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Collection Title:	Abilene and Southern Railway Co. Defendant records
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	In 1922, the West Coast Lumberman's Association sued the Abilene and Southern Railway Co. regarding "unjust and unreasonable" lumber rates. The collection (1922-1924) contains testimonies, briefs, exhibits, lumber company statistics and research, and correspondence used in the case.
Collection Title:	Adam R. Shipley and Company records
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	A. R. Shipley and Company was a "Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Standard and Miscellaneous Books" in Portland, Oregon. The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, and invoices.
Collection Title:	Guide to the Antoinetta Wilhelmina Nordström Immigration Document
Repository:	Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections
Summary:	Immigration certificate of Antoinetta Wilhelmina Nordström of Rone, Sweden.
Collection Title:	Arthur McArthur Research Files
Repository:	Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family 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.
Collection Title:	Associated General Contractors of America. Oregon-Columbia Chapter records
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), Oregon-Columbia chapter was created in 1922 as a representative association for Oregon and Southwest Washington workers in the construction industry. The collection (1929-1961) contains correspondence and documents relating to labor negotiations and agreements, labor legislation, and the internal affairs of the association.
Collection Title:	Daniel Bagley papers
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	Papers of a Washington State pioneer, Methodist pastor, businessman, and civic leader.
Collection Title:	Henry Blackman bond of indemnity
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	The collection contains a bond of indemnity signed May 20, 1887 by Henry Blackman and seventeen others. The bond was to protect to C. L. Andrews (clerk) and T. R. Howard (sheriff), both of Morrow County, Oregon, against expense of possible legal action arising from their refusal to move county records to Lexington, Oregon.
Collection Title:	Frederick Elmer Bolton papers
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	Papers of a professor and dean of the College of Education at the University of Washington, as well as an administrator and author.
Collection Title:	Bridger Bowl, Inc. Records
Repository:	Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Summary:	The Bridger Bowl, Inc. Records consist of reports, board minutes, correspondence and other documents created or collected by the management of Bridger Bowl.
Collection Title:	Thomas Burke papers
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	Papers of a Washington State attorney, businessman, civic leader, and public official.
Collection Title:	Byars family papers
Repository:	Willamette University Archives and Special Collections
Summary:	The Byars family papers consist of legal and financial documents, correspondence, photographs, and Willamette University memorabilia documenting the lives of several generations from approximately 1866 to 1990.
Collection Title:	Vivian M. Carkeek Papers
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	University of Washington law student and law professor.
Collection Title:	George W. Carmack papers
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	Gold miner whose discovery claim at Bonanza Creek on August 17, 1896, started the Klondike Gold Rush
Collection Title:	Stephen Fowler Chadwick papers
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	Papers of a Seattle lawyer, politician, and civic leader.
Collection Title:	Justin Chenoweth papers
Repository:	Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
Summary:	Handwritten diary, letterbooks, and documents relating to Justin Chenoweth's travel to Oregon and work as a surveyor, mail carrier, and justice of the peace in Oregon and Washington Territory, primarily from the years 1848 to 1862. Includes family correspondence.
Collection Title:	Clatsop County, Oregon School District No. 1 land conveyance agreement
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	Clatsop County, Oregon School District No. 1 and J. Munson, entered into a legal agreement regarding land. The collection a legal document between the school district No. 1 and Munson, dated January 9, 1865.
Collection Title:	Cooper and Levy families papers
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	Papers of two related pioneer Jewish families from Seattle, Washington.
Collection Title:	Thomas R. Cornelius deposition
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	Thomas R. Cornelius, was an Oregon pioneer and a member of the Oregon Mounted Volunteers during the Cayuse and Yakima Indian Wars. The collection contains a deposition given by Cornelius on January 1, 1884 regarding the Oregon Mounted Volunteers.
Collection Title:	Couch Family Papers
Repository:	Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
Summary:	Papers of the family of John Heard Couch, one of the original developers of the townsite of Portland, Oregon, and his descendents, including members of the Glisan and Robertson families. Papers include correspondence, legal papers, land ownership records, clippings, family Bibles, journals of John Heard Couch, and papers concerning Couch's wife Caroline and their descendants Caroline Wilson, Clementine Lewis, and Elizabeth and Rodney Glisan. Of special note is John Heard Couch's logbook, 1853-1858, for voyages on the ships Chenamus and Madonna; and the travel diary of Nan Robertson, 1911-1912, written during a trip to San Francisco and Southern Asia.
