Military
Found in 148 Collections and/or Records:
Volney S. Ogle papers
Manuscript letters from Volney S. Ogle of Company E, 2nd Regiment, to his family from Manila, Philippines, circa 1896-1899, regarding life in the military in Manila. Also included are bound manuscript diaries, circa 1898-1899, with a list of men in his regiment. Ogle was from Portland, Oregon.
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.