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Gertrude Bass Warner lantern slides

 Collection
Identifier: PH 014
Abstract

Gertrude Bass Warner (1863–1951) was an Asian art enthusiast, internationalist, and traveler. The collection consists of lantern slides documenting Asian art, culture, religion and architecture before World War II, in China, Japan, Korea and Cambodia. Images of the Warner art objects are also included. Inventory is incomplete.

Dates: 1904-1930

Gertrude Bass Warner papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 022
Abstract

Collection includes personal papers, professional papers, business records, and photographs relating to the life and career of Gertrude Bass Warner (1863-1951), the founder and director emeritus of the University of Oregon Fine Art Museum.

Dates: 1879-1954

Gertrude Bass Warner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 701
Abstract Collection consists primarily of travel diaries, notes, correspondence and ephemera related to research about shrines and religious ceremonies for several manuscripts that Gertrude Bass Warner (1863-1951) was working on. There is also correspondence about pieces of art that she and her husband were collecting to bring back to the United States for a museum exhibit. The bulk of the materials are about Japan during the time period of 1909-1923. Ms. Warner was the founder and director emeritus...
Dates: 1909-1923

Mason Y. Warner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 245
Abstract Mason Young Warner was born in 1868, the son of parents Agnes Stewart and Thomas Warner. Mason Y. Warner married Celia A. Hyland in 1894. The couple lived in Lane County all their lives, except for a short time spent in eastern Washington. They had three children, Ivan, Claire and Erma. The collection is composed mainly of correspondence, some personal files, and photographs. Most extensive in this collection is the Claire Warner Churchill Thompson material in Series IV. Her papers include...
Dates: 1859-1954

Charles Marquis Warren papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 714
Abstract

Collection comprises the papers of American author Charles Marquis Warren, including professional correspondence, screenplays, television plays, and manuscripts of books and articles. In addition to screenplays by Warren, collection includes scripts by Sy Bartlett, Jonathan Latimer and Ranald MacDougall.

Dates: 1942-1972

Wartime Posters collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 467
Abstract

This artificial collection comprises propaganda posters and magazine covers, created primarily during World War I and World War II.

Dates: 1914-1953

Washington Street Market Co. records

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: B 070
Abstract

Washington Street Market Company was a grocery firm in Portland, Oregon incorporated by Samson Hirsch, Otto J. Kraemer, and M. I. Gustavson. The collection (1932-1933) contains articles of incorporation, correspondence, stockholder's and Board of Director's meeting minutes, and receipts.

Dates: 1932-1933

General Crook's campaign : letters to the Owyhee Avalanche, Silver City, Idaho, 1867 July 20-Oct. 13 / by Joseph Wasson

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [SFM 119] 1
Identifier: SFM 119
Abstract

Letters concerning General Crook's campaign written by Joseph Wasson and published in the Owyhee Avalanche, Silver City, Idaho Territory. Includes notes on Joseph Wasson's life and the Owyhee Avalanche, some written on the backs of copies of The River Rog.

Dates: 1867 July 20-Oct. 13

John M. Waterhouse letters

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [SFM 117] 1
Identifier: SFM 117
Abstract

Letters from John M. Waterhouse, one to an uncle and three to a friend, Larkin Turner of Boston, concerning business matters and potential for business ventures in Oregon, Feb. 19, 1846-Dec 18, 1847. Includes newspaper clipping from the New York Tribune a.

Dates: 1846 Feb. 19-1847 Dec. 18

Warren Waterhouse papers

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [CA 1896 June 8] 1
Identifier: CA 1896 June 8
Abstract

Warren Waterhouse, of Monmouth, Oregon, was a cherry grower. The collection (1896) consists of a certificate of inspection of nursery stock, a letter regarding Waterhouse's cherries, and a poem written by Waterhouse regarding temperance.

Dates: 1896

George H. Waterman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 370
Abstract Collection consists of Waterman's personal and professional documents. The small collection is divided into two series. The first series contains personal papers, correspondence, and tax records. The second contains corporate documents. There are extensive files concerning the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers as well as other memberships. The collection is primarily focused on Waterman's business ventures and contains little information about his personal life....
Dates: 1925-1957

Carleton E. Watkins photographs

 Collection — Photo Box: 1
Identifier: PH 200_011
Abstract

Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916) was a landscape and view photographer based in San Francisco, who made trips to Oregon in 1867 and in the 1880s. The collection consists of 27 black and white stereo images of Oregon and California and includes some work from the Columbia Gorge.

Dates: 1867-1890

Elton Watkins speech

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [SFM 094] 1
Identifier: SFM 094
Abstract

Speech given by Watkins to the Willamette Society in Portland, Or., June 18, 1936. Speech urges Oregon Republicans to vote for Roosevelt's New Deal in the upcoming national elections.

Dates: 1936 June 18

Jane Werner Watson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 787
Abstract

Collection comprises correspondence and manuscripts of children's book author Jane Werner Watson. Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing. Manuscripts are for both article- and book-length works and include drafts of Going to the hospital; The Soviet Union; India celebrates; and The making of "Beautiful Americans".

Dates: 1958-1976

Mary Ann Watson letter

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [SFM 066] 1
Identifier: SFM 066
Abstract

Letter from Mary Ann Watson of Griggsville, Ill., to her cousin, Ann Simpkin, relating family news.

