The Ralston Family Collection, 1850-2000

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Ralston family
Title
The Ralston Family Collection
Dates
1850-2000 (inclusive)
Quantity
30 boxes, (30 linear feet)
Collection Number
OLPb142RAL
Summary
The Ralston family collection contains historical, genealogical, financial, documents, photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera created or collected by the Oregon pioneer families of Ralston, Knight, and Denny between 1850-2000. Additional material from extended family lines including the Langan, Pitt, Powers, Stoddard, and Struble families are also included.
Repository
Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives

Aubrey R. Watzek Library
615 S. Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR
97219
Telephone: 5037687758
Fax: 5037687282
archives@lclark.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Jeremiah Ralston (1798-1877) founded and named Lebanon, Oregon in 1851 after traveling by ox cart from Iowa to Linn County, Oregon with his wife Jemima and their six children. As a successful land-owners and businessmen the Ralston family flourished in Lebanon, Albany, Portland, and the Dalles, Oregon. The collection contains papers from the Ralston family including: Loner O. Ralston (1859-1943) Albany Volunteer Fire Department (1882), founder of Oregon Savings Bank, and prominent Oregon business and real estate developer. William C. Ralston (1899-1991) Portland attorney, and Multnomah County District Attorney (1931-1934), his first wife and daughter of Will A. Knight, Marcia Knight Ralston (1904-1951), and their son William (Billy) Knight Ralston (1927-2008) a University of Oregon graduate (1950) and Phi Gamma Delta fraternity member, who worked in the lumber industries in Eureka, California, and Portland, Oregon, and wife Nancyclare Ruduner.

Owen Nickerson Denny (1838-1900) of “Mayflower” descent was a prominent lawyer, judge, President elect revenue collector for the States of Oregon and Alaska (1874-1877), and Oregon State Senator (1892-1896). Between 1877-1890 Owen Denny was the U.S. appointed Consul to Tien Tien, China (1877), and Consul-General to Shanghai, China (1880), as well as U.S. Consul and advisor to King Kojong of Korea (1885). In 1981 a rare Korean flag presented to Owen Denny by King Kojong during his U.S. appointment was found in the possession of relative William C. Ralston, (grand nephew) who with the support of the Korean government returned the celebrated flag to its nation of origin. Between 1881-1882 Owen Denny sent four shipments of Ring-Necked Chinese Pheasants from Shanghai, China to Portland, Oregon. Released by brother John Denny in Linn County, Oregon the pheasants thrived and populated much of the United States. Wife of Owen Denny, Gertrude Jane Hall, Daughter of Peter Hall, was present at and released by Indians following the Walla Walla, Washington, Whitman Massacre of 1847.

Will A. Knight (1873-1943) prominent Portland businessmen and owner of the Knight Shoe Company, and his brother Frank L. Knight (1866-1944) owner of Portland Knight Packing Company.

Other persons represented throughout the collection include members of the Denny, Knight, Langan, McKnight, Pitt, Powers, Stoddard, and Struble families.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Ralston family collection contains historical, genealogical, financial, documents, photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera. The correspondence includes over 3,000 documents written between 1861-1999, and are arranged in chronological order. The photograph collections contain approximately 2,500 prints from 1850-2000 and 13 bound photograph albums. Identified unbound photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject’s name. Additional identified photographs include organizations, events, property and other miscellaneous photographs. Unidentified photograph are arranged by approximate chronological date. The collection includes daguerreotype, ambrotype, tintype, carte de visites, cabinet cards, and modern printing formats. The collections also include various journals, calendars, and scrapbooks, created by members of the Ralston, Knight, Denny, and Stoddard families. Additionally many personal, family, and business artifacts or ephemera belonging to or collected by the various families have been collected.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.

Preferred Citation

The Ralston Family Collection (OLPb142RAL), Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in 9 series: 1) Ralston Chronicles and Family Genealogies; 2) Family Papers (1850-2000); 3) Ralston Family Correspondence (1861-1999); 4) Ralston Family Photograph Collection (1850-2000); 5) Ralston Family Bound Photograph Albums (1902-2000); 6) Journals, Calendars and Date Books (1851-1985); 7) Print Materials (1930-1995); 8) Ralston Family Scrapbooks (1875-1985); Ralston Family Artifacts.

Location of Collection

Special Collections

Acquisition Information

Donated to Lewis & Clark College by the Ralston family in 2011.

Processing Note

Processed in 2012-2013.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1:  Ralston Chronicles and Family Genealogies, 1982Return to Top

1 box

Includes notes, research, drafts, and copies of “The Ralston Chronicles” written and compiled by William C. Ralston (completed in 1982). As well as genealogical papers, notes, and research for various Ralston relations including the Adams, Darby, Denny, George, Johns, Knight, McKnight, Nickerson, Ruduner, and Stoddard families.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1.1.0
Notes on Oregon and the Ralston and Denny Families, 1847 to 1899
Perfect bound copy of the research notes prepared by William Knight Ralston Jr. on the Ralston and Denny families.
2018
1.1
Ralston Chronicles: Hardbound Edition
Hardbound edition of the Ralston Chronicles compiled by William C. Ralston and completed in 1982. Hardbound edition contains supplemental early genealogies for the Ralston family.
undated
1.2
Ralston Chronicles: Softbound Edition
Softbound editions of the Ralston Chronicles by William C. Ralston.
1982
1.3
Ralston Chronicles Early Drafts
Early notes and drafts by William C. Ralston.
undated
1.4
Ralston Chronicles: Introduction
Early handwritten draft by William C. Ralston.
undated
1.5
Ralston Chronicles: Editors Copy
undated
1.6
Adams Family Genealogy Papers
undated
1.7
Denny Family Genealogy Papers
undated
1.8
George Family Genealogy Papers
undated
1.9
Johns and Darby Family Genealogy Papers
undated
1.10
Knight Family Genealogy Papers
undated
1.11
McKnight Family Genealogy Papers
undated
1.12
Monroe, Iowa Genealogy
Two page alphabetized list of marriage's and relations from Monroe, Iowa.
ca. 1889
1.13
Nickerson and Brewster Family Genealogy Papers
undated
1.14
Ralston Family Genealogy Papers
undated
1.15
Ralston Family Genealogy Papers
undated
1.16
" Fig Tree in Zion" Stoddard Family
Hardbound edition of "Fig Tree in Zion" the Stoddard family history. Compiled and edited by Mary Ellen Stoddard Smith and Kathryn Stoddard Hunt.
1982
1.17
Early Correspondence on Genealogy
Four letters regarding early family genealogy, includes "Genealogy of the Turnas Family" undated; Letter to Mary Miles from Moses Pearson, March 18, 1850; Letter to Joseph Pearson from Isaac Turnas, February 8, 1817; and Letter from David Miles, 1836.
ca. 1800-1850
1.18
Miscellaneous Genealogy Papers
Miscellaneous papers, notes and correspondence regarding Ralston and family genealogy.
undated

