histories (literary works)
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
Ancestors and education
Photocopy typescript family history regarding the Lewis Rinehart and John Ellis families and their careers in education. Also includes reminiscences of Henry Rinehart's 1854 overland journey to Oregon.
The beginnings of the Orthodox Church in Oregon
Typescript copy of a history of the Orthodox Church in Oregon, especially the Orthodox Eastern Church and Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Portland, Oregon.
Brownsville Presbyterian Church records
Collection includes photocopied typescript minutes, 1857-1888; a centennial history; and a photocopied membership roll, 1961. Also included is a transcription of an obituary and a poem about church member Sarah Blakely, wife of James Blakely, that were found inside a Blakely family Bible.
The Cayuse War
Typescript history, 34 pages, regarding the Whitman killings. Manuscript is unfinished and author is anonymous.
The Clarno Era: a story of the Andrew Clarno family and their settlement on the John Day River
Typescript history, with photographs, of the Clarno family, their ship voyage to Oregon and settlement in Wasco County, Oregon.
June D. Drake papers
Papers of June D. Drake, a photographer and historian of Silverton, Oregon. Included are family papers, a small amount of correspondence, poems, pencil drawings, ephemera, and Drake's writings on the history of the Silverton area, as well as the records of Drake's photography studio, the Drake Bros. Studio. Also included are materials relating to the Homer Davenport Memorial Fund.
John Griffith Edwards papers
Equitable Savings and Loan Association records
The Equitable Savings and Loan Association was incorporated in 1890 as Oregon Building and Loan Association. Records include corporate histories; articles of incorporation and by-laws, 1890-1891; receipts, 1891; account books, 1891-1905; share applications, 1893-1945; correspondence, 1899-1940; semi-annual and annual reports, 1903-1977; newsletters, 1934-1980; advertising materials; and scrapbooks.
Benjamin Freeland collection
Collection includes a photocopy manuscript letter, with typed transcript, from Benjamin Freeland to his brother, February 3, 1854; and a typescript document by Chester S. Freeland about Benjamin Freeland's journey to the Oregon Country with some history about Frederick Douglass.
Frederick Goodrich papers
Frederick William Goodrich (1867-1942) was a composer, organist and choir director in Portland, Oregon. Collection consists of original scores and arrangements, primarily of religious music, as performed in Portland-area churches, circa 1895-1930; an unpublished history of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, 1899-1933; and reports regarding the Oregon Music Project, 1935-1942.