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Oregon -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Theresa Truchot papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2618
Abstract

Collection includes research notes regarding Oregon and Northwest history. Theresa Truchot was a local historian of early Lake Oswego. She was the author of many publications and conducted oral histories of early Lake Oswego residents. She initiated the Junior Historical Society and was a speaker on local history topics.

Dates: 1940-1958

Oswald West papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 589
Abstract

Papers of Oswald West include a small amount of correspondence and other papers from his term as Oregon governor, 1911-1915, and materials relating to his research and writing of political and historical articles, 1942-1960. Included is correspondence with prominent Oregonians and other political figures, such as James A. Farley, Wayne Morse, and Richard L. Neuberger.

Dates: 1856-1960; Majority of material found within 1895-1960

Doctor Marcus Whitman: missionary murdered by the Cayuse Indians in Oregon, November 29, 1847

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 202
Abstract

Manuscript essay regarding James Clark Stroup's personal acquaintance with Marcus Whitman and Narcissa Whitman, and arguments in favor of the "Whitman saves Oregon" theory.

Dates: circa 1906-1920