Collection Title:	Mercedes Deiz collection
Repository:	Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
Summary:	Papers and photographs relating to Judge Mercedes Deiz and her family.
Collection Title:	Wallace Ulysses Douglas papers
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	Wallace Ulysses Douglas (1868-1936) moved to Coos Bay, Oregon in 1890, worked for the Coast Mail, read law with John A. Gray, was admitted to the bar in 1898, and practiced law in the Coos Bay area thereafter. The collection contains business, legal, and political correspondence, law office ledgers, and records of five Oregon businesses that Douglas provided legal counsel for or was a shareholder: American Bank, Coos Bay Home Telephone Co., German-American Hospital Association, Home Mortgage Co., and Smith River Transportation Co.
Collection Title:	Willis Dunagan diaries and legal papers
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	Willis Dunagan was a farmer in Marion County, Oregon. The collection consists of Dunagan's diaries from 1859 to 1897, a folder of legal documents, and two original school diplomas earned by Dunagan.
Collection Title:	Duncan-Packer Family Papers
Repository:	Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Summary:	Primarily business records, letters, receipts, gas and oil leases, and other legal documents created or collected by the Troy Duncan or Erwin Packer families. Subjects include homesteading, Liberty county and communities therein, oil and gas exploration and leasing, and sheep and cattle ranching.
Collection Title:	Guide to the Edward Emanuel Johnson Collection
Repository:	Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections
Summary:	Biography and legal documents of early Tacoma shipbuilder, Edward Johnson, from Vanersborg, Sweden.
Collection Title:	Norman Elliot papers
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	Norman N. Elliott (1869 -) was a rancher in Baker County, Oregon and an active member of farm and banking organizations. The collection includes business correspondence, tax, financial, and legal records, and ranch ledgers.
Collection Title:	Guide to the Elsie M. Parkhurst Papers
Repository:	Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections
Summary:	Correspondence ordering immigration records and and a photocopy of the records.
Collection Title:	Everding and Farrell Co. records
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	Everding and Farrell Co. was a wholesale produce and commission firm, that was later associated with logging and the salmon packing industry. The collection (1888-1900) contains indentures and other legal papers, incoming correspondence, financial records and land surveys, and a listing of Washougal lands, costs, and expenses.
Collection Title:	John Finerty papers
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	John Finerty (1885-1967) was an attorney who worked for railroad companies before becoming involved with civil rights cases. The collection consists of case files, general files and personal records.
Collection Title:	John Gates papers
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	John Gates (1827-1888) was a construction engineer for the Oregon Steam Navigation Co. and the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co., and from 1885 to 1888 he was mayor of Portland, Oregon. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, diaries, scrapbook pages, steamboat plans and inventions, and photographs.
Collection Title:	Loyal M. Graham papers
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	Loyal M. Graham (1860-1961) was an attorney and legislator, and in 1919 as an Oregon state legislator he introduced the nation's first gasoline tax. The collection contains political correspondence, legal briefs, diaries and journals, scrapbook pages and speeches.
Collection Title:	Austin E. Griffiths papers
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	Papers of a lawyer, civic leader, and politician of Seattle, Washington.
Collection Title:	Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action records
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	Records from two nonviolent groups, the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action and the Pacific Life Community, which protested the nuclear arms race, particularly Trident nuclear submarines at the Bangor Naval Submarine Base in Kitsap County, Washington
Collection Title:	Guide to the H. Nielsen Papers
Repository:	Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections
Summary:	Papers consist of one notebook and two examples of "vexel" (veksels).
Collection Title:	George D. Hill papers
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	Papers of a U.S. Civil War veteran who also served as an United States Indian agent primarily at the Neah Bay and Tulalip Agencies in Washington Territory.
Collection Title:	International Military Tribunal for Far East records of the Sadao Araki military tribunal
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	Records of the case of the United States of America, et al., against Sadao Araki, et al., International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Apr. 29, 1946-Nov. 12, 1948. 318 v.
