Oregon
Found in 1745 Collections and/or Records:
Ku Klux Klan appointment certificate for Wilbur F. Fordyce
Certificate appointing Wilbur F. Fordyce (written as W. F. Fordyce on the form) field director of the Junior Department for the white supremacist organization the Ku Klux Klan. Wilbur Franklin Fordyce (1899-1956) was a resident of West Linn, Oregon, from the 1920s to 1950s; it is unknown how long he was a member of the Klan.
Eastern Oregon Ku Klux Klan meeting minutes
Minutes of a Ku Klux Klan meeting in September 1923 in eastern Oregon, likely in Baker County. The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist, anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic organization that had a large number of members and considerable political influence in Oregon in the early 1920s.
Ku Klux Klan La Grande, Oregon Chapter records
Collection includes minutes, financial statements and other administrative documents regarding Klan activities in Oregon, including its involvement in Walter M. Pierce's successful gubernatorial campaign in 1922 and the passage of the Compulsory Education Bill of 1922.
Ku Klux Klan pamphlets
Pamphlets that had belonged to an Oregon member of the Ku Klux Klan and which contain Klan bylaws and ritual instructions. The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist, anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic organization that had a large number of members and considerable political influence in Oregon in the early 1920s.
Oral history interview with Joe Kye
Oral history interview with Joe Kye conducted by Sankar Raman and Allison Merkel on December 23, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Kye discusses his experiences as a Korean immigrant in the United States and his career as a musician.
La Creole Academic Institute records
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.
Labor Temple records
Collection includes correspondence and financial records, 1918-1957; ephemera and newspaper clippings, 1923-1965, regarding social welfare and organizations related to labor.
Lafayette, Oregon records
Collection consists of government records for the town of Lafayette, Oregon, including poll books, treasurer's reports, recorder's reports, and correspondence.
James Laidlaw scrapbook
Oral history interview with John R. Laidlaw
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.