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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1731 Collections and/or Records:

Gertrude Glutsch Jensen speech on preservation of the Columbia River Gorge

 Collection
Identifier: SR32
Abstract

Remarks delivered by Gertrude Glutsch Jensen on May 28, 1981. She speaks about regarding ongoing efforts to preserve the Columbia River Gorge.

Dates: 1981 May 28

Oral history interview with Velma J. Jeremiah

 Collection
Identifier: SR1239
Abstract

Oral history interview with Velma J. Jeremiah conducted by Youlee Yim You from February 19-26, 1994, and on June 30, 2006, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Jeremiah was an attorney in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1994 February 19-2006 June 30

Oral history interview with Ken Jernstedt

 Collection
Identifier: SR1170
Abstract

Oral history interview with Ken Jernstedt conducted by Clark Hansen from February 23-April 13, 1995, in Hood River, Oregon, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Jernstedt was an Oregon state representative and senator.

Dates: 1995 February 23-April 13

Jim W. Fisher Ranch records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2760
Abstract

Jim W. Fisher (born 1873) began a sheep and cattle ranch in Shaniko, Oregon, in 1900. Collection includes correspondence, primarily regarding grazing permits, land and financial transactions; financial and tax records, including account books and receipts; contracts and grazing permits; records of brands; and documents regarding ranching operations.

Dates: 1917-1947

John Jones General Store account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2684
Abstract

Manuscript account book containing orders for groceries, dry goods and other sundries.

Dates: 1895-1900

Ada Johnson scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1322
Abstract

Scrapbook, 1904-1910, kept by Ada Johnson of Portland, Oregon, with diary entries and newspaper clippings, programs and other ephemera for women's political and social activities, Chautauqua, Epworth League, Baptist organizations, and the Heilig Theatre.

Dates: 1904-1910

Oral history interview with Anne Johnson

 Collection
Identifier: SR12310
Abstract

Oral history interview with Anne Johnson conducted by Julianna Robidoux and Monica Salazar for The Immigrant Story. Johnson, who emigrated from Kenya, discusses starting a tea and chocolate business in the Portland, Oregon, area.

Dates: 2019 November 29

Oral history interview with Becky Johnson

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1115
Abstract Oral history interview with Becky Johnson conducted by Rick Harmon and Jim Strassmaier from June 25, 1986, to March 31, 1993, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Johnson, who was the wife of Oregon State Representative Samuel S. Johnson, discusses her family background; her experiences during the Depression, Prohibition, and in college; her experiences serving with the WAVES during World War II; her husband and his work in the timber industry and as an Oregon legislator;...
Dates: 1986 June 25-1993 March 31

John Henry Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1484
Abstract

Photocopies of two original letters and a diary of John Henry Johnson (1838-1940), a Civil War veteran from Illinois who moved to Oregon in 1883. The letters were written to Johnson's sister, Mary E. Warren, in 1863 and 1865; the diary, written during the Civil War, includes entries from October 1864-May 1865.

Dates: 1863-1865

Oral history interview with Julia E. Johnson

 Collection
Identifier: SR 171
Abstract

Oral history interview with Julia E. Johnson, conducted by Deborah M. Olson in five sessions, from July 20 to November 11, 1987. Johnson discusses her early life in Jacksonville, Oregon; the operations of the Opp mine, which was owned and operated by her father, John Wesley Opp; teaching at Grant High School in Portland from 1926 to 1944; her involvement with the Girl Scouts of America; and her involvement with the Republican Party of Oregon.

Dates: 1987 July 20-November 11