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World War, 1914-1918

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Maryland Allen papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1410
Abstract

Collection includes manuscripts of short stories, novels, essays, and plays; correspondence; and ephemera. Maryland Allen was a Portland, Oregon, author.

Dates: circa 1915-1927

Brooke family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2876
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, 1902-1960; World War I correspondence and records, 1917-1919, of Lloyd W. Brooke and Frank P. Brooke; high school commencement papers, 1908-1909; school records; and greeting cards and invitations. Family members include Scott P. Brooke, Henriette Burdick Brooke, Miriam Brooke, and Dr. F. W. Brooke, who ran Brooke Drug Co.

Dates: 1890-1960

Edward Cookingham papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2658
Abstract Edward Cookingham (1860-1948) was vice president of Ladd & Tilton Bank in Portland, Oregon, from 1908-1918 and president from 1918-1925. He was also chairman of the Liberty Loan State Central Committee of Oregon during World War I. Collection includes scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other memorabilia regarding Edward Cookingham's career in banking in Oregon and the Liberty Loan campaign. Collection also includes an account book, 1900-1908, of the Tacoma...
Dates: 1900-1948

Kenneth L. Cooper papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2796
Abstract

Kenneth L. Cooper (1884-1972) served with the 364th Infantry during World War I and was elected to the Portland City Commission in 1940. Collection includes papers related to his tenure as Portland City Commissioner, 1940-1945; typescript and manuscript correspondence, 1914-1970, some from World War l; and personal papers and ephemera.

Dates: 1898-1970

Corbett family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 592
Abstract

Correspondence, property and financial records, photographs, and ephemera of the Corbett family of Portland, Oregon, primarily the family of Henry L. Corbett (1881-1957) and Henry L. Corbett's brother Hamilton F. Corbett (1888-1966). Members of the family represented in this collection are descendants of Henry Winslow Corbett (1827-1903), an early emigrant to Oregon.

Dates: 1859-1979; Majority of material found within 1903-1979

Prospero Desiata photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1152
Abstract

Two albums containing 1,449 black and white and hand-colored photographs, 1904-1917, of steamships, schooners, and barks in Portland, Oregon, and around the world during World War I, including France, Germany, and Great Britain. All ships are identified.

Dates: 1904-1917

Guy Fisher papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1627
Abstract

Guy Fisher (1892-1965) served in World War I and worked as Federal Gains Supervisor and U.S. Production and Marketing Administration Supervisor. Collection includes World War I correspondence, 1918-1919; correspondence with the Veterans Administration, 1918-1953; documents of Civil Service Employment, 1929-1953; diary of Guy Fisher's wife, Ida A. Graham Wart Fisher, 1907; and diaries of Guy Fisher, 1945-1963.

Dates: 1907-1964

Fraser family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll826
Abstract

Papers of the Fraser family, primarily correspondence of John A. Fraser and his son, John H. Fraser, but also including papers of John A. Fraser's wife, Flora. John A. Fraser was a carpenter who worked in Portland, Oregon in the 1890s; John H. Fraser served in the 116th Engineers during World War I.

Dates: 1884-1936

H. R. Kauffman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll887
Abstract

Papers of H. R. Kauffman, including ones relating to his medical career, his military service in World War I and later, and his career as an Oregon state senator. Kauffman was a medical doctor who lived in Toledo, Oregon, and who served as state senator from 1941 to 1943.

Dates: circa 1879-2012; Majority of material found within 1918-1960

Martin Luther Kimmel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2201
Abstract

Papers of Martin Luther Kimmel consist of a manuscript diary, September-December 1917, of his enlistment at Vancouver Barracks, Washington, and training at various Army posts in the U.S., with typescript transcript; and correspondence regarding Kimmel's book "The Torchbearers," 1966-1967.

Dates: 1917-1967