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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 92 Collections and/or Records:

Henry Hunter Peters diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1173
Abstract

Typescript copy of diary entries made by Henry Hunter Peters from July 8, 1850, to August 4, 1850, describing a trip from San Francisco, California, to the Oregon Territory. Entries discuss travels to places including Vancouver, Portland, Oregon City, Salem, and Astoria.

Dates: 1850

James H. Polhemus diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2879
Abstract

James H. Polhemus (born 1887) was the chief engineer and general manager of the Port of Portland, 1923-1936. Collection consists of a diary primarily regarding his business activities.

Dates: 1936

Diary of a woman in Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 259
Abstract

Diary of a woman who lived at 330 5th Street (probably NW 5th Ave.) in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1897

David Presley diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1010
Abstract

Bound manuscript diary kept by David Presley, January 1-February 27, 1857, with accounts, 1857-1859.

Dates: 1857-1859

Albert S. Roberts diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1828
Abstract

Albert S. Roberts (1862-1933) was born in White Salmon, Washington, and his family moved to The Dalles in 1865. He was a wheat grower and sheep rancher and represented Wasco County as a Republican in the Oregon State Legislature. Topics in his diaries include his college days at the University of Oregon, farm life, his marriage to Rose Freeman, work in the state Legislature, and miscellaneous personal and family activities.

Dates: 1885-1933

Elliot Rodgers diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2628
Abstract

Manuscript diary regarding events during Elliot Rodgers' service in the Philippine Islands during the Spanish-American War.

Dates: 1899

Alexander Ross diary of the Snake Country expedition

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2096
Abstract

Typescript photocopy of journal entries made by Alexander Ross from March 11, 1824, to April 22, 1824, during an expedition in the Pacific Northwest. Ross (1783-1856) was born in Scotland and became known as a pioneer and fur trader in Canada and the Pacific Northwest. He worked for the North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company.

Dates: 1824

Royal family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 975
Abstract

Papers of the Royal family of Oregon. Brothers Charles Royal (1798-1878) and William Royal (1796-1870) emigrated to Oregon in 1852 and 1853, respectively. William Royal was a Methodist minister who founded the Centenary Methodist Church (later Centenary-Wilbur Methodist Church) in East Portland; his sons Thomas Fletcher Royal (1821-1911) and James Henry Bascom Royal (1830-1910) were also Methodist ministers.

Dates: 1827-1937

William Royal diary and bible census

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 915
Abstract

Diary of William Royal (1796-1870), and notebook he used to record information about bible ownership in Portland, Oregon. Royal was a Methodist minister who came to Oregon in 1853, and who lived in Portland in the 1860s.

Dates: 1858-1864

C. H. Sholes diary of a trip to Mt. Shasta

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2247
Abstract

Typescript diary, August 1904, of a Mazamas outing to Mount Shasta, California.

Dates: 1904 August