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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1719 Collections and/or Records:

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

Steel family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1395
Abstract

The bulk of this collection features portraits of William Gladstone Steel and several photographs of family members. Steel successfully advocated to make Crater Lake a national park.

Dates: 1859-1895

Oral history interview with John H. Steelquist

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9507
Abstract

Oral history interview with John H. Steelquist conducted by Deborah M. Frosaker on December 8, 1977. Steelquist discusses the medical work of his maternal great-grandmother, Catherine Davis, and the pharmaceutical career of his maternal grandfather, Melancthon Marshall Davis, in 19th- and 20th-century Oregon.

Dates: 1977 December 8

Oral history interview with Lori Stegmann

 Collection
Identifier: SR12290
Abstract

Oral history interview with Lori Stegmann conducted by Sankar Raman and Alia Burck on September 7, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Stegmann was born in South Korea and adopted by an American family through the Oregon-based aoption agency Holt International. She was a Republican politician and served on the Gresham City Council from 2010 to 2016. She was elected as a Multnomah County commissioner in 2016, and she changed her party affiliation to Democratic in 2018.

Dates: 2018 September 7

Harry H. Stein papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 287
Abstract

Research materials collected by scholar Harry H. Stein, including interviews related to the Bonneville Power Administration; research on Judge Gus Solomon; copies of correspondence of Louis A. Johnson; materials relating to the controversy over expansion of the Portland International Airport in Oregon; and copies of materials relating to the west coast longshoremen's strike.

Dates: 1934-1991

Richard Morrow Steiner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1375
Abstract

Richard M. Steiner was pastor of the First Unitarian Church in Portland, Oregon, from 1934 to 1966. Papers include sermons on subjects including fascism, anti-Semitism, and the United Nations, as well as correspondence on church activities and civic affairs. Collection is unprocessed.

Dates: 1933-1966

William H. Steiwer letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2277
Abstract

William H. Steiwer (1896-1972) was a member of the Steiwer family of Fossil, Oregon. He was a rancher and served as a state senator, 1935-1943, and as president of the Oregon Senate, 1943. Collection consists of typescript correspondence, 1942-1943, regarding Steiwer's campaign for presidency of the Oregon Senate, and manuscript notes, 1942-1943, regarding committee assignments.

Dates: 1942-1943

Stella Maris House collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1585
Abstract The collection consists of printed material, correspondence, and administrative, financial, and legal records created and collected by the Stella Maris House, a Portland, Oregon-based social justice group, during the course of its work. The collection demonstrates the local evolution of issues key to the history of the United States during the 1960s. Over a third of the collection is dedicated to Oregon's migrant labor rights movement; it also features materials documenting the area's civil...
Dates: 1940-1973; Majority of material found within 1960-1972

William R. Stephens papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 885
Abstract

The bulk of the collection consists of a typescript copy of William R. Stephens' 1930 autobiography, written when he was 90. Other materials include an application for membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, a deed to Jacob B. and Lucy M. Kuhns, conveying property in Washington County, Oregon; and correspondence concerning Stephens' pension, Civil War record, and headstone.

Dates: circa 1892-1934