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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1730 Collections and/or Records:

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

Radio interview with Homer Yasui and Jeff Uecker

 Collection
Identifier: SR 946
Abstract

Radio interview with Homer Yasui and Jeff Uecker, conducted by Bob Griggs in January 1992 for Oregon Public Broadcasting's Hotline program. Uecker discusses exhibits and events about Japanese Americans in Oregon at the Oregon Historical Society in 1992. Yasui discusses his donation of Yasui family papers to the Oregon Historical Society, and talks about his experience of incarceration by the U.S. government during World War II.

Dates: 1992 January

Jerry Jiro Yasutome photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 762
Abstract

Photographs depicting the Tule Lake Relocation Center, the 1948 Vanport Flood, and students from the Northwest School of Photography. The photographs were taken and collected by Jerry Jiro Yasutome between 1945 and 1948.

Dates: 1945-1948

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