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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1680 Collections and/or Records:

Randle family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1674
Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, genealogy, legal documents, warrants, diaries, ledgers, photographs and memorabilia belonging to members of the Randle family of Oregon.

Dates: 1836-1979

Miss Margaret Randle beach house plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3009
Abstract

Collection consists of 8 plans, sections and elevations on 2 sheets of a beach house for Margaret Randle in Cannon Beach, Oregon, by Portland architect Kenneth C. Legge.

Dates: 1928

Oral history interview with Charles H. Raney and Myrtle E. Raney

 Collection
Identifier: SR9125
Abstract

Oral history interview with Charles H. Raney and Myrtle E. Raney conducted by Richard E. Larrowe on January 22, 1970. The Raneys worked at The Beaver State Motor Company in Gresham, Oregon.

Dates: 1970 January 22

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

W. W. Raymond papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 555
Abstract Papers of William Wakeman Raymond (1815-1894) of Oregon, primarily relating to his role as an Indian agent. The papers include correspondence about the treatment of Native peoples and the possibility of Native people claiming land; claims that Clatsop Chief Tostou made against the United States for destroyed or confiscated property; and handwritten copies of three unratified 1851 treaties with Natives peoples. Raymond came to Oregon in 1840, and worked as a missionary, farmer, and Indian...
Dates: 1847-1888

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