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Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:

Addison Crandall Gibbs family photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 170
Abstract

One album containing card photographs and tintypes of members of the A. C. Gibbs family and others. The photographs are portraits of both children and adults; most are unidentified. Identified subjects include Gibbs' children; his wife, Margaret Watkins Gibbs; and the children of his brother-in-law, Dr. William Henry Watkins.

Dates: circa 1850-1886

Glass negatives of early Portland residential scenes

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1417
Abstract

Collection consists of 88 glass plate negatives that document early families, residents and homes in Portland, Oregon, taken circa 1905.

Dates: circa 1905

Grace Howard Gray scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6049
Abstract

A scrapbook kept by Grace Howard Gray (1857-1949) to document family history and historic events, including mementos, drawings and ephemera collected during her lifetime. The scrapbook contains items related to the life of General O. O. Howard (1830-1909), Gray's father, and drawings by Guy Howard (1855-1899), her brother, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood (1852-1944). Additional materials were added to the scrapbook by other family members.

Dates: circa 1862-1966

Gregory family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2666
Abstract Materials by and relating to members of the Gregory family, including correspondence between Henry Gregory and William M. Gregory, and from their father, Caspar Gregory; business papers regarding dealings in California; a scrapbook of Lenore Gregory; a diary of Lair Hill Gregory, and letters to his wife, Kate Gregory. Also included are miscellaneous family papers, memorabilia, and genealogical materials. William M. Gregory was a prominent attorney in Portland, Oregon, and his son, Lair Hill...
Dates: 1864-1973

Gritzmacher family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2222
Abstract

Collection includes a handwritten German pay stub, 1812, for a person whose name may be Aloise Huemfich; a German confirmation record, 1869, for Maria Pape (also identified in collection as Mary); a marriage certificate for Charles Gritzmacher and Mary Pape, 1874, at Portland, Oregon; and newspaper clippings of obituaries of Gritzmacher family members, 1913-1958.

Dates: 1812-1951

Handley family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2226
Abstract

Collection includes manuscript correspondence of Handley family members; diary and account book of Charles J. Handley; a typescript biographical play, "Fierce Feathers"; genealogical information and family history; Handley family obituary clippings and ephemera; wills of Henry and Jemima Cooper; and family history of the Robisons, who were related to the Handleys through marriage.

Dates: 1861-1984

R. P. Hanson photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 361
Abstract

Album of black and white photographs of R. P. Hanson, family, and friends, mostly unidentified or identified only by first name, on vacation and at home. Subjects include swimming and other outdoor activities; sports; houses; city and street scenes; and children (including many snapshots of a pair of twins).

Dates: 1904-1926

George A. Harding family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2000
Abstract Collection includes correspondence, documents, business records, genealogy, ephemera, diaries, and account books of members of the George A. Harding family; blueprints and notebooks of George Lee Harding, circa 1919-1945, regarding his work on the Smith Cove Pier B in Seattle, Washington, the Port of Tacoma, etc. Also included are an architectural drawing of the Harding Building on Main Street in Oregon City and a plat map of Palmer's Addition in Boring, Oregon; scrapbook; and photocopy...
Dates: circa 1895-1945

Mrs. E. W. Harris photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 484
Abstract

Small collection of family photographs. Most of the individuals depicted are unidentified; people who are identified include Lottie Irene Willey, Claude Willey, Cal Hardin, Sonorah Flannery Willey, Lorene Nelson, and Art Nelson.

Dates: circa 1888-1971

J. C. Harvey family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2735
Abstract

Julius Cone Harvey (1862-1932) was a Methodist clergyman and graduate of Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. He married Mary E. Heald in 1884 and migrated to western Washington. Collection includes memories of Mary E. Heald Harvey describing her childhood and youth in Iowa and Kansas and her early married life; letters of Clifton Harvey while at sea, 1939; blank verse and acrostic letters of Atwood Harvey, 1932-1934; and a family scrapbook.

Dates: 1879-1945