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California

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

John Bunker Hemey diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2605
Abstract

Manuscript diary regarding overland journey from Illinois to California.

Dates: 1864
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / John Bunker Hemey diary

H.M.S. Tenedos going into San Francisco

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5280
Abstract

Watercolor sketch of the bark Tenedos in San Francisco Bay.

Dates: circa 1800-1899
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / H.M.S. Tenedos going into San Francisco

Samuel Laughlin letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1465
Abstract

Photocopy manuscript correspondence to and from Samuel Laughlin and his family in Oregon, California, and Missouri, 1858-1867, regarding family news, crops, livestock, weather, and the Civil War.

Dates: 1858-1867
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Samuel Laughlin letters

David C. Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1324
Abstract

Collection includes surveying notes, Crescent City, California, 1855-1856; letter to David C. Lewis' mother, May 30, 1880, regarding marriage; and marriage certificates for David Lewis and Rebecca Mendenhall, his parents and grandparents.

Dates: 1747-1883
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / David C. Lewis papers

Horace Lyman diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2672
Abstract

Manuscript diary describing Horace Lyman's sea voyage from New York to San Francisco aboard the vessel Whitton and from San Francisco to the Columbia River aboard the Toulon. Lyman (1815-1887) was a congregational clergyman and teacher. He founded the First Congregational Church, Portland, Oregon, in 1851.

Dates: 1848-1849
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Horace Lyman diary

Mount Shasta

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5368
Abstract

Hand-colored lithograph depicting Mount Shasta in California.

Dates: 1873
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Mount Shasta

An octogenarian's childhood on the western frontier

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2895
Abstract

Collection consists of Elizabeth Reed Brent's reminiscences of her childhood in Picard, California, now called Dorris, from the late 1890s to 1906. Brent's family moved from Iowa to Keno, Oregon, in 1891, and she was born in Keno in 1895. From there, the family moved to Picard and later to Chico, California.

Dates: 1980
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / An octogenarian's childhood on the western frontier

Pendleton and Klamath-area photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1406
Abstract

Collection comprises five black-and-white photographs, including aerial views of both Pendleton and Klamath Falls, Oregon, circa 1900, as well as the Klamath Hot Springs Hotel, in Beswick, Siskiyou County, California.

Dates: Circa 1900
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Pendleton and Klamath-area photographs

Hayes Perkins diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 496
Abstract

Typescript copies of diaries of Hayes Perkins, titled "Here And There." Entries from 1928 to 1936 detail Hayes's work at San Simeon. Also includes typescript memoir, "Hayes Perkins' last journeys: across the Sahara (1952) and around South America (1955)," and biographical information.

Dates: 1897-2002; Majority of material found within 1897-1936
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Hayes Perkins diaries

Plans for residence no. 172R

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3162
Abstract

Blueprint plans, elevations, details and sections on 10 sheets of an unidentified residence, by Los Angeles architect Henry A. Wilson.

Dates: circa 1920-1950
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Plans for residence no. 172R

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