photographs

Genealogical information, biographical information, and memorabilia of the Jones, Jenkins, and related families of Oregon and Washington. Memorabilia includes photographs, correspondence and other personal papers, clippings, and ephemera.

Sixteen black and white photographs of the exterior and interior of the Oregon State Capitol building in Salem during its construction, and of the State Library in Salem.

Eleven black and white photographs of the exterior of the Emil C. Jorgensen house at 1805 NW Glisan St. in Portland, Oregon. Jorgensen (1851-1923) came to Portland in 1872. He was the director in the planning of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in 1905, and he opened the Lenox Hotel in 1907.

Twenty-two black and white photographs, primarily of James and Helen Judge in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. James Judge (1866-1910) was the Assistant United States Treasury Agent to the Seal Fisheries at Pribilof Islands.

Small collection consisting of photographs and captions relating to the Portland Alumni Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. The photographs were used on a display board about the fraternity that was part of a 1988 exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon. The collection also includes a photograph of the original display board.

Eleven mounted black and white photographs, five depicting construction of a railroad bridge across the Willamette River near Willbridge, and six showing the ship George W. Elder in dry dock at the Port of Portland, as well as people who worked on the ship.

Digital copies of two photograph albums created by Bue Jack Kee, a Chinese American resident of Aurora, Oregon. Includes images of family, friends, local scenes, agriculture, schools, and travel throughout Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.

Eight black and white stereographs and three black and white photographs depicting scenes of the 1894 flood in Portland, Oregon.

Memorabilia, genealogical materials, and photographs of the Kelly family and related families. The brothers Clinton Kelly (1808-1875), Thomas Kelly (1829-1903), Albert Kelly (1814-1873), and Gilmer Kelly (1820-1890) were early emigrants to Oregon, and all took land donation claims on or near land that would become part of Portland, Oregon.

Book of handwritten and clipped recipes kept by Sarah Maria Kelty (1847-1901), her daughter, Emily Q. Platts (1880-1950), and her granddaughter, Mary Riesland King (1913-2017), and photographs of all three. Sarah Maria Kelty was the sister of Harvey Scott and Abigail Scott Duniway, and lived in Lafayette, Oregon, and Portland, Oregon.