Biographies (literary genre)
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
The Portland Ayer: Mr. Ayer comes to Portland
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.
Nellie Meacham Redington papers
Arthur Riggs papers
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.
Arthur Robert Smith papers
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."
James Bowles Stephens collection
Clara Wing Stimson collection
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.
Eloise Thomas papers
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.
The life story of Mary Elizabeth Warren as told to Mildred Mitchell Sexson
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.
Benjamin Worsley letter to Alfred L. Lomax
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.