Oregon Historical Society Research Center3.5 cubic feet (6 document cases, 1 oversize folder)Collection of diaries, correspondence, sermons, legal documents, autographs, genealogies, and ephemera of Aaron Ladner Lindsley, Presbyterian missionary in Wisconsin, New York, Oregon, and Alaska, and pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Portland, Oregon; his wife Julia West Lindsley; daughter Emily Lindsley Ross, author and genealogist; son-in-law James Thorburn Ross, Portland attorney, banker, realtor, and promoter; and other family members.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Oregon Historical Society Research Center(6 oversize folders)Collection includes: Plans, specifications and drawings for churches, temples and commercial buildings in Oregon, ca. 1914-1929. Houghtaling and Dougan was an architectural firm in Portland, Oregon.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Oregon Historical Society Research Center.16 cubic feet (i oversize folder)Collection includes: Drawings, plans, elevations, sections and details for the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Howard Baker at 1803 SW Hawthorn Terr. in Portland, Oregon, July 1974. Richard J. Marlitt (1909-1989) was a Portland architect and author, who was married to Lucy Corbett.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Oregon Historical Society Research Center.02 cubic feet (1 folder)Photocopy manuscript letters to his sister Mary, August 27 and September 11, 1887, written while he was seeking to practice medicine at the Vancouver Barracks, Washington Territory; Photocopy extract from "The Era", Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, December 6, 1893, regarding his recent settlement in the area and his professional background. Per note in collection: Henry Elsing (1863-1923) began studying medicine at the Vancouver Barracks, Washington Territory, under Col. Basil Norris, Surgeon and Medical Director of the U. S. Army.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Oregon Historical Society Research Center44 x 37 cm.Collection includes: 10 plans, elevations and details on 8 sheets of a house for Miss Johnson in Portland, Oregon, 1923. Roscoe D. Hemenway was an architect in Portland, Oregon.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Oregon Historical Society Research Center1Letters, postcards, and photographs, sent to Jeanne Daugherty of Portland from correspondents throughout the world, ca. 1935-2000.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Oregon Historical Society Research Center.29 cubic feet (1 album)Approximately 500 black and white photographs, with maps, ephemera and newspaper clippings in 1 album, 1901-1905 and 1948-1949, of numerous tourist and historic sites in Portland and Oregon including photographs of plaques placed at these sites, almost all include captions.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Oregon Historical Society Research Center29 linear ft.: 51 document cases 2 card file boxes 7 oversize map foldersPapers include in-depth material on Joseph L. Miller's crusade to collect and organize information on the Bull Run Reserve and watershed and to expand public awareness of threats to its famed pristine water through formation of the Bull Run Interest Group (BRIG) and lawsuits he initiated against the U.S. Forest Service. Bull Run is the main source of water for Portland, Or., and other smaller communities in the area.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Oregon Historical Society Research Center.45 cubic feet (1 record carton)Collection includes: Legal documents relating to the purchase of lands in Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Multnomah, Tillamook and Washington Counties, Oregon but the Edmund Hall Land Co. of Detroit, Michigan, 1860-1910.Contact InformationFinding Aid
Oregon Historical Society Research Center45 x 59.5 cm. to 46 x 71.5 cm.34 plans, sections, details and elevations on 5 sheets of a house for Mr. & Mrs. William Drew in the Forest Hills area of Lake Oswego, Oregon, scale: 1/8" : 1' to 1:1, 1939. Van Evera Bailey (1903-1980) was a Portland architect best known for his residential design work.Contact InformationFinding Aid
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