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Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 194 Collections and/or Records:

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

William E. Richardson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2923
Abstract

Collection consists of documents and correspondence of the William E. Richardson family, 1867-1902, including Indian War pension claim papers, property documents, and genealogical information of the Lightfoot and Richardson families. Also of note is a letter by James A. Chaffin regarding the Battle of the Big Hole with Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce, in August 1877.

Dates: 1867-1902

Orin Hendry Riggs family scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2779
Abstract

Photocopy scrapbook containing reminiscences of Orin Hendry Riggs and Marjorie Alice Thomas Riggs, as well as photographs, documents, and genealogy charts.

Dates: 1909-1978

Sarah Myer Riggs photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 448
Abstract

Album containing cabinet photographs of members of the Riggs family and unidentified people.

Dates: circa 1890-1909

Robb family letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2336
Abstract

Collection includes manuscript correspondence to James R. Robb and Elizabeth Ellen Robb from friends and family in California.

Dates: 1859-1860

Robbins family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 728
Abstract

Genealogical materials and correspondence relating to the family of John Hudson Robbins, who traveled overland to Oregon in 1862 and married Margaret Harvey, his second wife, in 1864. Includes minutes and incorporation papers of the Bethel Cemetery Association, and copies of the charters of the Bethel Institute and Rickreal Academy.

Dates: 1853-1943; Majority of material found within 1924-1932

Robertson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1076
Abstract

Papers of a family of pioneers of Polk County, Oregon. Most of the materials are letters from family members in Illinois, New Jersey, Missouri, and Oregon. Many of the letters were sent to Amanda Robertson, Mary Ann Robertson and James P. Robertson, including many from E. R. Metcalf of Jacksonville, Illinois; from Libbie Teeple, of Pluckemin, New Jersey; and from members of the Riggs family.

Dates: 1831-1900

Ruth Church Robertson reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2507
Abstract

Reminiscences by Ruth Church Robertson regarding Church family history, family members' lives in Portland and Salem, Oregon, and travel to Europe and Asia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dates: circa 1966-1978

Oral history interview with Alice C. Rockey

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9574
Abstract

Oral history interview with Alice C. Rockey conducted by Linda S. Dodds on January 23, 1981. Rockey discusses the life and career of her father, Charles H. Carey, and her early life in the Riverdale neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1981 January 23