correspondence
Found in 818 Collections and/or Records:
Portland, Oregon, Council of P.E.O. Sisterhood tea and luncheon event records
People Against Nerve Gas papers
Correspondence, petitions, statements, and other materials produced or compiled by Gordon L. Kilgour (1929-2016) in relation to his role as the chair of People Against Nerve Gas (P.A.N.G.). Kilgour was a chemistry professor at Portland State College (later Portland State University) in Portland, Oregon. People Against Nerve Gas was a group founded in 1970 to protest a proposed shipment of nerve gas from Okinawa, Japan, to the Umatilla Army Depot near Hermiston, Oregon.
Percefull-Ayers family papers
Collection includes receipts and legal documents, correspondence, a diary of Margaret Percefull, and miscellaneous ephemera and other documents. Family members mentioned include Margaret Percefull, Emma S. Percefull, James K. Wallace, William T. Wallace and Andrew H. Ayers.
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.