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Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 1680 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Linza McNary papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2749
Abstract

Documents, correspondence, scrapbooks, and ephemera relating to the public service and personal life of U.S. Senator Charles Linza McNary of Oregon.

Dates: 1874-1988; 1874-1944

Charles McNary speech accepting vice presidential nomination

 Collection
Identifier: SR1182
Abstract

Audio recording of a speech given by U.S. Senator Charles McNary in Salem, Oregon, on August 27, 1940. In the speech, he accepts the Republican nomination for vice president.

Dates: 1940 August 27

Alfred B. Meacham letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2293
Abstract Collection consists of a manuscript letter to Cyrus S. Woodworth, Portland, Oregon, June 3, 1899, regarding financial matters; and a manuscript letter from John Smith, Warm Springs Indian Agency, December 5, 1871, regarding a survey made along the Columbia River near The Dalles fishery. Alfred Benjamin Meacham (born 1826) and his wife, Orpha Caroline Feree (born 1828) were 1850 pioneers to Suisun City, California. In 1862, they and Meacham's brother Harry moved to eastern Oregon and...
Dates: 1871-1899

Walter E. Meacham papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2479
Abstract

Typescripts for books and articles by Oregon historian and preservationist Walter Meacham, including typescripts of "Wagon wheels," "Stories of pioneer women," and "He walked with Lincoln."

Dates: circa 1925-1951

Fred Meek papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2369
Abstract

Miscellaneous office files and correspondence of Fred Meek, who was a pharmacist in Portland, Oregon, and an Oregon state representative.

Dates: 1949-1974

Joseph L. Meek papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 926
Abstract

Papers of and relating to Joseph L. Meek (1810-1875), including both original materials and copies. Papers include typescript copies of newspaper articles about Meek, materials relating to his appointment as a U.S. Marshal and to the Whitman murders, various family papers and correspondence, signal books, and a warranty deed.

Dates: circa 1840-1904

Ezra Meeker diary

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 374
Abstract

Typescript transcript of the diary, 1905-1906, of Oregon pioneer Ezra Meeker, relating to travels in Oregon and to the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland.

Dates: 1905-1906

Ezra Meeker letters to L. T. Henderson

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2593
Abstract

Typescript correspondence to L. T. Henderson of the Ford Motor Company regarding the storage of Ezra Meeker's covered wagon and his work for the Oregon Trail Memorial Association.

Dates: 1927

Meeting of the Republican State Central Committee

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5323
Abstract

Pen and ink sketch by A. R. Slaymaker, Oregon Journal artist, depicting scenes of the July 1930 Republican State Central Committee meeting. The sketch was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal newspaper on July 27, 1930, under the headline "Impressions of Republican Nominating Convention — By Slaymaker."

Dates: 1930 July

Meier and Frank advertising posters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5384
Abstract

Two advertising posters describing Meier and Frank's outlets and celebrating its history, growth, and development.

Dates: 1968-1970