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Charles Wolf papers
Charles Wolf, an inventor, created the first commercial portable chainsaw, the Wolf Electric Drive Link Saw, patented in 1920. Papers consist of a stock certificate book for the Link Saw Company, 1921; typescript testimonial letters from construction contractors in Portland, Oregon, 1921, regarding the efficiency of the Wolf Electric Drive Link Saw; and a brochure for the saw, circa 1919-1920.
John H. Wolf papers
Oath of License, John H. Wolf, for the steamer Wilson G. Hunt, Portland, Oregon, December 29, 1865; and first class pilot's licenses for John H. Wolf, 1860-1867, from the District of Oregon allowing him to pilot steamboats on the Columbia and Willamette rivers from Portland to Astoria.
Wolf & Son records
Collection includes quitclaim and warranty deeds, mortgages and articles of incorporation for Silverton Mining Co.; miscellaneous financial records, patents for hop drier and business correspondence, 1898-1910; ledgers, 1894-1921.
Wolff & Trimble account book
Account book of Wolff & Trimble attorneys-at-law, Portland, Oregon, occasionally describing cases taken.
Charles Wolverton papers
Charles Wolverton was a lawyer in Albany, Oregon, a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court, and a judge on U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, 1894-1926, regarding state and national politics, Wolverton's judicial career, personal and business matters with John H. Mitchell, Reuben P. Boise, and Benjamin F. Mulkey; speeches regarding initiative and referendum; and ephemera.
Oral history interview with Nora B. Womack
Oral history interview with Nora B. Womack conducted by Robert J. Gassner on September 6, 1988, as part of the Portland's Syrian/Lebanese-American Community series. Womack was a Lebanese-American living in Portland, Oregon.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Oregon, Clatskanie auxiliary records
Bound manuscript minute book of the Clatskanie auxiliary of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Oregon, 1908-1913, with constitution and list of members.
Women collection
Collection assembled by the Oregon Historical Society relating to women in Oregon. Included are postcards with pro- and anti-suffrage images; correspondence; a scrapbook of the League of Women Voters; papers of various women's political groups; and newspaper clippings.
Women in Communications, Inc., Portland chapter records
The Portland chapter of Women in Communications, Inc. was chartered June 24, 1947, as the Portland Professional Chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, a society for women in journalism and communications, and later became the Portland Professional Chapter of Women in Communications, Inc. Records include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, newsletters, miscellaneous administrative records, brochures, financial documents, newsletters, budgets, and surveys.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom records
Collection includes correspondence, documents, newsletters, and clippings relating to human rights, the Jeanette Rankin Brigade, various Oregon peace action groups, disarmament, the draft and Angela Davis; by-laws, constitution, minutes, and membership lists.