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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1656 Collections and/or Records:

60th wedding: Shubael and Mahala Robinson

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 864
Abstract

Shubael and Mahala Robinson were Oregon residents who married in Jerome Prairie, Oregon, in 1900. Collection consists of a ditto booklet written for their 60th wedding anniversary, with history of the family and Jerome Prairie.

Dates: 1960

1000 Friends of Oregon records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2387
Abstract

Records include memoranda, member bulletins, and documents regarding the investigation and consideration of proposed and enacted land use and zoning plans.

Dates: 1974-1982

A. B. Steinbach and Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2463
Abstract

A. B. Steinbach and Company was a men's and boy's outfitters. Records consist of agreements, 1876-1940; correspondence, 1890-1949; deeds and leases, 1885-1951; mortgages, 1888-1925; titles, 1887-1895; receipts, 1880-1917; and miscellaneous documents, 1884-1939.

Dates: 1876-1951

A. F. Lowes Lumber Company photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 811
Abstract

Small collection of hand-colored panoramic photographs, 1950, by B. L. Aldrich, depicting the A. F. Lowes Lumber Company in Molalla, Oregon, and an unidentified residence.

Dates: 1950

A. J. Doak & Company ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 771
Abstract

Manuscript ledger for A. J. Doak & Co., a general mercantile store in St. Louis, Oregon, operated by Alexander Jackson Doak.

Dates: 1853

Henry Larcom Abbot papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 94
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of letters written by Henry Larcom Abbot (1831-1927) to his parents in 1855, journals he kept during his work on the Pacific Railroad Survey in California and Oregon in 1855-1856, and various field notes and celestial observations he took for the survey.

Dates: 1853-1943; Majority of material found within 1855

William P. Abrams collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6006
Abstract

Collection includes photocopied genealogical information, letters, and diary extracts regarding the discovery of Yosemite in 1849. William Penn Abrams (1820-1873) came to Portland, Oregon, in 1851 on a ship with his family. He started a sawmill and was Oregon's first highway contractor; he also traveled extensively.

Dates: 1893-1950

Catherine Julia Adams diary and letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2627
Abstract

Diary kept by Catherine J. Adams regarding her daily activities in Hillsboro, Oregon, and participation in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, as well as a typescript copy of a one-page letter from her father, William Bartlit.

Dates: 1878-1887

Advertising poster stamps collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2284
Abstract

Album, circa 1910-1930, filled with advertising poster stamps, including those for: Portland Rose Festival, Northwestern National Bank, Great Northern Railway, Meier and Frank, Elgin Watches, Edison Mazda Lamps, Samuel Rosenblatt & Co., American Hawaiian Steamship Co., Nortonia Hotel (now Mark Spencer Hotel), and Portland World's Fair, 1925 (which never happened).

Dates: circa 1910-1930

Oral history interview with Eva Aigner and Les Aigner

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12268
Abstract

Oral history interview with Eva Aigner and Les Aigner conducted by Jim Lommasson, Elizabeth Mehran, and Sankar Raman in 2018 for The Immigrant Story. The Aigners, Holocaust survivors from Hungary, immigrated to the United States and settled in Portland, Oregon. They discuss their experiences during the Holocaust, life in post-war Hungary, and immigrating to Portland.

Dates: 2018