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Don Short papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1903
Abstract

Papers include correspondence, newsletters, research and miscellaneous materials primarily regarding environmental conservation, especially of the Columbia River Gorge, 1971-1983.

Dates: 1971-1983

Jessie M. Short collection on housing

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1804
Abstract

Jessie May Short (1873-1947) was an assistant professor of mathematics at Reed College from 1920 to 1939. She also taught at Vanport College, served on the Portland School Board, and during the war years, worked with the Kaiser shipyards as an engineer. Collection includes correspondence, reports, articles, and miscellaneous documents regarding housing issues, primarily in Portland, Oregon, circa 1920-1942.

Dates: circa 1920-1942

Robert Valentine Short papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2639
Abstract

Robert Valentine Short (1823-1908) was a pioneer of 1847. He was a member of the 1851 Constitutional Convention and in 1888 was elected to the Oregon Legislature from Clackamas County. He also studied surveying and was responsible for surveying the town of Portland in 1850. Collection includes diaries, correspondence, scrapbook, survey and field notes; and papers relating to donation land claims and property in Yamhill, Clackamas, and Multnomah counties.

Dates: 1852-1906

Robert Shortess papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1189
Abstract

Papers of Robert Shortess (1797-1878), an early emigrant to Oregon. Papers consist of correspondence, reports, and certificates relating to Shortess's work as an Indian sub-agent, his guardianship of Grace Tibbets and John Tibbets, and his work as a school district clerk; financial and property records; family correspondence; and a photostatic reproduction of the marriage certificate of Shortess's daughter, Susan Shortess (later Susan Walkley).

Dates: 1843-1877

Lebbus Smith Shumaker papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1418
Abstract

Collection includes diaries, 1893-1954, and miscellaneous letters, ephemera, and clippings. Lebbus Smith Shumaker (1871-1954) was a Baptist minister and teacher in New York, the Midwest and at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, where he was a professor of psychology and philosophy.

Dates: circa 1890-1954

David Shurtliff photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 482
Abstract

Photograph album containing 60 black and white photographs taken from 1927-1930, nearly all by David Shurtliff of Vale, Oregon, who assembled the album. The photographs predominantly depict buildings, landscapes, activities, and events in and near Vale. The album also includes scenes in Owyhee, Oregon, and of the construction of the Owyhee Dam.

Dates: 1927-1930

Sibson, Quackenbush, and Company ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 744
Abstract

Ledger of a wheat company, with letter from Oregon Historical Society librarian Dorothy Hirsch regarding research on the identification of the ledger.

Dates: 1885-1887

Oral history interview with Lois D. Siegmund

 Collection
Identifier: SR1344
Abstract

Oral history interview with Lois D. Siegmund conducted by Clark Hansen on June 23, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Siegmund served on Hatfield's staff during his time as an Oregon state legislator, Oregon secretary of state, and Oregon governor.

Dates: 1988 June 23

Merta Marguerite Siegmund papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2527
Abstract

Collection includes holiday and birthday greeting cards; announcements for weddings, births, and graduations; school merit cards; autograph books; and miscellaneous memorabilia. Also included are two undated issues of "Picket," a handwritten newspaper published near Mehama, Oregon; and "The College Dial," December 1871, the newspaper of Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.

Dates: 1871-1921

Sigurdson Navigation Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1690
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence and financial accounts regarding operations of the SS Nehalem and SS Seakist, and the Warrenton Clam Company, Portland, Oregon; logs of the Nehalem and the Seakist; patents on cannery machinery, tariff and tow rates.

Dates: 1923-1929

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photographs 487
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oral histories (literary genre) 416
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administrative records 281
financial records 210
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Home and Family 196
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Ships and Shipping 174
Fine Arts 168
diaries 167
scrapbooks 163
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clippings (information artifacts) 151
Military 144
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Washington (State) 111
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Oregon -- Politics and government -- 20th century 109
photograph albums 106
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reports 105
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Justice, Administration of -- Oregon 88
Lawyers -- Oregon -- Portland 88
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Architectural Drawings 77
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newsletters 27
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Language
English 3466
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German 19
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Names
Digregorio, Charles 91
Oregon. Legislative Assembly 88
Raman, Sankar 72
Strassmaier, James 67
Hansen, Clark 62
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Dodds, Linda S. 61
Republican Party (Or.) 52
Democratic Party (Or.) 49
Immigrant Story (Hillsboro, Or.) 42
United States. District Court (Oregon) 38
Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011 37
O'Rourke, Michael (Filmmaker) 37
Watts, Roberta 27
Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest 24
United States District Court of Oregon Historical Society 23
Northwest Power Planning Council (U.S.) 20
Oregon. Supreme Court 19
United States. Congress. Senate 19
Johnston, J. H. (John H.), 1855-1944 18
Harmon, Rick 17
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (1905 : Portland, Or.) 16
Oregon Historical Society 16
Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974 15
Portland Rose Festival (Portland, Or.) 15
Portland General Electric Company 14
Solomon, Gus J. (Gus Jerome), 1906-1987 14
McCall, Tom, 1913-1983 13
Oregonian (Firm) 13
Johnson, Curtis 12
Minidoka Relocation Center 12
Photo-Art Commercial Studios (Portland, Or.) 12
Dollahite, Nancy E. 11
Oregon Journal (Firm) 11
Pendleton Round-Up 11
United States. Army 11
University of Oregon 11
Kolisch, Marian W. 10
Meier & Frank (Portland, Or.) 10
Neuberger, Richard L. (Richard Lewis), 1912-1960 10
Oregon. Circuit Court (Multnomah County) 10
Oregon. Court of Appeals 10
Yaw’s Top Notch (Portland, Or.) 10
Atiyeh, Victor 9
Dilg, Janice (Janice Lynn) 9
Hudson's Bay Company 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
Portland Public Schools (Or.) 8
Roberts, Betty, 1923-2011 8
Timberline Lodge (Mount Hood, Or.) 8
United States. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) 8
Vaughan, Thomas, 1924-2013 8
Applegate, Jesse A., 1811-1888 7
Gifford, Benjamin A. 7
Goldschmidt, Neil E., 1940- 7
Hartman, Judy 7
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 7
Lane, Joseph, 1801-1881 7
McArthur, Lewis L. 7
McNary, Charles Linza, 1874-1944 7
Oregon Geographic Names Board 7
Reed College (Portland, Or.) 7
United States. Congress. House 7
Wyatt, Wendell William, 1917-2009 7
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
Keith, Patricia 6
McArthur, Lewis A. (Lewis Ankeny), 1883-1951 6
Mehren, Elizabeth 6
Mitchell, John H. (John Hipple), 1835-1905 6
Neuberger, Maurine B. (Maurine Brown), 1907-2000 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 (Or.). Fire Department 6
Portland Art Association (Portland, Or.). Museum Art School 6
Portland Art Museum (Or.) 6
Portland Assembly Center (Portland, Or.) 6
Portland Civic Theatre (Portland, Or.) 6
Prentiss, A. M. (Arthur M.) 6
Rankin, Tex (John Gilbert), 1894-1947 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
Tule Lake Relocation Center 6
United States. Attorney (Oregon) 6
University of Oregon. Medical School 6
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