James Withycombe papers, 1862-1919.

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James Withycombe papers, 1862-1919.

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Papers include: Correspondence (1918) with Republican committee members, news editors, and supporters of Withycombe's 1918 re-election campaign; farm, sheep and cattle records, as well as Oregon Agricultural College experiment station records (1876-1909); R.A. Carpenter's estate papers (1862-1898); and Withycombe's citizenship records (1900). Papers also include one box containing unbound scrapbook with newspaper clippings on a variety of subjects. Correspondents include Edward E. Brodie, John W. Cochran, J.M. Shelley, Thomas H. Tongue, Jr., and Woodrow Wilson.

4.05 cubic feet (9 document cases)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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Oregon State University. Agricultural Experiment Station.

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Carpenter, R. A.

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