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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1675 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Flora Cushinway Thompson

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9586
Abstract

Oral history with Flora Cushinway Thompson conducted around 1971. Thompson discusses the Wyam people's way of life at Celilo Falls, and the Wyams' resistance to the construction of The Dalles Dam.

Dates: circa 1971

Oral history interview with Flora Cushinway Thompson

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9504
Abstract

Oral history interview with Flora Cushinway Thompson conducted by Joan Arrivee Wagenblast in April 1966. Thompson, whose husband was Wyam Chief Tommy Thompson, discusses the forced relocation of the Wyam people after the construction of The Dalles Dam flooded Celilo Falls.

Dates: 1966 April

Melvin G. Thompson letters

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 172
Abstract

Letters of a soldier from Portland, Oregon, who served in the C Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, in Europe during World War II.

Dates: 1943-1945

Thornton and Hayes family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2755
Abstract

Collection includes diaries and account books of James Thornton; autograph albums of Hattie Thornton; a notebook of Elizabeth Patterson (later Elizabeth Thornton); and school records and other documents and ephemera of T. A. Hayes and Lucile Hayes.

Dates: 1775-1905

Oral history interview with Dorothy H. Thornton

 Collection
Identifier: SR1076
Abstract

Oral history interview with Dorothy H. Thornton conducted by Nancy Hawver from September 10 to December 13, 1991. Thornton talks about the Tillamook Creamery Association, about the legal and political career of Robert Y. Thornton, and about her career as a painter.

Dates: 1991 September 10-December 13

J. Quinn Thornton papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 371
Abstract Papers of and relating to Jessy Quinn Thornton (also written as Jesse Quinn Thornton, 1810-1888), a lawyer who served as a judge for the Oregon Provisional Supreme Court and who lobbied for the establishment of the Oregon Territory. The bulk of the collection consists of speeches and essays by Thornton on a variety of topics, including matters relating to Oregon, as well as an autobiographical sketch and a bound volume of typescripts of these writings. The collection also includes a...
Dates: 1837-1929; Majority of material found within 1860-1874

Richard Hopwood Thornton papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 801
Abstract

Papers of the first dean of the University of Oregon School of Law. The collection includes personal documents, biographical and genealogical information, writings, notes, reminiscences, and a small amount of correspondence relating to Episcopal missionary work. It also includes writings of Richard H. Thornton's father, William L. Thornton.

Dates: 1855-1932

Oral history interview with Robert Y. Thornton

 Collection
Identifier: SR1131
Abstract

Oral history interview with Robert Y. Thornton conducted by Jim Strassmaier from May 21 to September 10, 1991, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Thornton was an Oregon state representative and state attorney general.

Dates: 1990 May 21-September 10

H. C. Tibbitts photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 127
Abstract

Album containing 43 black and white photographs of scenic views of Crater Lake, the Oregon Caves, and Klamath Falls.

Dates: circa 1880-1910

Charles F. Tigard papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1673
Abstract

Charles F. Tigard (1862-1942), for whom the town of Tigard (originally Tigardville), Oregon, was named, operated its first store and post office and was later president of its First National Bank. Collection includes minute book of the Ancient Order of Workmen, Butte Lodge No. 41, 1895-1903; store ledgers; and school register and record book for School District 23H, Washington and Multnomah counties.

Dates: 1888-1926