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LOC/E-F/E3. Ethnic groups

 Record Group Term
Identifier: LOC/E-F/E3

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Alice R. Appenzeller correspondence

 Collection — Multiple collection box [Coll 389] 1: [Barcode: 35025042654356]
Identifier: Coll 389
Abstract

Alice R. Appenzeller (1885-1946), born in Korea to pioneer Methodist missionary parents, also became a missionary and president of Ewha Woman's College in Korea. The collection (1909-1940) contains correspondence by Appenzeller, including letters sent from Korea.

Dates: 1909-1940

Julius Basinski reminiscences and letters received

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: i49942876]
Identifier: A 157
Abstract

Julius Basinski (1844 - ) immigrated from Germany in 1866 and travelled west in 1870, first to Montana, and later into Oregon and Washington. The collection (1894-1921) contains reminiscences by Basinski and incoming correspondence.

Dates: 1866-1921

Burton/Lake/Garton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 301
Abstract John James Burton, the progenitor of the Burton/Lake/Garton families, was an Oregon pioneer, establishing a farm on his donation land claim in Yamhill in 1844. Although the collection contains family papers of the Burton/Lake/Garton families, the collection will be of particular interest to scholars of Asian immigration in the West, and the work of Kate Burton Lake and Margaret Lake Garton to help Chinese and Japanese girls and young women through their work in the Methodist Episcopal...
Dates: 1848-1993

Elizabeth Carlyle letters from China

 Collection — Folder 1 (shares a box): [Barcode: i50002788]
Identifier: A 165
Abstract

Elizabeth Carlyle worked as a nurse at the Isabella Fisher Hospital, in Tientsin (Tianjin), China. The collection (1937-1938) contains outgoing correspondence regarding the conquest of Tientsin (Tianjin).

Dates: 1937-1938

Danish Brotherhood and Danish Sisterhood Lodges of Junction City, Oregon records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 35025041715422]
Identifier: Coll 409
Abstract

Danish Brotherhood and Sisterhood lodges are fraternal organizations organized around a shared Danish heritage. The collection (1908-1981) contains records of the Danish Brotherhood and Danish Sisterhood lodges of Junction City, Oregon.

Dates: 1908-1981

Sydney Arthur Davidson, Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple collection box [A 210] 1: [Barcode: i5003179x]
Identifier: A 210
Abstract

Sydney Arthur Davidson, Jr. worked in Foochow, China, teaching English at the Anglo-Chinese College. The collection (1934-1939) contains notes, manuscript material, and copies of published pieces regarding his experience working in China.

Dates: 1934-1939

Elizabeth G. Lewis Dunbar autobiography

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 35025042868386]
Identifier: A 294
Abstract

Elizabeth G. Lewis Dunbar (1886 - ?) served as a medical missionary to India, from 1916 until 1947. The collection (1947) contains the manuscript of her autobiography.

Dates: 1947

Ruth A. Gress papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 423
Abstract

Ruth A. Gress was a Christian missionary in China between 1939 and 1950. The collection includes correspondence, a diary, literary manuscripts, and publications that reflect her missionary work.

Dates: 1939-1966

Leonebel Jacobs papers

 Collection — Multiple collection box [Coll 402] 1: [Barcode: 35025032078863]
Identifier: Coll 402
Abstract

Leonebel Jacobs (1883-1967) was a portrait painter who painted Herbert Hoover and Chinese Emperor Pu Ti, among others. The collection (1930s-1960s) contains print copies and photographs of paintings, photographs of Jacobs, correspondence, a manuscript, and mementos.

Dates: 1930s-1960s

Jefferson Center for Education and Research records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 317
Abstract The Jefferson Center for Education and Research specialized in facilitating discussion, problem solving and community connections among low-income non-timber forest workers and harvesters, rural communities and contingent laborers in the Pacific Northwest. This collection provides much needed insight into the economic, political, and social issues among these groups. Founded by Beverly Anne Brown in 1994, the center was headquartered in Sunny Valley, Oregon. The collection includes meeting...
Dates: 1935-2009

Kubli General Store account books

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Bx 012
Abstract

Kaspar Kubli (1830) established Kubli General Store in 1872 and operated it until his death in 1897.  The collection includes six volumes of account books dating 1858-1888.

Dates: 1858-1886

Lacy family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 412
Abstract

Henry V. Lacy, his wife, Jessie Lacy, (nee Ankeny), and Jessie Lacy's sister, Louise Ankeny, were missionaries in China. The collection (1909-1952) contains correspondence, mementoes and ephemera, a scrapbook, and photographs.

Dates: 1909-1952

Ben Linder collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 304
Abstract

Ben Linder (1959-1987) was an American mechanical engineer who worked in San Jose de Bocay, Nicaragua from 1983 until his death by the Contras on April 28, 1987. The collection includes correspondence, diaries, articles on political and engineering subjects, photographs, and the Linder family’s records, all of which reflect Linder’s humanitarian work, his political activism, and the impact his death had on American foreign policy debates and within the general public sphere.

