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correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 807 Collections and/or Records:

Leah C. Menefee collection on Thomas W. Scott

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 762
Abstract

Typescript correspondence, with photocopy documents, between Leah C. Menefee of Eugene, Oregon, and various county and state archives, documenting a case of mistaken identity of a man, Thomas W. Scott, who died of a gunshot accident in Wasco, Oregon, on June 14, 1864.

Dates: 1864-1965

Phil Metschan family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 882
Abstract

Papers of the family of Phil Metschan, Oregon state treasurer and owner of the Imperial Hotel in Portland. Materials include diaries, notebooks, correspondence, ephemera, certificates, 1930 election materials, and a scrapbook. Family members represented include Phil Metschan, Phil Metschan, Jr., Marie C. Metschan, Anna Metschan Cattanach, and Lillian and Jesse Evans Flanders.

Dates: 1855-1963; Majority of material found within 1880-1925

Frank J. Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2238
Abstract

Frank J. Miller was a state senator from Albany in the Oregon Legislature, commissioner of the Railroad Commission of Oregon, and chairman of the Public Service Commission of Oregon, 1916-1917. Collection includes membership cards, tickets, ID cards, and other ephemera, 1904-1917; correspondence and documents, 1904-1913, regarding Masonic activities; newspaper clippings, circa 1900-1914, regarding his nomination as railroad commissioner and his Masonic activities.

Dates: circa 1900-1917

Miller Freeman Publications, Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2905
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, reports and articles, circa 1922-1953; plans for lumber equipment, circa 1919-1953; and charts, maps, graphs, etc., 1919-1953, regarding the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: circa 1919-1953

John F. Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2297
Abstract

Papers of John F. Miller (1825-1901), consisting of a muster roll for a volunteer mounted company he led, a letter about medicinal plants used by Native people, and a quitclaim deed. Miller was a U.S. Army officer and an early emigrant to Oregon. He led a volunteer company against Native peoples of the Rogue River Valley in 1853, served in the Oregon Territorial Legislature, worked briefly as an Indian agent, and fought in the Modoc War.

Dates: 1853-1886

Hazel Mills papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2984
Abstract Hazel Mills worked at the library of the University of Washington, the Oregon State Library and the Washington State Library. She authored and co-authored several books on Pacific Northwest history and was working on a biography of Frances Fuller Victor when she became incapacitated by illness. A nearly complete draft of her book on Victor makes up a significant portion of the collection. Other materials include diaries and appointment books; personal correspondence and greeting cards;...
Dates: circa 1950-1989

Juanita Minard letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2295
Abstract

Manuscript letters to Juanita Minard from John C. Hanan and John Fitzhugh, written from jail. Also included is a manuscript invitation to a ball from Fitzhugh.

Dates: 1864-1867

Mizuta family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2636
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera, primarily relating to the Mizuta family's incarceration at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming; clearance for family members to leave the incarceration center to operate a farm; and family members' military service during the war. Family members represented in the collection include Fred Mizuta, George Mizuta, Haruye Izuta, Ito Mizuta, and Nobuo Mizuta.

Dates: 1941-1947

Richard Ward Montague papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2953
Abstract

Papers of Richard Ward Montague of Portland, Oregon, including materials relating to Richard Ward Montague's wife, Ellen Barton Montague, and to other members of the Montague and Barton families. Materials include correspondence; articles, essays, and speeches; documents and certificates; and scrapbook items. The correspondence in the collection includes letters from Rabbi Stephen S. Wise to Richard Ward Montague.

Dates: 1820-1985; Majority of material found within 1820-1953

Henry Moorhead Montgomery papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2298
Abstract

Henry Moorhead Montgomery (1863-1932) was a contractor and insurance agent in Portland, Oregon. Papers include business correspondence, 1888-1927, regarding a suit for timber lands, construction of Heceta Head Light Station at Florence, Oregon, appointment as a civil servant, and the location of the federal Customs House in Portland, Oregon. Also included is manuscript personal correspondence, 1891-1893, with John H. Mitchell and George W. McBride.

Dates: 1888-1927