Series 2:  Family Papers, 1850-2000Return to Top

6 boxes and oversized framed materials

Contains individual and family documents; financial, business, and property documents; awards, certificates, and other manuscripts from the Ralston family collections.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1.1
"Address by Frederick V. Holman" Oregon Historical Quarterly
Pamphlet Reprint from The Quarterly, Vol. XXIV, No. 4, 1923 about the unveiling of the memorial stone to Peter Skene Ogden in Oregon City. Features account of Mrs. Gertrude Hall Denny and party who were captured and released by Oregon Indians after the Whitman Massacre in 1848.
1923
1.2
Madeline Gleason: Poems
Six typed transcripts of poems by Madeline Gleason, includes These are not the Times; Let Them Not Leave; Dr. Evase; Garden Party (with illustration); The Letter; and The Critic Stout.
undated
1.3
Mattie Hawkins: Autograph Book
1880
1.4
Knight Shoe Company
Magazines, articles, and other ephemera from the Will A. Knight, Knight Shoe Company of Portland, Oregon.
1927-1943
1.5
Will Knight: Testimonial Diner
Includes souvenir program, and other ephemera.
May 31, 1938
1.6
Will Knight: Last Will and Testament
October 16, 1943
1.7
Frank Knight: United States National Bank of Portland Trust
1944
1.8
Frank Knight: Pacific University Certificate of Recognition
April 15, 1944
1.9
Frank Knight: Estate Records
1945
1.10
Knight Packing Company
Business accounts, correspondence, and other papers from the Frank Knight, Knight Packing Company of Portland, Oregon.
undated
1.11
Frank Knight: Obituary
1944
1.12
Frances H. Kribs Papers
1962-1977
1.13
Ray T. and Sarah J. Lynch Papers
1971-1977
1.14
B. J. Miles: Trip to Oregon Journals
Three journals detailing a trip from Eldora, Iowa to Portland, Oregon by B. J. Miles. Includes Notes on the trip, accounting notes, and floor plan sketches from a reform school in Oregon.
1890-1892
1.15
Ruduner Family Papers
Includes miscellaneous papers for Robert S., Nancyclare, and Minette Ruduner.
undated
1.16
Leon Gordon Stoddard Papers
Guardianship and estate documents.
1980
1.17
Mildred Stoddard Papers
Poems, stories and correspondence by Mildred Stoddard.
undated
1.18
Minette Lee Stoddard Papers
Birth certificate, identification cards, and other papers from M.L. Stoddard. Includes War ration materials as well as correspondence between M.L. Stoddard and A. Lomis in regards to war rationing.
undated
1.19
Stoddard Family Papers
Miscellaneous Stoddard family papers including estate documents, and personal effects.
undated
1.20
A. D. Struble Papers
Includes Naval documents and personal items
undated
1.21
Officer account of Nagasaki and Hiroshima visit with A.D. Struble
Naval officer's account of visiting and assessing Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan following U.S. atomic bombings.
ca. 1945
1.22
Rensselare News: Japan
Rensselaer news souvenir edition U.S. Naval ship paper.
1946
1.23
Celia Stoddard Pitt Ralston Papers
Includes personal records, school records, and other documents.
undated
1.24
Celia Stoddard Pitt Ralston Poems
Copies of various poems written by Celia Ralston.
ca. 1926
1.25
Lonner O. Ralston: Documents of Personal Identification
undated
1.26
Lonner O. Ralston: Diplomas and Certificates
1890-1901
1.27
Lonner O. Ralston: Knight of Pythias Documents
Knights of Pythias, and Knights of Khorassan fraternal organization documents.
ca. 1890
1.28
Lonner O. Ralston: Horses Wanted Poster
1899
1.29
Lonner O. Ralston: Oregon Savings Bank
Includes article of incorporation, and defendant brief for circuit court lawsuit against L.O. Ralston and the Oregon Trust and Savings Bank.
1903-1905
1.30
Lonner O. Ralston: Property Papers
undated
1.31
Lonner O. Ralston: Funeral Materials
Includes "In case I die open this" letter.
ca. 1943
1.32
Lonner O. Ralston and Ada K. Johns Wedding Announcement
August 23, 1888
1.33
Ada K. Johns Ralston Papers
Includes schoolwork, correspondence, and other ephemera.
1886-1943
1.34
Ada K. Johns Ralston: D.A.R. Papers
Daughters of the American Revolution, Multnomah chapter annual report, 1929; Constitution by-laws; and yearbook.
1924-1929
1.35
Oregon Pioneer Association and D.A.R. Ribbons and Literature
Daughters of the American Revolution, Women's Auxiliary, and Oregon Pioneers reunion ribbons, literature and pamphlets.
ca. 1920-1945
1.36
Lonner O. Ralston JR. Birth Certificate (copy)
August 1, 1889
1.37
Lonner O. Ralston JR. Veterans Papers
1933-1945
1.38
Nick Ralston: Naval Appointment Papers
Includes photographs and program.
2001
1.39
Miscellaneous Family Papers and Announcements
Includes documents from the Johns, Moist, Ralston, Strubble, Knight, Oliver, Denny, Otten, and Hart families.
undated
1.40
Miscellaneous Ralston Family Arts and Crafts
undated
1.41
Ralston Family Paper Artifacts and Ephemera
Includes humorous "Populist Party" treasury note, [1894]; Munchausen and Gull Creek satirical stock certificate [1894]; Victorian paper cards, and advertisements including Orangeine [ca. 1890]; Golden Gate International Exposition tickets [1939-1940]
undated
1.42.1
Stamp Collection
Miscellaneous stamps collected by the family. Includes several editions of the 1892 Columbian, Christopher Columbus commemorative stamp series.
undated
1.42
Luggage Labels
a collection of unused luggage labels from around the world: includes Cairo, Java, Japan, Rome, China, India. Milan, London, Florence, Calcutta, and a University of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball label.
ca. 1920
1.43
Charles Potts School Records and Diplomas
1920-1926
1.44
Potts Family Banking and Finance Papers
1920-1960
1.45
Charles Potts Canadian Naval Service Papers
1940-1946
1.46
Charles Potts and Elizabeth Kenneally Marriage Registry
November 18, 1944
1.47
Charles Potts Family Journals
ca. 1917
1.48
Potts Family Miscellaneous Documents and Artifacts
1920-1960
1.49
Potts Family Correspondence
1910-1960
1.50
Potts Family Photographs and Negatives
1920-1950
2.1
William C. Ralston: Documents of Personal Identification
1899-1991
2.2
William C. Ralston: Diplomas and Certificates
1904-1959
2.3
William C. Ralston: Public School Records
1907-1915
2.4
William C. Ralston: High School Graduation
January 26, 1917
2.5
William C. Ralston: Bound School Papers and Journals
Three composition notebooks c. 1911; Bound term papers "Sargons Palace at Khorsabad" (1917); and "History of the Trilobite" (1920).
1911-1920
2.6
William C. Ralston: College Records
1921-1923
2.7
William C. Ralston: Drawing Work
Exhibition of drawing work.
ca. 1912
2.8
William C. Ralston: Art Plate Prints
ca. 1917
2.9
William C. Ralston: "Daily life of the Rs" Comic Strip
Hand drawn comic by William C. Ralston depicting the murder of his wife Marcia Knight Ralston.
undated
2.10
William C. Ralston and Marcia Knight Ralston Wedding Invitation
December 2, 1925
2.11
William C. Ralston and Marcia Knight Ralston Marriage Certificate
December 2, 1925
2.12
Zig Zag Zephyr, Mount Hood National Forest: Newsletter
Zig Zag Zephyr Newsletter, produced by members of Company 928, Mount Hood National Forest Civilian Conservation Corps.
1935
2.13
William C. Ralston: Power of Attorney
April 19, 1943
2.14
William C. Ralston: U.S. Army Documents
undated
2.15
William C. Ralston: Military Discharge Documents
1945-1958
2.16
William C. Ralston: Mexican Air Tour
Schedules, programs, papers, maps, and other material relating to the Oregon Air Tour Association's "Mexican Sunshine Tour".
1948
2.17
William C. Ralston: "Thoughts for the Day"
December 1969
2.18
William C. Ralston: Banking and Finance
undated
2.19
William C. Ralston: Funeral Program
March 17, 1991
2.20
William C. Ralston: Death Certificate
March 17, 1991
2.21
William C. Ralston: Donations
1991
2.22
Marcia Knight Ralston: Documents of Personal Identification
undated
2.23
Marcia Knight Ralston: Baby Book
1903
2.24
Marcia Knight Ralston: Mounted Newspaper Clipping
1907
2.25
Marcia Knight Ralston: Early Schoolwork
undated
2.27
Marcia Knight Ralston: Journals
Three journals dated 1918, Easter Vacation March 1918, and 1928.
1918-1928
2.28
Marcia Knight Ralston: Poetry
Miscellaneous loose page handwritten and typed poems by Marcia Knight.
undated
2.29
Marcia Knight Ralston: Poetry Journals
Three bound journal of handwritten and pasted typescript poems by Marcia Knight.
undated
2.30
Frank C. Clark Third Cruise Around the World
Programs, schedules, menus, and other paper ephemera collected by Marcia Knight from Clark's Third Cruise Around the World.
1923
2.31
Marcia Knight Ralston: Last Will and Testament
1948
2.32
Marcia Knight Ralston: Birth Certificate
December 21, 1903
2.33
Marcia Knight Ralston: Death Certificate
March 10, 1951
2.34
Oregon Journal, Vol. L, No 1. [Newspaper]
Portland Oregon newspaper featuring cover story about the death of Marcia Knight Ralston, who died in a home fire.
March 10, 1951
2.35
William K. Ralston: Documents of Personal Identification
undated
2.36
William K. Ralston: Diplomas and Certificates
undated
2.37
William K. Ralston: Birth Certificate
August 17, 1927
2.38
William K. Ralston: Last Will and Testament
July 28, 1946
2.39
William K. Ralston and Nancyclare Ruduner Wedding Invitations
Dec 14,
2.40
William K. Ralston: Presidential Thank You
Presidential thank you from the office of Harry S. Truman for W.K. Ralston's service to his country.
ca. 1945
2.41
William K. Ralston: Veterans Materials
undated
2.42
William K. Ralston: Ralston Forest Products
Business correspondence, receipts, and other materials relating to Ralston Forest Products of Wilsonville, Oregon.
ca. 1989
2.43
William K. Ralston: Miscellaneous Papers
undated
2.44
Duniway Journal, Vol. 1, no 2.
Duniway school journal featuring sections by William K. Ralston.
January 22, 1941
2.45
William K. Ralston: Miscellaneous Schoolwork
W.K. Ralston schoolwork and papers.
ca. 1930
2.46
William K. Ralston: Miscellaneous Bound School Notebooks
ca. 1930
3.1
Owen Denny: Chinese Pheasants
Articles, correspondence, and newspaper clipping on the introduction of Chinese Pheasants to Oregon by Owen Denny.
undated
3.2
Owen Denny: Chinese Pheasants Publications
Oregon Historical Quarterly Vol. 65, No. 3, 1964, and Oregon Historical Society - Chinese Pheasants Oregon Pioneers Virginia C. Holmgreen, 1964.
1964
3.3
Owen Denny Presidential Appointment
Presidential appointment certificate by Ulysses S. Grant upon Owen N. Denny the position of Collector of Revenue for the district of Oregon
March 1, 1875
3.4
Owen Denny Presidential Appointment
Presidential appointment by R. B. Hayes upon Owen Denny the position of United States Consul to China.
November 19, 1877
3.5
Owen Denny: Department of State Appointments
Three letters from the Department of State appointing Owen Denny as the consul of the United States in China.
1877
3.6
Owen Denny U.S. Department of State Special Passport
June 5, 1877
3.7
Li Hung-Chang [Hongzhang] Letter to Ulysses S. Grant
Copy of letter from Viceroy of China to former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant in regards to Owen Denny appointment as consul to China.
May 26, 1881
3.8
Owen Denny: Cultural Questionnaires
ca. 1879
3.9
Cards of Li Hung-Chang [Hongzhang] Viceroy of China
Eleven cards featuring black ink Chinese writing on red paper.
ca. 1879
3.10
Mrs. Li Hung-Chang [Hongzhang] Letter
Letter from the wife of China Viceroy to Mrs. Owen Denny following a visit.
March 23, 1880
3.11
Li Hung-Chang [Hongzhang] Letter to Owen Denny
June 13, 1880
3.12
Owen Denny: Telegram Regarding Korea Visit
1882
3.13
Owen Denny: Shanghai China Farewell Letter
Letter from and signed by many friends and colleagues in Shanghai, China to Mr. and Mrs. Owen Denny following the completion of their appointment.
August 17, 1882
3.14
Owen Denny: "Dear Colleague" Letter
Farwell letter to Owen Denny upon leaving Shanghai, China. Signed by many fellow consul members from around the world.
December 12, 1883
3.15
Owen Denny Recommendation Letters to U.S. President McKinley
Letters to U.S. President William McKinley regarding Owen Denny appointment as Envoy to the Hawaiian Islands.
1897
3.16
John Singleton Mosby Letter
Signed letter from John Mosby to Mrs. Owen Denny in regards to her husbands death. Contains Ulysses S. Grant name card. Mosby was an aid to President Grant and the U.S. consul to Hong Kong, China.
July 18, 1900
3.17
Owen Denny: Invitations and Event Cards
Various invitations to diplomatic events including 1876 Centennial Invitation Ball; Tokyo Japan General Grant Honors; as well as U.S., France, and China special events.
1986-1893
3.18
Owen Denny: Las Will and Testament
September 4, 1890
3.19
Owen Denny: Korea Salary Statement
ca. 1890
3.20
Owen Denny: Press Copies
Typed transcripts of press articles on Owen Denny and his appointments in Korea and China.
undated
3.21
Owen Denny: Early Biography
Early biography and sketches on the life of Owen Denny by Mrs. Denny in regards to their time in China and Korea.
ca. 1900
3.22
Owen Denny Biography
Papers and notes on Owen Denny biography.
ca. 1981
3.23
The Korean Repository Journal
Four volumes of "the Korean Repository" including Vol. III, No. 1, 1896; Vol. III, No. 3, 1896; Vol. IV, No. 2, 1896; and Extract - March 1896. Each containing sections on the assassination of Her Majesty Queen Min of Korea.
1896
3.24
The London and China Express, Vol. 21, No. 848
English language weekly newspaper for Pacific Asia.
November 7, 1879
3.25
China and Korea; Owen Denny
Pamphlet by Owen Denny on China and Korea relations in the late 1880s.
ca. 1888
3.26
Owen Denny: Newspaper Clippings China and Korea
Various clipping from U.S., China, and Korea papers regarding O.N. Denny's appointments as Consul for the United States.
ca. 1890
3.27
Owen Denny: Newspaper Clippings Personal
Various newspaper clipping regarding O.N. Denny personal events, births, marriages, and deaths.
ca. 1900
3.28
Korea: W. K. Ralston Miscellaneous Travel Papers
1981
3.29
Korea: W. K. Ralston Itinerary
1981
3.30
Korea: W. C. Ralston Biography
ca. 1981
3.31
Korea: W. K. Ralston Flag Return Speech
ca. 1981
3.32
Korea: W. C. Ralston: "My Korean Friend" Letter
Letter regarding the return of the Koran flag.
June 22, 1981
3.33
Korea: Miscellaneous Correspondence relating to Flag Return
ca. 1981
3.34
Korea: Remarks by His Excellency, Minister Lee Kwang-Pyo
Letter and remarks upon receiving the historic flag from W. K. Ralston.
ca. 1981
3.35
Korea: Publications Containing Articles on Flag Return
Includes Oregon Historical Quarterly, Spring 1982; The Portland Magazine, March 1981; The Portside, March-April, 1981; The Portside, July -August, 1981; Port of Portland News Release, Feb. 1981.
1981-1982
3.36
The Centennial of Korea-U.S.A. Relations
Published by the Korea-U.S. Centennial Program Committee, depicts Korea-U.S. relations between 1882-1982.
1982
3.37
Mandarins, Gunboats, and Power Politics: Owen Nickerson Denny and the International Rivalries in Korea, 1980
Mandarins, Gunboats, and Power Politics: Owen Nickerson Denny and the International Rivalries in Korea, by Robert R. Swartout, Jr. Published by the University Press of Hawaii, 1980. Book accompanied by letter from the author to William C. Ralston regarding the Korea flag return.
1980
3.38
Korea: Ralston Flag Return Newspaper Clippings
Various newspapers, and articles clipping regarding the return of the Korea flag.
ca. 1981
3.39
Korea: Owen Denny Photographs
Various photographs of the Denny family in Seoul Korea; the Owen Denny residence; and Owen Denny standing by "The King Cabinet" a gift from the King of Korea.
ca. 1885
3.40
Korea: Photographs William C. Ralston, Celia Stoddard Pitt Ralston with Flag
ca. 1981
3.41
Korea: Miscellaneous Flag Return Photographs
Miscellaneous photographs from the Korea flag return ceremony.
ca. 1981
3.42
Korea: Flag Return Negatives
ca. 1981
4.1
Ralston Family Land and Development Papers
undated
4.2
Ralston Family Real estate Titles (copy)
ca. 1938
4.3
Ralston Family Mortgage, Deed, and Land Papers
1890-1950
4.4
Marcia Knight Ralston Estate Papers
ca. 1950
4.5
William McKnight Ralston
Presidential land sale certificate.
1896
4.6
Lonner O. Ralston: Property Records
Three bound ledgers of property records for Portland city and Multnomah County development. And three bound ledgers of land titles for Multnomah county, Oregon.
1880-1930
4.7
Ralston and Knight Family Grave and Cemetery Papers
undated
4.8
List of Indian War Veterans Buried in Lone Fir Cemetery
ca. 1930
4.9
Blacksmith Shop Contract of Sale
Hand drawn contract of sale for a blacksmith shop, its tools, stock, and apprentices.
October 17, 1867
4.10
Lebanon Oregon Historical Publications
Includes pamphlets, programs, and guides.
undated
4.11
Lebanon Oregon Founders Day Celebration
Program and newspapers clippings.
1991
4.12
Lebanon Oregon Pioneer Cemetery
1991 and 1995 revision of the Linn County, Oregon, Lebanon Pioneer cemetery historical index and early pioneer biography.
1991-1995
4.13
"Goose Hollow" History by William C. Ralston
Handwritten manuscripts and notes on the history of Goose Hollow, an area of Portland, Oregon
1972
4.14
Epsilon Omicron Phi Gamma Delta Papers
Miscellaneous items papers and ephemera from the fraternal organization collected by the Ralston family.
1930-1950
5.1
Lonner O. Ralston: Business and Financial Records
Miscellaneous journals and ledgers.
ca. 1880-1930
5.2
William C. Ralston Business and Financial Records
Miscellaneous journals and ledgers.
ca.1925-1960
5.3
Epsilom Omnicron Association Meeting Minutes
Portland association representing Phi Gamma Delta in the construction of a fraternal house in Eugene, Oregon. William C. Ralston Secretary.
ca. 1947
5.4
Hill Military Academy
Articles of incorporation, meeting minutes, by laws, and other papers by the Hill Military Academy of Portland, Oregon.
ca. 1905-1965
5.5
Ralston Family Stocks and Share Certificates
Stock certificates from the Marietta Realty Company.
ca. 1912
6
A Token To Will A. Knight
Award plaque to W.A. Knight by the Northwest Shoe Retailers Association.
May 31, 1938
6
William K. Ralston: Phi Gamma Delta Certificate
undated
6
William C. Ralston: Phi Gamma Delta Certificate
undated
6
William C. Ralston: Phi Delta Phi Certificate
October 31, 1920
6
Oregon Stud Service License
1910
6
Lonner O. Ralston: Notary Public Certificate
November 7th, 1898
6
Lonner O. Ralston: Notary Public Certificate
February 7, 1903
6
Lonner O. Ralston: Notary Public Certificate
February 2, 1905
6
Lonner O. Ralston: National Business College Diploma Certificate
1879
6
Hazel Ralston: Herbarium Botany Specimen Boom
1909
6
Ada K. Ralston: D.A.R. Certificate
Daughters of the American Revolution Certification.
1924
6
Marriage License
Illustrated and mounted marriage license for David Miles and Susan Jones of Miami, Ohio. Signed by all present.
September 20, 1838
6
William C. Ralston: Supreme Court of Oregon Certificate
October 2, 1923
6
William C. Ralston: District of Oregon Bar Certificate
December 31, 1923
6
William C. Ralston: Bachelor of Arts Degree Diploma Certificate
Oregon State University.
June 19, 1922
6
William C. Ralston: Juris Doctor Diploma Certificate
Yale University
January 30, 1971
6
William C. Ralston: Army Reserves Officer Certificate
November 19, 1952
6
William K. Ralston: Scout Troop Map and Essay
Reed college and grounds map and essay about hicking by William K. Ralston
April 1940
6
Burton, Washington Circus Poster
Three ring circus poster featuring dog and pony show and animal menagerie.
June 1911
6
Maps, Blueprints, and Design Plans
Olex, Oregon section division maps; Copy of "Route to Ralston Cabin" map; Land tract blueprints for Ralston Drive, Portland, OR; Various division maps for "Ralston Heights" Portland, OR; Various blueprints and design plans for Lonner O. Ralston, Portland, OR, Market St. Drive residence; Route to Ralston cabin map.
1886-1950
Lonner O. Ralston: Albany Fire Department Certificate
Oversized framed certificate from the Linn county engine company no. 2 fire department, certifying Lonner Ralston as chief engineer.
October 10, 1882
Lonner O. Ralston and Ada K. Johns Marriage Certificate
Oversized framed marriage certificate
August 23, 1888
William McKnight Ralston: Family Portrait
Oversized framed sketch of William McKnight Ralston, with children Haze, Ruth, and Lonner Jr.
ca. 1890

