diaries
Found in 162 Collections and/or Records:
Ezra Meeker diary
Typescript transcript of the diary, 1905-1906, of Oregon pioneer Ezra Meeker, relating to travels in Oregon and to the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland.
John William Meldrum diaries
Manuscript diaries and scrapbooks of John William Meldrum, 5 volumes, 1865-1912. Meldrum, 1839-1919, was born in Burlington, Iowa. Contents include of the diaries and scrapbooks incude reports of Clackamas County officials, 1889-1893; delinquent tax lists, 1893; newspaper clippings; accounts, 1893-1894; and a description of a trip to Crater Lake, 1911.
Archibald Menzies journal
Photocopy and microfilmed versions of journal kept by botanist Archibald Menzies during George Vancouver's scientific voyage to the Pacific Northwest.
Phil Metschan family papers
Papers of the family of Phil Metschan, Oregon state treasurer and owner of the Imperial Hotel in Portland. Materials include diaries, notebooks, correspondence, ephemera, certificates, 1930 election materials, and a scrapbook. Family members represented include Phil Metschan, Phil Metschan, Jr., Marie C. Metschan, Anna Metschan Cattanach, and Lillian and Jesse Evans Flanders.
Hazel Mills papers
Moody family papers
Morse family diary
Typescript diary, "The Red Book," of Add (Addison) and Nellie (Ellen) Morse. It includes the family's move from the Midwest to Portland, Oregon (1888-89); family genealogy; notes of Rex L. Morse; and a eulogy for Percy Mulford Morse.
William Doyle Munn diary
Manuscript diary, circa 1865, relating to William Doyle Munn's experiences in the Civil War.
Robert Newell papers
Papers of Robert Newell (1807-1869), a trapper, emigrant to Oregon, and Indian agent. Includes a typescript copy of Newell's diary of an 1868 voyage from Portland, Oregon, to Washington, D.C., with Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) leaders; handwritten copies of letters regarding William Gray's "History of Oregon"; and Newell's account of the 1843 meeting at Champoeg, which formed the provisional government of the Oregon Territory. Only a small number of the items are original documents.
John Newsom diary and letter
Pocket diary of John Newsom (1828-1902) from his travels to Idaho for gold mining, and an 1866 letter from Newsom to G. W. Taylor. Newsom came to Oregon in 1852, and did work mining and surveying in the Pacific Northwest and California until moving to Salem, Oregon, in 1864.