Military
Found in 145 Collections and/or Records:
Olney family papers
Oregon Infantry, 1st Regiment, Company I records
Records and receipts of the Oregon Infantry, 1st Regiment, Company I, under Captain F. B. Sprague, 1864-1867, mostly regarding clothing supplies.
Oregon Military Research Institute records
Research records and publications of the Oregon Military Research Institute, a military history project. The records concern Oregon war veterans, Oregon military units, and military facilities in Oregon. The collection also includes the personal papers of veteran Richard Gaarenstroom, who began the OMRI in the early 21st century after a military career of more than 30 years.
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.