Series 3:  Ralston Family Correspondence, 1861-1990Return to Top

9 boxes

Contains approximately 3,000 documents arranged in chronological order.

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1.1
1860's
1860-1869
1.2
1870's
1870-1879
1.3
1880
1880
1.4
1881
1881
1.5
1882
1882
1.6
1883
1883
1.7
1884
1884
1.8
1885
1885
1.9
1886
1886
1.10
1887
1887
1.11
1888
1888
1.12
1889
1889
1.13
1890
1890
1.14
1891
1891
1.15
1892
1892
1.16
1893
1893
1.17
1894
1894
1.18
1895
1895
1.19
1896
1896
1.20
1897
1897
1.21
1899
1899
1.22
1900
1900
1.23
1901
1901
1.24
1902
1902
1.25
1903
1903
1.26
1904
1904
1.27
1905
1905
1.28
1906
1907
1.29
1907
1907
1.30
1908 1 of 2
1908
1.31
1908 2 of 2
1908
1.32
1909 1 of 3
1909
1.33
1909 2 of 3
1909
1.34
1909 3 of 3
1909
2.1
1910
1910
2.2
1911 1 of 2
1911
2.3
1911 2 of 2
1911
2.4
1912 Jan-May
1912
2.5
1912 June-July
1912
2.6
1912 Aug 1 of 2
1912
2.7
1912 Aug 2 of 2
1912
2.8
1912 September
1912
2.9
1912 October
1912
2.10
1912 Nov-Dec
1912
2.11
1913
1913
2.12
1914
1914
2.13
1915
1915
2.14
1916 1 of 2
1916
2.15
1916 2 of 2
1916
2.16
1917
1917
2.17
1918
1918
2.18
1919
1919
3.1
1920
1920
3.2
1921 1 of 2
1921
3.3
1921 2 of 2
1921
3.4
1922 1 of 2
1922
3.5
1922 2 of 2
1922
3.6
1923 1 of 2
1923
3.7
1923 2 of 2
1923
3.8
1924 1 of 3
1924
3.9
1924 2 of 3
1924
3.10
1924 3 of 3
1924
3.11
1925 1 of 3
1925
3.12
1925 2 of 3
1925
3.13
1925 3 of 3
1925
4.1
1926
1926
4.2
1927
1927
4.3
1928
1928
4.4
1929
1929
4.5
1930
1930
4.6
1931
1931
4.7
1932
1932
4.8
1933 1 of 2
1933
4.9
1933 2 of 2
1933
4.10
1934 1 of 3
1934
4.11
1934 2 of 3
1934
4.12
1934 3 of 3
1934
5.1
1935 1 of 3
1935
5.2
1935 2 of 3
1935
5.3
1935 3 of 3
1935
5.4
1936 1 of 3
1936
5.5
1936 2 of 3
1936
5.6
1936 3 of 3
1936
5.7
1937 Jan-Aug
1937
5.8
1937 Sept-Dec
1937
5.9
1938 Jan-Jun
1938
5.10
1938 Jul- Dec
1938
5.11
1939 1 of 2
1939
5.12
1939 2 of 2
1939
6.1
1940
1940
6.2
1941 1 of 3
1941
6.3
1941 2 of 3
1941
6.4
1941 3 of 3
1941
6.5
1942 1 of 6
1942
6.6
1942 2 of 6
1942
6.7
1942 3 of 6
1942
6.8
1942 4 of 6
1942
6.9
1942 5 of 6
1942
6.10
1942 6 of 6
1942
6.11
1943 1 of 4
1943
6.12
1943 2 of 4
1943
7.1
1943 3 of 4
1943
7.2
1943 4 of 4
1943
7.3
1943 Jul-Dec, 1 of 3
1943
7.4
1943 Jul-Dec, 2 of 3
1943
7.5
1943 Jul-Dec, 3 of 3
1943
7.6
1944 1 of 2
1944
7.7
1944 2 of 2
1944
7.8
1945 1 of 3
1945
7.9
1945 2 of 3
1945
7.10
1945 3 of 3
1946
7.11
1946 1 of 3
1946
7.12
1946 2 of 3
1946
8.1
1946 3 of 3
1946
8.2
1947 1 of 3
1947
8.3
1947 2 of 3
1947
8.4
1947 3 of 3
1947
8.5
1948 1 of 2
1948
8.6
1948 2 of 2
1948
8.7
1949
1949
8.8
1950
1950
8.9
1951
1951
8.10
1952
1952
8.11
1953
1953
8.12
1954
1954
8.13
1955
1955
8.14
1956
1956
8.15
1957
1957
9.1
1960's
1960-1969
9.2
1970's
1970-1979
9.3
1980's
1980-1989
9.4
1990's
1990-1999
9.5
Misc Ralston, Undated 1 of 2
Undated
9.6
Misc Ralston, Undated 2 of 2
Undated
9.7
Misc Knight, Undated
Undated
9.8
Misc, Undated 1 of 2
Undated
9.9
Misc, Undated 2 of 2
Undated
9.10
Cards, Undated
Undated
9.11
Postcards, Undated
Undated
9.12
Accounts, Undated
Undated

