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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1746 Collections and/or Records:

Oregon World Organization of China Painters collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 455
Abstract

Papers and albums related to the Oregon World Organization of China Painters, compiled by longtime member and porcelain art teacher Jan Byerlee. Materials include records of the organization; Porcelain Art Month proclamations signed by President Jimmy Carter and various Oregon governors; newspaper articles and clippings; loose photographs; and albums with photographs, papers and ephemera.

Dates: 1971-2005

Oral history interview with Ollie F. Osborn

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9350
Abstract

Oral history interview with Ollie F. Osborn conducted by Harriet Baskas in September 1981 as part of a series of interviews used in the radio program “Don’t Fence Me In, the Cowgirls of Eastern Oregon.” Osborn was a cowgirl and rodeo participant in Eastern Oregon from 1913 to 1932.

Dates: 1981 September

Oral history interview with Jack T. Ouchida

 Collection
Identifier: SR 969
Abstract Oral history interview with Jack T. Ouchida conducted by Linda Doami in two sessions, on February 25 and April 8, 1995, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Ouchida discusses his early life as a farmer in Gresham, the Japanese American community in the area, and his family. He speaks about his experiences during World War II, when he was first incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center by the U.S. government, then released to work on a sugar beet farm in Nyssa, Oregon. He...
Dates: 1995 February 25; 1995 April 8

An outline of the history of the Pacific Northwest: with special reference to the State of Washington

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 770
Abstract

Typescript of "An Outline of the Pacific Northwest" by Ceylon S. Kingston and J. Orin Oliphant. Authors' working copy, with bibliographic citations pasted in and some handwritten marks.

Dates: circa 1920-1926

Robert Owen letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1575
Abstract

Photocopies of correspondence of Robert Owen on the Oregon Question. Correspondents include J. M. Storms, also known as Cora Montgomery; Robert Dale Owen, his son; and Sir Robert Peel.

Dates: 1844-1846

Bethenia Owens-Adair papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 503
Abstract

Papers of Bethenia Owens-Adair (1840-1926), including letters from Jesse Applegate, a speech by Owens-Adair in support of women's suffrage, a pro-eugenics booklet by Owens-Adair, and a letter from Owens-Adair to Fred Lockley. Owens-Adair was one of the first women working as doctors in Oregon to hold a medical degree, and was active in the temperance, women's suffrage, and eugenics movements.

Dates: 1869-1921

John W. Owens papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2319
Abstract John W. Owens was a lecturer on phrenology. During the years of 1880-1882, he was on a lecture tour of Oregon and Washington. Collection includes manuscript correspondence, 1880-1882, from family members in Melrose, Kansas, and from friends and several female suitors. Correspondents include Hazel Wylde and W. E. Showers. Also included are photocopy newspaper articles, circa 1880, mostly printing letters from Hazel Wylde; and a bound notebook, circa 1880, containing accounts, addresses, and...
Dates: 1880-1882

Oral history interview with Bob Packwood

 Collection
Identifier: SR1196
Abstract

Oral history interview with Bob Packwood conducted by Clark Hansen from January 26, 1996, to August 20, 2003, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Packwood was a U.S. senator from Oregon from 1969 to 1995. Packwood resigned from his seat after the Senate Ethics Committee recommended his expulsion following an investigation of allegations that he committed sexual misconduct.

Dates: 1996 January 26-2003 August 20

Oral history interview with Ben Padrow

 Collection
Identifier: SR9041
Abstract

Oral history interview with Ben Padrow conducted by Charles Digregorio from Janaury 16 to February 9, 1979. Padrow was a professor at Portland State University, wrote speeches for Oregon politicians, and served on the Multnomah County Commission.

Dates: 1979 January 16-February 9

Joel Palmer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 114
Abstract Papers of Joel Palmer (1810-1881) of Dayton, Oregon, and his family, including correspondence, diaries, government documents, and property records. The majority of papers relate to Palmer's roles as commissary general during the Cayuse War, as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent at the Siletz Reservation in the early 1870s. Family papers include correspondence of Palmer's wife, Sarah Ann Palmer (1815-1891), and of Palmer's...
Dates: 1783-2001; Majority of material found within 1848-1880