hunter Peters diary
Typescript copy of diary entries made by Henry Hunter Peters from July 8, 1850, to August 4, 1850, describing a trip from San Francisco, California, to the Oregon Territory. Entries discuss travels to places including Vancouver, Portland, Oregon City, Salem, and Astoria.
Oral history interview with Edwin J. Peterson
Oral history interview with Edwin J. Peterson conducted by Jeffrey C. Dobbins from August 21 to December 11, 2007, as part of the United States District Court of Oregon Oral History Project. Peterson discusses his youth and education, as well as his career as a lawyer in Portland, Oregon, and as chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.
Edwin J. Peterson papers
Papers of Edwin J. Peterson, including notebooks, bound volumes of his judicial opinions, photograph albums, and scrapbooks. Peterson was a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court from 1979 to 1993, and was chief justice from 1981 to 1991.
Oral history interview with Fred L. Peterson
Oral history interview with Fred L. Peterson conducted by Linda S. Dodds from February 11 to April 28, 1982. Peterson discusses serving on the Portland City Council from 1940 to 1952, and as Portland mayor from 1953 to 1956.
Laura A. Peterson papers
Papers of Laura A. Peterson consist of a certification, 1889, to teach first grade in Clatsop County, Oregon; and certifications, 1891 and 1894, to teach grammar school in Portland, Oregon.
Nona C. Peterson papers
Nona C. Peterson (1904-) graduated from the University of Oregon and worked for the Bonneville Power Administration, 1940-1966, beginning as a typist and later working as an engineering drafter and editorial assistant. Collection includes postcards, 1907-1984, and miscellaneous documents related to her work with BPA, 1940-1966.
Petition of pioneers of Oregon to Congress
Typescript petition from pioneers of the state of Oregon to Congress, circa 1850-1900, requesting that a monument to Lewis and Clark be erected at Fort Clatsop in honor of their encampment there in 1805-1806.