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speeches (documents)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:

Homer T. Shaver papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2041
Abstract Homer T. Shaver joined his family business, Shaver Company, in 1921. He helped organize a towboat firm, Shaver Forward Company, to haul grain to Portland from the Upper Columbia River. In 1967, he became president of Shaver Transportation. Papers include a typescript copy of an address to the 41st meeting of the Veteran Steamboatmen of the West, July 31, 1966, regarding Portland streets named after river vessel operators. Papers also include typescript correspondence, 1953, regarding the...
Dates: 1953-1966
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

James Harvey Slater papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2347
Abstract

James Harvey Slater was elected prosecuting attorney for the 5th Judicial District in 1866, served in the U.S. House from 1871-1873, and was a U.S. senator from Oregon from 1879-1885. Papers include correspondence; estate and family papers; reminiscences; and speeches, 1867-1885, on topics including economics, politics, tariffs, and slavery.

Dates: 1851-1977
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Speech to the Pacific Northwest History Conference

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1237
Abstract

Typescript photocopy of a speech given by Ernest E. Baker to the Pacific Northwest History Conference, Portland, Oregon, May 3, 1974, on the history of the International Longshoremen's Association and the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union.

Dates: 1974 May 3
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Stella Maris House collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1585
Abstract The collection consists of printed material, correspondence, and administrative, financial, and legal records created and collected by the Stella Maris House, a Portland, Oregon-based social justice group, during the course of its work. The collection demonstrates the local evolution of issues key to the history of the United States during the 1960s. Over a third of the collection is dedicated to Oregon's migrant labor rights movement; it also features materials documenting the area's civil...
Dates: 1940-1973; Majority of material found within 1960-1972
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Donald J. Sterling collection on the Velde Committee

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2883
Abstract The Velde Committee, or Committee on Un-American Activities, met in Portland, Oregon, in June 1954 to investigate the political affiliations of three Reed College professors, who refused to answer questions put to them by the committee. Collection consists of documents gathered by Donald Sterling Jr., who covered the hearings for the Oregon Journal newspaper. Among the materials in the collection are an open letter by Reed College Professor Stanley Moore; the prepared text of a speech to be...
Dates: 1953-1989; Majority of material found within 1954
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Frank A. Stewart papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2810
Abstract

Photocopies of original documents, consisting of love poems, political essays and speeches written by Frank A. Stewart; certificates; compositions by others; and records of the Ellensburg Mite Society. Stewart (born 1843) emigrated to Oregon with his family in 1854. He became a farmer and served in the state Legislature.

Dates: 1862-1895
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Robert W. Straub speech

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2321
Abstract

Typescript speech, July 4, 1975, delivered by Oregon Governor Robert W. Straub at a picnic at the Oregon Historical Society's Bybee Howell House, about the history of the house and the American Revolution.

Dates: 1975 July 4
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Thomas Nelson Strong papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2382
Abstract

Collection consists of addresses to civic groups, 1888-1911, including the Central Municipal League, Associated Charities, the Civic Federation Committee, the Committee of One Hundred, and the Taxpayers League. Also included are letters to editors, 1888-1911.

Dates: 1888-1911
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

J. Quinn Thornton papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 371
Abstract Papers of and relating to Jessy Quinn Thornton (also written as Jesse Quinn Thornton, 1810-1888), a lawyer who served as a judge for the Oregon Provisional Supreme Court and who lobbied for the establishment of the Oregon Territory. The bulk of the collection consists of speeches and essays by Thornton on a variety of topics, including matters relating to Oregon, as well as an autobiographical sketch and a bound volume of typescripts of these writings. The collection also includes a...
Dates: 1837-1929; Majority of material found within 1860-1874
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Samuel R. Thurston and Elizabeth Thurston papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 379
Abstract Papers of Samuel R. Thurston (1816-1851) and his wife, Elizabeth Thurston (1816-1890, later Elizabeth Odell), and a property deed relating to their children, George Henry Thurston (1846-1927) and Elizabeth Blandina Thurston (1849-1904, later Elizabeth Blandina Stowell). Papers include correspondence, Samuel R. Thurston's diary, and speeches by Samuel R. Thurston. Thurston was a delegate from the Oregon Territory to U.S. Congress, and helped pass the Oregon Donation Land Law in 1850; he died...
Dates: 1838-1887; Majority of material found within 1849-1851
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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