correspondence
Found in 781 Collections and/or Records:
Medorem and John D. Crawford papers
Papers of and relating to Medorem Crawford (1819-1891) and his brother John D. Crawford (1824-1877). Medorem Crawford emigrated to Oregon in 1842, held a number of political offices, and commanded military escorts for emigrants to Oregon during the U.S. Civil War. John D. Crawford emigrated to Oregon in 1847, served as a commissary officer during the Cayuse War, and worked in the mercantile business in Champoeg, Oregon, in the 1850s.
Arthur L. Crookham papers
Collection includes correspondence regarding Oregon history; letters and literature regarding old age and Arthur L. Crookham's participation with the State Council on Aging; material regarding I-205 and East Portland, political issues, and personal matters, school notebooks, and Progressive Party literature.
Jesse A. Currey papers
George L. Curry correspondence relating to the Yakima War and the Rogue River War
Correspondence of Oregon Territorial Governor George L. Curry (1820-1878) relating to the Yakima War and the Rogue River War of 1855-1856. Most of the correspondence, which relates to raising and supplying volunteers or to military orders, consists of drafts or office copies written on Curry's behalf by Benjamin Stark (1820-1898), who acted as Curry's aide-de-camp.
Caleb Cushing collection
Collection consists of an inventory of papers of Caleb Cushing held at the Library of Congress, with notes and remarks; typescript correspondence about the Cushing papers; and photostat and typescript copies of correspondence pertaining to Oregon in the Cushing papers.
Czech Society of Oregon records
Records, dating from 1916 to 2019, of the Czech Society of Oregon and preceding or related organizations such as the Czech National Alliance, Telocvincny Jednota Sokol, the Czech Ladies Society, and National Czechoslovak Conference of America. The Czech Society was based in Portland, Oregon.
D. P. Thompson Company records
Collection includes correspondence, financial records and legal documents of the D. P. Thompson Company, regarding investments and properties of David P. Thompson's estate; personal correspondence to Mary Relief Thompson, wife of David P. Thompson; and microfilm of letters sent to David P. Thompson from family members in Cadiz, Ohio. Thompson (1834-1901) was a businessman and mayor of Portland, Oregon.
O. Edward Dagner papers
Collection consists of papers of O. Edward Dagner, an automotive engineer and maintenance specialist of the Office of Defense Transportation, Portland district, 1942-1944. The papers include correspondence; truck operating cost estimates, particularly for logging truck costs in Oregon and California; and speeches, including radio broadcasts of the Office of Defense Transportation.
William Foster Dalton papers
William Foster Dalton (1874-1955) was a Yorkshireman who began sailing in 1889. His travels took him to Seattle, Tacoma, San Francisco, and Oregon. Collection includes typescript letter from Phyllis Hester, Dalton's daughter, offering Dalton's autobiography to "Country Life," a British gardening and country living magazine; a manuscript summary of the autobiography by Kenneth Holmes; and microfilm of a manuscript book, "Wanderer's Life: an Autobiography," by Dalton.
Davidson Baking Company records
Collection includes correspondence and advertising, 1938-1967; labor agreements, correspondence and reports, 1937-1968; correspondence and plans regarding plant construction and improvement, 1948-1966; accountant's reports, 1918-1920 and 1934-1936; and tax forms, 1938-1955.