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Military

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 142 Collections and/or Records:

Medorem and John D. Crawford papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 191
Abstract

Papers of and relating to Medorem Crawford (1819-1891) and his brother John D. Crawford (1824-1877). Medorem Crawford emigrated to Oregon in 1842, held a number of political offices, and commanded military escorts for emigrants to Oregon during the U.S. Civil War. John D. Crawford emigrated to Oregon in 1847, served as a commissary officer during the Cayuse War, and worked in the mercantile business in Champoeg, Oregon, in the 1850s.

Dates: 1842-1903; Majority of material found within 1842-1878

George Washington Crum reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 817
Abstract

Manuscript and photocopy reminiscences, circa 1915, of George Washington Crum's Civil War experiences from August 8, 1861, to June 12, 1865. Also included is a photocopy newspaper clipping of an obituary for Crum (1842-1923), which describes him as having enlisted in the Army in April 1861 and being honorably discharged in 1863 after being wounded.

Dates: circa 1915-1923

Maurice Edgar Crumpacker papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2490
Abstract

Papers of Maurice E. Crumpacker (1886-1927), primarily relating to the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, which Crumpacker oversaw while serving as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I. Crumpacker was an attorney in Portland, Oregon, and later was a U.S. congressman.

Dates: 1917-1922

George L. Curry correspondence relating to the Yakima War and the Rogue River War

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 895
Abstract

Correspondence of Oregon Territorial Governor George L. Curry (1820-1878) relating to the Yakima War and the Rogue River War of 1855-1856. Most of the correspondence, which relates to raising and supplying volunteers or to military orders, consists of drafts or office copies written on Curry's behalf by Benjamin Stark (1820-1898), who acted as Curry's aide-de-camp.

Dates: 1855 October-1856 May 29

Gilbert F. Davis diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 868
Abstract

Diary kept by quartermaster Sergeant Gilbert F. Davis of his service in the Modoc War.

Dates: 1873

John E. Dean letters to family

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 905
Abstract

Letters from John E. Dean (1923-1994) to his parents in Portland, Oregon, written while Dean was serving in World War II. Dean served in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theater during the war, and later worked as a real estate appraiser and as a security guard at Holladay Park Hospital.

Dates: 1943-1945

John Buel Dimick papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2669
Abstract

John Buel Dimick (1840-1903) was a member of the Company B Volunteer Cavalry and later the Oregon Infantry during the Civil War, and a state senator from Marion County from 1887 to 1890. Collection includes correspondence with his wife, Almira Dimick, during his time in the military; business correspondence; political correspondence and speeches; and correspondence with various family members.

Dates: 1859-1903

Walter R. Dimm papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2549
Abstract

Correspondence, orders, rosters, reports, and maps related to Walter R. Dimm's military service during World War I.

Dates: 1918-1923

Walter R. Dimm photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1182
Abstract

Black and white photographs in two albums, relating to Walter R. Dimm's experiences as a 2nd lieutenant in Company E, 309th Regiment of Engineers, American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. Many members of his unit are identified.

Dates: 1917-1919

E. T. Eagling diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2700
Abstract

Manuscript diary kept while aboard the U.S.S. Oregon. Includes photographs and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1912-1914