Military
Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:
William Russell Parnell photographs
Collection consists of five photographs that were originally owned and may have been taken by William Russell Parnell (1836-1910). Parnell was stationed at several military encampments in the Northwest, including those depicted in this collection. While stationed in the Northwest, he commanded Troop H and Troop F of the 1st Cavalry of the United States, and fought in multiple conflicts with Native peoples in the region.
Patrol boat plans
Collection consists of 242 blackline photocopy plans on 28 sheets of a 100-foot patrol boat for the U.S. Department of the Navy, Bureau of Ships.
People Against Nerve Gas papers
Correspondence, petitions, statements, and other materials produced or compiled by Gordon L. Kilgour (1929-2016) in relation to his role as the chair of People Against Nerve Gas (P.A.N.G.). Kilgour was a chemistry professor at Portland State College (later Portland State University) in Portland, Oregon. People Against Nerve Gas was a group founded in 1970 to protest a proposed shipment of nerve gas from Okinawa, Japan, to the Umatilla Army Depot near Hermiston, Oregon.
Charles Pettit photographic collection
Small collection of black and white photographs of Charles Pettit, the U.S.S. Oregon and other battleships, crew, life aboard ships, diving, and military drills.
Portland Air Base souvenir book
Souvenir photograph book of the Portland Air Base. The book was mailed by Private John Adams to Dora Barnes in May 1944. The air base was established in 1941; it would later become the Portland Air National Guard Base.
Portraits of unidentified black soldiers
Two head-and-shoulders pencil portraits by A. J. P. Carré depicting unidentified black soldiers at St. Sulpice, Gironde, France, during World War I, September 1918.
William Scoles Powell letters
Manuscript correspondence of William Scoles Powell, 1863-1865: to his wife, Helen Powell, regarding activities with the Oregon Infantry in Eastern Oregon and Washington; from his parents; and from Lt. Samuel F. Kerns regarding provisions.
Ross E. Read papers
Small collection of materials related to the military service of Ross E. Read of Portland, Oregon, in Company D of the 1st U.S. Engineers during World War I. The bulk of the collection consists of documents and correspondence regarding citations and awards bestowed on Read for heroism during combat in Cantigny, France, in May 1918, and a book, published circa 1918, documenting the operations of the 1st U.S. Engineers during the war.
William E. Richardson family papers
Collection consists of documents and correspondence of the William E. Richardson family, 1867-1902, including Indian War pension claim papers, property documents, and genealogical information of the Lightfoot and Richardson families. Also of note is a letter by James A. Chaffin regarding the Battle of the Big Hole with Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce, in August 1877.
Henry N. Roberts papers
Manuscript certificate of discharge, November 28, 1835, from service in the Oregon Mounted Volunteers 1st Regiment, Company E, for being "unable to perform the duties of a soldier," signed by Joseph W. Mahon, Assistant Surgeon in Charge, Dalles, Washington (now Oregon).