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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Clyde Bruce Aitchison (1875-1962) was an attorney, Commissioner of the Oregon Railroad Commission/Public Service Commission, solicitor for the National Association of Railroad Commissioners, and Interstate Commerce Commissioner. Papers include personal correspodence, family records, business records of organizations, professional correspondence memos, project files, case files, diaries, and publications. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Before, during, and after World War II, Ulius "Pete" Louis Amoss (1895-1961) engaged in espionage. His work included directorship of the OSS during the war and founder and director of the ISI, the International Services of Information Foundation, Incorporated. Amoss is credited with the coining the phrase "leaderless resistance." The collection includes correspondence, literary manuscripts, espionage material, and print material that reflect his life and work as a spy. |
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| Repository: | Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library |
| Summary: | Photographs, newspaper clippings and papers related to the career of Northwest shipbuilder Henri A. Andersen |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Elisha L. Applegate (1832-1896) was the brother of Jesse Applegate who helped establish the Applegate Trail. Collection contains one scrapbook of biographical sketches, obituaries, addresses, and other clippings relating to Jacksonville and Ashland, Oregon. |
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| Repository: | Oregon Historical Society Research Library |
| Summary: | Arthur McArthur's research files on the development of the Green Hills neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, from 1911 to 2006, and the draft of his history of the neighborhood and families residing there. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | The Asklepiads Pre-Med Society is a student-run organization at the University of Oregon open to all students interested in the medical field. The collection (1929-1983) contains meeting minutes, ritual, photographs, and treasurer's reports. |
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| Repository: | Oregon Historical Society Research Library |
| Summary: | Ava Williams (1912-2003) performed as a popular music singer and pianist on stages on both coasts of the United States from 1939 to the late 1990s. She grew up in Eastern Oregon and spent her final years in Portland. In the intervening years, she lived and worked in California, New York City, Provincetown (Mass.), Boston, and Philadelphia. Her personal collection spans from her childhood to her death, and includes papers, photographs, sound and audiovisual recordings, mostly pertaining to her musical career. The collection also includes family papers and photographs dating back to 1880. |
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| Repository: | Oregon Historical Society Research Library |
| Summary: | The papers of Jacob Avshalomov consist of correspondence, clippings, programs, musical scores, certificates, memoir books, photographs, and publications relating mostly to his musical career, as well as those of his sons, David and Daniel, and his Russian-born father Aaron. Also included are programs, reviews, and photographs of the Portland Junior Symphony / Portland Youth Philharmonic, which he led from 1954 to1995. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | James C. Baker was pastor of Trinity Church (Methodist Episcopal) in Urbana, Illinois, and John A. Patten was influential in the church and a manufacturer of Wine of Cardui, a nostrum composed of a mixture that was alleged to be 29 per cent alcohol. The collection contains correspondence, letters to the Editor, clippings, and a scrapbook regarding Baker's attempts to oust Patten from his position of influence and stop the sale of his medicine |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Baldwin was a Portland, Oregon, resident and pamphleteer. Collection includes Baldwin's manuscripts, publications, correspondence, On War clippings, and other miscellaneous papers. |
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| Repository: | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |
| Summary: | Photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the construction of the Bonneville Dam, the Detroit Dam, and the Mud Mountain Dam. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Bryton Barron (1898- ) was a teacher, a writer, a civil servant, a publisher and, most notably, a political conservative who wrote critically of the U.S. State Department and U.S. Foreign policy. The collection includes correspondence, writings, reports and newspaper clippings. |
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| Repository: | Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library |
| Summary: | Scrapbook of clippings, brochures and other ephemera documenting the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World’s Fair) |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Collection is comprised of material created and collected by Denise Bittner, University of Oregon alumna, and includes correspondence, printed material, ephemera, and newsclippings. |
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| Repository: | Eastern Washington University |
| Summary: | Consists of manuscript material, newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera collected or created by central Washington journalist and editor Hubert Blonk. They focus on the development of dams, hydro-electric power, and irrigation in the Pacific Northwest, especially Grand Coulee Dam. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Mayo Methot Bogart (1904-1951) was an American film and theatre actress, who was married to Humphrey Bogart from 1938-1945. The collection (1910-1950) includes a scrapbook with mementos, a script, and photographs. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | John Ray Bruckart (1887-1979) worked for the United States Forest Service, serving as supervisor of the Willamette National Forest in Oregon from 1938 to 1954. Bruckart was an expert on Douglas fir silviculture and management. Collection includes personal correspondence and general correspondence, including several letters from Oregon Senator Wayne Morse. Also included in the collection are Bruckart's writings on such topics as Douglas fir silviculture, "The Rise of Bureaucracy," and "The Taming of a Forest," in addition to his memoirs. Collection also includes materials on the Willamette National Forest and the Three Sisters Wilderness Area; and several editions of Forest Service alumni newsletters. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Robert Louis Buell (1898-1966) served in WWI and WWII, and also served as a foreign service officer from 1925 to 1952, and was often posted in the Far East. The collection (1917-1958) contains records and correspondence from Buell's service in WWI, correspondence and memoranda regarding world events and Buell's service in WWII, speeches, recollections, manuscripts, and photographs. |
