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 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:

Portland, Oregon unidentified family photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 241
Abstract

Album containing black and white snapshots, most depicting unidentified adults and children, primarily in the Portland, Oregon area. Subjects and activities include houses, an ice storm, picnics, fishing, and members of the Behnke Walker baseball team.

Dates: circa 1910

Marie Holst Pottsmith photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 460
Abstract This collection consists of original sheet film negatives taken by Marie Holst Pottsmith, the bulk of which she made during the eight months of 1908 that she taught in the remote Finnish community of Hamlet, Oregon. These images document people, farming, and community life in Hamlet. Other photos in the collection depict her studies at the University of Oregon; her time teaching at Fisher, Washington; and her early married life as a Presbyterian minister’s wife in Washington and Oregon. The...
Dates: 1908-circa 1956; Majority of material found within 1908-1919

Joseph Prescott letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1159
Abstract

Correspondence of Joseph Prescott includes two letters, 1854, from Prescott to his brother, George L. Montague, discussing life in Oregon City, Oregon, and the explosion of the steamer Gazelle, and letters to Mrs. C. C. P. Betton, Prescott's sister, 1850-1851, discussing family matters and life in Oregon.

Dates: 1850-1854

Mrs. D. L. Ramsay photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1134
Abstract

Collection consists of 2 tintypes and 9 cartes-de-visite, primarily depicting members of the Klum, Nye, and Coyle families.

Dates: circa 1850-1890

Elmer C. Ramsey notebook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1858
Abstract

Bound manuscript notebook containing minutes of the Friendship Bible Class, 1908; quotes and musings; and genealogy for the following Oregon families: Boston, Phillips, Johnston, Young, Ramsey, White and Bryan, circa 1908-1949.

Dates: circa 1908-1949

Randle family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1674
Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, genealogy, legal documents, warrants, diaries, ledgers, photographs and memorabilia belonging to members of the Randle family of Oregon.

Dates: 1836-1979

Read family photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1197
Abstract

Studio portraits, most contained in three photograph albums, depicting members of the Clifford Kittredge Read family and associated families. Many of the people depicted are identified. The Read family came to Turner, Oregon, from Illinois in 1852.

Dates: circa 1880-1917

Rees family photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1188
Abstract

Two photograph albums and a small quantity of loose photographs, postcards, and ephemera that were once part of the albums. The images date from 1900-1958 and are primarily black and white snapshot portraits depicting members of the Rees family and others, both adults and children. Subjects also include cars, outdoor sports and other activities, the area around Shaniko, Oregon, and trips to sites on the coast.

Dates: 1900-1958

Jude Reiter photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1153
Abstract

Collection consists of two photograph albums relating to Jude Reiter and the Reiter family, as well as a small number of loose photographs from the albums. Subjects include Reiter's social life and education at Allegheny Preparatory School and Pennsylvania State College; other social and recreational activities; and scenes in Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania; New York City; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Oregon and Washington; Minnesota; Alaska; and Colorado.

Dates: 1901-1917

Guy E. Reynolds family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2869
Abstract

Small collection of family papers, a substantial portion of which are legal documents relating to the marriage and divorce of Guy E. Reynolds and Anna Wright Reynolds, and to birth records of Anna Reynolds. Also included are a diary of John Reynolds, circa 1874, and a handwritten recipe book.

Dates: 1874-1943