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property records

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Laighton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2255
Abstract

Collection includes a right of way given by Sarah E. Laighton and J. H. Laighton of Seaside, Oregon, for a drainage ditch to be dug on their land; a typescript will of J. C. Kinney of Astoria, Oregon; and a typescript letter to William J. Laighton regarding the sinking of the British bark Lupatia off Tillamook Head in 1881.

Dates: 1890-1926

Daniel H. Lownsdale papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 177
Abstract

Papers relating to the land claim of Daniel Lownsdale (1803-1862) in Portland, Oregon, including indentures, agreements, court documents, and correspondence. Lownsdale came to Oregon in 1845, established a tannery in what would become Portland, and in 1849 purchased additional land from Francis Pettygrove, some of which would later become the South Park Blocks and the North Park Blocks.

Dates: 1850-1906; Majority of material found within 1850-1873

Ryland McClung papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1752
Abstract

Collection includes papers by and relating to Ryland Eugene McClung, Ryland Brown McClung, and other members of the McClung family. Materials include correspondence, title abstracts, church records, business materials, log books of car trips, maintenance and expenses, a scrapbook, and military, social, and educational memorabilia. Also included is correspondence from Charles Hoyt to James George during the Civil War, 1861-1863.

Dates: 1861-1923

McMahon family and other land records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll0788
Abstract

Land records for various locations in Oregon for properties owned by the McMahon family, Patrick Holland, and others.

Dates: 1871-1973

McNary family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1551
Abstract

Correspondence and property records of members of the McNary family. James McNary (1790-1871) and Alexander McNary (1798-1860) emigrated to Oregon in 1845. James McNary's grandson Charles L. McNary (1874-1944) was a U.S. senator for Oregon.

Dates: 1859-1936

Theophilus A. Olson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2166
Abstract

Land claim for Theophilus A. Olson, December 29, 1904, for 80 acres in Jackson County, Oregon.

Dates: 1904 December 29

Property record of downtown Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1022
Abstract

Handwritten and hand-drawn ledger describing properties in downtown Portland, Oregon, including owners, usage, building description, assessed value, and the amount of property tax for the 1962-1963 fiscal year. The ledger was probably produced by the firm Linden B. Bowman, Realtor, a commercial and industrial real estate business owned by Linden B. Bowman (1914-2004), later known as the Bowman Company.

Dates: 1963

Rajneeshpuram plans and Big Muddy Ranch property records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll796
Abstract

Comprehensive plan for Rajneeshpuram, 1982, and property inventory of Big Muddy Ranch, 1996.

Dates: 1982, 1996

Robert Valentine Short papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2639
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1852-1906

Skinner family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1012
Abstract Papers of the Skinner family of Jordan Valley, Oregon, particularly of William Silas Skinner (1871-1960) and his descendants. William Silas Skinner was the eldest son of Silas Skinner (1834-1886), who came to Oregon in the 1860s and established a toll road in western Idaho and eastern Oregon and a ranch in Jordan Valley. The family continued to operate the ranch into the 21st century. The collection also contains papers of related families; financial, property, and ranching records; and...
Dates: 1840-2013; Majority of material found within 1863-2013