Collection Title:	Guide to the Johanne Jacobsdatter Papers
Repository:	Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections
Summary:	Vaccination record for Johanne Jacobsdatter (1840-1911).
Collection Title:	Guide to the Kari Lodvarsdatter Papers
Repository:	Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections
Summary:	Vaccination record for Kari Lodvarsdatter.
Collection Title:	William M. King Papers
Repository:	Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
Summary:	Papers of a merchant, civic leader, and territorial legislator of Portland, Oregon. Includes correspondence, financial records, notebooks, and ledgers. Materials relate to King's enterprises, including the firms of Butler & King, King & Kittridge, and a lawsuit concerning King's work on the Erie Canal.
Collection Title:	Guide to the Knud Olsen Hovie Vaccination Certificate
Repository:	Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections
Summary:	A November 1830 cowpox vaccination certificate for Knud Olsen Hovie.
Collection Title:	Land Collection
Repository:	Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
Summary:	The Land Collection, an artificial collection compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library staff, contains title abstracts and other land ownership documents including land certificates, sale bills, titles, and indentures, regarding land in Oregon, Indian lands and railroad grants. Documents pertain to Portland and land in Oregon and Washington state counties.
Collection Title:	Macleay Estate Company records
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	The Macleay Estate Company of Portland, Oregon purchased the canning, shipping, and allied interests of the R. D. Hume Company of Wedderburn, Oregon. The collection contains correspondence, financial records, legal documents, ledgers and journals.
Collection Title:	McKim, Mead and White notice of lien
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	The architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White was formed in 1878. The collection contains a notice of a lien against Oregon and Transcontinental Company that was filed with the Multnomah County Clerk's office on February 18, 1885.
Collection Title:	A. J. and Joseph G. Megler legal document
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	The collection contains a legal document, dated July 20, 1868, signed by A. J. Megler and Joseph G. Megler, regarding a hotel Astoria, Oregon.
Collection Title:	Merrill & Ring Lumber Company records
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	Records of a lumber company
Collection Title:	John Hipple Mitchell legal document
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	The collection contains a legal document, dated December 20, 1869, by John Hipple Mitchell, of Portland, Oregon giving notice of his intention to redeem property purchased by Everding and Beebe at a sheriff's sale.
Collection Title:	Montana Mining Company Records
Repository:	University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Summary:	The collection focuses on the workings of two mining companies that owned and operated the Drumlummon mine in Marysville, Montana, over five decades.
Collection Title:	Beverly Clarke Mosby Papers
Repository:	Eastern Washington University
Summary:	Collection contains legal documents, photographs, clippings, and ephemera collected and created by Beverly Clarke Mosby, a Spokane attorney; also correspondence by Mosby's father, Colonel John S. Mosby, a Confederate guerilla leader during the United States Civil War.
Collection Title:	Nature Conservancy, Washington State Chapter records
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	Organizational records documenting the efforts of the Washington State chapter of the Nature Conservancy, a non-profit nature preservation society.
Collection Title:	Joseph Henry Neebe papers
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	Joseph Henry Neebe (1888-1970) was an advertising executive, playwright, and Broadway producer. The collection (1920-1970) contains correspondence, manuscripts, contracts, business files from various media projects, advertising and theatre production files, and photographs.
Collection Title:	Guide to the Nils Andersson Emigration Registration Document
Repository:	Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections
Summary:	Emigration registration document for Nils Andersson, who left Sweden in the early 1900s.
Collection Title:	Oregon Imprints Collection
Repository:	Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
Summary:	Imprints from mid-19th century Oregon cataloged by George N. Belknap.
Collection Title:	Oregon Quicksilver Incorporated mining records
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	This collection contains information about Oregon Quicksilver Incorporated and Mines Service Incorporated, both located in Oregon. The collection contains superintendent's reports, timecards, stocks, invoices, correspondence, photographs, and legal documents. Also contained in this collection is information about the Prosperity Mine and the Bonanza Bar in the form of placer claims, drawings of locations, legal documents and notes.
