Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest
Museum of Arts & Culture), Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives
2316 W. First Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: (509) 363-5342
Email: archives@northwestmuseum.org
Ms 50
Boyce, Edward, 1862-1941
Edward Boyce Papers
1881-1941
12 linear ft.
12 boxes
Financial and business records, correspondence, diaries, and
publications of an Irish-born laborer, miner, labor leader, and state legislator, of Idaho,
and businessman, of Portland, Or.
Materials are inEnglish
Biographical Note
Edward Boyce was born and educated in County Donegal, Ireland. He immigrated to the United
States in 1882 and worked his way west as a laborer. In 1887 he arrived at Wardner, ID,
where he found employment in the Coeur d’Alene mining district. Boyce became active in labor
organization and was jailed for his participation in the 1892 labor disputes. In 1893 he
joined the Western Federation of Miners, served as president, 1896-1902; and edited its
magazine,
The Miner’s Magazine, 1900-1902.
Boyce’s leadership of the Western Federation of Miners was aggressive, and during his
presidency the union waged three bitter strikes; Leadville, CO, 1896-1897; the Coeur
d’Alenes, ID, 1899; and Telluride, CO, 1901.
After his marriage to Eleanor Day in 1901, Boyce gradually disengaged himself from the
labor movement. He resigned from the Western Federation of Miners in 1902. The Day family
purchased the Portland Hotel Company in Portland, OR, and Boyce moved to Portland to serve
as its president, 1911-1941. In Portland he became active in the business community, serving
as president of the Oregon Hotel Association, 1936, and as chairman of the Tunnel Commission
of the State of Oregon, 1931-1935.
The Edward Boyce papers contain a wide variety of materials documenting the various periods
of his life. Included are his diaries, 1896-1941. While the earlier diaries contain
information regarding his activities in the Western Federation of Miners, the entries are
quite circumspect and reveal very little regarding behind-the-scenes activities or Boyce’s
role in the violence that marked his term as president. The later diaries contain very brief
daily entries of his business and social activities. The correspondence files are
fragmentary, but do contain some valuable information regarding the Western Federation of
Miners, particularly after Boyce left the organization. Correspondents include: Clarence
Darrow, Eugene V. Debs, William D. Haywood, Charles H. Moyer, John M. O’Neill, and Eamon de
Valera. There is extensive correspondence with all members of the Day family regarding
mining and other financial matters. Boyce had a great interest in Democratic Party politics
and in Irish Free State causes, and there is correspondence reflecting these interests.
There is a complete run of
The Miner’s Magazine, 1900-1902.
The records of the Portland Hotel Company, 1889-1941, comprise the bulk of the Boyce papers.
Included are incorporation records and stock certificates and financial and other business
records.
The collection is arranged into 11 series:
- Series 1, Personal
- Series 2, Correspondence
- Series 3, Financial
- Series 4, Newspaper Clippings
- Series 5, Photographs
- Series 6, Portland Hotel
- Series 7, Taxes: Edward and Eleanor Boyce
- Series 8, Tualatin Tunnel Commission
- Series 9, Western Federation of Miners
- Series 10, Portland Hotel
- Series 11, Oversize
Collection is not restricted.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. All
requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to
the Museum Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Eastern
Washington State Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher
Edward Boyce Papers (Ms 50), Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum
of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.
Donated by Henry Day Ellis, 1984 (L84-362, L84-351).
Processed to the file folder level.
The Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture has
a number of artifacts associated with Edward Boyce and the Western Federation of Miners.
Fahey, John. "Ed Boyce and the Western Federation of Miners,"
Idaho
Yesterdays (Vol. 25, No. 3), pp. 18-30.
Fahey, John.
The Days of the Hercules (Moscow, ID:
University Press of Idaho, 1978).
Nolan, Edward W.
A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the
Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington State
Historical Society, 1987).
See also Eleanor Boyce Papers (Ms 51) and John Fahey Papers (Ms 65 and Ms 98).
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Online Computer Library
Center (OCLC) WorldCat database. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons, or places should search WorldCat using these headings.
