Home and Family
Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Adam C. Heim and Clara C. Heim
Oral history interview with Adam C. Heim and Clara C. Heim conducted by Jim Strassmaier from July 26 to September 13, 1989. The Heims discuss their lives in Portland and in Huntington, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Nell F. Hoak
Oral history interview with Nell F. Hoak conducted by Linda S. Dodds on May 7, 1980. Hoak discusses her early life on a homestead in Imperial, Nebraska, and describes traveling to Siloam Springs, Arkansas, by covered wagon in the late 19th century.
Holland family letters
Collection consists of photocopy manuscript letters from Isabel Holland, Canyonville, Oregon, to her mother, Nebraska City, Kansas, 1856 and 1863; and a photocopy manuscript letter from John St. John, West Point, Iowa, to Lydia Holland, his aunt, 1866, regarding family in Oregon.
Home Economists in Business collection
Unprocessed collection of publications, ephemera, and other papers relating to the organization Home Economists in Business, Portland, Oregon Group, as well as the Oregon Home Economics Association and the Oregon Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. Includes membership directories, history of the organization, meeting programs, and clippings.
Horseback Honeymoon photographic collection
Small collection of black and white photographs taken during Ella Allen Scott and Quincy Scott's 1907 honeymoon trip, made on horseback, from Minnesota to Washington State. Quincy Scott (1882-1965) was a longtime editorial cartoonist for the Oregonian newspaper in Portland. Ella Allen Scott (1882-1971), also an artist, worked in book and magazine illustration, was dean of women at the University of Montana, and later exhibited and sold paintings.
Aceneth Hosford papers
Collection consists of a biographical sketch of Aceneth Hosford and a photocopy family record with genealogical information. Aceneth Hosford (1828-1896), nee Glover, was an emigrant to Oregon, settling in Mt. Tabor. Her husband was Reverend Chauncy O. Hosford. Spellings of her first name vary and include Acenith, Aceneth, Asenath, and Acenath.
William Howe letters
Manuscript letters from William Howe of Monmouth, Oregon, to his children and siblings, October 1871-June 1872, regarding the death of his daughter, Kate, news of crops and sheep, elections and smallpox.
Jagger family papers
Collection includes certificates, diaries, correspondence and other papers belonging primarily to Benjamin Jagger, his daughter Minnie Jagger, and his grandson George Day. Benjamin Jagger (1822-1904) married Ann W. Wrigley in 1852. Their children were Louis Jagger, Frank Jagger, Minnie Jagger (later Minnie Vonderahe) and Olive Jagger (later Olive Day). George Day was their grandson.
John Prescott Johnson photographic collection on John Edward Johnson
Small collection of photographs depicting J. Prescott Johnson's parents, John Edward Johnson and Caroline Prescott Johnson, and his paternal grandfather, Henry Johnson (born Heinrich Bengtas).
Oliver Jory letters
Letters from Oliver Jory to his first wife, Ella Jory, during their engagement and in the early years of their marriage. Subjects include the fruit-drying business, crops, the economy, politics, the temperance movement, and personal matters.