Oregon
Found in 1657 Collections and/or Records:
Pendleton Round-Up home movie
Collection consists of a black-and white, silent home movie of the Pendleton Round-Up that was taken in September 1927. Footage includes rodeo events, bulls, a parade of horses, and Native participants. The Round-Up, held in Pendleton, Oregon, since 1910, features events including barrel racing, calf roping, and steer wrestling, as well as a parade and a night show.
Penny Whistle
Manuscript periodical "Penny Whistle," 4 pages, August 1, 1859, Volume 1, Number 5, published in Albany, Oregon, featuring articles on Philaster Lee's divorce petition, the death of a bull, temperance, a saddle thief and an editorial on the difference between a kissing party and a dancing party.
People Against Nerve Gas papers
Correspondence, petitions, statements, and other materials produced or compiled by Gordon L. Kilgour (1929-2016) in relation to his role as the chair of People Against Nerve Gas (P.A.N.G.). Kilgour was a chemistry professor at Portland State College (later Portland State University) in Portland, Oregon. People Against Nerve Gas was a group founded in 1970 to protest a proposed shipment of nerve gas from Okinawa, Japan, to the Umatilla Army Depot near Hermiston, Oregon.
People For A Better Oregon campaign comic book and original artwork
Collection consists of three copies of a color comic book made for bulk mailing to voters by the organization People For A Better Oregon in 1985, along with paste-ups of the original artwork. The comic book, titled "Oregon's Balanced Tax Plan: Ballot Measure #1" describes and advocates for a ballot measure that would have created a sales tax to fund education in Oregon.
Percefull-Ayers family papers
Collection includes receipts and legal documents, correspondence, a diary of Margaret Percefull, and miscellaneous ephemera and other documents. Family members mentioned include Margaret Percefull, Emma S. Percefull, James K. Wallace, William T. Wallace and Andrew H. Ayers.
Performing Arts History Committee records
Records of a committee organized by the Oregon Historical Society around 1966 to seek out information and materials documenting performing arts in the state. The collection consists primarily of meeting minutes from 1966-1976 and attached correspondence and other documents, and also includes two papers written for seminars at Lewis and Clark College in 1966 and 1968, concerning music history in Oregon.
Henry Hunter Peters diary
Typescript copy of diary entries made by Henry Hunter Peters from July 8, 1850, to August 4, 1850, describing a trip from San Francisco, California, to the Oregon Territory. Entries discuss travels to places including Vancouver, Portland, Oregon City, Salem, and Astoria.
Oral history interview with Edwin J. Peterson
Oral history interview with Edwin J. Peterson conducted by Jeffrey C. Dobbins from August 21 to December 11, 2007, as part of the United States District Court of Oregon Oral History Project. Peterson discusses his youth and education, as well as his career as a lawyer in Portland, Oregon, and as chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.
Nona C. Peterson papers
Nona C. Peterson (1904-) graduated from the University of Oregon and worked for the Bonneville Power Administration, 1940-1966, beginning as a typist and later working as an engineering drafter and editorial assistant. Collection includes postcards, 1907-1984, and miscellaneous documents related to her work with BPA, 1940-1966.
Petition of pioneers of Oregon to Congress
Typescript petition from pioneers of the state of Oregon to Congress, circa 1850-1900, requesting that a monument to Lewis and Clark be erected at Fort Clatsop in honor of their encampment there in 1805-1806.