Boyce, Edward,
1862-1941--Archives
Darrow, Clarence,
1857-1938--Correspondence
De Valera, Eamonn,
1881-1975--Correspondence
Debs, Eugene V.
(Eugene Victor), 1855-1926--Correspondence
Haywood, Big Bill,
1869-1928--Correspondence
Moyer, Charles
H.--Correspondence
O'Neill, John
M.--Correspondence
Democratic Party
(U.S.)
Western Federation
of Miners
Portland Hotel
Company (Portland, Or.)
Idaho--politics
and government
Ireland
Portland
(Or.)--Business, industries, and trades--Hotels, taverns, etc.
Oregon--Business,
industries, and trades--Hotels, taverns, etc.
Idaho--Mines,
mining, and mineral resources
Idaho--Social life
and customs
Oregon--Social
life and customs
Miners--Labor unions
Labor unions--West
(U.S.)
Labor unions--Officials and
employees
Mines and mineral resources--West
(U.S.)
Miners--West (U.S.)
Miners--Periodicals
Hotels--Oregon
Mines and Mineral
Resources
Labor
Unions
Idaho
Portland
Business,
Industry, and Labor
Boyce, Edward
Western Federation of
Miners
Mines and Mining
Labor Organizations
Personal
Inventory and Biography
1
1
Diary, W.F.M. Travels
1896-1897
1
2
Diary, W.F.M. Travels
1898-1902
1
3
Diary
1900
1
4
Diary
1901
1
5
Diary
1902
1
6
Record and Ledger of the Parnell, Lincoln, Hugo, Emmet
Mines
1902-1903
1
7
Diary
1903
1
8
Diary: San Francisco and Southern
California
1903
1
9
Diary
1904
1
10
Record of Money, Labor, Materials .... Hugo Group of
Claims
1904
1
11
Diary
1906
1
12
Diary
1907
1
13
Diary
1908
1
14
Diary
1909
1
15
Diary
1910
1
16
Diary
1911
1
17
Diary
1912
1
18
2/1
Diary
1913
2
1
Diary
1914
2
2
Diary
1915
2
3
Diary
1916
2
4
Diary
1915
2
5
Diary
1918
2
6
Diary
1919
2
7
Diary
1920
2
8
Diary
1921
2
9
Diary
1922
2
10
Diary
1923
2
11
Diary
1924
2
12
Diary
1925
2
13
Diary
1926
2
14
Diary
1927
2
15
Diary
1928
3
1
Diary
1929
3
2
Diary
1930
3
3
Diary
1931
3
4
Diary
1932
3
5
Diary
1933
3
6
Diary
1934
3
7
Diary
1935
3
8
Diary
1936
3
9
Diary
1937
3
10
Diary
1938
3
11
Diary
1939
3
12
Diary
1941
3
13
Abstract of Title: Shinn's Addition, Portland,
Oregon
Jan. 3, 1918
3
14
Accounts, Personal
Jan., 1918-Dec., 1922
3
15
Accounts, Personal
Jan., 1923-Dec., 1926
4
1
Addresses, Speeches, etc. Given by Edward
Boyce
4
2
Anti-Catholic Literature
4
3
Autopsy and Medical Reports
1941
4
4
Books in Personal Library
4
5
Correspondence
Associated Employers of Portland
1938-1939
4
6
Associated Hotels
1932-1933
4
7
Associated Hotels - Articles of Incorporation and
By-laws
1913
4
8
Associated Hotels - Membership List
1933
4
9
Associated Hotels: Mailing Lists
1932
4
10
J. Boyce (Brother in Ireland)
1909-1922
4
11
Angelina Burns [Labor Union Views of Mine Strife in
1892]
1924
4
12
John T. Clark
1917
4
13
Richard W. Child
1916-1920
4
14
Contributions
1908-1941
4
15
Clarence S. Darrow
1912-1923
4
16
Eugene Day
1911-1922
4
17
Harry L. Day
1911-1940
4
18
Jerome J. Day
1907-1920
4
19
Lawrence Day
1922-1923
4
20
Day Office Building
1916
4
21
R. Daxon
1920
4
22
Frank A. Dudley
1930
4
23
Paul Elder & Company
1916
4
24
Robert Hale Ellis
1918
4
25
J. E. Estes
1912-1913
4
26
James A. Farley
Aug., 1933
4
27
M. Franks re Property, Fernbrook, OR
1909-1910
4
28
Maude E. Goldensmith
1910-1911
4
29
Eric V. Hauser
1919-1920
4
30
William Randolph Hearst
Apr. 16, 1920
4
31
Insurance, Automobile
1918-1925
4
32
Ireland (Irish)
1910-1940
4
33
S. C. Kincaid
1916-1918
4
34
Knox Address
1933
4
35
P.J. Maggy
1917-1931
4
36
James Maher
1913-1922
4
37
Charles H. Martin
1932-1940
4
38
Multnomah Hotel
1926
4
39
James Hennessy Murphy
1913-1914
4
40
N.A.A.C.P.
