correspondence
Found in 811 Collections and/or Records:
George R. Riddle papers
Collection includes articles of incorporation for the George W. Riddle Wood & Lumber Company, Riddle, Oregon, 1899; correspondence, 1948-1949, regarding the formation of Josephine County Historical Society, county historical markers and pioneers; and notes and articles on Oregon pioneer life, Josephine County history, Grants Pass and Indians.
Ridgeway School records
School District No. 55 in Wasco County was organized in 1894. Ridgeway School was constructed in 1895. Records include district clerks' record books, school registers and record books, district clerks' annual reports, correspondence, teachers' contracts, financial records, and library records.
Arthur Riggs papers
Arthur Riggs (1871-1941) was a river pilot on the Columbia, Snake and Willamette rivers. Collection includes correspondence, 1937-1940, with information on the development of shipping on the upper Columbia River; autobiographical journals; steamboat history notes prepared by Frank J. Smith; and logbooks.
Jack C. Riley papers
Papers and images compiled by Jack C. Riley (1921-2016), who worked as an electrical engineer and was employed by the Portland, Oregon firm Electro Scientific Instruments.
Rio Villa Building restoration collection
Collection includes a chronology of the history of the Rio Villa Building at 2718 SW Kelly St. in Portland, Oregon; correspondence regarding trees planted outside the building by Travers / Johnston Architects; and a commendation from the Portland Beautification Association for their "sensitive restoration" of the building.
Robb family letters
Collection includes manuscript correspondence to James R. Robb and Elizabeth Ellen Robb from friends and family in California.
Robbins family papers
Genealogical materials and correspondence relating to the family of John Hudson Robbins, who traveled overland to Oregon in 1862 and married Margaret Harvey, his second wife, in 1864. Includes minutes and incorporation papers of the Bethel Cemetery Association, and copies of the charters of the Bethel Institute and Rickreal Academy.
Don H. Roberts collection on railroad history
Collection includes research materials, documents, miscellaneous correspondence, notes and ephemera regarding railroad history.
Roberts family papers
Materials include correspondence and papers of Arthur Kitchel Roberts, 1942-1961, regarding the Oregon Stamp Society and Save the Myrtle Woods, Inc.; correspondence of William J. Roberts, 1935-1939, with mathematician Carl Theodore Heisel; and miscellaneous papers of Nellie Roberts, 1895.
William Roberts letter to William Kibbs
Letter from William Roberts (1812-1888) to William Kibbs, which includes Roberts' impressions of the Oregon Territory. Roberts was a Methodist missionary who was the superintendent of the Oregon Methodist Mission from 1847 to 1853, and was a trustee of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.