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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 807 Collections and/or Records:

Oregon Social Hygiene Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1541
Abstract

Records of an Oregon social service organization that was founded in 1911, at the urging of the Young Men's Christian Association, to limit the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and to combat "social vices" such as prostitution, gambling, and childhood immorality. Most files were created by Fred B. Messing, who served as executive secretary from 1929 to 1941. Includes correspondence, subject files, minutes of meetings, financial records, and educational literature.

Dates: 1895-1960; Majority of material found within 1911-1940

Letters to the editor of the Oregon Spectator

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 943
Abstract

Collection includes two manuscript letters from Samuel R. Thurston, dated December 9, 1850, and January 16, 1851, the latter also containing a manuscript copy of a letter from William P. Bryant to William J. Brown, concerning the hand bill of John McLoughlin. Also included is a manuscript copy of a March 14, 1851, letter from Jesse Applegate.

Dates: 1850-1851

Oregon State Pharmaceutical Association records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2505
Abstract

Collection consists of correspondence, 1935-1937, regarding business matters, mostly from OSPA president Roy A. Perry; miscellaneous documents regarding the OSPA convention in Gearhart, Oregon, 1934-1935, including membership lists and a speech by Perry.

Dates: 1934-1937

Oregon Timber Transport Operators records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 392
Abstract

Records of a short-lived organization that was formed in 1951 to address concerns about logging truck safety on the Oregon's highways.

Dates: circa 1951-1957

Submissions for Oregon Trail Section of the Oregonian

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 740
Abstract

Letters and enclosed materials submitted to the Oregonian newspaper of Portland, Oregon, for potential inclusion in a special Oregon Trail Section, including family histories and genealogies. The Oregonian included the special section in its March 14, 1993, edition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Oregon Trail.

Dates: circa 1850-1993; Majority of material found within 1993 January-March

O'Reilly family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2970
Abstract

Collection includes diaries, scrapbooks, account books, correspondence, newspaper clippings, genealogy, photographs, memorabilia, certificates, legal documents, etc., of the O'Reilly family, including James Archbold O'Reilly and Anne O'Reilly, of Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1749-1999

Overlook Woman's Improvement Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6010
Abstract The Overlook Woman's Improvement Club was founded in 1913. It worked for the improvement of the Overlook District in Portland, Oregon, and cooperated in civic and philanthropic movements until 1964, when it was dissolved. Records include committee reports, the club's constitution and bylaws, agendas, correspondence, minutes, and resolutions. Materials also include yearbooks, directories and documentation of other women's clubs, and information relating to the club's involvement in and...
Dates: 1905-1964

Robert Owen letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1575
Abstract

Photocopies of correspondence of Robert Owen on the Oregon Question. Correspondents include J. M. Storms, also known as Cora Montgomery; Robert Dale Owen, his son; and Sir Robert Peel.

Dates: 1844-1846

Bethenia Owens-Adair papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 503
Abstract

Papers of Bethenia Owens-Adair (1840-1926), including letters from Jesse Applegate, a speech by Owens-Adair in support of women's suffrage, a pro-eugenics booklet by Owens-Adair, and a letter from Owens-Adair to Fred Lockley. Owens-Adair was one of the first women working as doctors in Oregon to hold a medical degree, and was active in the temperance, women's suffrage, and eugenics movements.

Dates: 1869-1921

John W. Owens papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2319
Abstract John W. Owens was a lecturer on phrenology. During the years of 1880-1882, he was on a lecture tour of Oregon and Washington. Collection includes manuscript correspondence, 1880-1882, from family members in Melrose, Kansas, and from friends and several female suitors. Correspondents include Hazel Wylde and W. E. Showers. Also included are photocopy newspaper articles, circa 1880, mostly printing letters from Hazel Wylde; and a bound notebook, circa 1880, containing accounts, addresses, and...
Dates: 1880-1882