1931
4
41
N.R.A. (National Recovery Act)
1933
4
42
J.D. Neilan
1910-1911
4
43
Nieces and Nephews
1908-1921
4
44
J.F. Nordquist
1928
4
45
John O'Callahan (Information re American
Flag)
1918-1926
4
46
Edward V. O'Hara
1921-1930
4
47
Oregon Land Settlement Commission
1918-1919
4
48
Oregon Social Hygiene Society
1913
4
49
Oregon State Hotel Association List of Bills to Be
Paid Program - 17 Annual Convention
1932
4
50
Oregon State Hotel Assoc.: Fair Trade
Practices
1937
4
51
Oregon State Hotel Assoc.: Miscellaneous
1935
4
52
Oregon Taxicab Company
1912
4
53
Personal - Misc..
1906-1925
4
54
Personal - Misc..
1926-1940
4
55
E.G. Picks re Purchase of a Clock
1915
4
56
Political - Arms Embargo - Neutrality
Legislation
Nov. 16, 1939
4
57
Political
1910-1941
4
58
Political
1933
4
59
Political: Democratic Committee
1917-1933
4
60
Political: Reelection of Champ Clark
1912
5
1
Political: Hiram W. Johnson
1919
5
2
Political: World Court
1935
5
3
Portland Anti-pollution Council
July,
1933
5
4
Portland Chamber of Commerce
1918-1938
5
5
Portland General Electric Company
1940
5
6
Portland Golf Club
1919-1940
5
7
Portland Golf Club: Loan
1921
5
8
Property: Burke, Idaho
1918-1924
5
9
Property: Portland - Nevada Ct. Apts.
1916-1946
5
10
Property: Portland - 207 SW St. Clair St.
1907-1923
5
11
Property: Portland - 17th and Holgate St.
Feb., 1931
5
12
Property: Wallace, Idaho
1907-1942
5
13
Terrence P. Purcell
1911
5
14
Reconstruction Finance Committee
1933-1935
5
15
Unions / Labor (Personal Inquiries to E.
Boyce)
1933-1940
5
16
Curtis Richardson
1940-1941
5
17
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1918
5
18
W.F.M.: Eugene Debs
1912
5
19
W.F.M.: William D. Haywood
5
20
W.F.M.: Roady Kenehan
Oct., 1913
5
21
W.F.M.: Charles H. Moyer
1908-1909
5
22
W.F.M.: John M. O'Neill
Mar., 1913
5
23
W.F.M.: Membership Card
undated
5
24
W.F.M.: Miscellaneous
1899-1914
5
25
R. L. Whiteside Loan Payments
Correspondence
1926
5
26
J. G. Woodward re NPRR / Multnomah Hotel
Apr. 12, 1912
5
27
John H. Wourms
1922-1926
5
28
Ephemera
5
29
Financial
Baldwin Sheep Company Bonds
1937
5
30
Correspondence: Enterprise, OR, City of
1921-1938
5
31
Correspondence: Gearhart Hotel Proposal Gearhart Golf
Links
1919-1920
1926
5
32
Correspondence: Knights of Columbus
1918-1928
5
33
Correspondence: Miscellaneous
1910-1929
5
34
Correspondence: Miscellaneous
1909-1942
5
35
Correspondence: Moores Creek Dredging Co.
