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G. W. Connell letter

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [CA 1873 Mar 4] 1
Identifier: CA 1873 Mar 4
Abstract

The collection contains a letter dated March 4, 1873, from G. W. Connell, an Independent Order of Odd Fellows member from Vancouver, Washington Territory, to J. T. Apperson, the Grand Master of Oregon. In the letter, Connell asks Apperson for his opinion about a brother who is in arrears for $18.00.

Dates: 1873, March 4

Annette Buchanan Conard papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 229
Abstract

Collection contains correspondence, legal documents, publications and articles, miscellany, and newspaper clippings relating to the trial of Annette Buchanan, Managing Editor for the Oregon Daily Emerald, in the late 1960's.

Dates: 1966-1968

Cooley and Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Bx 186
Abstract

Cooley & Company was a general store in Brownsville, Oregon. The collection consists of account books, day books, journals, cash books and ledgers.

Dates: 1852-1934

Arvazena A. Cooper papers

 Collection
Identifier: CB C784
Abstract

Arvazena A. Cooper (1845-1929) traveled the Oregon Trail with her family in 1863 and settled in the Willamette Valley. The collection contains her reminiscences of that journey and biographical information about her life in Oregon.

Dates: 1845-1900

Lewis C. Cooper deed

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [CA 1858 Mar 10] 1
Identifier: CA 1858 Mar 10
Abstract

Lewis C. Cooper was an early resident of Portland. The collection consists of a deed transferring ownership of Cooper's Portland, Oregon Territory property to Thomas F. Scott.

Dates: 1858 March 10 - 1858 June 8

Coos Bay and Coquille Transportation Co. records

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [B 111] 1
Identifier: B 111
Abstract

Coos Bay and Coquille Transportation Co. was a steamboat company and the original directors were Nat H. Lane, Charles Merchant, and C. B. Golden. The collection (July 11, 1873 - February 11, 1876) contains meeting minutes and treasurer's reports.

Dates: 1873, July 11 -1876, February 11

Coos Bay-Roseburg Highway photograph album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: PH 372
Abstract

The Coos-Bay-Roseburg Highway was constructed in 1920 as an act of the Oregon Department of Transportation. The photographer of the scrapbook is unknown. One photograph album documenting surveying and early construction of Coos Bay-Roseburg Highway in Oregon.

Dates: 1920 January - May

Ray Howard Corey scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: PH 267
Abstract

Ray Corey (1880-1962) was an engineer who specialized in water supply and sewage disposal plant design and construction, and worked as a state engineering inspector and consultant for Oregon and Washington P.W.A. projects. The collection (1907-1952) consists of scrapbook albums that contain photographs of construction details for major projects in which Corey was involved.

Dates: 1907-1952

Tee A. Corinne papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 263
Abstract

Tee A. Corinne (1943-2006) is a photographer, artist, writer, and lesbian activist. The collection includes correspondence, literary manuscripts, artwork, photographs, artifacts, and other documents that reflect Corinne's life and work.

Dates: 1835-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1962-2006

Thomas R. Cornelius deposition

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [CA 1884 Jan 1] 1
Identifier: CA 1884 Jan 1
Abstract

Thomas R. Cornelius, was an Oregon pioneer and a member of the Oregon Mounted Volunteers during the Cayuse and Yakima Indian Wars. The collection contains a deposition given by Cornelius on January 1, 1884 regarding the Oregon Mounted Volunteers.

Dates: 1884 January 1

Thomas R. Cornelius letter

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [CA 1855 Oct 20] 1
Identifier: CA 1855 Oct 20
Abstract

Thomas R. Cornelius (1827-1899) was a pioneer and member of the Oregon Mounted Volunteers during the Cayuse and Yakima Indian Wars. The collection consists of a single letter to his wife written during his military service.

Dates: 1855 October 20

Thomas R. Cornelius letter

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [CA 1856 Feb 20] 1
Identifier: CA 1856 Feb 20
Abstract

Thomas R. Cornelius (1827-1899) was a pioneer and member of the Oregon Mounted Volunteers during the Cayuse and Yakima Indian Wars. The collection consists of a single letter to his wife written during his military service.

Dates: 1856 February 20

William Cornell diary

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [A 021] 1
Identifier: A 021
Abstract

William Cornell was a pioneer from Alexandria, Ohio. This collection consist of a copy of his diary that describes his crossing of the plains in 1852 to Oregon.

Dates: 1852

Marshall Cornett papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Ax 576
Abstract

Marshall Eugene Cornett (1898-1947) was a business owner and politician of Oregon who served in the state senate from 1941-1947 and was killed in a plane crash while still in office. The collection (1935-1949) contains correspondence files and speeches.

Dates: 1935-1949

Cornucopia Mines records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Bx 005
Abstract

The Cornucopia Mines company of Oregon was incorporated July 30, 1927 by Robert W. Betts, Blaine Hallock, and James H. Nichols as a successor company to the Baker Mines company. The collection contains corporate records, financial ledgers, and correspondence, 1918-1941.

