Showing Collections: 3141 - 3150 of 3520
Collection
Identifier: Mss 2755
Abstract
Collection includes diaries and account books of James Thornton; autograph albums of Hattie Thornton; a notebook of Elizabeth Patterson (later Elizabeth Thornton); and school records and other documents and ephemera of T. A. Hayes and Lucile Hayes.
Dates:
1775-1905
Collection
Identifier: SR1076
Abstract
Oral history interview with Dorothy H. Thornton conducted by Nancy Hawver from September 10 to December 13, 1991. Thornton talks about the Tillamook Creamery Association, about the legal and political career of Robert Y. Thornton, and about her career as a painter.
Dates:
1991 September 10-December 13
Collection
Identifier: Mss 371
Abstract
Papers of and relating to Jessy Quinn Thornton (also written as Jesse Quinn Thornton, 1810-1888), a lawyer who served as a judge for the Oregon Provisional Supreme Court and who lobbied for the establishment of the Oregon Territory. The bulk of the collection consists of speeches and essays by Thornton on a variety of topics, including matters relating to Oregon, as well as an autobiographical sketch and a bound volume of typescripts of these writings. The collection also includes a...
Dates:
1837-1929; Majority of material found within 1860-1874
Collection
Identifier: Mss 801
Abstract
Papers of the first dean of the University of Oregon School of Law. The collection includes personal documents, biographical and genealogical information, writings, notes, reminiscences, and a small amount of correspondence relating to Episcopal missionary work. It also includes writings of Richard H. Thornton's father, William L. Thornton.
Dates:
1855-1932
Collection
Identifier: SR1131
Abstract
Oral history interview with Robert Y. Thornton conducted by Jim Strassmaier from May 21 to September 10, 1991, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Thornton was an Oregon state representative and state attorney general.
Dates:
1990 May 21-September 10
Collection
Identifier: Coll 1089
Abstract
Records and memorabilia of the town Three Lynx (also called Three Lynx Village), a small company town in Clackamas County, Oregon. Materials include photographs, slides, historical research and documentation, correspondence, clippings, event programs, and recordings of oral histories with former residents. Three Lynx was established in the 1920s and 1930s by Portland Railway Light and Power (later PEPCO, now Portland General Electric) to support operation of the Oak Grove Powerhouse. The...
Dates:
1930-2023
Collection
Identifier: Mss 379
Abstract
Papers of Samuel R. Thurston (1816-1851) and his wife, Elizabeth Thurston (1816-1890, later Elizabeth Odell), and a property deed relating to their children, George Henry Thurston (1846-1927) and Elizabeth Blandina Thurston (1849-1904, later Elizabeth Blandina Stowell). Papers include correspondence, Samuel R. Thurston's diary, and speeches by Samuel R. Thurston. Thurston was a delegate from the Oregon Territory to U.S. Congress, and helped pass the Oregon Donation Land Law in 1850; he died...
Dates:
1838-1887; Majority of material found within 1849-1851
Collection
Identifier: Mss 161
Abstract
Letters from Samuel R. Thurston (1816-1851) to Wesley Shannon (1820-1890) concerning the Oregon Donation Land Law and political happenings both in Washington, D.C. and the Oregon Territory, and a letter from Shannon to E. L. Bristow about the construction of Elijah Bristow's house in 1846 in Lane County, Oregon. Samuel R. Thurston was a delegate from the Oregon Territory to the U.S. Congress from 1849 to 1851, and helped pass the Oregon Donation Land Law. Wesley Shannon came to Oregon in...
Dates:
1850 February 3-1851 February 27; 1884 April 4
Collection
Identifier: Album 127
Abstract
Album containing 43 black and white photographs of scenic views of Crater Lake, the Oregon Caves, and Klamath Falls.
Dates:
circa 1880-1910
Collection
Identifier: Mss1723
Abstract
Records include business correspondence and minute books with articles of incorporation, balance sheets and certificate of dissolution.
Dates:
1912-1949
