correspondence
Found in 803 Collections and/or Records:
Laura Jenkins Landers and Susie Jenkins Stokes papers
Papers relating to Laura Jenkins Landers (1908-2009) and Susie Jenkins Stokes (1915-2003) and their families. The sisters were born in Sicily Island, Louisiana, and were among the Black workers who moved to the Portland, Oregon, area in the 1940s. They worked in the shipyards during World War II, and as domestic workers after the war.
Harry Lane papers
Papers relating to Harry Lane (1855-1917), who was mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1905-1909 and a U.S. senator for Oregon from 1913 until his death. Papers include a small amount of original correspondence from and to Lane; drafts and research materials for a biography by the Federal Writers' Project, circa 1940; news clippings about Lane; and writings and notes by Lane's daughter Nina Lane McBride (later Nina Lane Faubion).
Lang Syne Society records
Langerman family papers
Collection includes correspondence, 1908-1924, primarily of Fred Langerman, regarding stock and bond purchases and family news; "Junior Bible Stories" workbooks of Lucile Langerman; autograph book and dance card of Helen Langerman; and diplomas and certificates of Newton Langerman.
Charles Lanman collection on congressional biography
Correspondence from members of the U.S. Congress to Charles Lanman, providing him with their biographical information. Correspondents include Joseph Lane, John Rogers McBride, James Willis Nesmith, Joseph Showalter Smith, Benjamin Stark, and George Henry Williams.
James A. Larned papers
Papers of and relating to James A. Larned, including correspondence and forms relating to employment; reminiscences; genealogical information; and a handwritten notebook regarding railroad policies. Larned (1877-1969) worked as a telegraph operator and later as a claims agent for the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Latourette family papers
Collection includes financial records, ephemera, correspondence, and poetry, mostly of Lyman Ezra Latourette. The Latourette family settled in Oregon City in the late 1840s.
Carl Laub papers
Carl Laub (born 1898) came to Oregon at the age of 7, worked as a salesman, newspaperman, publisher, editor, and radio producer, and wrote the newspaper column "I Ain't Mad at Nobody." Collection includes drafts of a biography of Laub; radio show scripts for KUIK and KWJJ; writings, including Oregon histories, human interest, humor, poetry, news commentary, and Laub's column; and correspondence.
Samuel Laughlin letters
Photocopy manuscript correspondence to and from Samuel Laughlin and his family in Oregon, California, and Missouri, 1858-1867, regarding family news, crops, livestock, weather, and the Civil War.