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Walter Frazar Burrell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1789
Abstract

Collection consists largely of correspondence, deeds, mortgages, and other records documenting the business activities of Walter Frazar Burrell, who served as president of the Burrell Investment Company, the Bishop & Burrell Company, the Bishop Fishing Tool Company, and the Empire Gold Dredging & Mining Company.

Dates: 1885-1919

Oral history interview with Zennah M. Buse

 Collection
Identifier: SR1713
Abstract

Oral history interview with Zennah M. Buse conducted by Susan L. Smith from January 15 to February 20, 1991. Buse was a life-long resident of West Linn, Oregon.

Dates: 1991 January 15-February 20

J. Elliott Busey collection on Marjorie Smith

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2777
Abstract

Marjorie Smith (born 1921) married Oliver Kermit Smith on August 22, 1952, and was later tried and acquitted as an accomplice to his murder. Collection consists of materials regarding Marjorie Smith's trial, collected and maintained by her attorney, J. Elliott Busey. Materials include a scrapbook, correspondence, witness statements, and estate papers.

Dates: 1954-1957

Asahel Bush letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 581
Abstract

Correspondence of Asahel Bush (1824-1913), primarily typescript or microfilm copies of letters sent to him. Bush was an early emigrant to Oregon, editor of the Oregon Statesman from 1851 to 1863, and a significant figure in 1850s Oregon Democratic Party politics.

Dates: 1837-1938; Majority of material found within circa 1850-1910

Edward L. Bushnell diary and notebook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2738
Abstract

Collection includes manuscript diary, 1895, regarding a prospecting trip to Yukon along with four partners from Bridal Veil, Oregon; and a manuscript notebook, 1888-1897, with accounts, song lyrics, and poems.

Dates: 1888-1897

James Addison Bushnell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2120
Abstract

Collection consists of typescript copies from account book of James A. Bushnell, 1846-1862. Bushnell was a merchant in Lane County, Oregon.

Dates: 1846-1862

Business for Culture and the Arts records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 476
Abstract

Records of Business for Culture and the Arts, a nonprofit organization in Portland, Oregon, that encouraged local businesses to support the arts. It was initially founded as the Oregon Arts Foundation in 1969, and dissolved in 2015.

Dates: 1969-2014; Majority of material found within 1984-2014

Nettie Bussard reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 877
Abstract

Manuscript notes written by Nettie Bussard about early days in Baker County in the late 19th century.

Dates: circa 1950

Oral history interview with Margaret Butler

 Collection
Identifier: SR11027
Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret Butler conducted by Madeline Bisgyer from June 4 to August 17, 2018, as part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Butler discusses her involvement in union organization and her career as executive director of the Portland coalition of Jobs with Justice from 1996 to 2013.

Dates: 2018 June 4-August 17

Butler-Smith family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2623
Abstract

Typescript photocopy papers relating to members of the Butler and Smith families, including genealogical information, correspondence, and an extract from George Miller West's reminiscences regarding Isaac Smith and family's overland journey to Oregon in 1853.

Dates: 1853-1880

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Digregorio, Charles 89
Oregon. Legislative Assembly 87
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Hansen, Clark 61
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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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