Dates: 1918-1942

Joseph Cornwall and Narcissa Cornwall Moore overland trail historical narratives

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [CBD737-CBD716]
Identifier: CB C816
Abstract Joseph Hardin Cornwall and Narcissa Cornwall Moore were the children of Joseph Adamson Cornwall who crossed the Great Plains to Oregon via the Applegate Trail in 1846. The Joseph Cornwall and Narcissa Cornwall Moore overland trail historical narratives collection contains a typed and handwritten manuscript of "The Narrative of Joseph Cornwall Crossing the Plains to Oregon in 1846" by Joseph Hardin Cornwall, and "Captain Dunbar's Company 1846: the Applegate Route from Ft. Hall," by Narcissa...
Dates: circa 1900-1934

Charles S. Cowan oral history interview

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [CBD737-CBD716]
Identifier: CB C838
Abstract

Charles S. Cowan was the chief fire warden of the Washington Forest Fire Association (later the Washington Forest Protection Association). He held that role for thirty years, longer than any in the association's history. Charles S. Cowan oral history interview was conducted by Elwood R. Maunder on behalf of the Forest History Foundation, Inc. of St.Paul, Minnesota.

Dates: 1957 October 30

Daniel Craft order of payment

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [CA 1855 June 26] 1
Identifier: CA 1855 June 26
Abstract

Daniel Craft (ca. 1815-1908) immigrated to Oregon in 1847. The collection consists of an order of payment from Craft to John S. Hurt of Marion County, Oregon Territory.

Dates: 1855 June 26

David Watson Craig letter to William L. Adams

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [CA 1863 Nov 4] 1
Identifier: CA 1863 Nov 4
Abstract

The collection contains a letter, dated November 4, 1863, written by David Watson Craig, of Salem, Oregon, to William L. Adams, that refers to closing of the Argus, the new appearance of the Oregon Statesman, and lists Statesman stockholders.

Dates: 1863 November 4

Jack Crain World War II letters

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 438
Abstract

Jack L. Crain of Tillamook, Oregon served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. This collection of letters, sent home to his parents in Oregon, documents his time spent in-service between 1943 and 1945, and focuses primarily on the every day experiences of serving overseas during war time.

Dates: 1943-1945

Isom Cranfill papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 127
Abstract

Isom Cranfill lived in various areas of Oregon, working as a cabinetmaker, farmer, and itinerant preacher. He was justice of the peace in Clackamas County in 1848 and ran a general store in Oregon City from 1849-1850. The collection consists mainly of diaries: 1847, 1860, and 1863–1877 (16 volumes). The 1847 diary is an account of his overland journey and the others are a record of daily activities in Oregon.

Dates: 1847–1903

Medorem Crawford papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 129
Abstract

Medorem Crawford helped lead emigrants overland to the Pacific Northwest in the early 1860s. From 1864 to 1869 he was Oregon collector of internal revenue, and from 1871 to 1875 he served as appraiser of customs. The collection is comprised of diaries, correspondence and account books. Some of the diaries describe overland journeys. The major part of the collection are the diaries for 1859-1861, 1863, 1864, 1869-1871, 1876-1877, 1885-1886.

Dates: 1842-1891

William James Crawford papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 636
Abstract

William James Crawford was an attorney in Oregon. The collection contains selected case files. The major case is before the Indian Claims Commission, number 17, Snake River or Piute Indians v. United States, a suit to recover value of reservation land.

Dates: 1949-1970

Creative Writing Program records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 163
Abstract

The Creative Writing Program at the University of Oregon offers a minor concentration, the Kidd Tutorial program (a yearlong course for undergraduates), and a masters degree. The collection contains the records of short story winner of W. Kidd, 1974.

Dates: 1974

Creighton and McCully family papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: A 260
Abstract

John Creighton (1834-1884) a pioneer of 1858, came first to Washington and later became a rancher in Oregon, where married Mary J. McCully of Salem. Mary McCully's father, David McCully, invested in some of Creighton's enterprises. The collection (1867-1885) contains correspondence, clippings of the Creighton and McCully family and related family members, receipts, bills, certificates, and other papers.

Dates: 1867-1885

Luther Cressman papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 005
Abstract

Collection includes personal papers, professional papers, publications, field notes, slides and negatives, and reel-to-reel films relating to the career of Luther Cressman (1897-1994), an anthropologist and University of Oregon professor who focused on prehistoric man in Oregon.

Dates: 1930-1990

James Crissey manuscripts

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [SFM 048] 1
Identifier: SFM 048
Abstract

Collection includes manuscripts of five short stories, one rewrite, and a longer work written by James Crissey. Titles of the works are: Coast Village in Oregon (5 leaves); Inamorata (14 leaves); Juvenile Pastoral (7 leaves); Ora Van Fleet (10 leaves); Reputation at Large (10 leaves); Pelican Bay (63 leaves). Also included is a story by Fritz McCullough, The Orchard.

Dates: circa 1930s-1981

Pioneer life of Mollie Truax Crocker

 Collection
Identifier: CB C872
Abstract

Mollie Truax Crocker was born in Oregon City, Oregon. The collection constitutes her reminiscences of her pioneer life in the Northwest from the 1860s through the 1890s.

Dates: circa 1890

Father James Croke letters

 Collection
Identifier: A 023
Abstract

Rev. James Croke (1827-1888) was a Catholic missionary priest who served in Oregon in the 1850s, reporting directly to Bishop Francis Blanchet of Oregon City, Oregon. This small collection consists of typed transcripts of letters from Croke to Blanchet concerning the details of his missionary work. The original letters are held privately.

Dates: 1853-1874

Ralph Reynolds Cronise papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 578
Abstract

Ralph Reynolds Cronise (1886-1962) was a newspaper owner and civic leader in Albany, Oregon. The collection consists of correspondence, business and civic files, photographs and ledgers.

Dates: 1918-1962