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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1678 Collections and/or Records:

Fred M. White papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2836
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1915-1942

John Whiteaker collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 254
Abstract

Materials relating to John Whiteaker, first governor of the state of Oregon. Collection includes a handwritten autobiography; Whiteaker family bible, with genealogical information; 1950s correspondence to Whiteaker's descendants regarding the autobiography; and a photograph of Whiteaker at the time of his governorship, as well as two portraits of him in later life.

Dates: 1848-1959

Oral history interview with Vince Whiting

 Collection
Identifier: SR1092
Abstract

Oral history interview with Vince Whiting conducted by Kim L. Andrews from July 1 to December 2, 2019. Whiting speaks about his wife, Pat Whiting, who was the first Filipina to be elected to the Oregon State Legislature.

Dates: 2019 July 1-December 2

Honor Marks Whitlock papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2388
Abstract

Papers include a ticket from London to the Oregon Territory, November 2, 1842; manuscript reminiscences of Honor Marks Whitlock's journey to Oregon from London by boat, circa 1850; and a manuscript letter from Ann Smith, Sandford, England, October 27, 1848, regarding family matters.

Dates: circa 1842-1850

Doctor Marcus Whitman: missionary murdered by the Cayuse Indians in Oregon, November 29, 1847

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 202
Abstract

Manuscript essay regarding James Clark Stroup's personal acquaintance with Marcus Whitman and Narcissa Whitman, and arguments in favor of the "Whitman saves Oregon" theory.

Dates: circa 1906-1920

Oral history interview with Mary M. Whittier and Nora I. Jordan

 Collection
Identifier: SR 3278
Abstract

Oral history interview with Mary M. Whittier and Nora I. Jordan conducted by Elizabeth Patapoff on October 7, 1980. Whittier and Jordan were residents of Columbia City, Oregon, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dates: 1980 October 7

Oral history interview with Mary M. Whittier

 Collection
Identifier: SR 3277
Abstract

Oral history interview with Mary M. Whittier conducted by Elizabeth Patapoff in 1971. Whittier discusses the Caples family of Columbia City, Oregon.

Dates: 1971

Fones Wilbur diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 408
Abstract

Manuscript diary of Fones Wilbur, who was born in New York in 1807 and later emigrated to Oregon, where he was a farmer, carpenter, businessman, schoolteacher, and temperance activist in the Silverton, Oregon, area. Entries document his activities, trips to nearby communities, purchases, prices, and weather details, as well as information about the lives of his neighbors, and provide insight into the interdependence of early emigrants to Oregon.

Dates: 1855-1866

Wild ride to the stockade

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2613
Abstract

Typescript photocopy draft, 78 pages, of a fictional account of settlers and miners near Granite, Oregon.

Dates: 1971

Doreen Gandy Wiley papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 246
Abstract

Papers of an Oregon writer and poet who grew up in the Philippines. Includes correspondence and publicity concerning Doreen Gandy Wiley's books, materials relating to the Philippines, and materials by and about poet Ruth Robertson, 1907-1910.

Dates: 1942-2015