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Agriculture

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

French-Glenn Live Stock Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1379
Abstract

Records of a California land company that operated from the late 1880s to 1907, with holdings in Harney County, Oregon. Includes legal records, information on cattle, and documents relating to a loan from the German Savings and Loan Society.

Dates: 1884-1907

Oral history interview with Bill Fuller

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2885
Abstract

Oral history interview with Bill Fuller conducted by Jamie Minkus and Kirsten Wall on January 24, 2002, as part of the Oregon Wine Archives Oral History Project. Fuller discusses his winery, Tualatin Vineyards, which is now part of Willamette Valley Vineyards and was renamed Tualatin Estate Vineyard, and his involvement with the Oregon Winegrowers Association.

Dates: 2002 January 24

Oral history interview with Virginia Fuller

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2885-1
Abstract

Oral history interview with Virginia Fuller conducted by Jamie Minkus and Kirsten Wall on April 25, 2002. The interview was conducted as part of the Oregon Wine Archives Oral History Project. Fuller discusses her role in the development and operations of the Tualatin Vineyards winery in Forest Grove, Oregon.

Dates: 2002 April 25

Oral history interview with Margaret L. Furrow

 Collection
Identifier: SR1071
Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret L. Furrow conducted by Bill Koen from August 22 to September 26, 1985. Furrow worked as a fruit picker and fruit packer for Nakamura Orchards, Inc. in Hood River, Oregon.

Dates: 1985 August 22-September 26

Gould family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2680
Abstract Collection consists primarily of diaries by members of the Gould family, including a typescript diary of Albert L. Gould, 1860, regarding a trip from Iowa to eastern Nebraska; a typescript diary of Jane Gould, 1862, regarding her overland journey from Iowa to California; diaries of George A. Gould, 1874-1921, regarding farm work, ranching, hunting, fishing, and family activities in Coos County, Oregon, and in California; diary of Harriet Gould, 1891-1917, regarding family, work, and friends...
Dates: 1860-1921

History of irrigation in the Columbia River Basin

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2932
Abstract

Typescript term paper, presented at the University of Washington, regarding the history of irrigation projects in the Columbia River Basin. With bibliography.

Dates: 1930

Asa D. Holaday papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 846
Abstract

Collection includes manuscript essays: "Aids and Suggestions to the State Horticultural Society" and "Notes from Scappoose."

Dates: circa 1895

Oral history interview with Steven M. Houston

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2886
Abstract

Oral history with Steven M. Houston conducted by Clark Hansen on June 17, 2002, as part of the Oregon Wine Archives Oral History Project. Houston found the Houston Vineyards winery near Eugene, Oregon, in 1980, and discusses the wine industry in Oregon.

Dates: 2002 June 17

Alfred B. Humphrey letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2734
Abstract

Alfred B. Humphrey was a carpenter who came to Oregon from Simsbury, Connecticut, in 1870. Collection includes correspondence, 1871-1879, to relatives in Connecticut regarding life on a small farm near Oregon City, Oregon.

Dates: 1871-1879

Its all a part of living

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2917
Abstract

Lila Cooper Boge (born 1907) was a dairy farmer's wife and lifelong Oregon resident. Collection consists of photocopy typescript reminiscences regarding Boge's childhood in Hillsboro, Madras, and Lakeview, Oregon, and her adult life, spent primarily near Tillamook, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1975-1976