Collection Title:	Oregonian Publishing Company Records
Repository:	Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
Summary:	Business records of Oregonian Publishing Company. Includes financial, legal, and organizational documents; assorted subject files covering Oregonian financial interests; reports, studies, and surveys; photographs; publications; and limited correspondence and other documents from Henry Pittock's time as owner and publisher.
Collection Title:	Portland General Electric Collection
Repository:	Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
Summary:	Photographs and documents relating to the history and development of Portland General Electric. The photos in this collection include color and black and white photographs, negatives and slides of employees, power generating stations, office buildings, recreational sites, power lines, towers, streetcars, streetcar tracks, office buildings and equipment. The documents in this collection include correspondence, logbooks, account books, manuals, ephemera, newsletters, clippings, etc. regarding employees, power stations, office buildings, operations, outside organizations and the electrical industry as a whole.
Collection Title:	James Redden papers
Repository:	Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
Summary:	Papers, photographs, and ephemera relating to the career of Oregon legislator and judge James Redden.
Collection Title:	Seattle Federation of Women's Clubs records
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	Records of a Seattle, Washington, women's federation involved in community service and academic study.
Collection Title:	Milton Smith Wirt papers
Repository:	Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
Summary:	Papers of a lawyer and civic leader of Portland, Oregon. Includes extensive correspondence, 1870-1918, relating to land claims, real estate controversies, tax delinquencies, the Library Association of Portland, the Multnomah Law Library, the Portland Free Kindergarten Association, the Oregon Historical Society, and other organizations and business concerns. Also includes ephemera and personal financial documents.
Collection Title:	Loran LaSells Stewart Papers
Repository:	Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
Summary:	Papers of an Oregon businessman and leader in the lumber industry who served as a representative from Lane County in the Oregon State Legislature and in various state agencies from the 1950s to the 1980s. The papers cover the period 1927 to 1982 and include correspondence, minutes, reports, financial and legal records, diaries, newsclippings, photographs and government bills. The collection covers Stewart's industrial, political and personal activities and focus mostly on his business activities, and involvement in lumber related associations and politics.
Collection Title:	Teaching collection of legal document samples
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	The collection (1747-1925) of legal documents include a Seal of the State of Oregon, stock certificates, a document from Queen Victoria's reign, and an American naturalization certificate from 1844.
Collection Title:	U.S. District Court documents regarding the Whitman Massacre trial
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	In November of 1847, a small band of Cayuse warriors killed 14 settlers and took 53 others captive in what became known as the Whitman Massacre. The collection consists of photostat copies of court documents describing testimony brought against Tiloukaikt, one of the Cayuse leaders brought to trial for the crime.
Collection Title:	U.S. District Court, Oregon. Commissioner's record book
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	The United States Commissioner for the district of Oregon, of the U.S. District court, was Joshua J. Walton. The collection (1888-1904) contains Commissioner Walton's record book regarding cases, evidence, judgments, and costs.
Collection Title:	Windsor Utley papers
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	Papers of a Seattle painter, gallery owner, and friend of painter Mark Tobey.
Collection Title:	Dorothy J. Weintz papers
Repository:	University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Summary:	Papers of the granddaughter of Asa S. Mercer, a Seattle pioneer.
Collection Title:	Robert L. White Papers
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	Robert L. White (1865-1932) was a resident of Brownsville, Oregon. The collection (1865-1932) consists of legal documents such as indentures, deeds, warrants and citations, and also correspondence.
Collection Title:	T. F. and G. W. Williams legal document
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	The collection contains a written legal agreement dated November 5, 1883, between T. F. Williams and G. W. Williams, both of Cascade Locks, Oregon, and also William Haaker of the Importing and Fish Preservation House, in New York City, concerning the sale of sturgeon and caviar.
Collection Title:	Frederick Wallace Wilson papers
Repository:	University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Summary:	Frederick Wallace Wilson (1872-1955) was an attorney and Circuit Court Judge in The Dalles, Oregon. The papers include correspondence, a letterpress copybook, legal papers, a manuscript, photographs, addresses and publications by Wilson as well as personal correspondence of Joseph G. Wilson, and certificates of Elizabeth Millar Wilson.

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