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correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 789 Collections and/or Records:

Bernard B. Kliks papers relating to Minoru Yasui and University of Oregon Law School reunions

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 920
Abstract

Correspondence between Bernard B. Kliks (1915-2001) and Minoru Yasui (1916-1986), clippings about Yasui compiled by Kliks, and Kliks' correspondence regarding reunions of the University of Oregon Law School class of 1939. Kliks was an attorney in Portland, Oregon; he and Yasui attended the University of Oregon Law School together. Yasui was a Japanese American lawyer who challenged the constitutionality of a curfew placed on Japanese Americans during World War II.

Dates: circa 1938-1993

Dorothy Knittel letter about windstorm in Portland

 Collection
Identifier: Coll857
Abstract

Letter from Dorothy Knittel to Robert W. Jorg, in which she describes her experiences in a windstorm the previous day. The windstorm blew from Washington State to the San Francisco Bay Area, reaching gusts over 70 miles per hour in the Willamette Valley and causing property damage and power outages in the Portland area.

Dates: 1945 December 5

Antti Kopra papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 993
Abstract

Papers of Antti Kopra (1890-1968), primarily relating to his attempts to purchase property in Portland, Oregon, during World War II. Kopra was a Finnish American who spent the majority of his adult life in Butte, Montana, but briefly lived in Portland during World War II.

Dates: 1941-1944

Franklin F. Korell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2197
Abstract

Franklin F. Korell was an Oregon state representative from 1921 to 1922 and a United States congressman from 1927 to 1931. Papers include correspondence, 1931-1959, regarding editorials on the Pact of Paris; military leave of absence, 1918; speeches, 1921, regarding the Pact of Paris, postal reform, agriculture, veterans legislation and national defense; and election materials, circa 1930.

Dates: 1918-1959

Bob Kouns and Dee Dee Kouns papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll823
Abstract

Papers of Bob Kouns and Dee Dee Kouns, primarily relating to their organization Crime Victims United and their activism in the anti-crime movement. Bob Kouns and Dee Dee Kouns were Portland, Oregon, residents who, following the murder of their daughter, became active in lobbying for crime victims' rights and mandatory sentencing laws during the 1980s and 1990s.

Dates: 1973-2017; Majority of material found within 1982-2007

Edward John Kraenick papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1483
Abstract

Edward John Kraenick was the owner of Portland Electrotype and Stereotype Company, Portland, Oregon. Collection includes personal and business correspondence, 1936-1945; manuscript investment record book, 1926-1930; miscellaneous song lyrics, greeting cards, sketches, and other ephemera.

Dates: 1926-1945

KWJJ and KPRA records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 978
Abstract

Records relating to the AM radio station KWJJ and the FM radio station KPRA, both of Portland, Oregon. KWJJ was founded in 1927 by Wilbur J. Jerman (1901-2004). KPRA was an FM station that KWJJ owned, and which operated in the late 1940s and early 1950s; it was the third FM station established in Portland.

Dates: 1947-1948

Kyrk family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll489
Abstract

Papers and photographs of the Kyrk family and related families. William Wallace Kyrk and Margaret Tennant Kyrk emigrated from Nebraska to Portland, Oregon, in 1889. Members of the Kyrk family lived in Portland, Oregon; Clackamas County, Oregon; Marion County, Oregon; and Pendleton, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1855-2015

La Creole Academic Institute records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1631
Abstract

La Creole Academic Institute was incorporated by the legislature on January 28, 1856, as a university. Collection includes act to establish LaCreole by the Oregon legislature, 1856; wills of John H. Robb and Albert Tebbetts, bequeathing property to La Creole, 1861 and 1863; quitclaim deeds, 1914; correspondence, notices, documents of dissolution, 1958; and memorabilia.

Dates: 1856-1959

Lafayette, Oregon records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2935
Abstract

Collection consists of government records for the town of Lafayette, Oregon, including poll books, treasurer's reports, recorder's reports, and correspondence.

Dates: 1921-1925