1936-1937
5
36
Correspondence: Northwestern National Bank
1914-1920
5
37
Correspondence: Northwestern Nat'l Bank -Eugene
Olmstead
1914-1926
5
38
Correspondence: Palmolive Co.
1919-1923
5
39
Correspondence: A.P. Ramstedt
1923-1932
5
40
Correspondence: Dr. Charles E. Sears re
Loan
1925-1933
5
41
Correspondence: Snowy Peak Mining Co.
1926
5
42
Correspondence: Tumwater Paper Company
1926-1931
5
43
Correspondence: Western Bond and Mortgage
Co.
1918-1928
5
44
Correspondence: Nevada Court Apts. - Monthly Ledger
Sheets
1928-1935
5
45
Iron Mountain Property, Montana
1908-1912
5
47
Journal re Mining Labor Unrest
1892-1900
5
48
Key to the Elements of Bookkeeping (Dublin,
1869)
1869
5
49
Ku Klux Klan
1922-1923
5
50
Leadville, Colorado - Miscellaneous
1898-1933
5
51
Ledger:
5
52
Stock Received from E.B. Day
1922
List of Insurance
1932-1938
List of Tamarack and Custer Stock
1922-1923
Litigation
5
53
Multnomah County Grand Jury
May, 1918
6
1
Miners Magazine, Vols. I-III
1900-1902
6
2
Newspaper Clippings
Newspaper Clippings: Booklets re Political
Misc.
6
3
Newspaper Clippings: Day Holdings
6
4
Newspaper Clippings: Day vs. Kratzer
6
5
Newspaper Clippings: Ireland Irish
6
6
Newspaper Clippings: Miscellaneous
6
7
Newspaper Clippings: Labor Unrest
1890-1920
6
8
Newspapers, Miscellaneous
6
9
Northwest Mining Truth
1917-1918
6
10
Notebook: Irish Poetry and Prose
1886-1890
6
11
Notebook: Math from Ireland
6
12
Pacific Livestock Exposition Company
1917-1929
6
13
Photographs
Photographic Negatives - Spokane Sawmills
6
14
Photographs from an Album
6
15
Photographs, Miscellaneous
6
16
Photographs: Boyce and Day Family Homes
6
17
Photographs: Leadville, CO
6
18
Photographs: Misc. and Family
6
19
Pictures: Dayrock and Monitor Mines
6
20
Pictures: Death Valley Trip
6
21
Pictures: Ireland
1913
6
22
Pictures: Miscellaneous
6
23
Politics - Ireland- Printed Matter
6
24
Portland Hotel
Accounts
1919-1925
6
26
Accounts
1926-1929
6
27
Accounts
1930-1934
6
28
Advertising: Newspaper Layouts
1916-1928
6
29
Advertising: Printed Matter, Ephemera
6
30
Advertising: Public Relations, General
6
31
Assessor Multnomah County
1913
6
32
Auditors Reports
1910
1911-1912
6
33
Auditors Reports
1913-1915
6
34
Auditors Reports
1916-1918
6
35
Building Improvement Estimates; Equipment Improvement
Estimates
1910-1939
6
36
By-laws
June 13, 1888
6
37
Correspondence
1920-1929
6
38
Correspondence
1930-1939
6
39
Correspondence
1935-1941
6
40
Correspondence
1942-1945
6
41
Correspondence: Fire
1927
6
42
Correspondence: Eric V. Hauser
1927-1930
6
43
Correspondence: Management
1910-1924
7
1
Correspondence re: Chotel Saling, Hotel
Barber
Oct., 1910
7
2
