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Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 194 Collections and/or Records:

Bogle family photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 823
Abstract

Small collection of black and white copy prints, primarily portraits of members of the Bogle family. Richard A. Bogle, originally from the West Indies, operated a barber shop in Roseburg, Oregon. He married America Waldo in 1863, and they moved to Walla Walla in the Washington Territory, where Richard Bogle continued to work as a barber, and where the family also became successful ranchers. Richard and America Bogle had eight children, some of whom later lived in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1896-1930

Bolter-Smith family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2675
Abstract

Letters, 1818-1889, between members of the Bolter and Smith families, most addressed to John Bolter. Correspondents include Mary Rutherford, Curtis Mallery, Nancy Mallery, Anson Smith, Charley Smith, and Parthena Mallery.

Dates: 1818-1889

Bowman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2861
Abstract Materials of and relating to members of the Bowman family, particularly Dan Bowman, Kathryn Bowman, Isabella Enke (nee Bowman), and her husband, Elwood F. Enke. Collection includes correspondence; military papers of Dan Bowman; and financial documents, contracts, deeds, and agreements. The legal and financial documents include a lease agreement between the Wickwire Spencer Steel Company and Dan Bowman for a warehouse in Portland, specifications for the warehouse by architect L. L. Dougan,...
Dates: circa 1908-1952

H. J. Boyd portraits photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 636
Abstract

Album containing black and white portraits of unidentified adults and children taken by H. J. Boyd in Lebanon, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1890-1909

Clement Adams Bradbury letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2649
Abstract

Manuscript letters from his mother, Clarissa Adams Bradbury, relatives in Maine, and a brother, Stephen Bradbury, in the California gold fields. Collection also includes genealogical material.

Dates: 1850-1867

Alvina N. Brady photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 764
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs relating to the Brady family. The images include railroad scenes; a house at 2210 NE Thompson St. in Portland, Oregon; James Brady and the Brady family on a trip to California; and a group of B. P. O. E. members in a car decorated for Elks Day at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1890-1909

John W. Brazee family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2837
Abstract Collection includes correspondence, mainly to Morton Insley, 1869-1937; compositions and autograph book of Minnie Biles Brazee, circa 1871-1900; will and estate inventory of John Brazee, 1887; baptism certificate of Fannie Brazee, 1878; and issues of "The Plant Record" from the Willamette Iron & Steel Works, 1919. Morton Insley worked as a salesman for Ames and Harris Co. of Portland and later for Willamette Iron & Steel. He was married to Fannie Brazee, daughter of John W. Brazee...
Dates: 1869-1937

Briggs family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2117
Abstract

Papers include donation land claims and accounts for Jarvis Briggs, 1847-1856; deposition of Francis W. Pettygrove, 1858, regarding the character of Albert Briggs; agreement between Aurelia Briggs and Seth Markham, 1863, regarding sawmill rights.

Dates: 1847-1863

Brooke family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2876
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, 1902-1960; World War I correspondence and records, 1917-1919, of Lloyd W. Brooke and Frank P. Brooke; high school commencement papers, 1908-1909; school records; and greeting cards and invitations. Family members include Scott P. Brooke, Henriette Burdick Brooke, Miriam Brooke, and Dr. F. W. Brooke, who ran Brooke Drug Co.

Dates: 1890-1960

James M. Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 575
Abstract

Materials relating to James M. Brown (1844-1922), who emigrated to Silverton, Oregon, as a child in 1846, and to other members of Brown's family, particularly his son Percy L. Brown (1876-1934). Papers include correspondence, financial records, and ephemera, and much of the material deals with Percy L. Brown's educational, business, and social activities.

Dates: 1851-1925