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Oregon -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Charles McNary speech accepting vice presidential nomination

 Collection
Identifier: SR1182
Abstract

Audio recording of a speech given by U.S. Senator Charles McNary in Salem, Oregon, on August 27, 1940. In the speech, he accepts the Republican nomination for vice president.

Dates: 1940 August 27

Nightfires: a story of the Oregon Country

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2616
Abstract

Typescript series of historical sketches of Oregon, 194 pages.

Dates: circa 1970-1980

Notes regarding Oregon materials on file at the Bureau of Indian Affairs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 858
Abstract

Collection includes manuscript and typescript correspondence relating to materials at the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C., on which Joseph Rogers Wilson took notes in 1900 and have since gone missing; and manuscript notes, 1900, by Wilson, on same Oregon materials (1841-1850).

Dates: 1900-1910

Alfred Powers papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2907
Abstract

Collection of historical materials relating to Oregon and Pacific Northwest history, including business records, scrapbooks, catalogs, and ephemera.

Dates: 1834-1963

Hervey S. Robinson collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 924
Abstract

Unprocessed collection of miscellaneous writings of Hervey S. Robinson, an Oregon author and historian, on topics including the history of Beaverton, Portland, Troutdale, Oregon politics, and Oregon newspapers.

Dates: circa 1920-1970

Thomas Smith letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 806
Abstract

Collection includes a manuscript letter from Thomas Smith to George H. Himes, 1908, naming the first settlers in the Umpqua River Valley; and a manuscript letter to Harry L. Wells, a historian, 1884, providing a detailed description, including dates and places, of his journey to Oregon in 1847 from Fort Hall to Eugene Skinner's cabin by way of the Southern Route to Oregon (now known as the Applegate Trail).

Dates: 1884-1908

Some reminiscences of an early forester

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2282
Abstract

Typescript photocopy of Henry Haefner's reminiscences about his service in the Siskiyou National Forest from 1909-1925 and in 1930.

Dates: 1967

These things I remembered and poured out my soul in me

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2533
Abstract

Typescript photocopy reminiscences by John R. Laidlaw of his career as a priest, with chapters on Oregon history.

Dates: 1976

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

Kenneth Tillson radio scripts

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2492
Abstract

Sixty-nine scripts, 1946-1949, for the radio program "Oregon Album," a Sunday afternoon show that aired on station KGW in Portland, Oregon, and dealt with events and personalities in Oregon history.

Dates: 1946-1949