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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1675 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Herbert E. Yates

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9670
Abstract

Oral history interview with Herbert E. Yates conducted by Roberta Watts on June 7, 1978. Yates discusses the life and career of Parker Farnsworth Morey and the history of the Glenmorrie neighborhood of Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Dates: 1978 June 7

Oral history interview with Charlie M. Yaw

 Collection
Identifier: SR9254
Abstract

Oral history interview with Charlie M. Yaw conducted by Curtis Johnson on November 19, 1980, as part of the Drive-in Restaurants of Portland Oral History Project. Yaw worked as a carhop at drive-in restaurants in Portland, Oregon, during the 1960s.

Dates: 1980 November 19

Oral history interview with Steven P. Yaw

 Collection
Identifier: SR9253
Abstract

Oral history interview with Steven P. Yaw conducted by Curtis Johnson on November 12, 1980, as part of the Drive-in Restaurants of Portland Oral History Project. Yaw was the grandson of W.P. Yaw, the founder of Yaw's Top Notch, and ran the restaurant until its closure in 1985.

Dates: 1980 November 12

O. M. Yeager collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1196
Abstract

Typescript of "Story of the Blue Bucket Mine," circa 1958, regarding the location of the gold discovery made by Steven Meek's lost wagon train; and "Selected Chapters from a Manuscript History of Morrow County," on microfilm.

Dates: circa 1958-1970

John Yeon papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2585
Abstract John Yeon (1910-1994) worked for the firm of A.E. Doyle & Associates and is credited, along with Pietro Belluschi, with the development of the Northwest Regional style of architecture. Yeon was also a dedicated conservationist who donated land to the state parks system. Collection includes a statement, 1980, regarding the proposed Cadillac Fairview project in Portland; a letter to Oregon Governor Vic Atiyeh, 1979, regarding protection of the Columbia Gorge; and reports and letters, 1979,...
Dates: 1979-1980

John Yeon photograph albums on the Columbia River Highway

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1190
Abstract

Two hundred black and white photographs in four albums, taken primarily by George Weister of the Columbia River Highway and scenes in the Columbia River Gorge.

Dates: circa 1912-1915

Oral history interview with Jean Young

 Collection
Identifier: SR1133
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jean Young conducted by Linda Watkins from February 12 to March 25, 1988, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Young was active in the Oregon Republican Party beginning in 1936, as well as mayor of King City, Oregon, from 1981 to 1989.

Dates: 1988 February 12-March 25

John Young collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5303
Abstract

Collection includes five tinted lithographs of scenes of the Pacific Northwest done for the U.S. Pacific Railroad Exploration and Survey Report, 1855. Scenes include a Douglas fir, Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, and the Three Sisters.

Dates: 1855

Young Men's Christian Association of Albany, Oregon records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2097
Abstract

The collection contains minutes of meetings of the board of directors; constitution and by-laws; membership records; and cash and account journals.

Dates: 1889-1906

Robert and Elizabeth Young family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 763
Abstract Partially processed collection of photographs and papers of the family of Captain Robert Young and his wife, Elizabeth Koontz Young. Includes materials relating to Portland, Oregon; Toledo, Washington; and Corry, Pennsylvania. Materials also include baptism and marriage certificates; a board on which are pasted envelopes from correspondence between Robert Young and Elizabeth Young, Robert Young's identification card, and a portrait of Robert Young; "White House Cookbook" covers; and...
Dates: circa 1850-1988