Series 4:  Ralston Family Photograph Collection, 1850-2000Return to Top

6 boxes and oversized framed materials

Contains approximately 2,500 photographs from 1850-2000 including daguerreotype, ambrotype, tintype, carte de visites, cabinet cards, and modern printing formats.Identified photographs are arranged alphabetically by individual, or family name. Collection also includes organizations, events, property and miscellaneous identified photographs. Unidentified photographs are arranged by approximate chronological date. Oversized and framed photographs are housed separately however listed according to subject. Other film and media included are the photograph negatives collection as well as Eight, 16mm color and Ten, 16mm black & white home movie film reels produced by the Ralston family between 1932-1954, and two DVD media discs.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1.1
Mr. Armstrong
ca. 1860s
1.2
Mrs. Armstrong
ca. 1860s
1.3
Mary Armstrong
ca. 1860s
1.4
Paul Armstrong
Willie Armstrong?
ca. 1860s
1.5
John Arnold
ca. 1890s
1.6
George Baker
1910
1.7
"Auntie Baston"
mother of John Hall
ca. 1880s
1.8
E. Bayly
ca. 1915
1.9
F. A. Bee
1873
1.10
Mrs. F. A. Bee
1873
1.11
John Bell
tintype
ca. 1860s
1.12
Lurana Nickerson Bell
Mrs. John Bell, tintype
ca. 1860s
1.13
John and Lurana Bell
ca. 1860s
1.14
Mamie Bethel
ca. 1890
1.15
J. D. Biles
ca. 1860s
1.16
Ella Roland Bond
ca. 1860s
1.17
Minnie Bond and Nora Hendershot
tintype
ca. 1880
1.18
Lizzie Bonnifield
Mrs. W. B. Bonnifield
ca. 1860s-1899
1.19
Will Bonnifield
ca. 1860s
1.20
W. B. Bonnifield
ca. 1899
1.21
Matilda Boscher
ca. 1920s
1.22
John Boscorch and Fred Spear
June 27, 1914
1.23
John Boyson
ca. 1910
1.24
Myrtle Dalrympe Boyson
Mrs. John Boyson
ca. 1910
1.25
Patricia Brandon
ca. 1947
1.26
May Holt Branford
in Tahiti
1937
1.27
Franklin Buchanan
ca. 1880s
1.28
child of Roscoe Buchanan
infant
ca. 1880s
1.29
T. P. Burchinal
ca. 1900
1.30
Mrs. T. P. Burchinal
ca. 1890s
1.31
Burchinal child
infant
ca. 1870s
1.33
Dr. Campbell
ca. 1860s
1.34
Arthur L. Card
March, 1895
1.35
Arthur Card and Martha (Mattie) Card)
ca. 1895
1.36
Bess Card
ca. 1900
1.37
Bess and Lucile Card
ca. 1900s
1.38
Ernest Mason Card
ca. 1890s-1934
1.39
Gertrude Card
ca. 1880s-1930s
1.40
Lucile Card
ca. 1900
1.41
Mrs. M. L. Card
ca. 1900
1.42
Mrs. M. L. Card and daughters
ca. 1900s
1.43
Martha (Mattie) Card
ca. 1900
1.44
Martha L. Card, Mamie Bethel, and Jennie Knight
1882
1.45
Card sisters and their friends
ca. 1900
1.46
Card family and relations
ca. 1920s
1.47
Card family portrait
October 28, 1918
1.48
V. B. Cardwell
ca. 1880s
1.49
Addie Carruthers
ca. 1880s
1.51
Matt Chapin
ca. 1890s
1.52
Mr. Chapin
ca. 1860s
1.53
Frank D. Chipps
includes photos with Mrs. Frank D. Chipps
ca. 1890s
1.54
Frank D. Chipps, his mother, and Smith Chipps
ca. 1890
1.55
Barbara Clampitt (?)
Los Angeles, Orton School for Girls
May, 1929
1.56
Flora Kelso Clark
1907
1.57
Anna Cochrane
ca. 1880s
1.58
Theresa Cody
August, 1934
1.59
Freda Cox
ca. 1920s
1.60
Freda Cox's wedding
marriage to Kenneth A. Miles?
July 26, 1928
1.61
M. Crawford
ca. 1890s
5.1
Frank Crocket
oversized
ca. 1890s
1.62
Blanch Cunningham
ca. 1880s
1.63
Charlie Custer
ca. 1900s
1.64
Malia Davi and John Blair
ca. 1990s
1.65
Fannie Kester
Mrs. John Denny
ca. 1860s
1.66
Effie Denny
daughter of John Denny
ca. 1860s
1.67
Eliza Nickerson Denny
ca. 1860s-1880s
1.68
Gertrude Hall Denny
Mrs. Owen Nickerson Denny
ca. 1870s-1910s
1.69
Hattie Holland Denny
ca. 1870s
1.70
Isabel Denny
ca. 1880s
1.71
John Denny
ca. 1860s-1870s
1.72
Mr. and Mrs. John Denny
ca. 1890s
1.73
Malcolm Denny
son of John Denny
ca. 1860s
1.74
Owen Nickerson Denny
ca. 1860s-1880s
5.2
Owen Nickerson Denny
oversized
ca. 1880s
1.76
Owen Nickerson Denny, Gertrude Hall Denny, and John Denny
1894
1.77
Owen Nickerson Denny, Gertrude Hall Denny, locals in Egypt
ca. 1890s
1.78
Presley Nickerson Denny
ca. 1860s-1890s
1.79
Owen, John, and Presley Denny
ca. 1850s
1.80
Denny family portrait
ca. 1890s
1.81
Denny family portrait
ca. 1900s
1.82
Horace De Long
ca. 1880s
1.83
Anna Deutsch
Mrs. Joseph Deutsch
ca. 1920
1.84
Devitt family
ca. 1940s
1.85
Mrs. De Witt
ca. 1950
1.86
George Dix
ca. 1860s-1890s
1.87
Mrs. Callie Dixon
ca. 1890s
1.88
Mr. and Mrs. Downs and Clarence Downs
ca. 1880s
1.89
Dunn family
ca. 1950
1.90
Miss Ennis
ca. 1870s
1.91
Carol Fishburn
October, 1954
1.92
Kyle Fishburn
ca. 1990
1.93
Olie Fisher
September 28, 1939
1.94
Abbie Taylor Fiske
Mrs. Arthur Fiske
ca. 1880
1.95
Arthur W. Fiske and Abbie Taylor Fiske
August 27, 1934
1.96
Wilmot Fiske
ca. 1905
1.97
Winifred Fiske
ca. 1905
1.98
Winifred Fiske and Wilmot Fiske
ca. 1890
1.99
Fiske family
ca. 1890s-1930s
1.100
Mattie Frazier
ca. 1900s
1.101
Rev. A. C. Frisbie
1896
1.102
Frost and Bayliss families
ca. 1900s
1.103
Abbie Fry
ca. 1890s
5.3
Dr. Abner Fry
oversized
ca. 1890s
1.104
Florence George
infant
ca. 1860s
1.105
Edna, Jessie, and Florence George
ca. 1870s
1.106
Jeanette George
ca. 1860s
1.107
Jesse W. George
1884
1.108
Mahala Nickerson George
ca. 1860s
1.109
Mrs. Mary Eckler George
ca. 1860s
1.110
Melvin C. George
ca. 1860s-1880s
1.111
Presley George
ca. 1860s
1.112
Sylvanus George
died in infancy
ca. 1864
1.113
Foster Gibson
ca. 1890s
1.114
Mr. Gibson
1897
1.115
Mrs. Gibson
1897
1.116
Sarah Parrish Godley
ca. 1850s-1860s
1.117
Eva Goltra
ca. 1860s
1.118
John Goltra
ca. 1870s
1.119
Laura Goltra
ca. 1860s-1870s
1.120
Sarah Denny Goltra
Mrs. William H. Goltra
ca. 1860s
1.121
William H. Goltra
ca. 1860s
1.122
M. Graham
ca. 1880s
1.123
Carrie Ralston Hamilton
ca. 1870s
1.124
J. L. Harris' children
ca. 1880s
1.125
Elton Hawkins
ca. 1890s
1.126
Emma Kiser Hawkins
Mrs. J. C. Hawkins
ca. 1880s-1920s
1.127
J. C. Hawkins
tintype
ca. 1880s
1.128
J. C. Hawkins
ca. 1880s-1920s
1.129
Jacob Hawkins and Margaret McColl Hawkins
ca. 1880s
1.130
Margaret Hawkins
infant
ca. 1880s
1.131
Mary Hawkins
sister of J. C. Hawkins
ca. 1880s
1.132
Hawkins' and Frys at the Frys' Balboa Bay home
July 9, 1939
1.133
Mrs. Hendershot
ca. 1890
1.134
Ida Hill and other
ca. 1890s
1.135
J. B. Hiskey
ca. 1890s
1.136
Lina Harbor Hiskey
Mrs. J. B. Hiskey
ca. 1890s
1.137
W. Hiskey and Minnie Davis Hiskey
Mr. and Mrs. W. Hiskey
ca. 1890s
1.138
W. Hiskey, Minnie Davis Hiskey, and Marian Lois Hiskey
December 16, 1893
1.139
Lucille Holland
ca. 1880s
1.140
Victor Holmberg
ca. 1880s
1.141
Edith Hood
June 27, 1933
1.142
Dr. Joseph H. P. Hope
ca. 1870s
1.143
Rebecca Nancy Bell Hope
Mrs. Joseph Hope
ca. 1870s
1.144
Will, Mina, and Jennie Howard
ca. 1880s
1.145
Mary Huber
1919
1.146
Graham Knight Humphries
ca. 1980s
1.147
Chapin and Helen Huntington
ca. 1890s
1.148
Robert Jack and cow
ca. 1900s
1.149
Marjorie James
1936-1942
1.150
Florence Jannaan
ca. 1890s
1.151
Heather Jensen
1982
1.152
James McClellan Johns and Albert Johns
1871
1.153
James McClellan Johns and Elizabeth Darby Johns
Mr. and Mrs. James Johns
ca. 1980s
1.154
W. H. Johns
ca. 1860s
1.155
Eric Johnson
ca. 1930s
1.156
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Kellog
November 26, 1941
1.157
Mary Lou Keppler
ca. 1940s
1.158
Ed Knight and Mr. Bliven (?)
son and 2nd husband of Mrs. Francis Monroe Knight
ca. 1900
1.159
Edna Langan Knight
died in infancy
1902
1.160
Mrs. Francis Monroe Knight
ca. 1980s
1.161
Frank L. Knight
ca. 1870s-1940s
1.162
Frank L. Knight
tintype
1888
1.163
Frank L. Knight
tintype
1888
1.164
Frank L. Knight
tintype
1888
1.165
Frank L. Knight and Expedition on Mt. Tacoma
August 11, 1898
1.166
Frank L. Knights Masters of Science
June 3, 1941
1.167
Frank L. Knight and J. C. Hawkins
April, 1915
1.168
Frank L. Knight and Marjorie James
1937-1942
1.169
Frank L. Knight, Marjorie James, and Marie Kunz
1939-1942
1.170
Frank L. Knight, Marjorie James, and Mrs. P. S. Seeley
1942
1.171
Frank L. Knight and Martha Hawkins Knight
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Knight
