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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1680 Collections and/or Records:

Ben Holladay papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 893
Abstract

Papers of a railroad and real estate promoter with enterprises in Oregon, California, and elsewhere. The papers include letters; letterpress copybooks; court documents; genealogical materials; and a scrapbook (1872) regarding political issues. The materials relate to Ben Holladay's personal matters; real estate ventures; Seaside House, his home on the Oregon coast, and legal matters concerning the Oregon Central Railroad.

Dates: 1862-1957; Majority of material found within 1862-1905

Holland family letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2233
Abstract

Collection consists of photocopy manuscript letters from Isabel Holland, Canyonville, Oregon, to her mother, Nebraska City, Kansas, 1856 and 1863; and a photocopy manuscript letter from John St. John, West Point, Iowa, to Lydia Holland, his aunt, 1866, regarding family in Oregon.

Dates: 1856-1866

Oral history interview with Orlando Hollis

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1217
Abstract

Oral history interview with Orlando Hollis conducted by Jim Strassmaier from January 27 to July 21, 1989, as part of the United States District Court of Oregon Oral History Project. Hollis was dean of the University of Oregon Law School and an attorney in Eugene, Oregon.

Dates: 1989 January 27-July 21

Oral history interview with Ralph M. Holman

 Collection
Identifier: SR3948
Abstract

Oral history interview with Ralph M. Holman conducted by Clark Hansen from February 19-27, 1998, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Holman was a lawyer, a judge on the Clackamas County Circuit Court, and a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court.

Dates: 1998 February 19-27

Rufus Cecil Holman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1396
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence and speeches by Rufus Cecil Holman, a Portland businessman who served as Oregon state treasurer and as a U.S. senator. Correspondence regards national politics relating to World War II, and the resources of the Pacific Northwest; correspondents include Philip H. Parrish, Harold L. Ickes, George C. Marshall, and Donald M. Nelson. Also included are certificates and photographs.

Dates: 1929-1944

Oral history interview with Freeman Holmer

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1327
Abstract

Oral history interview with Freeman Holmer conducted by Michael O'Rourke from May 17-24, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Holmer was a professor at Willamette University and also served as Oregon director of elections and director of the Department of Finance and Administration under Mark Hatfield.

Dates: 1988 May 17-24

D. J. Holmes address to the Oregon pioneers at their annual reunion held in Dallas, Polk County, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2236
Abstract

Address, made June 22, 1901, regarding the hardships pioneers faced before the advent of the railroad.

Dates: 1901 June 22

Merriman Holtz papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2741
Abstract

Merriman Holtz (1901-1958) was born in Portland, Oregon. He founded Film Adettes in 1931 and served as a consultant on the distribution of movies promoting war bond sales during World War II. Collection includes memoranda, film synopses, correspondence, speeches, and ephemera regarding the work of 16mm film distributors and exhibitors in promoting bond sales during the sixth and seventh War Loan drives.

Dates: 1944-1946

Home Economists in Business collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 234
Abstract

Unprocessed collection of publications, ephemera, and other papers relating to the organization Home Economists in Business, Portland, Oregon Group, as well as the Oregon Home Economics Association and the Oregon Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. Includes membership directories, history of the organization, meeting programs, and clippings.

Dates: circa 1969-2011

Nan Wood Honeyman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 193
Abstract

The collection consists of scrapbooks, personal and political correspondence, clippings, invitations and announcements, pamphlets, and ephemera of Nan Wood Honeyman, the first woman from Oregon to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives (Democrat, 1937-1938).

Dates: 1901-1962; Majority of material found within 1935-1962