correspondence
Found in 814 Collections and/or Records:
Frances Fuller Victor papers
A small collection of papers of the Oregon historian and author Frances Fuller Victor, including: correspondence with early emigrants to Oregon Jesse Applegate and Jessy Q. Thornton; typescript of a poem; a copy of her work "The Women's War with Whisky"; and a scrapbook of reviews of Victor's works.
Volunteers for Delta Dome Covered Stadium records
Collection includes correspondence and reports; newspaper clippings and editorials; campaign materials for the ballot measure for the construction of a covered stadium at Delta Park, Portland, Oregon; and a landscape plan for the proposed park.
F. O. Vondergreen papers
Collection includes physician's account books, 1879-1883; and a manuscript letter from "Sarah Jane" to "Dear Mrs. Chapman," 1866, regarding a trip from Oregon to San Francisco, New York, Boston, and Orrington, Maine, and seeing actor Edwin Forest perform in New York City.
Robert M. Wade collection
William Wadhams letters
William Wadhams (1831-1905) was a pioneer grocer and founder of the Calvary Presbyterian Church, Sellwood Presbyterian Church, and the Portland YMCA. Collection includes correspondence regarding Reverend W. H. Landon and his move to Portland to become pastor of the Calvary Presbyterian Church, William Wadhams' business, Wadhams and Kerr Brothers, and church work.
Donald Waggoner papers
Donald Waggoner was president of the Oregon Environmental Council and was active in researching and lobbying for the Oregon Minimum Deposit Act (Bottle Bill), which went into effect in October 1972. Collection includes correspondence, articles, reports and testimony regarding state and national minimum deposit container legislation.
Rev. Paul E. Waldschmidt papers
Reverend Paul E. Waldschmidt of the C.S.C. (Congregation of the Holy Cross) was president of the University of Portland, 1962-1977. Collection includes correspondence and program materials, 1966, regarding a Jewish-Catholic conference held at the University of Portland; minutes, correspondence, memoranda, and reports of the Portland School District's Committee on Race and Education, 1963-1964; sermon texts and notes.
Walker Farms records
Records of an eastern Oregon farm, near Athena in Umatilla County, engaged in large-scale growing of wheat, oats, and peas from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Walling and Newsom family papers
The Walling family were early emigrants to Clackamas County, Oregon. Collection includes marriage certificate of Albert G. Walling and Sarah Ann White; deeds and indentures, 1855-1865; correspondence of Lucy Walling and Albert G. Walling, 1874-1893; and bills and receipts, 1864-1892.