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Ranching

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Alaska Livestock and Trading Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2385
Abstract Correspondence and records of the Alaska Livestock and Trading Company, which operated a sheep and cattle ranch on Unalaska Island, Alaska. The company had previously been the Western Pacific Livestock Company before Roy T. Bishop (1881-1950) of Portland, Oregon, purchased a controlling share in 1936 at the behest of the Western Pacific Livestock Company's founder, Dr. Adam C. Smith. After Roy T. Bishop's death, the company was managed by his sons Thomas B. Bishop and William H. Bishop until...
Dates: 1927-1977
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Maida Rossiter Bailey papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1633
Abstract Maida Rossiter Bailey was Dean of Women at Reed College and owned a ranch with her husband, Meredith Bailey, Jr., near Sisters, Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, 1901-1971; business correspondence, 1914-1964, regarding agriculture, logging and the Deschutes Farmer's Co-op; legal and financial documents, 1915-1962; expense records, 1905-1960; contracts and leases, 1927-1954; tax records and property assessments, 1918-1935; ranch employee records, 1916-1935; crop and pasture records,...
Dates: 1898-1971
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Heppner-area photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1405
Abstract

This collection of photographs shows agricultural scenes from Morrow County, Oregon, as well as the effects of the Heppner flood in 1903.

Dates: circa 1900-1903
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Oral history interview with Denny Jones

 Collection
Identifier: SR1117
Abstract

Oral history with Denny Jones conducted by Clark Hansen from July 27-30, 1992, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Jones was an Oregon state representative from 1973 to 1994.

Dates: 1992 July 27-30
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Willard Leonard papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1595
Abstract Collection includes correspondence, 1975, regarding Willard Leonard's childhood in Lakeview, Oregon, in the early 1900s, cowboys, riding, cattle raising, houses and social customs; and a typescript monograph, 1974, with photographs, regarding geological phenomena and his childhood in Lake County, Oregon. Also included is a typescript photocopy of Dr. Bernard Daly's will, filed January 1920; and a typescript report prepared by Georgie Stephenson, November 1967, regarding the Bernard Daly...
Dates: 1920-1975
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Oral history interview with Owen Panner

 Collection
Identifier: SR11152
Abstract

Oral history interview with Owen Panner conducted by Michael O'Rourke on December 19, 2005, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Panner was a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon.

Dates: 2005 December 19
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Albert S. Roberts diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1828
Abstract

Albert S. Roberts (1862-1933) was born in White Salmon, Washington, and his family moved to The Dalles in 1865. He was a wheat grower and sheep rancher and represented Wasco County as a Republican in the Oregon State Legislature. Topics in his diaries include his college days at the University of Oregon, farm life, his marriage to Rose Freeman, work in the state Legislature, and miscellaneous personal and family activities.

Dates: 1885-1933
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Skinner family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1012
Abstract Papers of the Skinner family of Jordan Valley, Oregon, particularly of William Silas Skinner (1871-1960) and his descendants. William Silas Skinner was the eldest son of Silas Skinner (1834-1886), who came to Oregon in the 1860s and established a toll road in western Idaho and eastern Oregon and a ranch in Jordan Valley. The family continued to operate the ranch into the 21st century. The collection also contains papers of related families; financial, property, and ranching records; and...
Dates: 1840-2013; Majority of material found within 1863-2013
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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