correspondence
Found in 818 Collections and/or Records:
Jagger family papers
Collection includes certificates, diaries, correspondence and other papers belonging primarily to Benjamin Jagger, his daughter Minnie Jagger, and his grandson George Day. Benjamin Jagger (1822-1904) married Ann W. Wrigley in 1852. Their children were Louis Jagger, Frank Jagger, Minnie Jagger (later Minnie Vonderahe) and Olive Jagger (later Olive Day). George Day was their grandson.
James G. Blaine Society collection
Collection includes correspondence, membership lists, publicity and ephemera regarding the James G. Blaine Society; studies, reports and newspaper clippings regarding the Oregon tourist industry. The aim of the society was to discourage the overpopulation of Oregon.
Berryman Jennings papers
Papers of and relating to Berryman Jennings (1807-1888), primarily correspondence relating to his role as quartermaster during the Cayuse War. Jennings emigrated to Oregon in 1847, helped build the steamer Lot Whitcomb, and was the first grand master of the Oregon Masonic Lodge. The town Jennings Lodge, Oregon, is named for him.
Jim W. Fisher Ranch records
Jim W. Fisher (born 1873) began a sheep and cattle ranch in Shaniko, Oregon, in 1900. Collection includes correspondence, primarily regarding grazing permits, land and financial transactions; financial and tax records, including account books and receipts; contracts and grazing permits; records of brands; and documents regarding ranching operations.
John Henry Johnson papers
Photocopies of two original letters and a diary of John Henry Johnson (1838-1940), a Civil War veteran from Illinois who moved to Oregon in 1883. The letters were written to Johnson's sister, Mary E. Warren, in 1863 and 1865; the diary, written during the Civil War, includes entries from October 1864-May 1865.
Kirke E. Johnson letters
Manuscript letters, 1897-1899, primarily to Kirke E. Johnson's mother in Wisconsin, regarding his experiences as a telephone line construction worker, surveyor and prospector in Alaska and British Columbia during the 1898 gold rush.
Norman D. Johnson papers
Papers of Norman D. Johnson consist of correspondence; bills and receipts; a birth certificate; papers, publications, and ephemera related to the YMCA and the LTL Societies, as well as miscellaneous ephemera; and materials related to animation and to Walt Disney Productions.
Vivian A. Johnson correspondence
Vivian A. Johnson (1912-1977) was a Portland native and professor of physics at Purdue University. Collection includes correspondence to family and friends.
Johnston Propeller Works records
Records include business correspondence, 1895-1928; citizenship declaration of John H. Johnston, 1882; correspondence book, 1922-1928; receipts and bills; propeller plans; and newspaper clippings.
Webster Jones papers
Webster Jones (born 1904) was a book collector, a graduate of the University of Oregon, and the first aviation editor at the Oregonian newspaper in Portland. This unprocessed collection includes correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks and ephemera on subjects including Webster Jones' father, Frank G. Jones, and Charles N. Kessler; diaries of Lillian Gilstrap regarding her trips across North America in the 1920s and 1930s; and scrapbooks relating to aviation history in the Pacific Northwest.