correspondence
Found in 820 Collections and/or Records:
Merriman Holtz papers
Merriman Holtz (1901-1958) was born in Portland, Oregon. He founded Film Adettes in 1931 and served as a consultant on the distribution of movies promoting war bond sales during World War II. Collection includes memoranda, film synopses, correspondence, speeches, and ephemera regarding the work of 16mm film distributors and exhibitors in promoting bond sales during the sixth and seventh War Loan drives.
Nan Wood Honeyman papers
The collection consists of scrapbooks, personal and political correspondence, clippings, invitations and announcements, pamphlets, and ephemera of Nan Wood Honeyman, the first woman from Oregon to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives (Democrat, 1937-1938).
Edgar Horner account of the sinking of the S.S. Alaska and related materials
Edgar Horner's account of the sinking of the S.S. Alaska off Cape Mendocino, California, in 1921, and related newspaper clippings and a map. The Alaska was a steamship traveling from Portland, Oregon, to San Francisco, California, when it hit Blunt's Reef and sank, killing 42 people. Horner (1888-1974) was one of the surviving passengers.
J.H. Horner papers
Papers of a Wallowa County, Oregon, official and amateur historian, consisting primarily of a manuscript of his unpublished book "Wallowa River and Valley," as well as correspondence with Otis Halfmoon and other documents.
John B. Horner collection
Collection consists of materials by or belonging to John B. Horner that concern Oregon-related historical topics. These include diagrams and documents concerning the Kalapuya mounds; the text of an address Horner delivered to the Oregon Pioneer Association; and a letter from Gertrude Balch Ingalls with a biographical sketch of her brother, Frederic Homer Balch. Horner (1856-1933) taught English and history at Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University).
John Hotchkiss papers
John T. Hotchkiss was a bookstore manager and salesman for J.K. Gill & Co., a bookstore and stationer in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes scrapbook items, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and leaflets regarding Oregon authors and poets, J. K. Gill's "Poet's Corner," the Oregon Writer's League and poet Mary Carol Davies. Also included are newspaper clippings regarding J. K. Gill and various Oregon writers.
James Austin Howard papers
James Austin Howard (born 1871) was a realtor in Albany, Oregon. Papers include correspondence, insurance policies, ledgers, receipts, and bank books regarding real estate and other business topics.
William Howe letters
Manuscript letters from William Howe of Monmouth, Oregon, to his children and siblings, October 1871-June 1872, regarding the death of his daughter, Kate, news of crops and sheep, elections and smallpox.
Louis R. Huber papers
Louis R. Huber was a filmmaker and president of Northern Films in Seattle, Washington. Papers include correspondence, news clippings, photographs, scripts, legal agreements, receipts, brochures, film orders, news releases, menus, magazines, booklets, purchase orders, and invoices, as well as materials relating to the film "The Alaska Highway."