diaries
Found in 162 Collections and/or Records:
Lillian Robertson Blankenbeckler diary
Diary by an Oregon woman who lived in Portland, Cannon Beach, and elsewhere. Diary begins when the author was 14 in 1910 and attended Sellwood School in Portland. Entries relate to daily life, school, work, friends, family, and travel.
John Boit diary
Microfilm of a diary kept by John Boit, 1794-1796, concerning a voyage around the world on the sloop Union.
George Bolter diary
Notebook or diary containing comments on religion, quotations, current events and remedies.
Frank Bowman diary
Photocopy manuscript diary, 1844-1872, concerning overland journey in 1850; naming and settlement of Colfax, Washington; and relations with Indians, especially the Nez PerceĢ.
Benjamin Burden Branson papers
Benjamin Branson lived in Sheridan, Oregon, and was the first president of the Dayton-Sheridan narrow gauge railroad. Collection includes an autobiographical sketch, including a short account of an overland journey to Oregon in 1848 and gold-mining activities in Yreka, California, and Jacksonville, Oregon; a manuscript diary, February 19-June 4, 1872; and papers regarding Branson's estate.
Elias Henry Brodie diary
George W. Brown diary
Manuscript diary, June 1-July 27, 1865, written by George W. Brown, Assistant Warden, Oregon State Penitentiary.
John W. Brown papers
Collection includes citizenship papers and estate papers for John W. Brown's father, Thomas Brown; and a manuscript diary regarding masonry work done on the Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon, and other buildings.
Amos Burg papers
Papers of Amos Burg (1901-1986), including diaries, travel logs, notes, correspondence, published materials, and ephemera. Burg was born in Portland, Oregon, and lived there until after World War II, when he moved to Alaska. He traveled on multiple rivers in North America, and was a writer, photographer and filmmaker who worked for the National Geographic Society, the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Erpi Classroom films, and later the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Hubert Frederick Burgess papers
Hubert Frederick Burgess (1864-1945) served as a Sunday School missionary in Oregon. Collection consists of ordination minutes of the First Congregational Church of Portland, 1892; a manuscript diary, 1892; newspaper clippings, 1891-1893, regarding Burgess's work in Oregon; typescript reminiscences, 1934, regarding his wedding trip in 1894; and a funeral notice, 1945.