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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1657 Collections and/or Records:

John Mix Stanley collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5302
Abstract

Collection includes 31 tinted lithographs depicting scenes of the Pacific Northwest done for the U. S. Pacific Railroad Exploration and Survey Report. Scenes include the Columbia River, waterfalls, Nimiipuu (Nez Percé) people, the Palouse River, Hudson's Bay Company, the Cascades, Mount Rainier, lakes, and missions.

Dates: 1855

L. C. Stanley estate account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1355
Abstract

Account book, 1909-1917, for the estate of L. C. Stanley, including records of property and investments in Oregon and Wisconsin.

Dates: 1909-1917

Isaac E. Staples scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1342
Abstract

Collection consists of a scrapbook, circa 1914-1940, with clippings, correspondence and ephemera regarding Isaac Staples' career as an Oregon state senator and businessman.

Dates: circa 1914-1940

Starr family photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 466
Abstract

Album of black and white photographs and postcards depicting members of the Silas Starr family and others. Images include portraits, residences, outdoor recreation, and locations, particularly in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, and on the Oregon Coast.

Dates: circa 1920-1928

Hettie V. Starr photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 449
Abstract

Album that belonged to Hettie V. Starr, containing black and white photographs, primarily card photographs and tintypes, as well as several loose photographs. The images are studio portraits of adults and children, most unidentified. Identified people include several members of the Starr family.

Dates: circa 1860-1940

State Capitol Reconstruction Commission records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2849
Abstract

The Capitol Reconstruction Commission was established in 1935 for the purpose of planning the construction of a new Capitol building in Salem, Oregon, to replace the one that burned in 1935. Collection includes records of the commission, including minutes, lists of architects, programs, and other documents.

Dates: 1935-1937

Collection on the status of title of lands required for proposed boat railway from foot of The Dalles Rapids to head of Celilo Falls

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 838
Abstract

Collection includes typescript correspondence and reports, 1899; a typescript release of mortgage by George H. Williams, 1899; and a manuscript report by J. S. Polhemus, 1898, on improving the Columbia River between Vancouver, Washington, and the mouth of the Willamette River.

Dates: 1898-1899

D. H. Stearns letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1098
Abstract

Manuscript letter from D. H. Stearns, publisher of the Daily Bee, Portland, Oregon, to his mother, February 6, 1882, regarding his newspaper career and dairy farms and products in Oregon.

Dates: 1882 February 6

Oral history interview with Howard C. Stearns

 Collection
Identifier: SR460
Abstract

Oral history interview with Howard C. Stearns conducted by Leon Speroff from January 21-23, 1980. Stearns was an obstetrician and gynecologist in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1980 January 21-23

Orson Avery Stearns papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 987
Abstract

Collection consists of a manuscript monograph, "Fort Klamath and the 'Bread Riot.' A Near Tragedy of Early Days," and manuscript letters to George H. Himes regarding Fort Klamath and James Brown (also known as "One-armed Brown" or "O. A. Brown").

Dates: 1904-1914