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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1657 Collections and/or Records:

Albert M. Southwick papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2714
Abstract

Albert M. Southwick was a native of Salem, Oregon, and served with the Oregon Volunteer Infantry 2nd Regiment in the Spanish-American War. Collection includes correspondence with family, 1898-1907, regarding army life and conditions in Manila, Philippines; rosters and booklets describing the Oregon Volunteer Infantry, 1898; and newspaper clippings regarding the Spanish-American War, 1898-1899.

Dates: 1898-1907

Oral history interview with Douglas R. Spencer

 Collection
Identifier: SR11186
Abstract

Oral history interview with Douglas R. Spencer conducted by Craig J. Capon from February 27 to June 20, 2008, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Spencer was a lawyer and a Lane County Circuit Court judge.

Dates: 2008 February 27-June 20

Sphagnum moss industry in Oregon photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 734
Abstract

Seventeen black and white photographs of sphagnum moss bogs, harvesting, drying, and transport in Oregon.

Dates: circa 1880-1929

Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway main line photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 272-B
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs of scenes along the main line of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, including laying of tracks in East St. Johns in July 1952; railroad trains and tracks; railroad stations, particularly in Washington state; and interior views of railroad cars.

Dates: 1938-1954

Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway main line scenes photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 272-A
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs by multiple photographers, circa 1920-1969, of scenes along the main line of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, from Portland, Oregon, to Spokane, Washington. A large number of the images were taken along the Columbia River and in the Columbia River Gorge. Also included are photographs of Mount Hood, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams, and aerial views of Portland and Spokane.

Dates: circa 1920-1969

Oral history interview with Charles A. Sprague

 Collection
Identifier: SR155
Abstract

Oral history interview with Charles A. Sprague conducted by Robert Bruce on July 18, 1962, for the Living History Series, broadcast on radio. Sprague was editor and publisher of the Oregon Statesman newspaper and served as governor of Oregon from 1939 to 1943.

Dates: 1962 July 18

Charles A. Sprague papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2407
Abstract

Charles Arthur Sprague (1887-1969) was a newspaper editor and publisher, and served as governor of Oregon from 1939 to 1943. Collection includes correspondence, 1896-1968; documents relating to committees and commissions, 1949-1969, including Colleges for Oregon's Future, the Oregon Geographic Names Board, the Commission on the Rights, Liberties and Responsibilities of the American Indian, and the Oregon State Constitutional Revision Commission; and a last will and testament.

Dates: 1895-1969

Collection on Charles A. Sprague vs. the State Tax Commission

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 860
Abstract

Collection includes documents relating to Charles A. Sprague's suit in Marion County Circuit Court, April 1948, vs. Earl L. Fisher, Wallace S. Wharton, and Carl Chambers as members of the Oregon State Tax Commission. The complaint concerned the use of excess income taxes collected by the commission.

Dates: 1948

Hilary K. Spray photographic collection on a walking trip around Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 538
Abstract

One album of black and white photographs taken on a walking trip in the summer of 1902, from Eugene, Oregon, up the coast to Astoria, to Mount Hood via Portland, and back to Eugene via Salem.

Dates: 1902

Uriah O. Springer account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 896
Abstract

Bound account book kept by Uriah O. Springer, containing mostly accounts and some genealogical material. Springer enrolled in the First Oregon Volunteers in 1865 and died August 2, 1871, on the Lewis River, Washington, at age 25.

Dates: circa 1865-1871