Oregon
Found in 1657 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Elise F. Wendel
Oral history interview with Elise F. Wendel conducted by Rick Harmon from January 30 to February 27, 1985. Wendel was the daughter of I.N. Fleischner, the owner of the Fleischner, Mayer, and Co. department store, and the wife of Harold F. Wendel, the president of Lipman and Wolfe department store in Portland, Oregon.
Wesley Andrews photographic postcards
Collection includes photographic postcards of landscapes in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Yellowstone National Park from 1904-1940. Wesley Andrews was both the photographer and the printer of these photographic postcards.
West Oregon Lumber Company employees panorama photograph
Black and white panoramic photograph with the text "West Oregon Lumber Co. Employees. Dec. 8-1927" in capital letters at the bottom. The photograph, taken outdoors, depicts approximately 150 people in four rows, facing front.
Oswald West papers
Papers of Oswald West include a small amount of correspondence and other papers from his term as Oregon governor, 1911-1915, and materials relating to his research and writing of political and historical articles, 1942-1960. Included is correspondence with prominent Oregonians and other political figures, such as James A. Farley, Wayne Morse, and Richard L. Neuberger.
Western Transportation Co. sternwheel tugboat plans
Collection consists of 16 blueprint lines, sections and plans on 3 sheets of a sternwheel tugboat for the Western Transportation Co., by architect W. D. McLaren.
Wallace S. Wharton papers
Wallace S. Wharton served on the Oregon State Tax Commission; papers consist of a typescript schedule of public utility company hearings before the commission, with case notes on each and giving disposition.
Chris Wheeler photographs collection
This collection contains photographs and slides likely received and compiled by Chris L. Wheeler (1927-2013) during the time he served as state engineer of Oregon from 1962-1975. The bulk of the photographs depict the Tumalo Irrigation Project in Deschutes County, Oregon, from 1913-1915. Other photographs, color slides, and albums depict state and private irrigation efforts in Oregon from approximately 1910-1925, and dams and reservoirs in Oregon from 1950-1967.
Jacob Wheeler papers
Donation land claim granted to Jacob Wheeler and his wife, Jemima Wheeler, Multnomah County, Oregon, 1870.
I. B. Whitcomb and Alice L. Pierce papers
Correspondence exchanged by Ira Benjamin Whitcomb and his fiancée, Alice L. Pierce, in the early 1880s. Topics include Whitcomb's journey to Oregon, as well as family, friends, and the teaching profession. Also included is a brief notebook and diary kept by Whitcomb, which includes some entries on his trip west.
Fred M. White papers
Fred M. White (1893-1981) was a journalist, editor, drama critic and writer. He joined the staff of the Oregonian newspaper in 1917, retiring in 1959. Collection includes correspondence from White to Mary Inman during his time in World War I; radio scripts, 1935-1940, based on Oregon history; World War I souvenirs; scrapbooks, recipe books, account books, etc.; and diplomas and schoolwork of Mary Inman.