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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to employment with city government, 1934-1947, including information about civil service exams, employee training, job reclassification, salary changes, and retirement. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Robert Donald Clark (1910- ) was a professor of speech, author, public speaker, and university president. The Robert D. Clark Papers are comprised of correspondence, schoolwork, speeches, writings, research notes, publications, administrative reports and memoranda, and reference files. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | The College of Human Development and Performance at the University of Oregon opened in 1947, and closed in 1995. The collection (1913-1994) contains records from multiple departments and the college which include the Office of the Dean, physical education, health department, parks and recreation, leisure studies, human services, and gerontology. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Dean Collins (1887-1969) was an Oregon journalist, writer and poet. The collection includes manuscripts, scrapbooks and memorabilia covering Collins' writing career as well as family correspondence and some financial records. |
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| Repository: | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |
| Summary: | Records of a Seattle committee that advocated the reinstatement of electric trolley service and the reduction of air pollution caused by diesel buses. |
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| Repository: | Oregon Historical Society Research Library |
| Summary: | Ranging in date from 1848 to 1986, the Congregational Church Collection is an artificial collection of records from Congregational churches and related associations in Oregon. The bulk of the collection consists of printed material from various churches, notably the First Congregational Church of Portland and Oregon City's Atkinson Memorial Church. The collection also includes microfilmed records from the First Congregational Church of The Dalles. A limited amount of correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, and assorted church records forms the remainder of the collection. |
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| Repository: | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |
| Summary: | Washington State senator, Seattle mayor, moral reformer, surveyor, and engineer. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Arthur Whipple Crawford (1885-?) was an economist and newspaper correspondent. The collection includes an autobiography, published material, scrapbooks, papers on the World Peace Conference, miscellaneous writings, manuscripts, records of the American Liberty League, manuscripts on the New Deal, records of the Economists National Committee on Monetary Policy, and other miscellaneous items. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Repository: | Oregon Historical Society Research Library |
| Summary: | Papers of the Creitz family of Portland, Oregon, including manuscripts, genealogical papers, and ephemera. Included are materials relating to the muscial activities of Louis Creitz and his son Albert, both concert violinists; the activities of Albert's wife Lenore Tamiesie Creitz, who was elected as Rose Festival Queen in Portland in 1929; and genealogical materials relating to the Creitz, Huber, Tamiesie, and Reiling families. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Crossley was a lawyer in Winterset, Ia., a member of the Iowa State Senate, 1900-1907, and an active supporter of the statewide primary law. Collection includes correspondence (1894-1954): personal and formal, college class notes from Yale University (1898), addresses, legal documents, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, published materials, maps, photographs, his diary which documents his experiences during WWI, and other miscellaneous materials. |
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| Repository: | Oregon Historical Society Research Library |
| Summary: | Papers of a farmer, surveyor, merchant, lawyer, and justice of the peace in Gilliam County, Oregon. Includes correspondence, diary, financial records, notes on farming, scale drawings and plans for farm structures and houses, and genealogical materials. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | This collection includes professional and personal materials relating to Eleanor Davis' work on the advancement of women in Oregon. This includes her involvement in groups such as the Task Force on Sex Discrimination in Education, the State Advisory Council on Sex Discrimination in Employment, the Oregon Council for Women's Equality, the American Association of University Women, the Unitarian Church, and a variety of other civil rights-related commissions and task forces. |
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| Repository: | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |
| Summary: | Papers of a volunteer civil rights activist from Bellevue, Wash. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Originally from Maine, A. P. Dennison (1824-1896) held numerous minor political offices in the Oregon Territory, including Adjutant General. The papers consist of receipts, letters of appointment, reports, and a bound scrapbook. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | The University of Oregon Department of Theatre Arts began within the Speech Department and the Theatre division was first headed by Horace Robinson who was also the Director of the University Theatre. The collection includes meeting minutes, and office files, photographs, contact sheets, and negatives, broadsides, articles, posters, exhibit panels and other publicity, audio cassette tapes, and Eugene performing arts festival information, 1890-2001. |
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| Repository: | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |
