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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1656 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Reverend Paul S. Wright

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9205
Abstract

Oral history with Reverend Paul S. Wright conducted by E. Paul Hovey on January 17, 1980. Wright was a Presbyterian minister in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1980 January 17

William P. Wright papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1174
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence with: E. T. Gunn, 1865; Charles E. Williams, 1873; D. L. Phillips, 1870; Joseph H. Slater, 1866; and others, some letters describing Oregon.

Dates: 1865-1873

Joseph J. Wyard papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2292
Abstract

Collection consists of typescript land indenture, May 5, 1908, for land in Marion County, Oregon; and miscellaneous stock certificates and receipts, 1903-1925.

Dates: 1903-1925

Oral history interview with Wendell Wyatt

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1228
Abstract

Oral history interview with Wendell Wyatt conducted by Randall Weisberg from January 28 to March 24, 1992, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Wyatt was a lawyer in Astoria and Portland, Oregon, and represented Oregon in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1964 to 1975.

Dates: 1992 January 28-March 24

Oral history interview with Wendell Wyatt

 Collection
Identifier: SR1332
Abstract

Oral history interview with Wendell Wyatt conducted by Clark Hansen from May 17-19, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Wyatt was a U.S. congressman from Oregon.

Dates: 1988 May 17-19

Nathaniel J. Wyeth collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1198
Abstract

Collection consists of typescript and microfilmed copies, made by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library from materials in its collections, of papers relating to Nathaniel J. Wyeth. Collection includes typescript copies, 1832-1901, of correspondence with John Ball and others, lectures and lecture notes, Indian vocabulary, and documents relating to Columbia River Fishing & Trading Company. The microfilm contains these and additional documents.

Dates: 1832-1901

Oral history interview with Tatsuro Yada

 Collection
Identifier: SR960
Abstract

Oral history interview with Tatsuro Yada conducted by Taka Mizote on March 8, 1992, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Yada was born in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in Salem. After graduating from Willamette University, he took over the family farm. During World War II, he and his family were incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Tule Lake Relocation Center in California. After their release, he returned to farming.

Dates: 1992 March 8

Yamhill County Bank plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3166
Abstract

Collection includes 3 plans and elevations on 3 sheets of the Yamhill County Bank in McMinnville, Oregon, by the Portland architecture firm of Fisher, Wallin, & Long.

Dates: 1973

Yaquina Head photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 581
Abstract

Seven black and white photos taken by A. L. Thomas of Newport, Oregon, of beach scenes at Yaquina Head in Lincoln County, Oregon, including the lighthouse at Cape Foulweather.

Dates: circa 1900-1919

Yasui family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 949
Abstract This collection includes correspondence, personal papers, and photographs of three generations of the Yasui family. Major topics represented in the collection include the first (Issei) generation’s immigration to Oregon in the early 1900s; the family's business and community activities in Hood River, Oregon, through 1942; the forced removal and incarceration of Yasui family members during World War II; and advocacy for redress and on behalf of Japanese American history by members of the...
Dates: 1873-2023; Majority of material found within 1910-1995