Oregon
Found in 1745 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with John R. Laidlaw
Oral history interview with John R. Laidlaw conducted by Sally R. Stout in 1975. Laidlaw discusses the background of his maternal family, particularly the Plowden family, in England and the United States.
Laighton family papers
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.
Oral history interview with William Francis Lambert
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.
Oral history interview with Janet L. Lamos
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.
Ben Hur Lampman papers
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.
Evelyn Sibley Lampman papers
Evelyn Sibley Lampman (1907-1980) was an author of children's books, many of which had historical background and Northwest settings. Collection includes research notes; manuscripts and drafts of various books; speeches and lectures; correspondence; galley proofs; family papers; memorabilia; and several volumes of foreign language editions of her books.
Samuel Christopher Lancaster collection
Samuel Christopher Lancaster (1864-1941) was a highway engineer and builder of the famed Columbia River Highway. Collection includes a typescript biography, "Samuel Christopher Lancaster: Master of Arts in Public Places," by SuAnn M. Reddick, circa 1980-1990; National Register of Historic Places inventory of Zion National Park, for which Lancaster was a consulting engineer, circa 1930-1968; newspaper clippings, circa 1940-1990; and miscellaneous research on Lancaster.
Elizabeth B. Landis research notes on the Kilchis River Valley
Elizabeth Landis (born 1908) was the granddaughter of pioneer Warren N. Vaughn, who settled in the Kilchis River Valley in 1853, and the great-granddaughter of Jacob S. Elliot, a homesteader of 1862. Collection includes "History of Kilchis River Valley" by Landis, along with maps, photographs and other illustrations, and a bibliography. Also included is a handwritten copy of a song, "Oregon," written by Vaughn, 1880.
Harry Lane papers
Papers relating to Harry Lane (1855-1917), who was mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1905-1909 and a U.S. senator for Oregon from 1913 until his death. Papers include a small amount of original correspondence from and to Lane; drafts and research materials for a biography by the Federal Writers' Project, circa 1940; news clippings about Lane; and writings and notes by Lane's daughter Nina Lane McBride (later Nina Lane Faubion).
Oral history interview with Sister John Mary Lane
Oral history interview with Sister John Mary Lane conducted by Roberta Watts from April 17 to June 6, 1978. Lane was a professor of scripture and theology at Marylhurst University in Marylhurst, Oregon.