ca. 1910s-1930s
1.172
Frank L. Knight, Martha Hawkins Knight, and Marcia Knight Ralston
1921
1.173
Frank L. Knight, Martha Hawkins Knight, and Sarah Jane Knight Oliver
ca. 1914-1920s
1.174
Frank L. Knight, Martha Hawkins Knight, nurses, and cook
1935-1936
1.175
Frank L. Knight and Ora Edwards Knight
July 16, 1939
1.176
Frank L. Knight, Sarah Langan Knight, and Gertrude Card
1904
1.177
Frank L. Knight and Marie Kunz
1938
1.178
George F. Knight
ca. 1880s
1.179
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Knight and friends
ca. 1890s
1.180
Georgiana Knight
died in infancy
ca. 1870s
1.181
Georgiana Knight
tintype
ca. 1870s
1.182
Jane Parson Knight
Mrs. Warren Knight
ca. 1860s-1880s
1.183
Margaret Mitchell Knight
Mrs. Will A. Knight (first wife)
ca. 1890s-1910s
1.184
Margaret Mitchell Knight and Edna Knight
1902
1.185
Margaret Mitchell Knight and Sarah Jane Knight Oliver
ca. 1914
1.186
Margaret Mitchell Knight and Marcia Knight Ralston
ca. 1904-1910
1.187
Margaret Mitchell Knight, Marcia Knight Ralston, and Sarah Jane Knight Oliver
ca. 1915
1.188
Margaret Mitchell Knight and Estelle Lockhart
ca. 1890s
1.189
Margaret Mitchell Knight and other
ca. 1900
1.190
Margaret Mitchell Knight and others
ca. 1900
1.191
Marguerite Miles Knight (Rita)
Mrs. Will A. Knight (second wife)
ca. 1920s
1.192
Marguerite Miles Knight, Marcia Knight Ralston, and Sarah Jane Knight Oliver
ca. 1920
1.193
Marguerite Miles Knight and Branston J. Miles
ca. 1920
1.194
Martha Hawkins Knight
Mrs. Frank L. Knight
ca. 1880s-1930s
1.195
Martha Hawkins Knight and Dr. Collier
ca. 1900
1.196
Martha Hawkins Knight and Frys
ca. 1900s
1.197
Martha Hawkins Knight, Margaret McAllister, and Louise McAllister
ca. 1910s
1.198
Ora Edwards Knight
Mrs. Warren Mason Knight
ca. 1890s-1950s
1.199
Ora Edwards Knight and others
ca. 1940s-1950s
1.200
Sarah Langan Knight
Mrs. George F. Knight
ca. 1850s-1900s
1.201
Sarah Langan Knight, Mrs. Booth, and other
ca. 1890s
1.202
Sarah Langan Knight and Ora Edwards Knight
July 4, 1909
1.203
Sarah Langan Knight, Mrs. Logan, and John Logan
ca. 1890s
1.204
Sarah Langan Knight, W. H. Langan, and Mrs. W. H. Langan
ca. 1890s
1.205
Warren Mason Knight
ca. 1870s-1920s
1.206
Warren M. Knight, Frank L. Knight, and friends
1896
1.207
Warren M. Knight and Marcia Knight Ralston
ca. 1910
1.208
Warren M. Knight and Ora Edwards Knight
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Mason Knight
ca. 1890s-1920s
1.209
Warren M. Knight, Ora Edwards Knight, and Marcia Knight Ralston
1910
2.1
Warren M. Knight, Ora Edwards Knight, and Sarah Jane Knight Oliver
ca. 1925
2.2
Warren M. Knight, Eliza Langan, and Bettsie Tone
in Miami
1922
2.3
Warren P. Knight
brother of George F. Knight
ca. 1860s-1890s
2.4
Will Asher Knight
tintype
ca. 1870s
2.5
Will Asher Knight
ca. 1870s-1900s
2.6
Will Asher Knight
ca. 1910s-1940s
5.4
Will A. Knight
oversized
ca. 1930s
2.7
Will A. Knight and Frank L. Knight
1937
2.8
Will A. Knight, Frank L. Knight, Margaret Mitchell Knight, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Langan
ca. 1890s
2.9
Will A. Knight and Margaret Mitchell Knight
ca. 1910
2.10
Will A. Knight and Marguerite Miles Knight
1937
2.11
Will A. Knight, Warren M. Knight, and Frank L. Knight
ca. 1880-1920
2.12
Will A. Knight, Warren M. Knight, Marguerite Miles Knight, Ora Edwards Knight
1921
2.13
Will A. Knight, Grace Langan, Anna Mason, and Margaret LaVentura
ca. 1890s
2.14
Will A. Knight, Hugh Mason, and "Murphy" Kissenger
ca. 1900
2.15
Will A. Knight and Sarah Jane Knight Oliver
ca. 1913
2.16
Will A. Knight and Marcia Knight Ralston
ca. 1904-1943
2.17
Will A. Knight, Marcia Knight Ralston, and Tom
1908
2.18
Will A. Knight, Marcia Knight Ralston, and Sarah Jane Knight Oliver
ca. 1914
2.19
Will A. Knight and William K. Ralston
ca. 1940
2.20
Will A. Knight and Gray Talbot
1897
2.21
Will A. Knight and Lute Westacott
ca. 1890s
2.22
Will A. Knight and other
ca. 1890s
2.23
Will A. Knight and other
tintype
ca. 1890s
2.23.1
Will A. Knight and other
tintype
ca. 1890s
2.24
Will A. Knight and 2 others
ca. 1890s
2.25
Will A. Knight and others
ca. 1920s-1930s
2.26
Will A. Knight, Frank L. Knight, and familes
1921
2.27
Knight family at Goble
ca. 1913
2.28
Knight family on the Sarah Jane
ca. 1912
2.29
Knight family in Pekin and India
1930
2.30
Knight and Langan families
1921
2.31
Knight and Langan families at Multnomah Falls
ca. 1920s
2.32
Knight family portraits
ca. 1890s-1910s
2.33
Alice Andrews Kodac
1903
2.34
Marie Kunz
1934-1935
2.35
T. H. Lambings
ca. 1890
2.36
Frances Joan Langan
Mrs. W. H. Langan
ca. 1890s-1900s
2.37
Frances Langan, Mabel Langan, and others
ca. 1900s
2.38
Frances Joan Langan and Marcia Tone Langan
ca. 1900s
2.39
Mrs. Frank Langan
ca. 1890s
2.40
Grace Langan
ca. 1880s-1900s
2.41
Grace Langan and Anna Mason
ca. 1890s
2.42
Grace Langan and James D. Mason
May 1, 1898
2.43
Grace Langan and Huntingtons
ca. 1890s
2.44
Hannah Mason Langan
Mrs. John Langan, mother of Sarah Jane Langan Knight
ca. 1880s
2.45
John Langan and Hannah Mason Langan
Mr. and Mrs. John Langan
ca. 1850s
2.46
Johnie Tone Langan
ca. 1880s
2.47
Mabel Langan
1905
2.48
Marcia Tone Langan
Mrs. T. M. Langan
ca. 1880s-1910s
2.49
Mason and Eliza Langan
1920-1921
2.50
Mason Langan and other
tintype
ca. 1870
2.51
Thomas Mason Langan
ca. 1890s
2.52
Thomas Mason Langan and wife (?)
1916
2.53
Thomas M. Langan and others
ca. 1900
2.54
Thomas M. Langan and Knights
1904
2.55
Thomas M. Langan, Marcia Tone Langan, and Grace Langan
ca. 1880s
2.56
Thomas M. Langan and William H. Langan
1898
2.57
William H. Langan
ca. 1880s-1900s
2.58
William H. Langan and Frances Langan
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Langan
ca. 1890s
2.59
William H. Langan and Mabel Langan
ca. 1890s
2.60
Langans at "Arthur's Auto Party"
1905
2.61
Langan and Mason families
ca. 1890s
2.62
Langan and Tone families
ca. 1880s
2.63
Kate Leggett
ca. 1870s
2.64
Oliver Goltra Leslie
aid to O. N. Denny
1898
2.65
Mrs. L. C. Lewis
ca. 1880s
2.66
Wallace Livington
ca. 1880s
2.67
Livingston family
ca. 1900s
2.68
Regina Hiskey Long
ca. 1890s-1920s
2.69
Lena Loomis
ca. 1890s
2.70
Mrs. James Lowesberry
ca. 1890s
2.71
May Orcutt Lowesberry
1894
2.72
Carolyn Marie, Pauline Marie, and Leslie
January 21, 1956
2.73
Miriam and Irene Marmein
ca. 1920s
2.74
Alice Mason
ca. 1890s
2.75
Anna Mason
1906
2.76
Anna Mason, Margaret LaVentura, and Gertrude Card
ca. 1900
2.77
Hugh Mason
ca. 1900
2.78
Ida Mason
ca. 1890s
2.79
James D. Mason
ca. 1850s-1860s
2.80
John Mason
ca. 1890
2.81
Lorna Matthews
ca. 1950s
2.82
Dan McAllister
ca. 1900
2.83
Louise McAllister
ca. 1920s
2.84
McAllister family
ca. 1910s-1927
2.85
Jim McDonold
ca. 1880s
2.86
Mrs. McDonold
ca. 1880s
2.87
William McIlhenny
1909
2.88
Mrs. McKee
ca. 1890s
2.89
Alex McKey
ca. 1870s
2.90
Ester McKey
ca. 1870s
2.91
Ettie Patch McKisson
Mrs. Robert McKisson
ca. 1890s
2.92
Ada Mendenhall
ca. 1860s
2.93
John Mendenhall
ca. 1860s
2.94
Kate Parrish Mendenhall
ca. 1860s
2.95
Alzada Miles
1930
2.96
Anna Bella Cork Miles
Mrs. Branston J. Miles
ca. 1910s
2.97
Branston J. Miles
ca. 1910s
5.5
Branston J. Miles
oversized
ca. 1910s
2.98
Frank Mitchell
ca. 1890s
2.99
William John Mitchell
1920
2.100
Mrs. Mitchell
mother of Margaret Mitchell Knight
ca. 1890s
2.101
Zetta Mitchell
ca. 1870s
2.102
Frank Moist
ca. 1870
2.103
Fred Moist
ca. 1870
2.104
Jane Ralston Moist
Mrs. Joe Moist
ca. 1860s
2.105
Joe Moist
ca. 1860s
2.106
Mabel Moore
ca. 1880s
2.107
Edward Morrison
ca. 1940s
5.6
Hans Andreas (Howard) Mortensen
oversized
ca. 1940s
2.108
Molly Muir and others
1945
2.109
John Murhey
1941
2.110
Mrs. Nelson and Harry Nelson
ca. 1890s
2.111
Mary Thorla Nickerson
ca. 1860s
2.112
Simon Nickerson
ca. 1860s
2.113
Harriet Nixon
Mrs. Joe Nixon (?)
ca. 1860s
2.114
Joe Nixon
ca. 1860s
2.115
Russell Oliver
ca. 1930s-1950s
2.116
Russell Oliver and others
ca. 1940
2.117
