Agriculture
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
Edward G. Robinson papers
Collection consists of manuscript correspondence to Edward G. Robinson and his wife, Frances Robinson, 1918-1929, from friends and business associates in Oregon and Tennessee, mostly regarding the flax industry in Oregon and the United States. Also included are miscellaneous documents regarding the flax industry. Robinson owned an electric company in Aurora, Oregon. He traveled to Europe to study flax culture and linen manufacture.
Rogue River Commercial Orchard Company records
Rogue River Commercial Orchard Company records include correspondence, contracts, stockholder receipts, and promotional literature, 1910-1919. H. B. Tronson and Guy W. Conner were presidents of the company.
Oral history interview with Dick Troon
Oral history interview with Dick Troon conducted by Jamie Minkus and Kirsten Wall on April 20, 2002, as part of the Oregon Wine Archives Oral History Project. Troon discusses the history of Troon Vineyard in the Applegate Valley, Oregon, and talks about the wine industry in Oregon.
Tuttle Ranch records
Papers concerning the activities of the Tuttle Hereford Ranch near Prairie City, Oregon, owned by Clarence Ewing Tuttle.
Valley Migrant League photographs
Collection consists of photographs taken primarily by staff of the Valley Migrant League for their program newspaper, "Opportunity News." Subjects depicted include VML-sponsored adult education and child care programs, working and living conditions for agricultural migrant laborers, labor organizing activities, and community events.
Oral history interview with Marjorie M. Vuylsteke
Oral history interview with Marjorie M. Vuylsteke conducted by Jamie Minkus and Kirsten Wall on May 3, 2002, as part of the Oregon Wine Archives Oral History Project. Vuylsteke discusses the founding and operations of Oak Knoll Winery in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Charles Wagner Willamette Valley flax industry photographs
Photographic prints produced by Charles Wagner, manager of the Oregon Insurance Rating Bureau (later the Pacific Fire Insurance Rating Bureau) to document the value of crops, facilities, and equipment associated with the flax industry in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The images include facilities in Canby, Corvallis, Dayton, Harrisburg, Irving, Monroe, Mount Angel, Santiam, Silverton, Springfield, St. Paul, and Washington County.
Walker Farms records
Records of an eastern Oregon farm, near Athena in Umatilla County, engaged in large-scale growing of wheat, oats, and peas from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Washington/Yamhill County Pomona Grange
Historical information and photocopies of documents and photographs relating to grange organizations in Washington and Yamhill Counties, Oregon.
Oral history interview with John D. Weisinger
Oral history interview with John D. Weisinger conducted by Jamie Minkus and Kirsten Wall on May 24, 2002, as part of the Oregon Wine Archives Oral History Project. Weisinger discusses his winery, the Weisinger Family Winery, in Ashland, Oregon.