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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 …
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Letter from Samuel R. Thurston to Wesley Shannon, June 22, 1850, regarding Oregon's Black exclusion laws
Click here for full letter. Click here for transcript. This letter was written by Territorial Representative Samuel Thurston in 1850 to his friend and …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair
One of Portland’s grandest parades started at the corner of Sixth and Montgomery streets at 10 a.m. on June 1, 1905. Mounted police led off, …
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