Skip to main content

diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 165 Collections and/or Records:

Lillian Robertson Blankenbeckler diary

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 235
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1910-1974

John Boit diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1195
Abstract

Microfilm of a diary kept by John Boit, 1794-1796, concerning a voyage around the world on the sloop Union.

Dates: 1794-1796

George Bolter diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 830
Abstract

Notebook or diary containing comments on religion, quotations, current events and remedies.

Dates: circa 1893

Frank Bowman diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1491
Abstract

Photocopy manuscript diary, 1844-1872, concerning overland journey in 1850; naming and settlement of Colfax, Washington; and relations with Indians, especially the Nez PerceĢ.

Dates: 1844-1872

Benjamin Burden Branson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 964
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1848-1906

Elias Henry Brodie diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2517
Abstract Typescript diary of Elias Henry Brodie, Sergeant Major, 1st Battalion, 14th U.S. Infantry, 1865-1896, regarding his service in the military. The journal was continued after his death by his son, Edward Everett Brodie. Elias Henry Brodie (1826-1896) entered the United States Army at age 13 as a bugler and served in the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and the Indian Wars. In 1868, he was transferred to the Pacific Coast. Edward Everett Brodie was a lighthouse keeper in Oregon and...
Dates: 1865-1900

George W. Brown diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1314
Abstract

Manuscript diary, June 1-July 27, 1865, written by George W. Brown, Assistant Warden, Oregon State Penitentiary.

Dates: 1865

John W. Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2717
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1860-1910

Amos Burg papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1759
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1855-1989; Majority of material found within 1908-1986

Hubert Frederick Burgess papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2239
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1891-1945