Oregon -- History

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Jesse Applegate was an Oregon pioneer, politician, and helped establish the Applegate Trail. Collection includes 1 letter from Jesse Applegate to unidentified recipient Charley [his brother?] discussing his reasons for disinheriting his daughter, and mentioning the coming national election.

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The Bishops, a prominent Oregon family, are the founders and proprietors of Pendleton Woolen Mills, the Oregon Worsted Company, and the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill. The Bishop family papers include correspondence, personal and business papers, photographs and albums, genealogical records, plat maps, and newspaper clippings.

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Diary kept by John Joseph Callison during his journey, Apr. 6-June 25, 1852. Includes reproduction of one page of the original diary and genealogical information on the Callison family. Callison died of cholera during the journey, on August 23, 1852.

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Chronological listing (1818-1947) of districts formed by the Provisional Government of the Oregon Territory and of counties and their boundary changes after Oregon became a state. Includes maps.

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Sketches of political cartoons concerning city and county issues which appeared in various issues of the Eugene Register-Guard newspaper.

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Katherine Lucas Fenton of Portland, Oregon, was a pioneer and the mother of the two soldiers. The scrapbook is composed of newspaper and magazine articles relating to Oregon history. Includes considerable material on the Whitman controversy, and an article on Oregon history by William MacLeod Raine.

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Humphrey (1896-1971) was an editor at the Oregon Journal and Oregon City Enterprise newspapers. Collection includes 2 containers of correspondence: outgoing and incoming, manuscripts, photographs, biographical information and other miscellaneous materials.

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H. Johnson journal from the 1860s discusses trips through Oregon and local Methodist churches.

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Typescripts for the radio program KOAC Library Hour, prepared under the direction of Martin Schmitt for the University of Oregon Library, 1952. Includes related correspondence (1951-1952), program schedules, and short critiques of the programs Stage Coach to Roseburg and The People L'arn done by high school students. Principal correspondents include Karl Hintz of the University of Oregon Library and William S. Forth of Oregon State College.

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Narrative poem written by McClure which describes his family's journey from Indiana to Oregon in 1853. Contains photograph of McClure and his two siblings. Also includes History of the Bruce Family, written by Major William Bruce. Includes information on.

Abstract Randall Vause Mills joined the University of Oregon English faculty in 1938. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Mills wrote two books and numerous articles on transportation in the Pacific Northwest. He also wrote articles on bridge construction and location. In addition, Mills was interested in folklore, and was the founder and first president of the Oregon Folklore Society. The collection largely consists of correspondence, manuscripts, research material and notecards, printed...

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Oregon Canning Company was incorporated July 5, 1899 by W. F. Jewett, N. J. Cornwall, M. Herrick, and O. B. Hinsdale, and was located in Gardiner, Oregon. The collection (1899-1904) includes six volumes: a minute book, journal, ledger, stock certificates, stock transfers, and a letterpress copybook.

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Collection consists of films about Oregon or created by Oregonians between 1929-1983.

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Documents titled The Issues Paper, Pearl for Governor Campaign, and The Environmental Crisis, Art Pearl's Proposal for Oregon's Survival, published by the Pearl for Governor Committee, outlining Pearl's stand on various issues. Chairman of the committ.

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Kate Robbins, nee Pratt, was born in Cohasset, Massachusetts, and moved with her husband Abner to Ochoco, Oregon in 1868. The family was among the first settlers in the Ochoco area. The collection is composed of correspondence that describes living conditions in and near Ochoco and Prineville, with references to Indian uprisings, feuds between cattle and sheep ranchers, politics, and social life.

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Reprint of the Oregon Spectator, vol. 1, no. 1, February 5, 1846, by the Territorial Centennial Commission in honor of the Territorial Centennial observances of 1848-49.

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Copy of the (Savannah) Oregon Emigrating Society Constitution, minutes and proceedings, and census. Includes essay titled An Account of the Wagon Train mastered by Solomon Tetherow, written by Fidelia March Bowers, which gives information on the wagon tra.

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Frederic George Young (1858 -1929) was a professor at the University of Oregon, a historian, and was one of the founders of the Oregon Historical Society. The collection contains a letter dated June 25, 1916, from Young to Fred Lockley, regarding Oregon history and the Oregon Historical Society.