Biographies (literary genre)
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
60th wedding: Shubael and Mahala Robinson
Shubael and Mahala Robinson were Oregon residents who married in Jerome Prairie, Oregon, in 1900. Collection consists of a ditto booklet written for their 60th wedding anniversary, with history of the family and Jerome Prairie.
Beall family papers
The Beall family were farmers in Jackson County, Oregon. Collection consists of legal documents, 1870-1938, including deeds and indentures for Robert Vindon Beall and Thomas Fletcher Beall; a typescript carbon copy biography of Ann Maria Beall, undated; and a typescript family history by Robert V. Beall Jr., 1955.
John C. Bell papers
Letter, biographical information, certificates, and receipts relating to John C. Bell (1814-1906). Bell emigrated to Oregon in 1850, brought his family to Oregon in 1854, operated a general merchandise store in Salem, Oregon, and was appointed postmaster of Astoria, Oregon, in 1886.
Charles Berg records
Charles F. Berg (1871-1931) owned Charles F. Berg Company, a major women's apparel store in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes biographical information, programs, advertising samples, newsletters, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks, ephemera and programs for KGW's "Hoot Owls" radio program club.
Biographical sketch of I. W. Case, Esq.
Typescript carbon copy biography of I. W. Case, pioneer of Astoria, Oregon, by E. C. Holden, secretary of the Astoria Chamber of Commerce, 1892.
Orange Marcus Clark collection
Collection consists of a typescript copy of a diary, March-July 1914, of a trip to Europe and North Africa, with comments on roads and road building in Europe and Oregon; a typescript biography of Orange Marcus Clark, circa 1929; and a typescript copy of an obituary for Clark, 1929. Also included are insurance policies issued to O.M. Clark and Wilson W. Clark, 1917-1931.
Converting the West: a biography of Narcissa Whitman
Typescript biography of Narcissa Whitman.
William Foster Dalton papers
William Foster Dalton (1874-1955) was a Yorkshireman who began sailing in 1889. His travels took him to Seattle, Tacoma, San Francisco, and Oregon. Collection includes typescript letter from Phyllis Hester, Dalton's daughter, offering Dalton's autobiography to "Country Life," a British gardening and country living magazine; a manuscript summary of the autobiography by Kenneth Holmes; and microfilm of a manuscript book, "Wanderer's Life: an Autobiography," by Dalton.
DeSmet in Oregon Country
Typescript, 1909, with notes, regarding Jesuit missionary Pierre Jean de Smet and his activities in Oregon Territory.
William H. Dierdorff sketches and biography
Six ink and pencil sketches by William H. Dierdorff (1849-1903) with notations for hymns to perform at church services, and a brief biography of Dierdorff by his grandson. Dierdorff emigrated to Oregon in 1856, and after working as a civil engineer and draftsman, became a Presbyterian minister.