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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1680 Collections and/or Records:

La Creole Academic Institute records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1631
Abstract

La Creole Academic Institute was incorporated by the legislature on January 28, 1856, as a university. Collection includes act to establish LaCreole by the Oregon legislature, 1856; wills of John H. Robb and Albert Tebbetts, bequeathing property to La Creole, 1861 and 1863; quitclaim deeds, 1914; correspondence, notices, documents of dissolution, 1958; and memorabilia.

Dates: 1856-1959

Labor Temple records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1401
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence and financial records, 1918-1957; ephemera and newspaper clippings, 1923-1965, regarding social welfare and organizations related to labor.

Dates: 1918-1965

Lafayette, Oregon records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2935
Abstract

Collection consists of government records for the town of Lafayette, Oregon, including poll books, treasurer's reports, recorder's reports, and correspondence.

Dates: 1921-1925

James Laidlaw scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2396
Abstract James Laidlaw (1847-1913) was born in Scotland. Laidlaw arrived in America in 1871 and in 1873 was appointed to the British Consulate for the district of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Scrapbook, 1867-1946, contains biographical sketches, newspaper clippings, etc., regarding the Laidlaw family in England and Scotland; Laidlaw's career as consul; his involvement in the movement to end shanghaiing; and his dispute with Gideon Joubert, a former officer in the Boer army and...
Dates: 1867-1946

Oral history interview with John R. Laidlaw

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9462
Abstract

Oral history interview with John R. Laidlaw conducted by Joseph A. Schiwek on November 11, 1972. Laidlaw discusses the background of his paternal family, the Laidlaws, in Scotland.

Dates: 1972 November 11

Oral history interview with John R. Laidlaw

 Collection
Identifier: SR 69
Abstract

Oral history interview with John R. Laidlaw conducted by Sally R. Stout around 1980. Laidlaw discusses the background of his maternal family, particularly the Plowden family, in England and the United States.

Dates: circa 1980

Laighton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2255
Abstract

Collection includes a right of way given by Sarah E. Laighton and J. H. Laighton of Seaside, Oregon, for a drainage ditch to be dug on their land; a typescript will of J. C. Kinney of Astoria, Oregon; and a typescript letter to William J. Laighton regarding the sinking of the British bark Lupatia off Tillamook Head in 1881.

Dates: 1890-1926

Oral history interview with William Francis Lambert

 Collection
Identifier: SR81
Abstract

Oral history interview with William Francis Lambert conducted by Linda S. Dodds on July 14, 1980. In the interview, he discusses summers he spent at the YMCA Spirit Lake Boys' Camp and his work experiences in the timber and railroad industries.

Dates: 1980 July 14

Oral history interview with Janet L. Lamos

 Collection
Identifier: SR1340
Abstract

Oral history interview with Janet L. Lamos conducted by Michael O'Rourke from June 3-8, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Lamos was executive assistant to Hatfield beginning in 1980.

Dates: 1988 June 3-8

Ben Hur Lampman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2450
Abstract

Papers, primarily correspondence, of Ben Hur Lampman (1886-1954), a reporter and editor for the Oregonian newspaper in Portland, and Oregon's poet laureate from 1951 until his death. The collection also contains a small quantity of biographical material, ephemera, and writings.

Dates: 1933-1952