Daily Financial Statement
Jan. 1, 1913-Mar. 31, 1913
7
3
Daily Financial Statement
Apr. 1, 1913-June 30, 1913
7
4
Daily Financial Statement
July 1, 1913-Sep. 30, 1913
7
5
Daily Financial Statement
Oct. 1, 1913-Dec. 31, 1913
7
6
Daily Financial Statement
Jan. 2, 1914-Mar. 29, 1914
7
7
Daily Financial Statement
Apr. 6, 1914-June 30, 1914
7
8
Daily Financial Statement
July 1, 1914-Sep. 30, 1914
7
9
Daily Financial Statement
Oct. 1, 1914-Dec. 30, 1914
7
10
Daily Financial Statement
Jan. 1, 1915-Mar. 31, 1915
7
11
Daily Financial Statement
Apr. 1, 1915-June 30, 1915
7
12
Daily Financial Statement
July 1, 1915-Sep. 30, 1915
7
13
Daily Financial Statement
Oct 1, 1915-Dec. 31, 1915
7
14
Daily Financial Statement
Jan. 1, 1916-Mar. 31, 1916
7
15
Daily Financial Statement
Apr. 1, 1916-June 31, 1916
7
16
Daily Financial Statement
July 1, 1916-Sep. 30, 1916
7
17
Daily Financial Statement
Oct. 1, 1916-Dec. 31, 1916
7
18
Daily Financial Statement
Jan. 1, 1917-Mar 31, 1917
7
19
Daily Financial Statement
Apr. 1, 1917-June 30, 1917
7
20
Daily Financial Statement
July 1, 1917-Sep. 30, 1917
7
21
Daily Financial Statement
Oct. 1, 1917-Dec. 31, 1917
7
22
Deeds
7
23
Employees
1911-1943
7
24
Employee Applications
1911-1941
7
25
Employees - Unions
1938-1939
7
26
Engineers Reports
1911-1916
7
27
Ephemera and Miscellaneous
1913-1939
7
28
Financial: Audit of Petty Cash
1928-1929
7
29
Financial: Construction - Check Stubs
1899-1890
7
30
Financial: Correspondence - A.H. Barstow
1940
7
31
Financial: Correspondence re Taxes
1926-1944
7
32
Financial: Daily Record
1910
7
33
Financial: Employees Payroll
Apr., 1890-Apr, 1891
7
34
Financial: Expense Sheets
1914-1915
7
35
Financial: Lease Agreements
7
36
Financial: Miscellaneous
1911-1943
7
37
Financial: Mortgages
1890-1905
7
38
Financial: Note
1913-1914
7
39
Financial: Sale Offer
1910-1944
8
1
Financial: Steam Heat Operating Cost
1920-1937
8
2
Financial: Stock Dispute, Norman vs. Ellis
1910-1914
8
3
Financial: Stock Journal
1899-1908
8
4
Financial: Stock Purchase Agreement
1910
8
5
Financial: Stock Sale
1910
8
6
Financial: Stockholders Annual Meeting
1927-1931
8
7
Financial: Stockholders Annual Reports
1899-1939
8
8
Financial: Stockholders Distribution
1895-1913
8
9
Financial: Stockholder Joseph Doheny
1907-1912
8
10
Financial: Stockholders - Miscellaneous
8
11
Financial: Stockholders Proxies
1870
8
12
Financial: Stockholders Records
1888
8
13
Financial: Stockholders - Records of Loans
1896-1917
8
14
Financial: Stockholders - Sale of Hotel
1944
8
15
Financial: Tax Distribution
1909-1929
8
16
Financial: Treasury Certificates
8
17
Floor Plans
8
18
Furniture Advertising, J.G. Mack & Co.
