Oregon
Found in 1731 Collections and/or Records:
H. K. Hines papers
Collection includes correspondence with: Sir Robert Brown, 1866-1870; Elwood Evans, 1868-1884; A[delia] J. Leslie, 1884; A. W. Waters, 1878; and others. Also included is a manuscript refutation of the "Whitman saves Oregon" theory, 6 pages, circa 1890.
Oral history interview with Leah Hing and Ruth Chinn
Oral history interview with sisters Leah Hing and Ruth Chinn, conducted by Jane Leung Larson in two sessions, on April 9 and April 26, 1999. Hing and Chinn discuss their family background and early life on a hop farm in Tualatin, Oregon. Hing also talks about playing in a band whose members were all Chinese American women, and about learning to fly with pilot Tex Rankin in Portland during the 1930s.
Oral history interview with Leah Hing
Oral history interview with Leah Hing, conducted by Patricia Keith on June 2, 1980. Hing discusses taking lessons from Tex Rankin at the Tex Rankin School of Flying in Portland, Oregon, during the 1930s, as well as the plane she owned and her involvement with the Ninety-Nines and the Aero Club.
Oral history interview with Leah Hing
Oral history interview with Leah Hing, conducted by Judy Yung on April 18, 1982, as part of the Chinese Women of America Research Project. Hing looks at photographs of the Chinese community in Portland, Oregon, taken in the early 20th century and discusses them, and talks about her family background and early life on a hop farm in Tualatin, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Charles F. Hinkle
Oral history interview with Charles F. Hinkle conducted by Michael Lamore and Michelle Brown on February 10, 2009, for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest. Hinkle discusses his work as a civil rights lawyer in Oregon, particularly his work on cases regarding gay rights.
Frank C. Hirahara photographs collection
Photographs taken by Frank C. Hirahara of Patti Throop, a Portland Rose Festival princess who became Miss Oregon in 1953 and was a semi-finalist in the Miss America contest of 1954. Hirahara was an amateur photographer who lived in Portland, Oregon, from 1948 to 1954 and was a member of the Photographic Society of America, the Portland Photographic Society, and the Oregon Camera Club.
Historic Columbia River Highway photographic album
Commercially produced photograph album of scenes along the Columbia River Highway in Oregon. The album includes promotional text about the highway and the Columbia River Gorge, and 35 black and white photographs of the highway and sights including Vista House and Crown Point, waterfalls, rock formations, Mount Hood, and the Columbia River.
Historic Columbia River Highway photographic collection
Seven black and white photographs of sights along the original Columbia River Highway, including: Vista House, the Mitchell Point Tunnel, Horsetail Falls, Mt. Hood, Multnomah Falls, and Wahkeena Falls.
History of aviation in Oregon (1889-1930)
Typescript paper regarding the history of aviation in Oregon, with notes, research, bibliography, and interviews and information on early pilots: Ed Ball, Danny Grecco and Jimmie Rinehart.
History of Summer Lake Hot Springs with addendum about James "Blackie" Parker artwork
Short history of Summer Lake Hot Springs, supplemented with a biographical sketch of James "Blackie" Parker (1924-2015) and photographs of Parker's wood carvings. Summer Lake Hot Springs is a hot springs resort near Paisley, Oregon, that has operated since the early 20th century. James "Blackie" Parker stayed at the hot springs following an injury in 1963, and made numerous wood carvings, some of which were still present at Summer Lake Hot Springs as of 2020.