Dates: 1966-2003

MEChA Mujeres records

 Collection — Multiple collection box [UA 080] 1: [Barcode: i4915218x]
Identifier: UA 080
Abstract

MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano Aztlan), a University of Oregon student union began as a part of the Chicano Student Union in 1964. The group took its current title in 1969. Mujeres is a program within MEChA that began in 1995 and is focused on Chicanas and other women of color. The collection contains an informational pamphlet.

Dates: undated

MECha records

 Collection — Multiple collection box [UA 079] 1: [Barcode: i49152178]
Identifier: UA 079
Abstract

MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano Aztlan), a University of Oregon student union began as a part of the Chicano Student Union in 1964. The group took its current title in 1969. The collection contains publications and pamphlets related to 2009 conferences.

Dates: 2009

Michael A. Meyendorff papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 35025042001442]
Identifier: Ax 152
Abstract

Michael A. Meyendorff (1849-1908) was a Polish revolutionary (in Russia), who was released to the United States through government intercession in 1866, and who later relocated to Oregon. The collection (1861-1908) contains personal and official correspondence (some in Russian), scrapbooks, an autobiographical manuscript, and estate papers.

Dates: 1861-1908

Thelma Mills papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 35025041754868]
Identifier: Ax 857
Abstract

Thelma Mills worked in education, primarily with foreign students, in China, Taiwan and in the US; while in China (1925-1927) she observed the Chinese civil war. The collection contains diaries, correspondence, manuscripts, travel mementos, postcards, and photographs, 1925-1976.

Dates: 1925-1976

Walter M. Pierce papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 068
Abstract Collection consists of correspondence, speeches, reports, photographs and material covering U.S. and Northwest history and politics. A major portion details Pierce's involvement with New Deal programs. The papers deal with agriculture, irrigation and land reclamation, public ownership, forest management, and the development of hydroelectric power. There are substantial files on the Civilian Conservation Corps, Public Works Administration and Works Progress Administration, files on...
Dates: 1888-1969

Carl Gotthilf Berthold Rostel papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 086
Abstract

Carl Rostel (1850-1928), a German immigrant, worked variously as a barber, saloonkeeper, salesperson, and land speculator in Central Point, Oregon. The collection contains correspondence, commercial broadsides, catalogues, legal documents, account books, and photographs.

Dates: 1877-1928

Salem, Oregon Muscovite Club minutes

 Collection — Multiple collection box [B 150] 1: [Barcode: i50200033]
Identifier: B 150
Abstract

The Salem Muscovite Club was a marching and social organization started by Russian immigrants in Oregon, in 1922, and the long time head was "Noble Duke" Roy Simeral. The collection (1922-1932) contains a volume of club minutes.

Dates: 1922-1932

William C. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 311
Abstract William Carlson Smith (1883-?), educator and sociologist, contributed major research to the Survey of Race Relations, a 1925 study of economic, legal and social relations between whites and Asians on the Pacific Coast and in Hawaii. This research formed part of the basis for Smith's 1939 book Americans in the Making. Perhaps Smith's most widely-known work was his 1953 book The Stepchild, which was the culmination of fifteen years of research and study. Smith did much of the research in...
Dates: 1924-1927

Beatrice Stevens report "Free and Equal?: Japanese-Americans in Oregon"

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM175-179] 1: [Barcode: 35025042615175]
Identifier: SFM 179
Abstract

The Beatrice Stevens report on Japanese-Americans in Oregon was a document prepared for a workshop on intercultural education in Portland, Oregon 1945.

Dates: 1945

Thielsen family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 053
Abstract

The Thielsen family of Prussia and of America includes the following members: Bune Thielsen of Flensburg, Prussia, his son Hans Thielsen, who moved to Oregon, and Hans Thielsen's sons, Henry B., Horace W. and Julius. The collection contains correspondence, letter press books, business documents, maps and blueprints.

Dates: 1784-1926

Yoshiko Uchida papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 549
Abstract Yoshiko Uchida was a writer of children's books. The Uchida Papers contain manuscripts, correspondence and material relating to her literary career. The collection contains materials on fourteen of her books. The majority of Uchida's papers concern Japan, specifically Japanese folktales and children's stories. The correspondence in this collection primarily concerns Uchida's editor and fan mail from school children. The manuscripts are arranged chronologically starting with The Dancing...
Dates: 1948-1977

University of Oregon Office of the Dean of Personnel Administration. National Japanese American Student Relocation Council records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 009
Abstract The National Japanese American Student Relocation Council was created by university administrators as a means of relocating Japanese American college students to other universities and colleges away from the West coast during World War II, and to prevent these students from being interned in government-run internment camps. At the University of Oregon, Karl Onthank, Dean of Personnel Administration, represented the University in relocating UO Japanese American students. The collection...
Dates: 1942-1946