correspondence
Found in 814 Collections and/or Records:
Homer T. Shaver papers
Shaw, Newbill and Stevens family papers
Collection includes photocopy genealogical documents, correspondence, legal documents, land deeds and ephemera collected by Minnie G. Stevens (nee Shaw), wife of Jasper Stevens, regarding the Shaw, Stevens and Newbill families.
Frederick H. Sherman papers
Correspondence and steamboating licenses, 1883-1922; notebooks, 1892-1929, with accounts, logs and schedules of steamer runs; and a passenger register from the S.S. Bailey Gatzert, 1898.
William T. Sherman letter to Captain Hatheway
Photocopy manuscript letter to Captain Hatheway, New York, New York, September 18, 1888, regarding the presentation of a side-board that once belonged to General Grant.
Roy Franklin Shields papers
Collection includes correspondence, documents, and ephemera regarding Roy Franklin Shields' career as an attorney and his involvement with education, politics, medicine, and railroads, 1924-1966.
Letterpress copybook of the ship Henry Failing
John M. Shively papers
Papers of John M. Shively (1804-1893), an emigrant to Oregon and first postmaster of Astoria. Papers include correspondence, legal documents related to land sales, an 1853 diary, historical essays and other writings, genealogical materials, information on the U.S-British controversy over the Oregon Territory, and papers of Shively's son, Charles W. Shively.
Don Short papers
Papers include correspondence, newsletters, research and miscellaneous materials primarily regarding environmental conservation, especially of the Columbia River Gorge, 1971-1983.
Jessie M. Short collection on housing
Jessie May Short (1873-1947) was an assistant professor of mathematics at Reed College from 1920 to 1939. She also taught at Vanport College, served on the Portland School Board, and during the war years, worked with the Kaiser shipyards as an engineer. Collection includes correspondence, reports, articles, and miscellaneous documents regarding housing issues, primarily in Portland, Oregon, circa 1920-1942.
Robert Valentine Short papers
Robert Valentine Short (1823-1908) was a pioneer of 1847. He was a member of the 1851 Constitutional Convention and in 1888 was elected to the Oregon Legislature from Clackamas County. He also studied surveying and was responsible for surveying the town of Portland in 1850. Collection includes diaries, correspondence, scrapbook, survey and field notes; and papers relating to donation land claims and property in Yamhill, Clackamas, and Multnomah counties.