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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1725 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Mamaro Wakasugi

 Collection
Identifier: SR 965
Abstract

Oral history interview with Mamaro Wakasugi conducted by George I. Azumano on October 29, 1994, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Wakasugi discusses his family background and early life as a second-generation Japanese American on farms on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and in Banks, Oregon, as well as his experiences farming in Ontario, Oregon, during World War II.

Dates: 1994 October 29

Twin screw motor vessel Wakena plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4063
Abstract

Three negative photocopy plans on 1 sheet of the motor vessel Wakena for the Clatskanie Transportation Co., by marine architect J. H. Johnston.

Dates: 1917 July 11

Oral history interview with Evelyn E. Waldren

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9133
Abstract

Oral history interview with Evelyn E. Waldren, conducted by Patricia Keith on June 5, 1980. Waldren discusses her career as a flight instructor and airport operator, and describes the flight she made from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Tijuana, Mexico, in 1941, which set the women's records for speed and distance.

Dates: 1980 June 5

George W. Waldron papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2328
Abstract

Collection consists of a manuscript certificate, Princeton, Illinois, January 25, 1864, verifying George W. Waldron's clerical abilities; and a manuscript receipt for property, estate of Waldron & Co., The Dalles, Oregon, December 18, 1880.

Dates: 1864-1880

Walker Farms records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 188
Abstract

Records of an eastern Oregon farm, near Athena in Umatilla County, engaged in large-scale growing of wheat, oats, and peas from the 1940s to the 1960s.

Dates: 1945-1977

Neville E. Walker papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4071
Abstract

Collection includes design drawings, patents, and miscellanea regarding inventions by Neville E. Walker, mostly model airplanes.

Dates: 1942-1954

Wallowa County (Or.) photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 766
Abstract

Twenty black and white photographic postcards, including duplicates, of places in Wallowa County, Oregon. A substantial number of the images depict scenes at Wallowa Lake; other places depicted in the collection include Wallowa Falls, Imnaha Canyon, Horseshoe Lake, Aneroid Lake, and the Wallowa Mountains.

Dates: circa 1874-1950

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