Historical and architectural research notes on early Portland, Oregon, buildings, by Joseph Armstrong Baird, Jr., 1963. Includes notes on the Pioneer Post Office, the New Market Block, and the Dekum Block.

Papers include notes and correspondence regarding rivers and streams of Oregon and the Oregon State Fair. Addison Bennett (1845-1924) was editor of the Oregon Irrigator, the first newspaper in Irrigon, Oregon, and was for many years a staff writer for the Oregonian.

Collection consists of typescript notes and research, circa 1950-1976, for William N. Bischoff's edited and annotated "We Were Not Summer Soldiers: the Indian War Diary of Plympton J. Kelly, 1855-56."

Materials compiled by author Harry C. Blair regarding the life, family, and career of Colonel Edward C. Baker, including his friendship with Abraham Lincoln. The materials include notes, photographs, and correspondence.

Collection includes research notes and correspondence regarding Harry C. Blair's work on a biography of Colonel Edward Baker, which he co-authored with Rebecca Tarshis, and on Dr. Anson G. Henry.

Jay Bowerman (1876-1957) was a Republican attorney, Oregon state representative for Gilliam County, and acting governor of Oregon, 1910-1911. Papers include correspondence regarding his activities in support of Republican candidates, his law practice and family; correspondence and research notes for a proposed history of eastern Oregon bench and bar; newspaper clippings and political ephemera regarding campaigns; and a scrapbook regarding the 1909 Oregon Legislature.

Collection includes photocopy correspondence and notes regarding the geology of the Columbia Gorge.

Collection includes scrapbooks; Astoria High School diploma, 1940; and newspaper clippings and research notes regarding steamboats, the Columbia River Bar Pilots Association, steamboat captains, and maritime laws.

Papers of a journalist who worked in Oregon and Washington state and specialized in environmental reporting. The collection includes personal information, early student essays, travel essays, poetry, articles published in newspapers and magazines, and material for three books. Included are background sources and notes to support articles and books.

Bernard Eubanks was a pencil artist and "outhouse" humorist. Collection includes research notes, manuscripts and drawings for his book "The Story of the Pump," circa 1970-1971.