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Literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Poems of Portland, Oregon and the great North West

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1597
Abstract

Bound manuscript poems by Charles F. Hammond entitled "Poems of Portland, Oregon and the Great North West," circa 1926, with corrections.

Dates: circa 1926

Oral history interview with Alfred Powers

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9368
Abstract

Oral history interview with Alfred Powers conducted by Linda S. Dodds from February 22 to March 7, 1980. Powers was an author, journalist, teacher, book collector, and book binder.

Dates: 1980 February 22-March 7

Alfred Powers papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2907
Abstract

Collection of historical materials relating to Oregon and Pacific Northwest history, including business records, scrapbooks, catalogs, and ephemera.

Dates: 1834-1963

Oral history interview with Clyde Rice

 Collection
Identifier: SR1054
Abstract

Oral history interview with Clyde Rice conducted by Rick Harmon from January 22 to March 13, 1985. Rice was an author from Portland, Oregon, and he discusses his novel "A Heaven in the Eye," as well as his family background and early life, his marriages, and his father's flavor extract business.

Dates: 1985 January 22-March 13

Sketches for "Children of the covered wagon: a story of the old Oregon Trail"

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5363
Abstract

Pen and ink sketches by Bob Kuhn for Mary Jane Carr's book "Children of the covered wagon: a story of the old Oregon Trail," depicting moccasins, a buffalo skull, and scenes from the book. Kuhn (1920-2007) was one of the leading painters of North American and African wildlife.

Dates: circa 1950-1957

Earl R. Smith collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 857
Abstract

Collection includes typescript photocopies of two documents by Earl R. Smith: one titled "The Days of My Years," 1968, an autobiography; and an incomplete copy of one titled "The Westfall Country," 1962.

Dates: 1962-1968

Genevieve Thompson Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1537
Abstract

Papers of Genevieve Thompson Smith (1883-1974), an author, playwright, and attorney of Portland, Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, manuscripts for stories and plays, a scrapbook, ephemera, and other materials.

Dates: 1892-1957

George Andrew Waggoner collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 829
Abstract

Collection includes typescript and manuscript literary manuscripts of "Buckskin Fight with the Wolves," "A Test of Courage," "Oregon Pioneering," "A Race with the Wind," and "Was it Luck or Providence?"

Dates: circa 1899-1930

Wild honey: a drama

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2306
Abstract

Typescript play by Raphael Fabian Bennett, set in 1895 Arkansas, 85 pages, with notes.

Dates: 1937

Wild ride to the stockade

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2613
Abstract

Typescript photocopy draft, 78 pages, of a fictional account of settlers and miners near Granite, Oregon.

Dates: 1971