Sarah Jane Knight Oliver
Mrs. Russell Oliver
ca. 1911-1925
5.7
Sarah Jane Knight Oliver
oversized
1923
2.118
Sarah Jane Knight Oliver
Mrs. Russell Oliver
ca. 1920s-1950s
2.119
Sarah Jane Knight Oliver's wedding photos
ca. 1935
2.120
Sarah Jane Knight Oliver and Miss Boyd
1911
2.121
Sarah Jane Knight Oliver and Frank L. Knight
July 4, 1937
2.122
Sarah Jane Knight Oliver and Ora Edwards Knight
1957
2.123
Sarah Jane Knight Oliver, Will A. Knight, and Marguerite Miles Knight
1939
2.124
Sarah Jane Knight Oliver and William Mitchell
ca. 1918
2.125
Sarah Jane Knight Oliver and Russell Oliver
ca. 1940s-1950s
2.126
Sarah Jane Knight Oliver, Russell Oliver, and friends
ca. 1930s
2.127
Sarah Jane Knight Oliver and others
ca. 1940s-1980s
2.128
Sarah Jane Knight Oliver, Russell Oliver, William K. Ralston, Nancyclare Roduner Ralston, and children
ca. 1950s
2.129
Sarah Jane Knight Oliver and William K. Ralston
ca. 1950s
2.130
Alice Orcutt
ca. 1890s
2.131
Etta Townsend Orcutt
Mrs. Herman Orcutt
ca. 1920s
2.132
Etta Townsend Orcutt, Minnie Rutter, and other
ca. 1920s
2.133
Etta Townsend Orcutt and 9 others
ca. 1920s
2.134
Herman Orcutt and Etta Townsend Orcutt
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Orcutt
ca. 1920s
2.135
Herman Orcutt, Etta Townsend Orcutt, and Dorothy Taylor
ca. 1920s
2.136
Geo. Orcutt
February, 1941
2.137
Orcutts, Kathryn Taylor, and Florence Marshall
ca. 1920s
2.138
Etta Parrish
Mrs. William Parrish
ca. 1870s
2.139
Jesse Parrish
ca. 1870s
2.140
Rosi Parrish (w/ husband)
ca. 1880s
2.141
William Parrish
ca. 1870s
2.142
Irvin Pike
ca. 1890s
2.143
Mahala Denny Pike
Mrs. Irvin Pike
ca. 1850s-60s
2.144
Price family
February 1, 1942
2.145
W. Taylor Propst
ca. 1880s
2.146
Kate Raggett
ca. 1860s
2.147
Ada John Ralston
Mrs. Lonner O. Ralston
ca. 1930s
2.148
Caroline Hood Ralston
Mrs. Joseph Ralston
ca. 1850s
2.149
Carrie Ralston
tintype
ca. 1870s
2.150
Celia Stoddard Ralston
Mrs. William C. Ralston (second wife)
ca. 1950s-1990s
2.151
Celia Stoddard Ralston and Nancyclare Roduner Ralston
1986
2.152
Celia Stoddard Ralston and William K. Ralston, Jr.
1987
2.153
Celia Stoddard Ralston and others
ca. 1980s
2.154
Christen Ralston
ca. 1860s-1870s
2.154.1
Christen Ralston
tintype
ca. 1860s
2.154.2
Christen Ralston
tintype
ca. 1870s
2.155
David Knight Ralston
ca. 1970s
2.156
David K. Ralston and children
ca. 1990s
2.157
Fanny and Minnie Ralston
ca. 1870
2.158
Hazel Ralston's school photos
ca. 1900
2.159
Hazel Ralston, Ruth Ralston, and Lonner Ralston, Jr.
ca. 1897-1900
2.160
Jemima Ashpaugh Ralston
Mrs. Jeremiah Ralston (second wife), mislabeled as Margaret McKnight Ralston
ca. 1850s
2.161
Jeremiah Ralston
ca. 1850s-1860s
Jeremiah Ralston
oversized, framed
ca. 1860s
2.162
Jemima Ashpaugh Ralston and Jeremiah Ralston
ca. 1850s-1860s
2.163
Jemima Ashpaugh Ralston and Jeremiah Ralston
photographs, painted over, possibly misidentified?
ca. 1860s
2.164
John Ralston
ca. 1870s
2.165
John and Harry Ralston
ca. 1860s
2.166
Joseph H. Ralston
infant
1878
2.167
Joseph H. Ralston, Mary Ralston, and their children
ca. 1930s
2.168
Joseph R. Ralston
ca. 1860s
2.169
Judy Ralston
ca. 1960s
2.170
Judy Ralston and other
ca. 1990s
2.171
Laura Denny Ralston
Mrs. William McKnight Ralston
ca. 1860s-1870s
2.172
Laura Denny Ralston
tintype
ca. 1860s
2.173
Laura Denny Ralston
tintype
ca. 1860s
2.174
Lonner Owen Ralston
ca. 1860s-1920s
2.175
Lonner O. Ralston
tintype
ca. 1865-1870
2.176
Lonner O. Ralston
tintype
ca. 1870-1875
2.177
Lonner O. Ralston and Ada Johns Ralston
ca. 1888-1940s
2.178
Lonner O. Ralston, Ada Johns Ralston, and their children
ca. 1890s-1910s
2.179
Lonner O. Ralston, Ada Johns Ralston, and their grandchildren
1927
2.180
Lonner O. Ralston, Ada Johns Ralston, Mary S. Ralston, and others
1934
2.181
Lonner O. Ralston and Christen Ralston
ca. 1860s
2.182
Lonner O. Ralston and family members at home
ca. 1890s
2.183
Lonner O. Ralston and friends
ca. 1920s
2.184
Lonner O. Ralston, Jr.
ca. 1925
2.185
Lonner O. Ralston III
ca. 1920s
2.186
Lottie Ralston
Mrs. John M. Ralston
ca. 1870s
2.187
Luther Franklin "Frankie" Ralston
died in infancy
1865
2.188
Marcia Knight Ralston
Mrs. William C. Ralston (first wife)
ca. 1903-1919
2.189
Marcia Knight Ralston
Mrs. William C. Ralston (first wife)
ca. 1920s-1940s
Marcia Knight Ralston
oversized, framed
1911
2.190
Marcia Knight Ralston's 13th birthday
1916
2.191
Marcia Knight Ralston's wedding photos
1925
5.8
Marcia Knight Ralston wedding photo
oversized
1925
2.192
Marcia Knight Ralston and Martha Hawkins Knight
ca. 1915
2.193
Marcia Knight Ralston and Ora Edwards Knight
ca. 1905-1947
2.194
Marcia Knight Ralston and Sarah Jane Knight Oliver
ca. 1911-1949
2.195
Marcia Knight Ralston and William K. Ralston
ca. 1927-1940s
3.1
Marcia Knight Ralston, Will A. Knight, and William K. Ralston
1927
3.2
Marcia Knight Ralston, William K. Ralston, William C. Ralston, and friends
ca. 1940s
3.3
Marcia Knight Ralston, William K. Ralston, and Lonner O. Ralston
ca. 1930
3.4
Marcia Knight Ralston, William K. Ralston, and others
ca. 1940s
3.5
Marcia Knight Ralston and others
ca. 1915-1920s
3.6
Marcia Knight Ralston and others
ca. 1940s
3.7
Nancyclare Roduner Ralston
Mrs. William K. Ralston
ca. 1930s
3.8
Nancyclare Roduner Ralston and William K. Ralston, Jr.
ca. 1950s
3.9
Stuart Knight Ralston
ca. 1960s
3.10
William Cato Ralston
ca. 1920s-1980s
3.11
William C. Ralston at William K. Ralston's wedding
ca. 1950s
3.12
William C. Ralston
ca. 1980s-1990s
3.13
William C. Ralston, Celia Stoddard Ralston, William K. Ralston, Judy Ralston
ca. 1980s
3.14
William C. Ralston and Celia Stoddard Ralston
ca. 1990s
3.15
William C. Ralston and his parents
ca. 1940
3.16
William C. Ralston and Lonner Ralston, Jr.
1986
3.17
William C. Ralston and Marcia Knight Ralston
ca. 1920s
5.9
William C. Ralston and Marcia Knight Ralston
oversized
ca. 1925
3.18
William C. Ralston, Marcia Knight Ralston, and William K. Ralston
ca. 1930s
3.19
William C. Ralston and others at an event
ca. 1960s
3.20
William C. Ralston and Strubles
ca. 1940s
3.21
William C. Ralston and others
ca. 1940s
5.10
William C. Ralston and others
oversized
ca. 1920s
5.11
William C. Ralston, 55th Training Battery
oversized
January 18, 1919
5.12
William C. Ralston, Yale Law School
oversized
1923
5.13
Major Wm. C. Ralston, special troops
oversized
ca. 1930s
5.14
William C. Ralston, Camp Zig Zag
oversized
May 20, 1935
5.15
Capt. Wm, C, Ralston, Camp Zig Zag
ca. 1930s
Representatives Lawyers and Judges of Portland, Oregon
oversized, framed
1932
3.22
William Chapman Ralston
ca. 1880s
3.23
William Knight Ralston
ca. 1927-1950s
3.24
William Knight Ralston
ca. 1930s
5.16
William K. Ralston
oversized
ca. 1940s
3.25
William K. Ralston in the Army
ca. 1940s
3.26
William K. Ralston's college years
ca. 1940s
3.27
William K. Ralston in Japan
ca. 1940s
3.28
William K. Ralston, Ada Johns Ralston, and others
ca. 1940s
3.29
William K. Ralston and Patricia Brandon
ca. 1940s
3.30
William K. Ralston and Nancyclare Roduner Ralston
ca. 1950s
3.31
William K. Ralston and William C. Ralston
ca. 1920s-1930s
3.32
William K. Ralston and family
ca. 1970s
3.33
William K. Ralston and friends
ca. 1940s
3.34
William K. Ralston, Jr.
ca. 1950s-1970s
3.35
William K. Ralston, Jr., Judy Ralston, and David Ralston
ca. 1960
3.36
William K. Ralston, Jr., Daid Ralston, Judy Ralston, Stuart Ralston
ca. 1960s
3.37
William McKnight Ralston
ca. 1860s-1900s
3.38
William M. Ralston, Laura Denny Ralston, and Joseph H. Ralston
1898
3.39
William M. Ralston and grandchildren
ca. 1890s
3.40
Ralston family portrait
1891
3.41
Wedding of Ralston (David Ralston?)
ca. 1980s
3.42
Ralston-Denny family portraits
ca. 1890s
3.43
Ralston family portrait
ca. 1940s
3.44
Ralston-Stoddard family photo
ca. 1970s
3.45
Ralston photos
ca. 1940s
3.46
Ralston-Knight contact prints
ca. 1930s
3.47
Mrs. Leslie Reed
1906
3.48
