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Biographies (literary genre)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

The Portland Ayer: Mr. Ayer comes to Portland

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6005
Abstract

Photocopy typescript manuscript regarding the life of Winslow Bartlett Ayer (1860-1965), who came to Portland in 1883 and became one of the city's best known businessmen and a political leader and philanthropist.

Dates: 1993
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / The Portland Ayer: Mr. Ayer comes to Portland

Nellie Meacham Redington papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2562
Abstract Elinor Frances Meacham Redington (Nellie) was the daughter of Alfred B. Meacham, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Oregon (1869-1872) and wife of John Watermelon Redington, Indian scout and newspaper editor-publisher. She graduated from Willamette University in 1877, and taught in several cities throughout Oregon. Papers include typescript photocopy reminiscences regarding her early years at Lee's Encampment (now Meacham, Oregon), her father's career, and her own teaching career; a...
Dates: circa 1900-1979
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Nellie Meacham Redington papers

Arthur Riggs papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1645
Abstract

Arthur Riggs (1871-1941) was a river pilot on the Columbia, Snake and Willamette rivers. Collection includes correspondence, 1937-1940, with information on the development of shipping on the upper Columbia River; autobiographical journals; steamboat history notes prepared by Frank J. Smith; and logbooks.

Dates: 1908-1941
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Arthur Riggs papers

Arthur Robert Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1074
Abstract

Papers relating to journalist Robert Arthur Smith's research and writing on Senator Wayne Morse. Includes copies of Morse's correspondence; Smith's correspondence and notes concerning Morse; materials relating to Morningside Hospital in Portland, Oregon; the Alaska Mental Health Bill of 1954; and typescript of Smith's 1962 book "The Tiger in the Senate."

Dates: 1931-1966
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Arthur Robert Smith papers

James Bowles Stephens collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2029
Abstract James B. Stephens (1806-1889) was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. In 1844, he traveled overland to Oregon. Settling first in Oregon City, he came to the new town of Portland in 1845. He operated the horse-powered Stark Street Ferry and laid out the townsite of East Portland. Collection includes a manuscript bond of James Bowles Stephens and Gideon Tibbetts, August 30, 1852, for Stephens to keep a ferry across the Willamette River opposite Portland; manuscript articles of agreement...
Dates: 1852-1983; Majority of material found within 1852-1862
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / James Bowles Stephens collection

Clara Wing Stimson collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2687
Abstract

Collection includes a biography regarding Clara Wing Stimson's involvement with the Red Cross during World War I; a typescript of "A Trip Around the World" in two parts, 1926-1927, as told in correspondence to her parents, Frederick and Eva Wing of Seattle, Washington, and other documents.

Dates: 1926-circa 1970
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Clara Wing Stimson collection

Eloise Thomas papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1717
Abstract

Eloise Thomas was a schoolteacher in Walla Walla, Washington, and an officer of Daughters of Pioneers of Washington. Collection includes autobiography; personal papers; genealogy; documents and scrapbook regarding the Daughters of Pioneers of Washington; and documents regarding the Walla Walla Pioneer Association.

Dates: 1922-1959
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Eloise Thomas papers

The life story of Mary Elizabeth Warren as told to Mildred Mitchell Sexson

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 925
Abstract

Photocopy typescript of "The Life Story of Mary Elizabeth Warren as Told to Mildred Mitchell Sexson," about her family's journey from Missouri to the Pacific Northwest, and about life in Oregon.

Dates: circa 1933
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / The life story of Mary Elizabeth Warren as told to Mildred Mitchell Sexson

Benjamin Worsley letter to Alfred L. Lomax

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1066
Abstract

Manuscript letter from Benjamin Worsley to Alfred L. Lomax, January 31, 1924, recounting the life of John Worsley, founder of early Oregon woolen mills, and his wife, Barbara Oliphant.

Dates: 1924 January 31
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Benjamin Worsley letter to Alfred L. Lomax

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