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correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 788 Collections and/or Records:

Isom Cranfill papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1416
Abstract

Papers include a bound manuscript notebook of Isom Cranfill, 1 volume, no date, containing sermons, family history, memoirs, including overland journey to Oregon country, 1847, early Oregon Baptist church history, copies of letters from others on religious subjects, and list of churches, with memberships, all over the country, a few in the West. Also in the collection are manuscript letters from Cranfill to his children and grandchildren, 1868-1877.

Dates: 1868-1877

Crater Lake, Oregon collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2130
Abstract

Collection consists of manuscript and typescript copy extracts from Oregon newspapers, 1862-1896, regarding early exploration of the Crater Lake, Oregon area; manuscript and typescript copies of letters to the editor, 1874-1933, giving first-hand accounts of explorations of Crater Lake, Oregon, by William K. Kuykendall, E. W. Hammond, Orson A. Stearns, etc.

Dates: 1862-1958

Medorem and John D. Crawford papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 191
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1842-1903; Majority of material found within 1842-1878

Arthur L. Crookham papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1419
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1911-1965

Jesse A. Currey papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2803
Abstract Jesse Albert Currey (1873-1927) was sales manager for the Portland district of Trussed Concrete Steel Co. He also wrote a column about gardening and founded the International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings relating to the Portland Rose Society, Rose Test Garden, and the Portland Rose Festival, as well as clippings of Currey's "In My Garden" column and others relating to his business and volunteer activities. Also included...
Dates: 1909-1952

George L. Curry correspondence relating to the Yakima War and the Rogue River War

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 895
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1855 October-1856 May 29

Caleb Cushing collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1077
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1843-1964

Czech Society of Oregon records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll818
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1916-2019

D. P. Thompson Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1681
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1853-1969

O. Edward Dagner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1295
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1926-1944