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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1753 Collections and/or Records:

Minority without a champion: Kanakas on the Pacific coast, 1788-1850

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2436
Abstract

Typescript carbon rough draft research paper, circa 1950-1972, exploring the history of Hawaiians in the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: circa 1950-1972

Arthur M. Minott guest books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1635
Abstract

Collection consists of guest books, 1895-1929, with poetry, drawings and signatures of visitors at Arthur M. Minott's beach home near Ecola, Oregon.

Dates: 1895-1929

Oral history interview with Jaime Miranda

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12284
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jaime Miranda conducted by Keven Salazar on August 1, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Miranda immigrated to the United States from Mexico around 1985. He studied to become a teacher, but changed his career trajectory and opened the M & M Marketplace in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Dates: 2018 August 1

Misenheimer deed to Kuhns

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 890
Abstract

Warranty deed from Joshua and Nancy Misenheimer to Jacob and Lucy Kuhns, conveying property in Multnomah County, Oregon.

Dates: 1906 August 18

Arlie Mitchell photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 163
Abstract

Small collection of photographs, most depicting Arlie Mitchell, and photocopied newspaper clippings about the Mitchell family. Arlie Mitchell was among nine children of Steve and Ellen Mitchell; the family had a homestead cabin on the Barlow Road, and Steve Mitchell worked maintenance and as tollgate keeper for some time. Arlie Mitchell served as the gatekeeper from 1906 to 1908, and also guided hunting and climbing parties on Mt. Hood.

Dates: circa 1912-1974

Oral history interview with Hobart M. Mitchell

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9479
Abstract

Oral history interview with Hobart M. Mitchell conducted by Charles Digregorio on May 4, 1977. Mitchell discusses his father, McKinley Mitchell, and talks about his own career as a produce wholesaler in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1977 May 4

J. Mitchell account books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 69
Abstract

J. Mitchell owned a general mercantile store on French Prairie in the Willamette Valley. The site later became part of the town of Gervais. The collection consists of two items: a journal of accounts for the years 1863-64, and a ledger summarizing accounts from 1860-1879, with a page showing box rentals at the Gervais Post Office for 1881.

Dates: 1860-1881

Mitchell wagon plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4065
Abstract

Thirteen blueline drawings on 2 sheets and lettering on 1 sheet, with duplicates, of a wagon for the Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., restored circa 1977.

Dates: circa 1977

W. D. Mixter papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1236
Abstract

Collection includes certificate appointing W. D. Mixter as an honorary land commissioner for the state of Oregon, August 26, 1904; a bound manuscript township and section plat book for Morrow County; and two plat maps of Mixter's land.

Dates: circa 1900-1930

Mizuta family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2636
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera, primarily relating to the Mizuta family's incarceration at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming; clearance for family members to leave the incarceration center to operate a farm; and family members' military service during the war. Family members represented in the collection include Fred Mizuta, George Mizuta, Haruye Izuta, Ito Mizuta, and Nobuo Mizuta.

Dates: 1941-1947