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legal documents

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:

Oregon Text Book Case court records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2909
Abstract

The Oregon Text Book Case involved a group of taxpayers in Oregon City suing to stop their school district from furnishing books for a Catholic elementary school. Collection includes legal documents presented before or issued by the Circuit Court of Clackamas County, the Oregon State Supreme Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court, including briefs, memoranda, depositions, transcripts, opinions, appeals, and judgments.

Dates: 1959-1962

Oregonian Publishing Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 461
Abstract

Business records of the Oregonian Publishing Company. Includes financial, legal, and organizational documents; subject files covering Oregonian financial interests; reports, studies, and surveys; photographs; in-house publications; and limited correspondence and other documents from Henry Pittock's time as owner and publisher.

Dates: 1855-2008

O'Reilly family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2970
Abstract

Collection includes diaries, scrapbooks, account books, correspondence, newspaper clippings, genealogy, photographs, memorabilia, certificates, legal documents, etc., of the O'Reilly family, including James Archbold O'Reilly and Anne O'Reilly, of Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1749-1999

Patrick Lumber Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1760
Abstract

The Patrick Lumber Company was founded in 1915 by Charles C. Patrick, who had previously been the sales manager for Bridal Veil Lumbering Company. Records include correspondence; lumber freight contracts; documents relating to lumber treating standards; financial records of the Bridal Veil Lumbering Company; advertisements; and lists of lumber prices and potential customers.

Dates: 1909-1951

Percefull-Ayers family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2559
Abstract

Collection includes receipts and legal documents, correspondence, a diary of Margaret Percefull, and miscellaneous ephemera and other documents. Family members mentioned include Margaret Percefull, Emma S. Percefull, James K. Wallace, William T. Wallace and Andrew H. Ayers.

Dates: 1863-1970

George Perkins papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1703
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence and documents regarding legal cases, 1914-1961. Clients include the Nicolai family, Rose City Brewing Co., Shaver Transportation Co., and Peninsula Iron Works.

Dates: 1914-1961

W. H. Pierson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2078
Abstract

Oath of Enrollment, W. H. Pierson of San Francisco, California, for the schooner Isabel, Coos Bay, Oregon, January 25, 1865.

Dates: 1865 January 25

Collection on the incorporation of the City of Portland

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 953
Abstract

Collection includes a photocopy of manuscript "An Act to Incorporate the City of Portland," circa 1850-1864, and a photocopy of manuscript "A Bill to Incorporate the City of Portland," before incorporation act of 1854.

Dates: circa 1850-1864

Randle family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1674
Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, genealogy, legal documents, warrants, diaries, ledgers, photographs and memorabilia belonging to members of the Randle family of Oregon.

Dates: 1836-1979

Guy E. Reynolds family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2869
Abstract

Small collection of family papers, a substantial portion of which are legal documents relating to the marriage and divorce of Guy E. Reynolds and Anna Wright Reynolds, and to birth records of Anna Reynolds. Also included are a diary of John Reynolds, circa 1874, and a handwritten recipe book.

Dates: 1874-1943