Oregon -- History
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Theresa Truchot papers
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.
Oswald West papers
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.
Doctor Marcus Whitman: missionary murdered by the Cayuse Indians in Oregon, November 29, 1847
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.