Agriculture
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
Baldwin Sheep and Land Company records
The Baldwin Sheep & Land Company, 1873-1910
Photocopy typescript master of arts thesis by Dorothy D. Hirsch, regarding the history of Baldwin Sheep and Land Company and the wool industry in Oregon.
Oral history interview with Forrest E. Balliet
Oral history interview with Forrest E. Balliet conducted by Roberta Watts on March 2, 1978. Balliet discusses his life as a seasonal farm and ranch worker, and talks about his experiences in the U.S. Army in France during World War I.
Myra Ballon papers
Collection includes a manuscript letter to Myra Ballon, 1900, regarding the Portland Street Fair and Carnival; a typescript letter to O. R. Ballon from Fairmount Nurseries, 1901, discussing hedge fences; and a typescript letter to Myra Ballon from the National Irrigation Congress, 1909, asking Ballon to become a delegate.
W. W. Carl papers
Papers of W. W. Carl (1869-1938), a carpenter and farmer who lived in the area of Carlton, Oregon. The bulk of the papers consists of diaries that Carl kept from 1897 to 1905. Other papers include information about materials used for buildings he helped to construct; descriptions of land that his mother, Mary J. Carl, willed to him; and transcriptions of his diary entries, made by his great-grandson, John A. Beutler.
Arthur M. Churchill papers
Papers of Arthur M. Churchill (1876-1956) and his family. Churchill was a lawyer in Portland, Oregon, who later in life operated a dairy farm in southwest Washington state. The papers primarily consist of correspondence about topics in which Churchill took an interest and records of his farm.
The Cornett Diary: Frank Davis Cornett and Viola Idella Powell in Early Oregon
Typescript copy of diary and ledger entries by Frank D. Cornett (1860-1944) and his wife, Viola I. Cornett (1863-1913), with annotations and appendices, compiled by Kathleen LaMear. The Cornetts lived in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, and Frank D. Cornett served twice in the Oregon State Legislature.
John Griffith Edwards papers
Henry Lee Fenton papers
Papers of a Dallas, Oregon, merchant and businessman, including correspondence, financial and legal records, records of the Polk County Pioneer Association, and records of the firm Fenton and Toner. Also includes papers of other family members, including diaries and World War I papers of Carl Fenton, and a diary of Henriett Coad.
First Eastern Oregon District Agricultural Society collection
Collection includes receipts, tickets, programs and ephemera from the Annual Exhibit, September 18-24, 1899, held in Baker City, Oregon; "Around the World for an Arkansaw Girl," 8 pages, 1897; "Torch of Reason Song Book," 30 pages, 1899; and "Wolfard & Mount's Improved Hop Dryer and Curer," 1901.