reminiscences
Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:
Laurette Kenney collection on the amphibious vehicle Laurette
Collection consists of Laurette Kenney's typescript reminiscences of meeting Myron E. Howe, the inventor of an amphibious vehicle, and the naming of the second model Laurette. Also included are clippings, photos, brochures, and other ephemera about the Laurette and the Lottafun Amusement Company.
Robert J. Koshland reminiscences
Manuscript reminiscences of Robert J. Koshland, regarding the wool industry in Oregon and his business, J. Koshland & Co., which liquidated in 1929.
James A. Larned papers
Papers of and relating to James A. Larned, including correspondence and forms relating to employment; reminiscences; genealogical information; and a handwritten notebook regarding railroad policies. Larned (1877-1969) worked as a telegraph operator and later as a claims agent for the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Turner F. Levens reminiscences
Manuscript reminiscences by Turner F. Levens of early days in the Cascade Range, including the Cascades Massacre on March 26, 1856, during the Yakama War; the Oregon Steam Navigation Company's Cascades portage railway; and family genealogy.
Little Girl in Wallowa Country
Reminiscences of Delight C. Wiebe (nee Clawson, 1905-1986) about her childhood near Enterprise, Oregon, and in Elgin, Oregon, retyped by her daughter Rose Mary Schuette. Wiebe lived in eastern Oregon in the 1910s.
Fred Lockley reminiscences and letters
Fred Lockley (1871-1958) was a well-known columnist for the Oregon Journal. Collection consists of reminiscences, notes and stories, circa 1920-1940, regarding Oregon pioneers, including the Lane family, and steamboating in the Pacific Northwest.
Gordon G. Macnab papers
Mary E. Marsh reminiscences
Manuscript reminiscences of Mary E. Marsh, who came to Oregon with her family as a child, about the Whitman killings and her subsequent imprisonment by a group of Liksiyu (Cayuse) people for one month.
Marshall family papers
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.
Mary Gay Cogswell Cemetery collection
Collection includes typescript extract from the diary of Martha Ann Gay Masterson, 1851, regarding the overland journey of the Gay family and the establishment of the Mary Gay Cogswell Cemetery outside Eugene, Oregon; and biographies of pioneers buried in the cemetery, including Martin Baker Gay, Mary Gay Cogswell, and members of the Campbell family.