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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1678 Collections and/or Records:

James M. Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 575
Abstract

Materials relating to James M. Brown (1844-1922), who emigrated to Silverton, Oregon, as a child in 1846, and to other members of Brown's family, particularly his son Percy L. Brown (1876-1934). Papers include correspondence, financial records, and ephemera, and much of the material deals with Percy L. Brown's educational, business, and social activities.

Dates: 1851-1925

Joseph Henry Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1002
Abstract

Papers of an emigrant to Oregon, and later historian, including an account of his overland journey to Oregon in 1847, correspondence, notes, scrapbooks, records of Oregon Farmers' Union conventions, and notes and drafts for his book, "Political History of Oregon" (1892).

Dates: 1842-1924

Leon Brown photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 456
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographic prints and nitrate negatives depicting dams and dam construction. Identified locations include the Gold Ray Dam on the Rogue River in Oregon, and the Copco No. 1 and Copco No. 2 dams on the Klamath River at the Oregon-California border.

Dates: circa 1924

Maurice J. Brown oral memoir

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9663
Abstract

Oral memoir by Maurice J. Brown, recorded on June 20, 1982. Brown discusses his early life in Nehalem, Oregon, from 1912 to 1914.

Dates: 1982 June 20

Owen Brown letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2707
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, primarily to Owen Brown from various members of the Brown family, regarding family history and a book on the Tabitha Moffat and Clark Brown family by Ella Spooner; and some miscellaneous family documents. Owen Brown was the great-grandson of Tabitha Moffat Brown.

Dates: 1896-1927

Jean B. Brownell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1468
Abstract

Collection includes research and notes on African Americans in Oregon before the Civil War, 1962, and a typewritten term paper, "Negroes in Oregon before the Civil War," 45 pages, 1962.

Dates: 1962

Brownsville Presbyterian Church records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2548
Abstract

Collection includes photocopied typescript minutes, 1857-1888; a centennial history; and a photocopied membership roll, 1961. Also included is a transcription of an obituary and a poem about church member Sarah Blakely, wife of James Blakely, that were found inside a Blakely family Bible.

Dates: 1857-1961

Oral history interview with Marian J. Bruner

 Collection
Identifier: SR1337
Abstract

Oral history interview with Marian J. Bruner conducted by Clark Hansen on June 18, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Bruner was executive assistant to Hatfield from 1967 to 1981.

Dates: 1988 June 18

Oral history interview with Helen M. Brunner

 Collection
Identifier: SR1302
Abstract

Oral history interview with Helen M. Brunner conducted by Jim Strassmaier on January 21, 1989. Brunner was an accountant for Fred Meyer Inc. from 1940 to 1946.

Dates: 1989 January 21

Bryant family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2748
Abstract Rev. Earl H. Bryant (1856-1929) was a Methodist clergyman in Portland, Oregon. He married Agnes Cook and they had one son, W. L. Bryant. Collection includes correspondence from W. L. Bryant to his parents, 1918, discussing infectious diseases and quarantine practices in Salem, Oregon, and dances; correspondence from William H. Cook, 1916-1918, regarding life in southern California; sermons and sermon notes, 1852-1858; and correspondence between Uplift Publishing Company and Agnes Bryant,...
Dates: 1852-1918