Helen Richardson
1911
3.49
Bob and Thelma Roberts
ca. 1960s
3.50
Jeanne Stoddard Roduner
ca. 1890s-1980s
3.51
Jeanne Stoddard Roduner and Nancyclare Roduner Ralston
ca. 1920s
3.52
Jake Roland
ca. 1860s
3.53
Mary Roland
ca. 1862
3.54
Louisa Neff Roland
Mrs. Jake Roland
ca. 1860s
3.55
Kate Romine
ca. 1870s
3.56
Amanda Rutter
Mrs. J. G. Rutter
ca. 1880s
3.57
Charles Rutter
ca. 1880s
3.58
Hattie Rutter
ca. 1870s
3.59
Jake Rutter
ca. 1860s-1880s
3.60
James G. Rutter
ca. 1880s
3.61
James G. Rutter and Amanda Rutter
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Rutter
ca. 1880s
3.62
M. B. Rutter
1926
3.63
Minnie Dix Rutter
ca. 1880s
3.64
Minnie Dix Rutter, Alice Dix Brook, and other
ca. 1890s
3.65
Carrie Irwin Schauf (?)
ca. 1890s
3.66
John, Lucy, and Fritz Schlesser
ca. 1990s
3.67
Rosie and Don Shaw
ca. 1890s
3.68
Eli T. Sheppard
ca. 1890s
3.69
Kenneth Simmons
ca. 1890s
3.70
Charles Smith and other
1947
3.71
Mrs. Snow
ca. 1860s
3.72
Cynthia Marie Stevens
1956
3.73
Cynthia Benton Stoddard
1895
5.17
Kenneth Stoddard, Jr.
oversized
ca. 1900
3.74
Jeff Stoddard
ca. 1950s
3.75
Mary C. Comins Stoddard
ca. 1910s
3.76
Minette Stoddard and Cathie Stoddard
ca. 1950s
3.77
Minette Stoddard and Mildred Stoddard Winston
"Tot and Dot"
ca. 1890s-1900s
3.78
Minette Stoddard and others
ca. 1960s
3.79
Minette Stoddard, Minnie Stoddard, and Jeanne Stoddard Roduner
ca. 1940s
3.80
Stoddard-Roduner-Fishburn portrait
ca. 1950s
3.81
Stoddard family portrait
December, 1900
3.82
Stoddard portraits
ca. 1890s-1970s
5.18
Stoddard family photos
oversized
ca. 1890s
3.83
Arthur D. Struble III
ca. 1950s
5.19
Arthur D. Struble III (?)
oversized
ca. 1920s
3.84
Arthur D. Struble's photos
1956
3.85
Elizabeth Struble
infant
ca. 1950s
3.86
Captain Swain
1889
3.87
Steven Sweet
1955
3.88
Talmage, Wright, and Rheinmouth couples
1923
3.89
Elsie May Taylor
ca. 1890s
3.90
Elvira Knight Taylor
Mrs. George Taylor
ca. 1860s
3.91
George Taylor
ca. 1860s
3.92
George G. Taylor
ca. 1890s
3.93
Willard A. Taylor
ca. 1870s
3.94
Mrs. Willard Taylor
ca. 1880s
3.95
Dr. Thompson
ca. 1890s
3.96
Dr. Thompson's children
ca. 1890s
3.97
John M. Tool
ca. 1880s
3.98
Diane Christeen Tutt
1959
3.99
Kim Alan Tutt
1959
3.100
Richard John Tutt
1959
3.101
Foster Walker
ca. 1890s
3.102
Lulu Dixon Walker
ca. 1870s-1890
3.103
Fitz Henry Warren
ca. 1840s-1860s
3.103.1
James Johnson Warren
ca. 1866
3.104
Mrs. Weiss
ca. 1890s
3.105
Elsie
1921
3.106
Esther and Naomi at Folly Farm
October 1, 1948
3.107
Gertrude and John
ca. 1950s
3.108
Jim, Jennie, and Will in Kansas
ca. 1880s
3.109
Mary and relation in Burns, OR
ca. 1880s
3.110
Nick and Alec
1984
3.111
Valerie and others
1948-1957
3.112
Warren (?)
uncle of G. F. Knight
ca. 1850s
3.113
Mr. and Mrs. ?
ca. 1860s
5.20
The Tennis Club, Seoul, Korea
oversized
1888
5.21
Group photo
oversized
1893
5.22
Group photo, Colfax, Iowa
oversized
June 29, 1893
5.23
Group photo, Monroe, Iowa
oversized
August, 1895
3.114
Pets
undated
3.115
14th and Yamhill
undated
3.116
1890 SW Vista Ave
ca. 1930s-1940s
5.24
Battle of Cavite
oversized, bears Lonner Ralston's signature
undated
3.117
Bay Ocean photos
ca. 1911
Boot and Shoe Traveller's Association of New York, 11th Annual Banquet
oversized, framed
January 8, 1916
3.118
Brewster Manor
undated
3.119
Fairmont Hotel
undated
3.120
Fort Leavenworth
ca. 1950s
3.121
Glacier National Park
undated
3.122
Goble
ca. 1910s
3.123
Harkness Memorial Tower
undated
3.124
Frank L. Knight's shack
1913
3.125
George F. Knight's grave
ca. 1900s
3.126
George F. Knight's home in Monroe, Iowa
ca. 1890s-1900s
3.127
George F. Knight's old house
1938
3.128
Knight homes in Hinsdale, Mass.
ca. 1900
National Shoe Retailer's Association of America, 3rd Annual Banquet
oversized, framed
January 11, 1916
3.129
Ora Edwards Knight's patio
ca. 1950s
3.130
Will A. Knight's home
ca. 1900-1940s
5.25
Will A. Knight's home
oversized
undated
3.131
Will A. Knight's summer house
undated
3.132
Knight Packing Company
ca. 1910-1930s
5.26
Knight Packing Company
oversized
October, 1926
Knight Packing Company Picnic
oversized, framed
July 22, 1924
3.133
Knight Shoe Company
ca. 1890s-1930s
3.134
W. H. Langan's home in Des Moines, Iowa
ca. 1900
5.27
W. H. Langan's home in Des Moines, Iowa
oversized
ca. 1900
3.135
McAllister home in Boulder, CO
1927
3.136
Monroe, Iowa
undated
3.137
Mt. Holyoke, Mass.
undated
3.138
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Chicago
1941
3.139
Navy boats
1936
3.140
Nisqually River cottage
July, 1898
3.141
Olex store
ca. 1890s
3.142
Sarah Jane Knight and Russell Oliver's home
ca. 1940s
3.143
Herman L. Orcutt's home
1916-1927
3.144
Oregon Savings Bank
ca. 1900s
3.145
Ralston family dishes
ca. 1880s
3.146
Ralston homestead in Lebanon, OR
undated
3.147
Rose Show auto
1916
3.148
Round World Cruise
1930
3.149
The "Sarah Jane"
ca. 1910s
3.150
Schoolhouse in Odessa, New York
ca. 1900
5.28
Seoul, Korea
oversized
ca. 1888
3.151
A ship
undated
3.152
Sinking car
ca. 1940s
3.153
Stoddard dairy
1994
3.154
U. P. Church, Portland
ca. 1900s
3.155
War Dept. Theater
ca. 1950s
5.29
Yosemite
oversized
undated
4.1
unidentified places
ca. 1910s-1950s
4.2
Ralston-Stoddard photos, part 1
ca. 1950s-1970s
4.3
Ralston-Stoddard photos, part 2
ca. 1980s
4.4
Ralston-Stoddard photos, part 3
ca. 1990s
4.5
Ralston-Stoddard photos, part 4
undated
4.6
unidentified tintypes, ambrotypes
ca. 1850s-1890s
4.7
unidentified photos
ca. 1850s-1890s
4.8
unidentified photos
ca. 1850s-1890s
4.9
unidentified photos
ca. 1850s-1890s
4.10
unidentified photos
ca. 1860s-1890s
4.11
unidentified photos (Ralston)
ca. 1860s-1930s
4.12
unidentified photos (Stoddard)
ca. 1880s-1850s
5.30
unidentified photos (Stoddard)
oversized
ca. 1890s-1900s
4.13
unidentified photos
ca. 1890s-1910s
4.14
unidentified photos
ca. 1900s-1940s
4.15
unidentified photos
ca. 1900s-1940s
4.16
unidentified photos
ca. 1900s-1950s
4.17
unidentified photos
ca. 1900s-1950s
4.18
unidentified photos
ca. 1930s-1960s
4.19
unidentified photos
ca. 1930s-1960s
4.20
unidentified photos (from albums)
ca. 1940s-1970s
4.21
unidentified photos (from albums)
ca. 1940s-1970s
4.22
unidentified photos
ca. 1970s-1990s
unidentified woman
hand-tinted photograph, oversized, framed
ca. 1870s
unidentifed, three men
oversized, framed
ca. 1890s
6.1
Film Negatives
Miscellaneous film negatives.
1900-1980
6.2
16mm Color Film Reel
Lonner and Richard, Broadway Drive, Marcia, Portland airport, Billy in Pierce.
1947
6.3
16mm Color Film Reel
March 1946 San Francisco, Struble and W.C. Ralston, Billy Easter picnic.
1946
6.4
16mm Color Film Reel
Ukiah October 1953, Nancyclare, Bill, Bill Jr., Celia and Bill, Puppy.
1953
6.5
16mm Color Film Reel
Mother's day 1954, Anna, Celia, Nancyclare, Bill Jr.; Patty and Bobby, Airport.
1954
6.6
16mm Color Film Reel
1943 Monterey, Bill and Marcia etc. Camp Robert.
1943
6.7
16mm Color Film Reel
William C. Ralston San Francisco.
1946
6.8
16mm Color Film Reel
Celia and Bill wedding pictures.
1950
6.9
16mm Color Film Reel
Joyce and Bill Storey wedding pictures.
1953
6.10
16mm BW Film Reel
Xmas No. 1, Patty and Geo, Dad with Mark, Billy on bicycle.
1932
6.11
16mm BW Film Reel
Aunt Gertrude.
1933
6.12
16mm BW Film Reel
Will Knight and Newells; Struble; Xmas.
1933
6.13
16mm BW Film Reel
Mrs. A.D. Struble; Mt Hood, Salem, beach.
1941
6.14
16mm BW Film Reel
Lonners house and yard.
1942
6.15
16mm BW Film Reel
Mrs. Lonner Ralston "Carriers".
1944
6.16
16mm BW Film Reel
Chevy Chase, Bill and Billy, Chapel Hill, Camp.
1944
6.17
16mm BW Film Reel
Bill, Marcia and Billy, Regatta Devils lake.
ca. 1945
6.18
16mm BW Film Reel
TRI-State Mexican Air Tour.
ca. 1948
6.19
16mm BW Film Reel
Oswego Hunt.
ca. 1950
6.20
DVD
"Fiji Spring Fling" featuring c. 1950 photographs of members from the 1946-1950 Oregon State Athletics, Phi games.
undated
6.21
DVD
2006 Ruduner family reunion photograph library.
2006

