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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1678 Collections and/or Records:

Bowman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2861
Abstract Materials of and relating to members of the Bowman family, particularly Dan Bowman, Kathryn Bowman, Isabella Enke (nee Bowman), and her husband, Elwood F. Enke. Collection includes correspondence; military papers of Dan Bowman; and financial documents, contracts, deeds, and agreements. The legal and financial documents include a lease agreement between the Wickwire Spencer Steel Company and Dan Bowman for a warehouse in Portland, specifications for the warehouse by architect L. L. Dougan,...
Dates: circa 1908-1952

Oral history interview with Dick Bown

 Collection
Identifier: SR786
Abstract

Oral history interview with Dick Bown conducted by Alex R. Toth, Jr., from November 20 to December 2, 1991. Bown was a race car driver from Oregon.

Dates: 1991 November 20-December 2

H. J. Boyd portraits photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 636
Abstract

Album containing black and white portraits of unidentified adults and children taken by H. J. Boyd in Lebanon, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1890-1909

Mrs. James Brady photographic collection on the Yeon Lumber Company

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 206
Abstract

Collection consists of five loose black and white photographs and 2 albums of activities and employees of the Yeon Lumber Company; Margaret Mock and John Yeon at the Rose Festival; members of the Yeon family; and a train wreck.

Dates: circa 1890-1910

Richard D. Brainard slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1076
Abstract

Approximately 450 color slides depicting scenes in downtown Portland, Oregon, and elsewhere in Oregon.

Dates: 1969-1995

Anthony Brandenthaler papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2586
Abstract Anthony Brandenthaler (1895-1979) was owner of the Burnt River Lumber Company in Baker, Oregon, and chairman of the Oregon Centennial Commission. Collection consists primarily of materials, 1955-1959, related to the commission and to the Oregon Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair. These include a feasibility study; correspondence; financial reports and budget documents, programs, ephemera, a scrapbook, loose photographs, and a final report. Also included are two photograph...
Dates: 1953-1980

Anthony Brandenthaler photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 590
Abstract

Fourteen photographs of visitors to the Oregon Centennial, including Anthony Brandenthaler, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Tom Campbell, and of scenery and ghost towns in the Greenhorn Mountain Area in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Oregon. Brandenthaler (1895-1979) was owner of Burnt River Lumber Company in Baker, Oregon, and chair of the Oregon Centennial Commission.

Dates: circa 1952-1979

Benjamin Burden Branson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 964
Abstract

Benjamin Branson lived in Sheridan, Oregon, and was the first president of the Dayton-Sheridan narrow gauge railroad. Collection includes an autobiographical sketch, including a short account of an overland journey to Oregon in 1848 and gold-mining activities in Yreka, California, and Jacksonville, Oregon; a manuscript diary, February 19-June 4, 1872; and papers regarding Branson's estate.

Dates: 1848-1906

John W. Brazee family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2837
Abstract Collection includes correspondence, mainly to Morton Insley, 1869-1937; compositions and autograph book of Minnie Biles Brazee, circa 1871-1900; will and estate inventory of John Brazee, 1887; baptism certificate of Fannie Brazee, 1878; and issues of "The Plant Record" from the Willamette Iron & Steel Works, 1919. Morton Insley worked as a salesman for Ames and Harris Co. of Portland and later for Willamette Iron & Steel. He was married to Fannie Brazee, daughter of John W. Brazee...
Dates: 1869-1937

Walter W. and Vivien R. Bretherton papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 227
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence; bills and receipts, including Multnomah County tax receipts; and an account book of the Oregon and California Railroad, for which Walter Bretherton was secretary.

Dates: circa 1889-1960