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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:

Hall Stoner Lusk papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2640
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence; opinions; minutes; reports; newspaper clippings; speeches on legal cases, political and professional activities, and educational and religious interests. Hall Stoner Lusk (1883-1983) was a lawyer and judge who served on the Multnomah County Circuit Court, on the Oregon Supreme Court, and briefly in the United States Senate.

Dates: 1899-1972

Lyon Lumber Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1720
Abstract

The Lyon Lumber Co. owned timber lands in Linn County, Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, deeds, abstracts of title, minutes, accounts, stock certificates, ledgers and registers regarding land in Oregon and Louisiana.

Dates: 1892-1946

M. Seller & Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1297
Abstract

Collection includes records of M. Seller & Company, a crockery and glassware business that opened in Portland, Oregon, in 1859. Records include business correspondence, 1875-1904; legal papers, 1900-1905; financial records, 1864-1900; inventory book, 1910; advertisements; samples of correspondence and other forms; and ephemera.

Dates: 1864-1910

Willis E. Mahoney papers regarding a debt to Scott Bullitt

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2502
Abstract

Willis Mahoney (June 13, 1895-June 2, 1968) was a frequently controversial mayor of Klamath Falls, serving two terms in 1930s. Scott Bullitt was a lawyer, aspiring politician and prominent Democrat who died of liver cancer in 1932. Collection consists of correspondence and other documents regarding a debt of $5,000 owed to Bullitt that Mahoney was unable to pay, and legal action brought by Dorothy S. Bullitt, Scott Bullitt's widow, in an attempt to collect.

Dates: 1931-1951

Maier-Bettingen Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1708
Abstract

The Maier-Bettingen Company was a clothier in The Dalles, Oregon. Collection includes ledgers, minute book, cash books, order books, inventories, and legal documents.

Dates: 1877-1933

Marks, Saul & Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1380
Abstract

Unprocessed collection that includes business records, correspondence, legal documents, receipts, shipping manifests, and ephemera, 1856-1882.

Dates: 1856-1882

Marshall family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2888
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, reminiscences, documents, genealogical information and obituaries regarding the Marshall and Seaman families. Family members mentioned include Earl Marshall, Lou Marshall, Lavella Marshall, Norman Seaman and Albert Brownell. Earl Andrew Marshall (1889-1958) and C. L. (Lou) Marshall (1887-1957) were descendants of Samantha Jane Waldran, an Oregon pioneer of 1852 from Iowa. The Marshall brothers had an engineering firm in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1894-1942

Nehemiah Martin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2312
Abstract

Photocopy donation land claim, Yamhill County, Oregon, January 18, 1866, and photocopy manuscript patent, August 14, 1878.

Dates: 1866-1878

John McCraken papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2540
Abstract

Colonel John McCraken (1826-1915) came to Oregon in 1850, and was a businessman, U.S. marshal, and state legislator. Collection includes a ledger with accounts for the McCraken-Ripley Company; receipts and inventories; and correspondence and contracts regarding the Portland, Nehalem and Tillamook Railway Company.

Dates: 1886-1945

Stephen Mead Estate papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1765
Abstract

Stephen Mead was a businessman and property owner in Portland, Oregon. Papers include correspondence; business and financial papers, including leases; abstract titles, mortgages, deeds, building and realty appraisals; and blueprints of Mead Estate holdings.

Dates: 1867-1950