Oregon

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.

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

Collection of 42 snapshot photographs that depict damage caused by the 1948 Columbia River flood, also known as the Vanport Flood, in Portland and Vanport, Oregon. Also includes five snapshots of other Oregon locations, including the Columbia River Gorge, Newport, and Timberline Lodge, taken between 1945 and 1957.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.