Dates: 1857 Sept. 20

Morris Watson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 744
Abstract Morris Watson (1901-1972) was a reporter, labor leader and an active participant in progressive causes of the 1930s and 1940s. The collection contains records from Watson's work with the Living Newspaper, the Newspaper Guild, the International Longshoremen's & Warehouse Union, the American Labor Party, and the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties and includes play and radio manuscripts, correspondence, memos, speeches, articles, meeting minutes, committee reports, statements...
Dates: 1932-1971

Ahio S. Watt description of school district boundaries

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [CA 1857 Mar 24] 1
Identifier: CA 1857 Mar 24
Abstract

Ahio Scott Watt (1824-1909) was an Oregon pioneer of 1848, who became clerk of the first court in the Oregon Territory. The collection (March 24, 1857) contains a description of the boundaries of a school district in Oregon.

Dates: 1857 March 24

Ahio Scott Watt reminiscences

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: CB W34
Abstract

Ahio Scott Watt (1824-1909) was an Oregon pioneer of 1848 who became clerk of the first court in the Oregon Territory. The collection (1802-1835) contains Watt's personal and family reminiscences.

Dates: 1802-1835

Isabel Stewart Way papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 371
Abstract

Isabel Stewart Way (1904-1978) wrote short stories, novels, and novelettes. The collection contains literary manuscripts, correspondence, notes and resource material, memorabilia, maps, books, newspaper clippings, and a photograph.

Dates: 1931-1966

John Knox Weatherford Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 062
Abstract

John (or James) Knox Weatherford, Jr. (1901-1995) (who was known colloquially as Jim) served in the Oregon legislature as a representative from Linn County, 1930-1935 (Democrat), and as district attorney of Linn County, 1935-1937. The collection contains correspondence from constituents, correspondence while serving in the Oregon legislature and District Attorney, personal letters, and other political correspondence.

Dates: 1928-1937

James Weaver papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 321
Abstract

James Howard "Jim" Weaver (August 8, 1927- ) was a U.S. Congressman for Oregon's 4th congressional district. He served six terms in the House. The collection represents records produced by Weaver and his congressional office during his service as a congressman.

Dates: 1970s-1980s

Suzanne E. Weddell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 047
Abstract

Suzanne E. Weddell (1884-February 26, 1978) was a Christian Missionary, based in the United States but traveled abroad to India, England, Holland, Switzerland, and France. The collection includes correspondence, essays written by Sue Weddell, photographs, and various other papers that reflect her humanitarian work from 1916-1961.

Dates: 1916-1978

Lisl Weil papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 612
Abstract

Lisl Weil is a Viennese-born author-illustrator of children's books. The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and Weil's illustrations for books by other authors.

Dates: 1950-1979

Edward Andrew Weir papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 687
Abstract

Edward Andrew Weir was a Harvard educated, Midwestern railroad doctor who served with the Medical Reserve Corps lieutenant, attached to the 374th Aero Squadron in England during the First World War before settling in Portland, Oregon in 1919. His papers consist of letters, diaries, account books and case books.

Dates: circa 1867-1946

George Weister photograph album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: PH 203_017
Abstract

The George Weister photograph album collection contains 36 images by noted Portland photographer George Weister, showing Astoria, Oregon and vicinity circa 1910.

Dates: circa 1910

John W. Welch letter to Sarah Welch Wood

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [CA 1917 Feb 24] 1
Identifier: CA 1917 Feb 24
Abstract

John W. Welch and Sarah Welch Wood were members of the pioneer Welch family that settled in Astoria, Oregon, beginning in 1844. The collection contains a letter dated February 24, 1917, in which John Welch reminisces about the founding of Lewiston, Idaho, and his early days in Astoria, Oregon.

Dates: 1917 February 24

William Moses Welch papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 173
Abstract

William Moses Welch (1837-1914) was a Methodist clergyman, serving congregations in the Midwest and the West. The collection consists of diaries, and letters to his son, Eldred. There are also letters from Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Duncan, missionaries at Canton Christian College, Canton, China, 1914-1917.

Dates: 1858-1919

Orson Welles screenplay for The magnificent Ambersons, by Booth Tarkington

 Collection — Multiple Collection Box: [SFM 136] 1
Identifier: SFM 136
Abstract

Screenplay by Orson Welles for The Magnificent Ambersons, by Booth Tarkington. Includes typed revisions.

Dates: 1941 August 15

William Fursuar Wellington letters

 Collection
Identifier: A 196
Abstract

William Fursuar Wellington (1835 - ) served as a private in Company K, 42d Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the America Civil War. The collection (1864-1865) consists of correspondence to his wife, a photograph, and discharge papers.

Dates: 1864-1865

William Bittle Wells papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 095
Abstract William Bittle Wells worked in the Pacific Northwest as a manager, editor, advertiser, and writer for a variety of publications. In 1898 Wells founded the western magazine Pacific Monthly, which focused on the development of the pacific coast, literature, and humor. Wells became northwest editor and manger for Sunset Magazine from 1907-1912. Wells then became advertiser for Community Publicity, a publication produced by the Harriman Lines railroad. Next, Wells managed his own printing...
Dates: 1890-1960

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