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Engraving from George Henry Mason's "The Costume of China"
Hand-colored engraving from "The Costume of China" by George Henry Mason. In Mason's book, the engraving is Plate I, and is titled "A Mandarin of Distinction in his Habit of Ceremony."
Country schoolma'am
Typescript autobiography of Lucy Sophia (Adams) Ransom (1874-1948), written near the end of her life, and later edited by her son, Jay Ellis Ransom, who also wrote the preface.
Sale of land title from Amelia Cowaniah and Charles Cowaniah to Thomas Stephens and James Terwilliger
David Coward photographic collection
Small collection consisting primarily of black and white panoramic photographs: one of Portland, Oregon, and five group portraits of employees of the Jones Lumber Company in Portland. Also included is a color aerial photograph of the Valsetz Lumber Company in Valsetz, Oregon.
Ralph Penniwell Cowgill papers
Ralph Penniwell Cowgill (born 1880) served as an engineer for the Oregon State Game Commission, president of the Oregon Game Protective Association, and in the Oregon Legislature. Collection includes correspondence and reports, 1922-1935, regarding his work with those organizations, as well as the Oregon Reserve Corps and National Guard, with emphasis on fish husbandry and river pollution.
Ralph Penniwell Cowgill photograph albums
Black and white photographs and cyanotypes, primarily in two albums. Scenes in one album relate to work by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Pacific Northwest from 1898-1900, particularly in Idaho; locations include Coeur d'Alene Lake, Spokane, Mount Adams, the Columbia River Gorge, and Mount Hood. The second album includes photographs of an irrigation project near Medford, Oregon.
Ilia A. Cowie-Freitas family papers
Papers of Ilia Alice Cowie-Freitas (née Young), a nurse from Vancouver, Washington, and her family. Cowie-Freitas attended nursing school at Emanuel Hospital in Portland, Oregon, and worked in Vancouver and then in Arizona. Papers include pages from a scrapbook that Cowie-Freitas kept while attending nursing school, photographs, correspondence, and a family history.
Cox Cable of Portland, Inc. records
Collection consists of materials relating to the city of Portland, Oregon's decision to award a cable communications franchise, and to Cox Cable of Portland's pursuit of the franchise. Among the materials are reports; a draft of the city's request for proposals; evaluation and analysis of companies seeking the franchise; information about Cox Cable of Portland; correspondence of board member Elizabeth Crownhart Vaughan; and Cox Cable's application for the franchise.
Ellen Hazard Cox papers
Diaries of Katherine Lucy and Emily Bancroft Trevett, materials relating to the 1941 Oregon Trail Pageant, and calendars and exhibit ephemera.
Dr. G. S. Cozad papers
Collection includes bills, receipts, and letters pertaining to G. S. Cozad's medical practice in Roseburg, Oregon.