autobiographies (literary genre)
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
William R. Stephens papers
The bulk of the collection consists of a typescript copy of William R. Stephens' 1930 autobiography, written when he was 90. Other materials include an application for membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, a deed to Jacob B. and Lucy M. Kuhns, conveying property in Washington County, Oregon; and correspondence concerning Stephens' pension, Civil War record, and headstone.
This is my life
Typescript reminiscences of William H. Helms, regarding his early life in Oregon, his student years at Reed College, and his adult life in New York, Michigan and California.
This is my life
Typescript autobiography, "This is my Life" by Mae Ross Walker, 1970, with photograph. Walker was a musician and a teacher in Portland, Oregon.
U.S. District Court biographies
Collection includes correspondence and research on the U.S. District Court, the renaming of the Pendleton Courthouse, Nels Peterson and Thomas J. White.
John Whiteaker collection
Materials relating to John Whiteaker, first governor of the state of Oregon. Collection includes a handwritten autobiography; Whiteaker family bible, with genealogical information; 1950s correspondence to Whiteaker's descendants regarding the autobiography; and a photograph of Whiteaker at the time of his governorship, as well as two portraits of him in later life.