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Joseph Lane papers, 1848-1940, 1850-1858

Title: Joseph Lane papers 1848-1940 1850-1858

Papers include correspondence (1848-1875) received during Lane's service as Oregon's delegate to Congress; territorial proclamations (1847-1849); copy letters written by Lane (1848-1861); photocopy of report (1849) to the U.S. secretary of war concerning the customs and locations of various Indian tribes in the Oregon Territory; mailing lists (1848-1859) of Lane's constituents when he held public office; survey of Lane's donation land claim; orders, reports, and requisitions created while Lane served in the Mexican War; documents (1849-1851) related to the Rogue River Indian wars and Whitman Massacre.

ArchivalResource: 3 cubic feet (7 document cases, 1 oversize folder)

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv57813 View

Grover, La Fayette, 1823-1911. La Fayette Grover papers, 1849-1900.

Title: La Fayette Grover papers, 1849-1900.

Papers of an Oregon lawyer, congressman, governor, and senator. Contains a number of letters relating to Oregon and national politics, and to the 1876 Hayes-Tilden electoral dispute, plus letters from family and friends. Included are speeches by Grover, Grover family genealogical materials, and a transcript of an interview of Grover by Hubert Howe Bancroft titled "Notable things in a public life in Oregon," 1878.

ArchivalResource: .25 cubic feet (1 document case)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144599592 View

Morrison, Robert,. Robert Morrison photographic collection [graphic], circa 1858-1902.

Title: Robert Morrison photographic collection [graphic], circa 1858-1902.

24 black and white and 2 tin-type photographs, circa 1858-1902, of stage coaches in Oregon, the blockhouse at Fort Umpqua, and portraits of: Winema, Mrs. E. M. Lockhart, Capt. L. L. Williams, Dr. Henry Hermann, Samuel R. Thurston, Capt. O. C. Applegate, Jesse Applegate, E. D. Baker, Binger Hermann, Sam and Louisa Dement, Lafayette Grover, James W. Nesmith, Grandma Yoakum and some unidentified.

ArchivalResource: .04 cubic feet (26 photographs in 1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/774999087 View

Deady, Matthew P. (Matthew Paul), 1824-1893. Matthew P. Deady papers, 1850-1923.

Title: Matthew P. Deady papers, 1850-1923.

The collection consists primarily of letters written to Deady from friends and political correspondents, including many of Oregon's leading state and national politicians. Influential forces such as Jesse Applegate and Asahel Bush are voluminously represented as are U.S. senators Joseph Lane, James W. Nesmith, Henry W. Corbett, George Williams and La Fayette Grover. Complementing these is a small set of letters written by Deady to several of the same persons. Deady's personal journal, comprising several volumes, recorded his thoughts and activities during the last twenty-five years of his life. Also included are receipts, cards and invitations amassed over several years and texts of commencement speeches Deady gave in the 1870s and 1880s. Completing the Deady papers are several documents generated and added after Matthew's death by his wife, Lucy Ann Deady, including her autobiographical narrative describing her family's trek from Missouri to Oregon in 1846.

ArchivalResource: 6.5 cu. ft ; 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36432158 View

Oregon Governors and Senators papers, 1848-1903.

Title: Oregon Governors and Senators papers, 1848-1903.

A collection of letters, documents, autographs, and portraits (engravings and photographs) of governors of and United States senators from Oregon.

ArchivalResource: 0.16 linear feet (1 box)

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3165353 View

Alfred Powers papers, 1834-1963

Title: Alfred Powers papers 1834-1963

Collection of original historical materials relating to Oregon and Pacific northwest history, including business records, school records, scrapbooks, catalogs, and ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 4 cubic feet; 8 document cases and 2 flat boxes

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv81896 View

Powers, Alfred. Alfred Powers collection [manuscript], 1834-1963.

Title: Alfred Powers collection [manuscript], 1834-1963.

The collection contains primary source materials relating to a wide variety of Western Americana, including Oregon and Northwest businesses, northwest authors, and other authors and organizations. Includes correspondence, business records, school records, diaries, printed materials, biographical and autobiographical materials, financial records, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Included are materials relating to: Richard Baird; Frederic Homer Balch; E. W. Ball; Charles Henry Carey; Eli Colter; Sabra Connor; Walter M. Cook; Belle W. Cooke; Robert Duniway; Daniel Giles; Sheldon Glover; Elwin G. Greer; Lafayette Grover; Bernard Hinshaw; Bruce LeRoy; Chester A. Lyon; Grace Marquam; John McCracken; Joaquin Miller; Joseph Ouper; Emil Peters; M. A. Pflug; George Pope; Dr. D. H. Rand; Oswald West; Auto Freight Company; Big Brother Farm (Lebanon, Oregon); Ladd & Tilton Bank; the Oregon Council for the Protection of Roadside Beauty; the Oregon Diamond Coal, Mining, and Developing Company; the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company; Portland Academy and Female Seminary; and the Vancouver Transportation Company. Subjects include: Aumsville, Oregon; freemasonry; Japanese American internment; medical practice; mines and mining; Sitka, Alaska; statues; and steamboats.

ArchivalResource: 4 cubic feet (8 document cases and 2 custom boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/264901320 View

Lane, Joseph, 1801-1881. Joseph Lane papers, 1848-1875 (bulk 1850-1858).

Title: Joseph Lane papers, 1848-1875 (bulk 1850-1858).

Papers include: Correspondence (1848-1875) received during Lane's service as Oregon's delegate to Congress; territorial proclamations (1847-1849); copy letters written by Lane (1848-1861); photocopy of report (1849) to the U.S. secretary of war concerning the customs and locations of various Indian tribes in the Oregon Territory; mailing lists (1848-1859) of Lane's constituents when he held public office; survey of Lane's Donation Land Claim; orders, reports, and requisitions created while Lane served in the Mexican War; documents (1849-1851) related to the Rogue River Indian wars and Whitman Massacre. Subjects discussed within the correspondence include Indian affairs, the seat of government controversy (1852), partition of Oregon Territory, political appointments, veterans' pensions, Lane's presidential candidacy in 1852 and 1856, and proposed amendments to the Oregon Donation Land Act.

ArchivalResource: 3 cubic feet (7 document cases, 1 oversize folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34303162 View

Lafayette Grover diary, 1851-1853

Title: Lafayette Grover diary 1851-1853

Lafayette Grover served as Governor of Oregon from 1870-1877 and was then resigned to become a United States Senator. His diary includes entries on his travels from Philadelphia to Portland and on his relations with figures such as Chief Justice Nelson along with his view on legislature.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 linear feet, 1 folder

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv51208 View