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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1743 Collections and/or Records:

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

Reed College photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1109
Abstract

Twenty-eight black and white photographs of Amanda Wood Reed; Simeon Gannett Reed; the interior of the Reed house in Portland, Oregon; the Reed College campus; and Reed students.

Dates: circa 1890-1986

Oral history interview with Howard C. Reed

 Collection
Identifier: SR172
Abstract

Oral history interview with Howard C. Reed conducted by an unidentified man on July 30, 1988. The Reed family owned Paulina Lake Lodge beginning in 1929.

Dates: 1988 July 30

Oral history interview with Medford G. Reed

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9491
Abstract

Oral history interview with Medford G. Reed conducted by Charles Digregorio and Henry C. C. Stevens on December 2, 1976. Reed discusses his early life in Portland, Oregon, and shares his memories of the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition.

Dates: 1976 December 2

Simeon Gannett Reed papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1117
Abstract Typescript copies, some on microfilm, of the letters and private papers of a businessman, entrepreneur, railroad magnate, and land developer of Portland, Oregon, active in the late 19th century. Subjects include mining, railroad ventures, land development, livestock breeding, shipping and steamships. Prominent correspondents include John C. Ainsworth, William S. Ladd, Ladd & Tilton Bank, and Martin Winch. Also included are letters from Victor M. Clement of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan...
Dates: 1864-1931; Majority of material found within 1864-1896

Rees family photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1188
Abstract

Two photograph albums and a small quantity of loose photographs, postcards, and ephemera that were once part of the albums. The images date from 1900-1958 and are primarily black and white snapshot portraits depicting members of the Rees family and others, both adults and children. Subjects also include cars, outdoor sports and other activities, the area around Shaniko, Oregon, and trips to sites on the coast.

Dates: 1900-1958

Oral history interview with Helen G. Rees

 Collection
Identifier: SR2004
Abstract

Oral history interview with Helen G. Rees conducted by Anne Cummins on December 13, 1995, as part of the Rural Telephone Operators Oral History Series. Rees describes the telephone system in Shaniko, Oregon, during the 1930s and the early 1940s.

Dates: 1995 December 13

John D. Rees postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1122
Abstract

Ten color photographic postcards depicting scenes of Portland, Oregon, neighborhoods, Mount Hood and other mountains, logging, Washington Park and St. Vincent's Hospital.

Dates: circa 1916

Referred to Judiciary!!!

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5357
Abstract

Pen and ink cartoon depicting Speaker of Oregon House Robert S. Farrell as a ventriloquist's dummy sitting on Representative Frank Lonergan's lap.

Dates: 1941