correspondence
Found in 814 Collections and/or Records:
Robert W. Denney family papers
Collection includes legal documents, among which is the will of Robert W. Denney; correspondence; land survey and ownership documents; and genealogical information. Family members mentioned include Amos Harvey Denney, Prudence Denney, Arthur L. Denney, and Matthew Patton and Polly Patton.
Carl Denton papers
Collection includes correspondence, 1919-1925, regarding Carl Denton's career as conductor for the Portland Symphony Orchestra and resignation in 1925. Also included are miscellaneous correspondence and documents relating to the orchestra, including its constitution and bylaws, circa 1922.
Deschutes River Scenic Waterway Advisory Task Force records
The Deschutes River Scenic Waterway Advisory Task Force was formed in 1980 by the state of Oregon in response to concerns about the increased use of the river by recreational boaters. Records (1977-1982) include correspondence, meeting agendas and handouts, press releases, memos, newspaper articles, reports, legal documents, regulatory information, public hearing reports, and a visitor use study.
Devers family papers
Papers and images relating to the Devers and Plagemann families. Henry d'Evers emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1858. His son, Arthur H. Devers (1858-1944), was a businessman in Portland, Oregon, and president of Closset & Devers. Arthur H. Devers' granddaughter Jean Elizabeth Plagemann (1909-1978) was the 1932 Oregon Women's Golf Association champion.
William H. Dierdorff collection
Collection includes a manuscript letter written from English Camp, Cultus Lake, Idaho, with ink and color pencil sketches entitled "Pend d'Oreille Country"; an ink and watercolor sketch of Weeksville, Montana; a sketchbook with pencil and ink Pacific Northwest scenes; and an autograph book containing pencil and ink sketch of Tillamook Bay, Oregon.
William Dills papers
William Dills (1878-1932) was a popular stage actor in Portland, Oregon, and a member of the Baker Theatre Stock Company. Papers include an advertisement for the Baker Theatre company, with head shots of members including Dills, 1911; a manuscript fan letter, 1927; photos of Louise Dills, his wife, 1914, taken in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, and of her mother's house in Multnomah, Oregon, undated; photocopy newspaper clipping, circa 1927, about Dills' acting career.
John Buel Dimick papers
John Buel Dimick (1840-1903) was a member of the Company B Volunteer Cavalry and later the Oregon Infantry during the Civil War, and a state senator from Marion County from 1887 to 1890. Collection includes correspondence with his wife, Almira Dimick, during his time in the military; business correspondence; political correspondence and speeches; and correspondence with various family members.
Walter R. Dimm papers
Correspondence, orders, rosters, reports, and maps related to Walter R. Dimm's military service during World War I.
Elmer Perry Dodd papers
Mary V. Dodge papers
Papers of and relating to Mary V. Dodge (1876-1954), a violin teacher who lived in Portland, Oregon, and Burns, Oregon. In the 1910s, she founded the Sagebrush Symphony in Burns; she later led the Irvington School Orchestra in Portland, which became the Portland Junior Symphony (later the Portland Youth Philharmonic).