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Collection consists of a typescript copy of a diary, March-July 1914, of a trip to Europe and North Africa, with comments on roads and road building in Europe and Oregon; a typescript biography of Orange Marcus Clark, circa 1929; and a typescript copy of an obituary for Clark, 1929. Also included are insurance policies issued to O.M. Clark and Wilson W. Clark, 1917-1931.

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Joseph G. Evans was a member of the Oregon Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Regiment, Company B, during the Spanish-American War. Papers consist of a typescript copy diary, June-July 1898, regarding his journey from San Francisco to the Philippines aboard the transport Australia; and typescript copy correspondence, May-August 1899, regarding his combat experiences.

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Henry Hoyt was a pioneer and maritime figure of early Portland, Oregon. Collection includes manuscript autobiographical sketch with typescript transcript.

Abstract Entries in a journal begun by David S. Hoyt to record "observations on an expedition through Oregon and Washington territories and the Rocky Mountains for the exploration of the Northern Route for the Pacific Rail Road in the Summer and Autumn of 1853." The journal consists only of several pages of entries dated from June 22, 1853, to June 27, 1853. The entries describe Hoyt's journey by ship from San Francisco, California, up the Pacific Coast and the Columbia River to Vancouver,...

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Diary, circa 1870-1889, with poetry, accounts of sea voyages and recipes (written in another hand at a later date).

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Collection includes scrapbooks and loose scrapbook material regarding travel, leisure, Bernice Shaw, the Rose City Professional and Business Women's Club, etc.