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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Lidgerwood 1913 Cableway Skidder
Overhead yarding systems greatly accelerated the pace of work in the woods during the first decades of the twentieth century. This important technological innovation allowed …
Lincoln County Guerrillas
This photograph was taken by an Oregon Journal photographer in April 1942. It shows Company A of the Lincoln County Guerrillas standing in formation on …
Lincoln High School Air-Raid Drill, 1950
This photograph originally appeared in the Oregon Journal as an illustration for an article by Dan Flanagan, titled “Portland Schools Map Air Raid Precautions.” The …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.
