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correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 811 Collections and/or Records:

Muslim Community Center of Portland records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll813
Abstract

Records of the Muslim Community Center of Portland, 1971-2018, including papers relating to Imam Mikal Shabazz and Imam Muhammad A. Najieb.

Dates: 1971-2018

J. F. Muttray letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2367
Abstract

Collection consists of manuscript and typescript correspondence, 1918-1919, to Mabel Arthur from J. F. Muttray in Burges, France, regarding army life, reminiscences of Portland, Oregon, and souvenirs.

Dates: 1918-1919

Frank S. Myers papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1403
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, 1913-1920, of Fred S. Myers with William H. Hornibrook, George E. Chamberlain, William G. McAdoo, Harry Lane, and Daniel C. Roper. Myers was the postmaster of Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1913-1920

Marie Namba letter to June Clark about incarceration at Portland Assembly Center

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1072
Abstract Handwritten letter from Marie Namba (later Marie Asai, 1923-2012) to a former teacher, June Clark (later June Burke, 1917-2018). Namba wrote the letter while incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, a detention camp that was established by the U.S. government at the site of the Portland International Livestock Exposition in Portland, Oregon, in the spring of 1942. The government detained Japanese American residents of Oregon at the center before transferring them to long-term...
Dates: 1942 May 13

National Federation of Music Clubs (Oregon) records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2781
Abstract

The Oregon branch of the National Federation of Music Clubs sponsored National Music Week, Junior Music Festivals and scholarships for students and special programs. Collection includes minutes; correspondence; documents regarding festivals and conventions; administrative records; and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1964-1986

Native Daughters of Oregon records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 772
Abstract

Records include manuscript letters to the Native Daughters of Oregon Elizabeth Thurston Odell Cabin No. 8, 5 pages, 1901; a manuscript journal of Elizabeth Thurston Odell Cabin No. 8; printed ephemera; and receipts.

Dates: 1899-1901

Roscoe Nelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2848
Abstract

Roscoe Nelson (1879-1937) was a lawyer and businessman. He graduated from Virginia Law School and moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1911. He was a member of Congregation Beth Israel and was active in Jewish societies and civic organizations. Collection includes correspondence; legal papers; Anti-Semitism speeches and articles; Jewish community material; Tualatin Country Club correspondence, rosters, etc.; financial papers; documents relating to Kelly Process, Inc.; and a scrapbook.

Dates: 1897-1956

George Lemon Newell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2550
Abstract

George Lemon Newell (1878-1973) was a member of the 14th Infantry, Company F, 1898-1900. Collection includes photocopy documents relating to Newell's military service, 1899-1901; correspondence, primarily to his mother, 1898-1901, regarding his experiences during the Spanish-American War in the Philippines and during the Boxer Rebellion; and a biographical sketch.

Dates: 1898-1976; Majority of material found within 1898-1901

Robert Newell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1197
Abstract

Papers of Robert Newell (1807-1869), a trapper, emigrant to Oregon, and Indian agent. Includes a typescript copy of Newell's diary of an 1868 voyage from Portland, Oregon, to Washington, D.C., with Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) leaders; handwritten copies of letters regarding William Gray's "History of Oregon"; and Newell's account of the 1843 meeting at Champoeg, which formed the provisional government of the Oregon Territory. Only a small number of the items are original documents.

Dates: 1829-1868

Marjorie Newhouse collection of materials relating to A. E. Doyle

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 362
Abstract

Papers and photographs of and relating to Albert E. Doyle (1877-1928), an architect from Portland, Oregon, and his family. Materials include photographs of buildings that Doyle designed, correspondence, a combination diary and sketchbook that Doyle kept while traveling in Europe, and biographical and genealogical materials. The collection was compiled by Doyle's granddaughter Marjorie Newhouse (1933-2015).

Dates: 1864-2000