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Found in 139 Collections and/or Records:

Bowman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2861
Abstract Materials of and relating to members of the Bowman family, particularly Dan Bowman, Kathryn Bowman, Isabella Enke (nee Bowman), and her husband, Elwood F. Enke. Collection includes correspondence; military papers of Dan Bowman; and financial documents, contracts, deeds, and agreements. The legal and financial documents include a lease agreement between the Wickwire Spencer Steel Company and Dan Bowman for a warehouse in Portland, specifications for the warehouse by architect L. L. Dougan,...
Dates: circa 1908-1952
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Bowman family papers

John W. Brazee family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2837
Abstract Collection includes correspondence, mainly to Morton Insley, 1869-1937; compositions and autograph book of Minnie Biles Brazee, circa 1871-1900; will and estate inventory of John Brazee, 1887; baptism certificate of Fannie Brazee, 1878; and issues of "The Plant Record" from the Willamette Iron & Steel Works, 1919. Morton Insley worked as a salesman for Ames and Harris Co. of Portland and later for Willamette Iron & Steel. He was married to Fannie Brazee, daughter of John W. Brazee...
Dates: 1869-1937
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / John W. Brazee family papers

Briggs family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2117
Abstract

Papers include donation land claims and accounts for Jarvis Briggs, 1847-1856; deposition of Francis W. Pettygrove, 1858, regarding the character of Albert Briggs; agreement between Aurelia Briggs and Seth Markham, 1863, regarding sawmill rights.

Dates: 1847-1863
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Briggs family papers

John W. Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2717
Abstract

Collection includes citizenship papers and estate papers for John W. Brown's father, Thomas Brown; and a manuscript diary regarding masonry work done on the Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon, and other buildings.

Dates: 1860-1910
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / John W. Brown papers

William G. Buffum papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2118
Abstract

Miscellaneous manuscript correspondence, receipts, bills, notes, and legal documents of a farmer and merchant in Yamhill County, Oregon.

Dates: 1850-1885
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / William G. Buffum papers

Dan Wyman Burnside papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2061
Abstract

Collection consists of Oath of Master, D. W. Burnside, for the steamer Active, Canemah, Oregon, December 11, 1865. Dan Wyman Burnside was born in Vermont in 1825. He came to Oregon by way of California in 1852, and settled in Portland.

Dates: 1865 December 11
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Dan Wyman Burnside papers

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
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / J. Elliott Busey collection on Marjorie Smith

William Bybee papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2139
Abstract

Collection consists of an account book of the Bybee & Newman mine and other accounts, 1881-1883; chattel mortgage from Bybee to William Kahler, 1883; blank William Bybee mine gross production report, 1887; Bybee and C. Decker accounts, 1887. William Bybee owned and operated a placer mine in Josephine County and built one of the largest mining ditches in Southern Oregon.

Dates: 1881-1887
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / William Bybee papers

Thomas Carter papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2121
Abstract

Manuscript statement of facts related to the history of the land claim of Thomas Carter in Portland, Oregon, circa 1850-1900.

Dates: circa 1850-1900
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Thomas Carter papers

Finice Caruthers estate papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1407
Abstract

Collection includes court documents; deposition of Joseph Thomas, 1871, regarding the legitimacy of his son, Finice Caruthers; and a record book, 1 volume, regarding the administration of the estate. Finice Caruthers was the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Caruthers, who died in 1860 without heirs.

Dates: circa 1870-1875
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Finice Caruthers estate papers

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