circa 1912
8
19
Insurance
1914-1941
8
20
Insurance - Equitable Life Assurance
Society
1911
8
21
Inventory of Contents
1915
8
22
Inventory of Contents
1915
8
23
Inventories
1921
8
24
Invoices and Receipts
1916-1919
8
25
Laundry Operation
1911-1942
8
26
Liquor Prices
1911
8
27
Menu
1890-1927
8
28
Menus of Competitor
8
29
Menu Covers
8
30
Menu Layouts
8
31
Miscellaneous
1910-1940
8
32
Newspaper Clippings
1910-1975
8
33
Oil Burner Patent
1916-1921
8
34
Photographs
8
35
Photographs: Towne
8
36
Photographs and Pictures
8
37
Post Cards
8
38
Proposed Remodeling: Correspondence and
Miscellaneous
1910-1912
8
39
Proposed Remodeling: Cutter & Malmgren,
Architects
1910-1911
8
40
Proposed Remodeling: Emil Schacht & Sons,
Architects
1910
8
41
Proposed Remodeling: Doyle & Patterson, Architects
- Sketch
8
42
Remodel Agreement - Emil Schacht & Son,
Architects
1911
8
43
Proposed Remodeling: Emil Schacht & Sons,
Architects - Photograph
9
1
Reservation Request
9
2
Stockholders Report
1910-1913
9
3
9/4
Post Cards from travels
9
4
Publication - Subscription Recipts
9
5
Misc. Telegrams
1909-1918
9
6
Recipts - Miscellaneous
9
7
Recipts - Personal
9
8
Taxes: Edward and Eleanor Boyce
State, County and City
9
9
Income
1914
9
10
Audit
1917-1924
9
11
Income
1913
9
12
Income
1915
9
13
Income
1916
9
14
Income
1917
9
15
Income
1918
9
16
Income
1919
9
17
Income
1920
9
18
Income
1921
9
19
Income
1922
9
20
Income
1923
9
21
Income
1924
9
22
Income
1925
9
23
Income
1926
9
24
Income
1927
9
25
Income
1928
9
26
Income
1929
9
27
Income
1930
9
28
Income
1931
9
29
Taxes: Portland Hotel
1932-1939
9
30
Income
1932
9
31
Income
1933
9
32
Income
1934
9
33
Income
1935
9
34
Income
1936
9
35
Income
1937
9
36
Income
1938
9
37
Income
1939
9
38
Income
1940
9
39
Income
1941-1945
9
40
Travel Expenses
1920-1943
10
1
A Treatise on Mensuration, Dublin
1881
10
2
Tualatin Tunnel Commission
Minutes of the Board of Directors
1925-1931
10
3
Report to Eastern and Western Utilities
Corporation
10
4
Correspondence: "Applications"
1931-1932
10
5
Application for a Loan from R.F.C.
10
6
Correspondence: H.L. Davenport
Oct. 28, 1931
10
7
Correspondence: Otto Erickson
1932
10
8
Correspondence: E.J. Jaeger
1933
10
9
Correspondence: Rep. Charles Martin
1933
10
10
Correspondence: Chester B. Masslich
1932
10
11
Correspondence: Sen. Charles McNary
1933
10
12
Correspondence: Gov. Julius Meier
1932-1933
10
13
Correspondence: "Misc"
1929-1936
10
14
Correspondence: Masters Modjeski &
Chase
1929-1933
10
15
Correspondence: Newspapers
1931
10
16
Correspondence: Reconstruction Finance
Corp.
1932-1934
10
17
Correspondence: Sen. Frederic Steiner
Mar., 1933
10
18
Correspondence: Harris Stranahan Co.
1932-1933
10
19
Correspondence: Eastern &. Western Utilities
Corporation
1929-1933
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20
Correspondence: Resolutions
1931
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21
"Tunnel Bill"
1931-1932
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22
Western Federation of Miners
"The Miners Magazine." Vol. XII, Nos., 452,
475-476,
Feb. 22, 1912
Aug. 1, 1912
Aug. 8, 1912
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23
Photographs
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24
Scrapbook of News Clippings
1897-1900
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25
Scrapbook of News Clippings
Aug. 19, 1897-Nov. 10, 1899
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26
Portland Hotel
Stock Certificates Redeemed, Nos. 1-100
Aug. 30, 1899-Nov. 7, 1899
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27
Stock Certificates Redeemed: Nos. 101-200
Nov. 7, 1889-Mar. 4, 1890
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28
Stock Certificates Redeemed: Nos. 201-300
Mar. 6, 1890-June 22, 1892
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29
Stock Certificates Redeemed: Nos. 301-400
Aug. 6, 1892-Dec. 22, 1899
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30
Stock Certificates Redeemed: Nos. 401-499
Dec. 28, 1899-Apr. 24, 1908
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31
Misc. Publications
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32
Oversize
Motion Picture Film
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1
Personal Accounts
1927-1929
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2
11/3
Personal Accounts
1932-1936
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3
Portland Hotel: Journal
June 14, 1888-Mar. 31, 1898
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4
Portland Hotel: Stock Ledger
1888-1898
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5
12
Check Books and Canceled Checks