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 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:

Unidentified family photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 172
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs, primarily portraits and snapshots of members of an unidentified family in the Pacific Northwest, including both adults and children. Other subjects include landscape scenes, buildings, farming, pets, and horses.

Dates: circa 1890-1899

Unidentified family vacation photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 703
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs of an unidentified family vacationing in mostly unidentified places around the United States. Locations include Multnomah Falls and the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon; New England; Niagara Falls; the Southwest; and Yellowstone National Park.

Dates: circa 1920-1929

Unidentified portraits photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 656
Abstract

Album containing card photographs and tintypes. The photographs are studio portraits of adults, children, and babies, taken primarily by photographers in Michigan. One person is identified as Maggie Clark; all others are unidentified.

Dates: circa 1845-1860

Oral history interview with Ethel L. Vaughters

 Collection
Identifier: SR935
Abstract

Oral history interview with Ethel L. Vaughters conducted by Robert Vaughters in the summer of 1981. Vaughters discusses raising a family in Scio, Roaring River, Hebo, and Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1981

Louise Savier Washburn photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 282
Abstract

Two albums containing photographs, clippings, and ephemera, and a small quantity of loose material that had been in the albums. Subjects include members of the Savier and Washburn families, and friends; Louise Savier Washburn; members of the Du Mond family; a trip to Europe; and scenes in Hawaii.

Dates: circa 1890-1960

Elizabeth LeBreton Waters letter to Henry E. Reed

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 805
Abstract

Manuscript letter to Henry E. Reed from Elizabeth LeBreton Waters, regarding George W. LeBreton, who was her great uncle.

Dates: 1909 April 7

Lucille and Dave Welch family photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1186
Abstract Three photograph albums of members of the Lucille and Dave Welch family. Two albums focus primarily on Lucille Welch and friends, with subjects including Columbia University (now the University of Portland), Oneonta Gorge and Multnomah Falls, children, mine workers, outdoor activities, and military life before World War I. The third album focuses on David Welch's travels and friends, with subjects including Gearhart, Oaks Park, and Lafayette in Oregon; Ardle Cottage in Long Beach,...
Dates: 1909-1927

Oral history interview with Shanna C. Wheeler

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9402
Abstract

Oral history interview with Shanna C. Wheeler conducted by Charles Digregorio on June 30, 1976. Wheeler discusses her early life in various neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1976 June 30

I. B. Whitcomb and Alice L. Pierce papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2521
Abstract

Correspondence exchanged by Ira Benjamin Whitcomb and his fianceĢe, Alice L. Pierce, in the early 1880s. Topics include Whitcomb's journey to Oregon, as well as family, friends, and the teaching profession. Also included is a brief notebook and diary kept by Whitcomb, which includes some entries on his trip west.

Dates: circa 1878-1883

Honor Marks Whitlock papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2388
Abstract

Papers include a ticket from London to the Oregon Territory, November 2, 1842; manuscript reminiscences of Honor Marks Whitlock's journey to Oregon from London by boat, circa 1850; and a manuscript letter from Ann Smith, Sandford, England, October 27, 1848, regarding family matters.

Dates: circa 1842-1850