Series 5:  Ralston Family Bound Photograph Albums, 1902-2000Return to Top

1 box

Includes 13 bound photograph albums from the Ralston, Knight, and Stoddard families.

Container(s) Description Dates
item
1.1
Ralston Family Bound Photograph Album
ca. 1902-1963
1.2
Lonner O. Ralston Bound Photograph Album
ca. 1908
1.3
William C. Ralston Bound Photograph Album
ca. 1908
1.4
Sarah Jane Knight Ralston Bound Photograph Album
ca. 1910
1.5
Marcia Knight Ralston Bound Photograph Album
ca. 1910-1925
1.6
Knight Family Bound Photograph Album
ca. 1913
1.7
Knight Family Bound Photograph Album
1916-1917
1.8
Sarah Jane Knight Ralston Bound Photograph Album
ca. 1918
1.9
William C. Ralston Bound Photograph Album
ca. 1919
1.10
Celia Stoddard Pitt Ralston Bound Photograph Album
ca. 1920
1.11
Knight Family Bound Photograph Album
1922-1946
1.12
Knight Family Bound Photograph Album
ca. 1930
1.13
William K. Ralston Bound Photograph Album
ca. 2000

Series 6:  Journals, Calendars and Date Books, 1851-1985Return to Top

2 boxes

Inlcudes (59) yearly journals of William C. Ralston, between 1929-1985, as well as other miscellaneous family journals, date books, and calendars.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
William C. Ralston Journals
Includes journals for the years: 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985; and 4 miscellaneous undated journals.
1927-1985
2
Miscellaneous Family Journals, Address books, and Calendars.
ca. 1871-1930

Series 7:  Print Materials, 1930-1995Return to Top

1 box

Various print publications relating to the Ralston, Denny, and Knight families. Includes Ralston family Bible (1851) with early family record, materials from Lincoln High School, Oregon State University, and Yale University, as well as additional print publications collected by the Ralston family.

Series 8:  Ralston Family Scrapbooks, 1875-1985Return to Top

2 boxes and oversized materials

Contains 15 family scrapbooks and bound memorabilia collections from the Ralston, Knight, Denny, and Stoddard families.

Container(s) Description Dates
item
1.1
Laura Ann Denny, William M. Ralston Scrapbook
1875-1906
1.2
Jennie Lanagan Knight Family Scrapbook
1890-1910
1.3
Ada K Ralston Scrapbook
1900-1950
1.4
Frank L. Knight Scrapbook
1913-1925
1.5
Marcia Lanagan Knight Ralston Scrapbook
1919-1920
1.6
Marcia Knight Ralston Scrapbook
[oversized]
ca. 1921
1.7
William C. Ralston Scrapbook
1922-1925
1.8
Celia Stoddadd Pitt Ralston
[oversized]
1922-1926
1.9
Sarah Jane Knight Scrapbook
1930
11.0
William C. Ralston Scrapbook
1931-1941
1.11
William K. Ralston Scrapbook
ca. 1940
1.12
William C. Ralston and Marcia Knight Ralston Family Scrapbook
1941-1980
1.13
William K. Ralston Scrapbook
ca. 1950
1.14
Ralston Family Postcard Scrapbook
[oversized]
ca. 1960
1.15
William C. Ralston Korea Flag Return Scrapbook
Scrapbook contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other artifacts relating to the return of the Owen Denny 1890s Korean flag by the Ralston family.
1980-1985

Series 9:  Ralston Family Artifacts, undatedReturn to Top

2 boxes

Collection contains miscellaneous personal, family, and business artifacts or ephemera belonging to or collected by the various families.

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder

Series 10:   Knight / Stewart / Johnson / Ralston Collection Addition, 1832-1970Return to Top

2 boxes

Various material from the Ralston, Stewart, Knight, and Johnson families. Includes family correspondence, photographs and other personal ephemera.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Camp Zig Zag
1900-1950
1 2
Johnson Family Materials
1920-1950
1 3
Knight Family Correspondence
1936
1 4
Oregon Newsletters Featuring an Article on Will A. Knight, Will C. Ralston
1941-1943
1 5
Ralston Family Bible
1832
1 6
James Denny ralston
1913-1960
1 7
Josephine Ralston Photographs
1907-1960
1 8
Josephine Ralston, Stewart W. Ralston Photographs
1910-1970
1 9
Stewart W. Ralston Photographs
1908-1960
1 10
William C. Ralston: Court Briefings- Supreme Court and Circuit Court
1927-1929
1 11
William C. Ralston: Field Artillery Training- Program and Notebook
1941-1942
1 12
United Presbyterian Church Programs
ca.1940
1 13
Sunrise Park Photographs: Gertrute, Martha, Betty Lou, Ella & Fred
1936-08
1 14
Stewart Johnson Film Reels #1
1930-1949
1 15
Stewart Johnson Film Reels #2
1930-1949
1 16
Stewart Johnson Film Reels #3
1930-1949
1 17
Unidentified McKnights Photographs
1860-1970
1 18
Unidentified Knight: Photographs
1860-1970
1 19
Misc. Newspaper Clippings- Knights & Ralston Family
1900-1970
item
2 1
Scrapbook: Josephine Ralston
1910-1940
2 2
Scrapbook: Josephine Ralston
1921-1950
2 3
Photo Album: Joseph Ralston Family
1910-1960
2 4
Scrapbook: Unidentified people
1900-1950
2 5
Scrapbook: Josephine Ralston in College
1924-1929
2 6
Scrapbook: Josephine Ralston, School Days
1910-1925
5 31
Unidentified Photo of a Man (oversized)
1890-1950
5 32
Unidentified Group Photo (oversized)
1890-1950

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Korea -- Foreign relations -- United States
  • Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
  • Merchants -- Oregon -- Portland -- History

Personal Names

  • Ralston, Jeremiah, 1798-1877

Family Names

  • Ralston family--Archives

Geographical Names

  • Lebanon (Or.)
  • Portland (Or.)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Denny, O. N. (creator)
    • Knight, Frank L, 1866-1944 (creator)
    • Knight, Will A., 1873-1943 (creator)
    • Ralston, Loner O., 1859-1943 (creator)
    • Ralston, William C., 1891-1991 (creator)