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Letter from Pres. Roosevelt to Albert Bauer, 1944

Letter from Pres. Roosevelt to Albert Bauer, 1944

This letter, signed by Pres. Franklin Roosevelt and addressed to Albert Bauer, was found in the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation photographic collection in the S.S. Nehalem …

Oregon History Project
Letter of Appreciation to Roseburg Housewives

Letter of Appreciation to Roseburg Housewives

H.E. Cully, Secretary of the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce, drafted this letter in 1927 to express his gratitude to the "housewives" of Roseburg for being …

Oregon History Project
Letter, Portland Traction Company from Student

Letter, Portland Traction Company from Student

In this letter to the Portland Traction Company, Oak Grove School fourth grader Judith Kopp expresses her concerns regarding the company's plans to discontinue trolley …

Oregon History Project
Letter to Louis Ambler, 1961

Letter to Louis Ambler, 1961

This October 16, 1961, letter was sent to Louis Ambler, Regional Director of the Federal Housing Administration in San Francisco, to protest the Housing Authority …

Oregon History Project
Letter to Margaret McLeod

Letter to Margaret McLeod

This letter was sent to Margaret McLeod by American Red Cross Chairman Basil O'Connor in recognition of McLeod's service during World War II. McLeod was …

Oregon History Project
Letter to the Editor, Difficulties in Oregon

Letter to the Editor, Difficulties in Oregon

John Beeson was a humanitarian activist who spent much of his life trying to protect Indian rights. He wrote this letter to the New York …

Oregon History Project
Letter to the Editor, Unjust to Women, 1908

Letter to the Editor, Unjust to Women, 1908

In this letter to editor Clara Bewick Colby of the Woman’s Tribune, author Louisa Dana Haring of Chicago, Illinois expressed her distaste for laws …

Oregon History Project
Letter to the Editor, Voting No

Letter to the Editor, Voting No

This letter to the editor written by E. F. Riley was published in the May 29, 1915 issue of the Oregon Voter, a conservative …

Oregon History Project
Liberal Hall, Silverton

Liberal Hall, Silverton

This photograph of Silverton, Oregon’s Main Street (at Water Street) was taken between 1896 and 1898.  At the time, the short-lived Liberal University was conducting …

Oregon History Project
Liberty Temple at SW 6th Avenue, c. 1918

Liberty Temple at SW 6th Avenue, c. 1918

During World War I, patriotic Portland volunteers used donated materials and funding to build Liberty Temple as a place for patriotic rallies and the state …

Oregon History Project

Interpretive Essays

Interpretive essays use primary documents from the Oregon Historical Society archives to help readers imagine the events, people, and issues that shaped Oregon history.