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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1657 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Esther Azorr Rask

 Collection
Identifier: SR166
Abstract

Oral history interview with Esther Azorr Rask conducted by Robert J. Gassner on September 10, 1988, as part of the Portland's Syrian/Lebanese-American Community series. Rask was a second-generation Syrian-American and was active in the Portland Syrian and Lebanese American communities.

Dates: 1988 September 10

Roger Rasmussen collection of Baker Klan No. 13 records and Ku Klux Klan research materials

 Collection
Identifier: Coll862
Abstract

The collection consists of materials compiled by Roger Rasmussen. These include records and ephemera of Baker Klan No. 13, to which his grandfather Walter Lee Lansing (1897-1962) had belonged; Rasmussen's own research about members of the Ku Klux Klan in Oregon and other individuals; and books and articles about the Klan, white supremacy, and anti-Catholicism.

Dates: 1880-2021; Majority of material found within 1913-2021

Read family photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1197
Abstract

Studio portraits, most contained in three photograph albums, depicting members of the Clifford Kittredge Read family and associated families. Many of the people depicted are identified. The Read family came to Turner, Oregon, from Illinois in 1852.

Dates: circa 1880-1917

Ross E. Read papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2573
Abstract

Small collection of materials related to the military service of Ross E. Read of Portland, Oregon, in Company D of the 1st U.S. Engineers during World War I. The bulk of the collection consists of documents and correspondence regarding citations and awards bestowed on Read for heroism during combat in Cantigny, France, in May 1918, and a book, published circa 1918, documenting the operations of the 1st U.S. Engineers during the war.

Dates: 1914-1968

Martin Ready affidavit made in the case of A. C. Barclay v. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2469
Abstract

A. C. Barclay, a former policeman, was injured in a train collision in Malheur County, Oregon. He brought suit not only against the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company, but also against its employees. Collection consists of a typescript affidavit, wherein Martin Ready denies Barclay's allegation that he was interested in gaming rooms above the Cactus Saloon, and suggests that Barclay had him confused with Martin Denny, the owner of a gambling den in the area.

Dates: 1914

A record concerning the Wind River Forest Experiment Station, July 1, 1913-June 30, 1924, and the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, July 1, 1924-December 30, 1938

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 853
Abstract

Typescript carbon copy of a history of the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station and of the Wind River Forest Experiment Station. Includes photographic prints attached to some pages.

Dates: circa 1940

Oral history interview with James A. Redden

 Collection
Identifier: SR1245
Abstract

Oral history interview with James A. Redden conducted by Michael O'Rourke from November 30, 1994, to January 14, 2002, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Redden was an Oregon state representative, state treasurer, state attorney general, and a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon.

Dates: 1994 November 30-2002 January 14

Oral history interview with James A. Redden

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11149
Abstract

Oral history interview with James "Jim" Anthony Redden conducted by Michael O'Rourke on January 27, 2006, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Redden was a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon.

Dates: 2006 January 27

Nellie Meacham Redington papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2562
Abstract Elinor Frances Meacham Redington (Nellie) was the daughter of Alfred B. Meacham, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Oregon (1869-1872) and wife of John Watermelon Redington, Indian scout and newspaper editor-publisher. She graduated from Willamette University in 1877, and taught in several cities throughout Oregon. Papers include typescript photocopy reminiscences regarding her early years at Lee's Encampment (now Meacham, Oregon), her father's career, and her own teaching career; a...
Dates: circa 1900-1979

Oral history interview with Joel Redon

 Collection
Identifier: SR1027
Abstract

Oral history interview with Joel Redon conducted by Rick Harmon from November 1, 1992, to February 18, 1994. Redon was a gay man who lived much of his life in Portland, Oregon, and was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986. He authored several novels, including his semi-autobiographical novel "Bloodstream."

Dates: 1992 November 1-1994 February 18