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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1657 Collections and/or Records:

The prairie flower

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2536
Abstract

Photocopy manuscript school paper, 20 pages, including reminiscences and chapter titles such as "Bad habits" and "My dear pupils."

Dates: 1874 December 18

Oral history interview with Gerry Pratt

 Collection
Identifier: SR9
Abstract

Oral history interview with Gerry Pratt conducted by Charles Digregorio on January 29, 1979. Pratt was a journalist for the Oregonian newspaper in Portland and president of the Fred Meyer Savings and Loan Association.

Dates: 1979 January 29

Oral history interview with Laurence Pratt

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9487
Abstract

Digitized audio recording of an oral history interview with Laurence Pratt conducted on December 15, 1981. Pratt discusses his career teaching English at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, and as a high school teacher in Portland, Oregon, as well as his work as an author and poet.

Dates: 1981 December 15

Joseph Prescott letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1159
Abstract

Correspondence of Joseph Prescott includes two letters, 1854, from Prescott to his brother, George L. Montague, discussing life in Oregon City, Oregon, and the explosion of the steamer Gazelle, and letters to Mrs. C. C. P. Betton, Prescott's sister, 1850-1851, discussing family matters and life in Oregon.

Dates: 1850-1854

David Presley diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1010
Abstract

Bound manuscript diary kept by David Presley, January 1-February 27, 1857, with accounts, 1857-1859.

Dates: 1857-1859

Albert Prill papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1615
Abstract Dr. Albert G. Prill was a physician for the Southern Pacific Railway and a well-known ornithologist. He lived in Scio, Oregon. Collection includes notes on natural history, conservation of wildlife and Pacific Northwest birds; clippings and radio scripts about his collection of birds; scrapbooks of photographs of nests, eggs and birds; bird notes from Malheur Lake Reservation by Prill and Stanley Jewett; descriptions of trips to collect and observe with Dr. J. H. Hill; and articles and...
Dates: 1919-1940

Printing and publishing collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1527
Abstract

Materials assembled by the Oregon Historical Society relating to printing and publishing in Oregon. Most of the collection is composed of short articles, essays, and ephemera.

Dates: circa 1853-2006

Professional Engineers of Oregon records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1655
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, speeches, press book, program schedules, and registration lists regarding the Northwest Engineers Centennial; reel to reel recording of a presentation of a gold medal to Herbert Hoover.

Dates: 1952

Oral history interview with Harold L. Pubols

 Collection
Identifier: SR823
Abstract

Oral history interview with Harold L. Pubols conducted by Louise Pubols from January 10-22, 1988. Pubols grew up on a farm in Hillsboro.

Dates: 1988 January 10-22

John M. Purdum speech

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2632
Abstract

Typescript speech, 5 pages, regarding a trip to Mt. Hood made on July 21, 1913.

Dates: circa 1913-1938