correspondence
Found in 788 Collections and/or Records:
James M. Brown papers
Materials relating to James M. Brown (1844-1922), who emigrated to Silverton, Oregon, as a child in 1846, and to other members of Brown's family, particularly his son Percy L. Brown (1876-1934). Papers include correspondence, financial records, and ephemera, and much of the material deals with Percy L. Brown's educational, business, and social activities.
Owen Brown letters
Collection includes correspondence, primarily to Owen Brown from various members of the Brown family, regarding family history and a book on the Tabitha Moffat and Clark Brown family by Ella Spooner; and some miscellaneous family documents. Owen Brown was the great-grandson of Tabitha Moffat Brown.
Robert Brown collection
Collection consists largely of photocopies of articles by Robert Brown published in various scientific journals, 1868-1870, on botany, medicinal plants, birds, geology and Native American use of medicinal plants in the Pacific Northwest. Also included is a photocopy of a manuscript letter from Archibald Menzies to Robert Brown.
Bryant family papers
William P. Bryant papers
Collection includes typescript and photocopied manuscript letters to William P. Bryant, travel documents, and papers relating to his appointment as the first chief justice in the Oregon Territory; microfilm of the same materials, with additional correspondence and documents; biographical information; and original documents.
Philip Buehner papers
Papers and records relating to the business interests of Philip Buehner (1858-1940), an engineer and lumberman. Buehner developed municipal water-supply projects in Washington state and Oregon, and, in partnership with with Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works, supplied pipelines for the Bull Run water system for Portland, Oregon. Buehner also operated multiple Oregon lumber companies.
William G. Buffum papers
Miscellaneous manuscript correspondence, receipts, bills, notes, and legal documents of a farmer and merchant in Yamhill County, Oregon.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton papers
Collection includes photostat manuscript letters regarding the Hudson's Bay Company and the governance of British Columbia; and photostat manuscript records of imports and exports from British Columbia and Vancouver Island to England. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) was Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Marshal P. Burnett papers
Harry James Burnham papers
Collection includes correspondence, 1892-1952; financial papers, 1909-1952; notes, primers and ephemera, 1902-1947, used by Harry James Burnham's wife, Carrie Wilson Burnham, while a teacher with Gilliam County School District No. 3; correspondence and tax returns of Harry J. Wiseman, 1921-1924.