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Railroads

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Mount Hood Railroad Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1160
Abstract

Collection includes ledgers and journals, 1906-1946; vouchers, 1920-1952; annual reports, 1907-1937; and correspondence, 1937-1961.

Dates: 1906-1961

North Bank Road photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 275
Abstract

Photograph album, possibly compiled by the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, containing black and white photographs, most taken by Fred H. Kiser, of landscape scenes along the Oregon Trunk Railway. Among the subjects depicted are the Celilo Bridge, the Deschutes River, the Tygh Valley, Mount Jefferson, Crooked River Canyon, and Benham Falls.

Dates: 1911-1912

Oregon and California Railroad Company subscription list

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 766
Abstract

Subscription list, October 1963, created by Simon G. Elliott to defray in part the cost of making a preliminary survey for a railroad route connecting the Pacific Railroad in California with the city of Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1863

Oregon Electric Railway, Portland to Salem route photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 278
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs of towns and businesses along the Oregon Electric Railway route from Portland to Salem, Oregon. A map of the route is included in the album.

Dates: 1903-1908

A. R. Panissidi papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2373
Abstract

Collection consists of speeches and manuscripts for publication, circa 1974-1976, regarding railroads in Oregon, tidelands, and legislation regarding public lands used for railroads.

Dates: circa 1974-1976

Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook Railway Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1488
Abstract

The Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook Railway Company was incorporated February 2, 1901. Collection includes bound manuscript minute book, 1901-1905, and a report, 1901, regarding the progress of the business.

Dates: 1901-1905

Simeon Gannett Reed papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1117
Abstract Typescript copies, some on microfilm, of the letters and private papers of a businessman, entrepreneur, railroad magnate, and land developer of Portland, Oregon, active in the late 19th century. Subjects include mining, railroad ventures, land development, livestock breeding, shipping and steamships. Prominent correspondents include John C. Ainsworth, William S. Ladd, Ladd & Tilton Bank, and Martin Winch. Also included are letters from Victor M. Clement of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan...
Dates: 1864-1931; Majority of material found within 1864-1896

Don H. Roberts collection on railroad history

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1439
Abstract

Collection includes research materials, documents, miscellaneous correspondence, notes and ephemera regarding railroad history.

Dates: circa 1800-1980

Sellwood & Vancouver Railway Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1546
Abstract

Collection includes manuscript administrative records removed from a record book, March-August 1887, including articles of incorporation, stock subscription list, and minutes of stockholder meetings.

Dates: 1887

Sojourn in America

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2638
Abstract

Typescript photocopy book, 1978, containing Haralambos Kambouris' diary, 1912-1915, describing his life in America and work on various northwest railroads and mining enterprises in Utah; poems; photographs; and miscellaneous documents and letters, many in Greek. Kambouris (1898-1964) was a Greek immigrant who lived in Oregon and various western states.

Dates: 1978