Military
Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:
Scrapbook about 1937 Fleet Week in Portland, Oregon, presented to Vice Admiral W. T. Tarrant
Kate D. Taylor letters
Melvin G. Thompson letters
Letters of a soldier from Portland, Oregon, who served in the C Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, in Europe during World War II.
Allen B. Tint World War I letters and memorabilia
Postcards and letters from Allen B. Tint (1895-1960), written during his service in World War I, to the family of his brother, Leopold "Lew" M. Tint, as well as newspaper clippings, a poem, and two issues of the newspaper for the base hospital where Allen B. Tint was stationed. The Tints were Latvian-Americans; Leopold M. Tint (1882-1951) moved to Portland, Oregon, in the early 1920s, while Allen B. Tint stayed on the U.S. East Coast.
Hideto Tomita letters
Hideto Tomita was a Portland, Oregon, Japanese American who was incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Minidoka camp in Idaho and later joined the 442nd regiment of the U.S. Army. Collection consists of Tomita's correspondence with Cora B. Oliver, a former teacher, 1942-1945, regarding his experiences of incarceration, of basic training in Mississippi, and of life at the front in Italy and France.
Transport attack ship drawing
Blueline inboard oblique drawing of a transport attack ship design for the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation.
United Service Organizations records and scrapbooks
Collection includes minutes, 1951-1955; memoranda and news releases, 1957-1969; newspaper clippings, 1951-1974; and correspondence, 1951-1968. Also included are scrapbooks, 1951-1976.
United Spanish War Veterans, Department of Oregon records
Collection includes correspondence, minutes, applications, roll books, and disbursements of of Scout Young Camp #2; minutes and roster of Bert B. Chandler Camp #26 in Cottage Grove, Oregon; minutes and proceedings of encampments of Camp Venville #1 in Portland; correspondence of the national auxiliary, Pan American Study Committee; history of the Department of Oregon Auxiliary; and scrapbooks.
United States Marine Corps photographs and ephemera
The collection primarily consists of two United States Marine Corps photograph sets: one depicting the barracks at Klamath Falls, Oregon, and the surrounding area; and one depicting the Battle of Kwajalein in the Pacific Theater. Other materials include 3 postcards depicting Marine soldiers training and a hotel in Lakeview, Oregon, and copies of a brochure for the family clinic at the Klamath Falls barracks.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland, Or. records
Manuscript and typescript routine correspondence to Captain Charles F. Powell, Captain of Engineers, at Portland, Oregon, 1886-1888, mainly regarding commerce at and between Fort Canby, Washington, and Fort Stevens, Oregon.