legal documents
Found in 139 Collections and/or Records:
Rose City Transit Company records
Collection consists of correspondence, 1941-1967, memoranda, reports, court records and statistical data regarding the Rose City Transit Company; Portland Railway, Light, and Power Company; Portland Railway Company; and Portland Traction Company.
David C. H. Rothschild papers
Papers include photocopy manuscript agreements between David C. H. Rothschild and Captain George H. Werks, 1876, for a grain shipment, and Henry A. Webster, 1879, for rations; photocopy manuscript bond between Rothschild and Webster, 1880; photocopy manuscript list of vessels with names of captains and destinations.
Joseph S. Ruckel papers
Papers of Joseph S. Ruckel, who was part owner of the Oregon Transportation Line and director of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, include legal documents, some relating to the Cascades portage railroad; receipts; and promissory notes.
Thomas Gough Ryan papers
Collection includes legal documents and correspondence regarding immigrants (including Chinese), labor, politics, transportation, Portland bridges, lumbering, Thomas Ryan Gough's activities during World War II, and various misdemeanor and felony cases.
Francis R. Schanck collection on the Idaho Power Company
Collection includes correspondence, reports, clippings, and miscellaneous documents and ephemera, 1949-1954, regarding the controversy over development of Snake River-Hells Canyon region.
Steven R. Schell papers
Documents relating to cases that Portland lawyer Steven R. Schell worked on in the areas of environmental law, land use, energy, real estate, and construction in Oregon.
Shaver Transportation Company records
Records include minutes, 1893-1930; bills of sale of enrolled vessels, 1893-1933; history of the Shaver Transportation Company, 1893-1959; plan of proposed boat mooring; history of Shaver Forwarding Co. and Tidewater-Shaver Barge Lines, 1932-1943.
Shaw, Newbill and Stevens family papers
Collection includes photocopy genealogical documents, correspondence, legal documents, land deeds and ephemera collected by Minnie G. Stevens (nee Shaw), wife of Jasper Stevens, regarding the Shaw, Stevens and Newbill families.
John M. Shively papers
Papers of John M. Shively (1804-1893), an emigrant to Oregon and first postmaster of Astoria. Papers include correspondence, legal documents related to land sales, an 1853 diary, historical essays and other writings, genealogical materials, information on the U.S-British controversy over the Oregon Territory, and papers of Shively's son, Charles W. Shively.
Milton Smith Wirt papers
Papers of a lawyer and civic leader of Portland, Oregon. Includes extensive correspondence relating to land claims, real estate controversies, and tax delinquencies, as well as correspondence and financial documents relating to the Library Association of Portland, the Multnomah Law Library, the Portland Free Kindergarten Association, the Oregon Historical Society, and other organizations and business concerns. Also includes ephemera and personal financial documents.