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U.S. District Judge Matthew Deady
Matthew Deady was a founder of the Multnomah County Library, President of the Board of Regents of the University of Oregon, and presided over Oregon’s …
U.S. Mail Boat, Rogue River, Gold Beach
Due to the mountainous and isolated terrain of southern Oregon, early settlers used boats on the Rogue River to transport themselves and goods from the …
Ukrainian Pysanky
This photograph of Hedy Connelly (left) and her daughter, Kaleene Connelly (right), posing with their Ukrainian pysanky eggs was taken by Leila Childs at the …
Umatilla Indians Compensated for Celilo Flooding
This photograph shows representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation signing a financial compensation agreement for the inundation of Celilo Falls fishing …
Umatilla Project Map, 1910
Between 1906 and 1908, the federal government built the first part of the Umatilla Irrigation Project, a large-scale development to divert water from the Umatilla …
Umpqua River Entrance
This chart of the Umpqua River entrance was made by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1896. It is one of several dozen U.S. …
Under Attack at Nootka Sound, 1803
This engraving is an illustration from the 1816 edition of A Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt. It is likely …
Union Fisherman's Co-operative Packing Co.
The photograph shows the cannery building and net drying racks of the Union Fishermen’s Co-Operative Packing Company in Astoria in the early 1920s. The salmon …
Union League Secret Code and Translation
This coded message was created by a national organization called the Union League, a fraternal/political club with many chapters formed during the Civil War to …
Union Station, 1913
Union Station, shown here in 1913, opened in 1896 after several delays. It was one part of Henry Villard’s grand vision for Portland. Villard wanted to …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.
