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February 6, 2025 1:35 pm
Irving B. McNulty photograph collection, 1970-1990
University of Utah Libraries, Special CollectionsIrving "Bill" McNulty (1918-2000) was a professor of botany at the University of Utah who was involved in the establishment of Red Butte Gardens and the State Arboretum in Salt Lake City, Utah. This collection consists of 3 photographs of an unidentified man, presumably McNulty.
February 6, 2025 1:20 pm
Ben J. Plastino Papers, 1947-1998
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and ArchivesContains political articles written for The Post Register, letters from elected officials and political leaders, photographs, and copies of the books Coming of Age: Idaho Falls and the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory and The Eastern Idaho Flood Story.
February 6, 2025 10:06 am
Barry N. Rosenberg, Director of Forest Watch, 1981-1999
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and ArchivesThis collection contains materials kept by Barry Rosenberg related to the Inland Empire Public Lands Council and the Forest Watch program. The Forest Watch program in Northern Idaho and Washington was committed to protecting and conserving forests by conducting research, filing appeals, increasing public understanding of public lands and forests, and filing appeals on timber sales and logging. Miscellaneous papers, newspaper clippings, research materials, reports, appeals, and personal correspondence make up the bulk of this collection.
February 5, 2025 11:49 am
Burton Ebenezer Bowen papers, 1906-1960
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University ArchivesBurton Ebenezer Bowen was a colonel in the United States Army and a veteran of the Spanish-American War, the American occupations of Cuba and the Philippines, and World War I. The collection includes ribbons and medals, date books, photographs, miscellaneous records, and obituaries.
February 5, 2025 9:45 am
Alex Esson letters received, 1861, 1864, 1874, 1889
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University ArchivesCollection contains one letter fragment and envelope from 1861 concerning the election of Abraham Lincoln; a letter from 1864; a letter 1874 from Hugh M. Bunham; and an 1889 letter from Esson's sister Libbie Esson. These letters were received by Alex Esson of Salem, Oregon.
February 3, 2025 1:03 pm
Oral history interview with Leah Hing, 1980 June 2
Oregon Historical Society Research LibraryOral history interview with Leah Hing, conducted by Patricia Keith on June 2, 1980. Hing discusses taking lessons from Tex Rankin at the Tex Rankin School of Flying in Portland, Oregon, during the 1930s, as well as the plane she owned and her involvement with the Ninety-Nines and the Aero Club.
February 3, 2025 12:48 pm
Oral history interview with Nona L. Goard, 1976 November 5
Oregon Historical Society Research LibraryOral history interview with Nona L. Goard, conducted by Charles Digregorio on November 5, 1976. Goard discusses her experiences as a wing walker, parachute jumper, and stunt flier in St. Paul, Minnesota, from 1926 to 1932.
February 3, 2025 12:38 pm
Oral history interview with Ruth G. Fletcher, 1980 April 24
Oregon Historical Society Research LibraryOral history interview with Ruth G. Fletcher, conducted by Patricia Keith on April 24, 1980. Fletcher discusses learning to fly airplanes at the Salem Airport from 1930 to 1931.
February 3, 2025 12:10 pm
Oral history interview with Billie F. Dutcher, 1980 May 29
Oregon Historical Society Research LibraryOral history interview with Billie F. Dutcher, conducted by Patricia Keith on May 29, 1980. Dutcher discusses her participation in the final Powder Puff Derby, a race for women pilots, held in 1977.
February 3, 2025 11:11 am
E. W. Wiese letters to Henry Wiese of Avoca, Iowa, 1898
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University ArchivesThe collection contains five letters written between May 11th and August 30th, 1898, from E.W. Wiese to his father, Henry Wiese. The letters detail E.W. Wiese's experience as a tallyman at a lumber mill in Palmer, two miles from Bridal Veil, Oregon.