correspondence
Found in 789 Collections and/or Records:
George Perkins papers
Collection includes correspondence and documents regarding legal cases, 1914-1961. Clients include the Nicolai family, Rose City Brewing Co., Shaver Transportation Co., and Peninsula Iron Works.
Russell Peyton papers
Russell Peyton worked as an investigator for the Civil Rights Division of the Oregon State Bureau of Labor and as an executive director of the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission. He was also involved with the Joint Council for Social Welfare for many years. Collection includes correspondence; reports; a scrapbook containing clippings, programs, and photographs regarding civil rights and human relations; and programs for the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission Awards.
William Phillips letters
Manuscript correspondence, 1902, to William Phillips from Oregon pioneers requesting copies of his poem "Crossing the Plains in '46."
J. C. Pidcock papers
Collection includes account book, Cornelius, Oregon, 1904-1936; and correspondence and receipts, 1913-1936, including a letter from J. R. Schaffer of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Nehalem, Oregon.
Walter Marcus Pierce papers
Collection related to Walter M. Pierce, an educator, rancher, and politician who served as Oregon governor and in the U.S. House of Representatives. Materials include correspondence, primarily with family members and with J. A. Churchill, superintendent of public instruction, as well as minutes of the State Textbook Commission's meetings. Also included are Dictaphone belts made by Pierce's biographer, Arthur H. Bone, regarding Bone's research about Pierce and other topics.
Elinor Pillsbury papers
Papers of Elinor Pillsbury (1898-1987), a poet and journalist in Oregon, include poetry, articles, short stories, correspondence, diaries, and account books. Also included are writings by Eva B. Pillsbury.
Helen Platt papers
Collection includes papers regarding the general history of radio station KGW, including the programs "Firsts" and "Hoot Owls"; correspondence from Ashley C. Dixon and Sergeant E. K. Sturgis; biographical resume, 20 September 20, 1952; and papers of Harrison Gray Platt regarding the Henry Albers Trials, 1919-1921.
James S. Polhemus papers
Papers of an Oregon businessman, consisting primarily of the records of the Alsea Packing Company, of which he was part owner. Also includes blueprint of Polhemus's house in northwest Portland, Oregon.
Portland Americanization Council records
Portland Art Class records
Portland Art Class was an organization devoted to the appraisal of art and to the stimulation of art interests in Portland. Records include minutes, membership accounts, financial documents, programs, constitution, ephemera, correspondence, and membership rosters.