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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1678 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

Oral history interview with Leo Adler

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9677
Abstract

Oral history interview with Leo Adler conducted by Charles Digregorio on November 10, 1977. Adler, who operated a magazine distribution business and was known as a booster for his home of Baker City, Oregon, discusses his life in Baker City, his interest in baseball, and the Jewish community in Baker.

Dates: 1977 November 10

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