Oregon
Found in 1730 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Edward T. Brounstein
Oral history interview with Edward T. Brounstein conducted by Linda S. Dodds from May 25 to June 9, 1982. Brounstein was a patternmaker and clothing designer in Portland, Oregon, and in Seattle, Washington, during the 20th century.
Oral history interview with Anna J. Brown
Oral history interview with Anna J. Brown conducted by Jan Dilg from October 31, 2019, to October 8, 2020, as part of the United States District Court of Oregon Oral History Project. Brown, who served on the Multnomah County District Court, the Multnomah County Circuit Court, and the U.S. District Court of Oregon, discusses her judicial career from 1992 to the time of the interview.
James M. Brown papers
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.
Joseph Henry Brown papers
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).
Leon Brown photographic collection
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.
Maurice J. Brown oral memoir
Oral memoir by Maurice J. Brown, recorded on June 20, 1982. Brown discusses his early life in Nehalem, Oregon, from 1912 to 1914.
Owen Brown letters
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.
Jean B. Brownell papers
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.
Brownsville Presbyterian Church records
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.
Oral history interview with Marian J. Bruner
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.