| Summary: | Photographs of the Dexter Horton National Bank in Seattle, Washington. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Charles Doherty was a newspaperman who owned and edited the Missoula County Times in Missoula, Montana.This collection contains biographical materials, correspondence files, newspaper clippings, financial and legal records, market and research reports, writings and addresses, and photographs created and collected by Doherty. Also included are records from his wife, Clara M. Doherty, and organizations (businesses and veterans' groups) to which Charles Doherty belonged. |
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| Repository: | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |
| Summary: | Records relating to a Seattle gay rights organization |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Democratic National Convention (1968) delegate materials collected by Charles T. Duncan, newspaper reporter, author, journalism professor, and Dean of the School of Journalism at the University of Oregon (1956-1963). |
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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Records relating to flood control in the basin of the Duwamish and Green Rivers, 1922-1975. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Clare Victor Dwiggens (1874-1958) was an author, illustrator, and syndicated cartoonist. The collection (1932-1958) consists of manuscript illustrations, sketches and drawings, WWII posters, publicity, books, and biographical material. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Earl Kilpatrick (1899 - 1927) was a graduate of of the University of Oregon and would become the director of the Extension Division at the University of Oregon in 1915, a position he held until 1926 when he left to become the disaster director of the Red cross at St. Louis, Missouri. The collection contains diaries which include minutes of faculty and other university related meetings, scrapbooks, photographs, and mementos. |
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| Repository: | Oregon Historical Society Research Library |
| Summary: | Papers of a Unitarian minister of Portland, Oregon, including correspondence, speeches, and school records of his grandaughter Ruth Eliot Johnson. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Travelling chautauqua shows offered lectures, plays, and concerts of religious, classical, and popular music, and in 1912, J.R. Ellison joined with Clarence H. White in establishing the Ellison-White Chautauqua Bureau, headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The collection contains seventeen scrapbooks (1931-1956) that include clippings, articles, programs, and other printed matter regarding the bureau's sponsored entertainment. |
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| Repository: | Oregon Historical Society Research Library |
| Summary: | Collection of materials assembled by the Oregon Historical Society relating to the Episcopal Church in Oregon. Includes papers relating to Bishops Thomas Fielding Scott, Benjamin Wistar Morris, Charles Scadding, and Walter Taylor Sumner; other clergy members; local churches; materials relating to Good Samaritan Hospital, Bishop Scott Academy, and St. Helens Hall, all of Portland; and records of the Women's Auxiliary. Much of the collection was assembled by Rev. Edward H. Clark. Also includes microfilm of church records for various Oregon parishes, including the Missionary Diocese of Eastern Oregon. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | The Estes von Rhein Family papers include the personal papers and theater memorabilia collection assembled by Charles (1885-1960) and Amy (1867-1937) Estes von Rhein in late nineteenth to early twentieth century Portland, Oregon. Materials include correspondence, clippings, playbills and programs, artifacts, sheet music, and photographs, primarily relating to the performing arts in Portland. |
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| Repository: | Oregon Historical Society Research Library |
| Summary: | Collection created by the Oregon Historical Society containing printed ephemera related to ethnic groups of all origins, primarily in Oregon and Portland. Includes brochures, cabinet cards, correspondence, financial records, flyers, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, registration records, relocation records, reports, scrapbook, and transcriptions. Includes materials related to Japanese American relocation in World War II, and the Russian "Old Believer" community in Oregon. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Orval Etter is a former professor at the University of Oregon who founded the Pacifica Forum in 1994. He was a professor of planning, public policy and management. He was also a pacifist and a conscientious objector during World War II. The collection includes information on the Pacifica Forum and the Emerald Chamber Players including articles, newsletters, writings by Etter, material on the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and subject files. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | The current Eugene Shakespeare Club, an organization of women devoted to the study of Shakespeare's works, was founded in 1909 and continues in existence as of the date of this writing (1993). The collection contains correspondence, constitutions, histories and recollections, and minutes that include annual reports, clippings, programs, and membership information. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | The University of Oregon Faculty Club was headquartered in the Collier House in open only to male staff and faculty until the 1960's. Collection includes administrative files, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, Collier House landscape design and restaurant records, artifacts, clippings and photographs dating from 1929 to 2000. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Louis Felsheim was a county judge for Coos County, Oregon, and publisher of the Bandon Western World, a newspaper of Bandon, Oregon. The collection (1943-1950) contains correspondence, issues of another Bandon newspaper, Daily Camel's Hump, and a scrapbook of clippings published in the Bandon Western World. There is minor correspondence, mostly requests for favors from the judge, a scrapbook of clippings, articles, poems, and columns from the Western World, and issues of the Daily Camel's Hump, published in Bandon, July 29 and 30, 1921 in connection with a convention of the Knights of Pythias. |
