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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1678 Collections and/or Records:

Origin of Wallowa County place names

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1398
Abstract

Typescript monograph "Origin of Wallowa County Place Names" by Ranger Tucker, 158 pp, circa 1940-1950, based on material given to Grace Butterfield Bartlett by J. H. Horner in the 1940s, with letter of transmittal.

Dates: circa 1940-1950

Wambsgans-Lumm family letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2757
Abstract Louis Wambsgans emigrated from Bavaria in 1853 and settled with his wife and children in Dayton, Oregon, in 1893. Collection includes correspondence from Wambsgans family members to Magdalena (Lena) Wambsgans Lumm; correspondence from William Lumm to Lena Lumm regarding his work as a steamboat captain on the Columbia River; and correspondence from George Lindahl to Josephine Lumm regarding his activities at Stanford University. Also includes copies of six photographs of members of the Lumm...
Dates: circa 1895-1950

Wapinitia school building plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3038
Abstract

Collection includes 7 blueprint plans on 6 sheets of a school building in Wapinitia, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1890-1950

Warren Lodge No. 10 F. & A. M. records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 965
Abstract

Correspondence, bonds, deeds, insurance policies, bills, receipts, and other records of the Free and Accepted Masons of Oregon, Warren Lodge No. 10, Jacksonville.

Dates: 1856-1908

The life story of Mary Elizabeth Warren as told to Mildred Mitchell Sexson

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 925
Abstract

Photocopy typescript of "The Life Story of Mary Elizabeth Warren as Told to Mildred Mitchell Sexson," about her family's journey from Missouri to the Pacific Northwest, and about life in Oregon.

Dates: circa 1933

Stephen L. Wasby research on obscenity laws in Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2973
Abstract

Collection consists of research materials compiled by Stephen L. Wasby for his scholarship on obscenity laws in Oregon, which included his 1962 political science dissertation for the University of Oregon, as well as a later book chapter. A large portion of the collection consists of interview notes and transcripts. Also included are documents related to court cases, state legislation and municipal ordinances, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.

Dates: 1958-1972

Louise Savier Washburn photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 282
Abstract

Two albums containing photographs, clippings, and ephemera, and a small quantity of loose material that had been in the albums. Subjects include members of the Savier and Washburn families, and friends; Louise Savier Washburn; members of the Du Mond family; a trip to Europe; and scenes in Hawaii.

Dates: circa 1890-1960

Washington/Yamhill County Pomona Grange

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 238
Abstract

Historical information and photocopies of documents and photographs relating to grange organizations in Washington and Yamhill Counties, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1900-2011

Elizabeth LeBreton Waters letter to Henry E. Reed

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 805
Abstract

Manuscript letter to Henry E. Reed from Elizabeth LeBreton Waters, regarding George W. LeBreton, who was her great uncle.

Dates: 1909 April 7

Conversations with Waverley Country Club golf caddies

 Collection
Identifier: SR89
Abstract

Conversations with caddies at the Waverley Golf Course in Portland, Oregon, conducted by C. Edwin Francis for his book "Waverley Country Club, 1896-1987."

Dates: 1985 August 7