Dorothy Johansen papers [manuscript], 1827-1967.

Pierce, Walter Marcus, 1861-1954

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Walter Marcus Pierce (1861-1954) was a rancher, educator and legislator in Oregon. From the guide to the Walter Marcus Pierce papers, 1916-1945, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Born on a farm in Grundy County, Illinois on May 20, 1861, Walter M. Pierce was U.S. Congressman for Eastern Oregon's Second District from 1933-1943. He served as Governor of Oregon from 1923-1927. An active member of the Democratic Party, Pierce was essentially a Populist. He was an arde...

Newell, Robert, 1807-1869

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Robert Newell was a fur trapper, pioneer, State legislator, and Indian agent of Oregon. From the description of Memorandum of Robert Newell's travels in the territory of Missouri, 1829-1842. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 55674689 Robert Newell was a fur trapper, pioneer, Oregon State legislator, Indian agent, and a member of a commission sent by Oregon's Provisional Government to hold council with Indian tribes on the Columbia River after the Whitman ...

Meek, Joseph Lafayette, 1810-1875

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Hustler, Eliza Jane (McKean), 1834-1935.

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Simpson, John T., b. 1841.

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Pennoyer, Sylvester, 1831-1902

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Sylvester Pennoyer (1831–1902) was an attorney, businessman, and politician in Oregon. Served as Governor of Oregon from 1886 to 1895 and major of Portland from 1896 to 1898. From the guide to the Sylvester Pennoyer scrapbook, 1852-1916, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) ...

Withycombe, James, 1854-1919.

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James Withycombe was born in Devonshire, England in 1854. Educated in England, he came to Oregon in 1871. He studied agriculture and later became the director of the Oregon Agricultural College's experiment station. In 1900, Withycombe became a U.S. citizen. Withycombe won the Republican nomination for governor in 1914 and was eventually elected to two terms. He suddenly became ill and died on March 3, 1919. From the description of James Withycombe papers, 1862-1919. (Oregon Historic...

Terry, Samuel, 1973-1873.

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Crocker, Anna Belle, 1867-1961.

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Hudson's Bay Company

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The Hudson's Bay Company began in 1670, and by the 1820s it had expanded to the Pacific Northwest. John McLoughlin served as the head of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia district. In this position, which McLoughlin held for twenty-one years, he oversaw the company's operations throughout the entire Pacific Northwest. Researching the role Dr. McLoughlin played in the history of the Hudson's Bay Company were Robert C. Clark and Burt B. Barker. Both were historians at the University of Oregon wh...

McKean, Polly Hicks.

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Barry, J. Neilson (John Neilson), 1870-1961

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Born in Wilmington, N.C., 11/26/1870, son of Major Robert Peabody Barry and Julia Kean Neilson; served as an Episcopal minister in Spokane, Wash., New York City, Washington, D.C., and Baker, Or., from 1895-1913; probation officer with the police court in Spokane, Wash., 1913-1922; moved to Portland, Or., in 1922 and did historical research and writing; died 2/26/1961. From the description of Captain Clark's 1806 map of the Willamette River : made from Indian charcoal and sand maps an...

Johansen, Dorothy O.

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Dorothy Johansen (1904- ) was a professor of history at Reed College and the chairman of the Portland School Board. From the description of Dorothy Johansen papers [manuscript], 1827-1967. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 752321990 From the guide to the Dorothy Johansen papers, 1827-1967, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Dorothy Johansen was born in Seaside, Oregon, in 1904, attending Astoria High School and Oregon Normal...