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| Repository: | Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives |
| Summary: | This collection includes research notes on historical topics related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, as well as papers related to the operations of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. |
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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 Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Dr. Jessie M. Bierman, a pioneer in the field of maternal and child health, from all stages of her life. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Ron Erickson represented Missoula in the Montana State Legislature from 1998-2012. This collection contains materials related to his campaigns, proposed bills to the House and Senate from Erickson’s tenure, and voting reviews and approval ratings from various organizations. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Harry Fritz was a professor of American history at the University of Montana in Missoula for forty years. He also served several terms in the Montana State Legislature in the 1980s and 1990s. This collection contains office files from Fritz's career at the university from the 1960s to 2000s as well as materials from his time as a state legislator including correspondence with constituents, campaign materials, and video of legislative events. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | This collection contains personal and professional papers, photographic materials, and scrapbooks generated and/or collected by James W. Gerard. These materials present a substantial documentation of Gerard's activities as Ambassador to Germany leading up to World War I, American Democratic Party activist, New York City philanthropist, and international mining industry investor. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | This collection contains mostly outgoing correspondence and short stories written by Gertrude Hutchinson Merritt and a brief biography of her life written by Richard L. Merritt. The writings describe Gertrude Merritt’s travels and work in New York, Europe, Latin America and San Francisco from 1925 to her death in 1971. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Vern Haugland was a journalist who served in World War II and covered flight and space exploration. The collection contains a variety of materials collected and produced by Haugland as part of his journalism career, personal writing, and enduring interest in the military. |
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| Repository: | Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections |
| Summary: | The Isabel Haynes papers consist of family papers, diaries, letters, and memorabilia produced or exchanged by various Haynes family members and collected by Isabel Haynes. Subjects include Haynes family experiences in the Minneapolis, Minnesota public schools, the University of Minnesota, and interactions with families and friends in Minneapolis, Bozeman, Montana, and Yellowstone National Park. Also represented in the collection are correspondence files pertaining to the operations of the various Haynes Inc. business ventures in Yellowstone National Park. |
