correspondence
Found in 788 Collections and/or Records:
Theodore J. Eckerson papers
Papers of Theodore J. Eckerson (1820-1906), primarily relating to his military career, but also including letters from Benjamin L. E. Bonneville (1796-1898) and Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). Eckerson, who emigrated to Oregon in 1849, was in the U.S. Army for most of his adult life. He fought in the Mexican-American War and, in the 1850s, supplied Euro-American volunteers who were fighting Native peoples in the Pacific Northwest.
Thomas Edison letter to W. H. Starbuck
Photostat manuscript letter from Thomas Edison to W. H. Starbuck, dated July 27, 1880, regarding lamps.
John Griffith Edwards papers
Mira H. Ehrman papers
Mira H. Ehrman (1892-1982) was a civic leader in Portland, Oregon. She was a Red Cross volunteer and a member of numerous organizations. Perhaps her most important contribution was the founding of and participation in Portland's USO in 1942. Collection includes correspondence, notes, awards and honors, biographical and autobiographical information and reports, primarily regarding her work with the United Service Organizations.
Richard H. Ekin papers
Collection includes account books of Richard Ekin, Salem, Oregon, 1845-1864, as well as correspondence and receipts, 1840-1879, including many letters from his mother, Jane Ekin, and a letter from his sister, Margaret Hurst, to his mother, 1879, regarding his death.
EKOMS letters to the editor of the Gold Beach Gazette
Typescript compilation of letters to the editor of the Gold Beach Gazette written by J. F. Kronenberg, Bandon, Oregon, under the pen name "EKOMS," circa 1898, on such varied subjects as dog ownership; Bandon, Oregon; women's suffrage; and local politics.
Ellendale Woolen Mills records
Collection includes a bound stock book, 1865-1878; correspondence between J. W. Nesmith and R. P. Boise, August-September 1866, regarding the mills and Bridesburg Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia; letters to R. P. Boise, Jr., 1914-1941; manuscript copies of correspondence between Nesmith and Bridesburg Manufacturing Co., 1866; and miscellaneous financial records.
Henry Elsing letters
Photocopy manuscript letters from Henry Elsing to his sister Mary, dated August 27 and September 11, 1887, written while he was traveling in the West, where he accepted an offer to teach at a school at the Vancouver Barracks, Washington Territory.
Carl Epping family papers
Edward Ermatinger papers
Photostatic reproductions and typescript copies of letters written to Edward Ermatinger (1797-1876) by Archibald McDonald, John Tod, and William Todd; and photostatic reproductions of Ermatinger's collection of songs sung by French-Canadian fur trappers ("Voyageurs"). Ermatinger was an employee for the Hudson's Bay Company from 1818 to 1828, and later was a postmaster, merchant, and banker in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.