News releases, pt. 8
Scope and Contents
1. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, April 21, [no year given]. Pioneer lore surrounding place names (2 pages).
2. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, July 12, [no year given]. Elk Creek in Marion County and other animal names given to Oregon streams, as well as tree names given to Oregon creeks (1 page).
3. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, July 13, [no year given]. Elk Creek in Yamhill County and other animal names given to Oregon streams (1 page, 2 copies).
4. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, April 26, [no year given]. Cape Perpetua and other Oregon place names (2 pages).
5. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, July 13, [no year given]. Bear Creek in Wheeler County and other animal names given to Oregon streams, as well as tree names given to Oregon creeks (2 pages, 2 copies).
6. Oregon Writers' Project. December 13, 1939, Gold Beach (1 page, 2 copies).
7. Oregon Writers' Project. December 13, 1939, First census in 1850 (1 page, 2 copies).
8. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 25, [no year given]. Gold Beach potluck Christmas dinner (3 pages, 2 copies).
9. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 20, [no year given]. Early mail service in Oregon (2 pages, 2 copies).
10. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 29, [no year given]. American Guide Series display at Oregon State Teachers' Association (1 page, 2 copies).
11. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 29, [no year given]. Cottage Grove history (1 page, 3 copies).
12. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 7, [no year given]. Chief Comcomly (2 pages, 2 copies).
13. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 7, [no year given]. Flood of 1861 (2 pages, 2 copies).
14. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 20, [no year given]. Christmas cigars (1 page, 2 copies).
15. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 20, [no year given]. Christmas, 1805 (2 pages, 2 copies).
16. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 16, [no year given]. Requests from local fire departments to WPA to compile histories (2 pages).
17. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 16, [no year given]. Early days of Jacksonville and Umatilla Landing (1 page, 2 copies).
18. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 15, [no year given]. Series about Oregon weather exaggerations called 'Webfoot Wonders' (2 pages, 2 copies).
19. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 15, [no year given]. Fort Harney (2 pages, 2 copies).
20. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 12, [no year given]. Almanac for New Yorkers (2 pages, 2 copies).
21. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 9, [no year given]. 'Rule of Two' by Manly Bannister (1 page, 2 copies).
22. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 8, [no year given]. Douglas County township surveyor oddities (2 pages, 2 copies).
23. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, December 7, [no year given]. Willamette and Columbia Rivers (2 pages).
24. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, November 28, [no year given]. Civil War still being fought in Oregon as late as 1871 (1 page, 2 copies).
25. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, November 25, [no year given]. Bakeoven (2 pages, 2 copies).
26. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, November 17, [no year given]. Diamond jewelry thrown into Yaquina Bay per a will's instructions (2 pages, 2 copies).
27. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, November 16, [no year given]. Drama of the Barlow Road (3 pages, 2 copies).
28. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, November 15, [no year given]. Thanksgiving dinner cooked in a log (4 pages, 2 copies).
29. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, November 15, [no year given]. Adaptation of Oregon State Highway Department maps for Oregon Guide tours (2 pages, 2 copies).
30. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, November 11, [no year given]. Leland R. Gilbert, Oregon National Guard, story (3 pages, 2 copies).
31. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, November 11, [no year given]. Howard S. Sewall military story (3 pages).
32. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, November 11, [no year given]. Armistice Day celebration by Allied forces in Vladivostok, Siberia (3 pages, 2 copies).
33. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, November 11, [no year given]. Sara Wrenn war stories (5 pages, 2 copies).
34. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, November 5, [no year given]. Sarah Todd, Oregon's oldest suffragette (1 page, 2 copies).
35. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, November 15, [no year given]. Oregon Country's first Thanksgiving (2 pages, 2 copies).
36. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, November 5, [no year given]. Sarah Todd, centenarian (1 page, 2 copies).
37. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, November 1, [no year given]. Portland's first automobile (3 page, 2 copies).
38. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 31, [no year given]. A Fair that moves from town to town, Sherman County (1 page, 2 copies).
39. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 30, [no year given]. Sandy River (2 pages, 2 copies).
40. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 26, [no year given]. First woman voter in Oregon Country (2 pages, 2 copies).
41. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 25, [no year given]. Willamette River Locks (2 pages).
42. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 24, [no year given]. Seventy-third Anniversary of Oregon State College (3 pages, 2 copies).
43. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 24, [no year given]. Moving boulder seen as Halloween spook (2 pages, 2 copies).
44. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 21, [no year given]. Archeological history of ORegon (1 page, 2 copies).
45. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 17, [no year given]. Oregon climate (2 pages, 2 copies).
46. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 17, [no year given]. Forest Grove and the bossy cow (2 pages).
47. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 17, [no year given]. Early entrance requirements to University of Oregon (1 page, 2 copies).
48. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 14, [no year given]. Sumpter (3 pages, 2 copies).
49. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 14, [no year given]. Portland's first volunteer fire department (2 pages).
50. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 14, [no year given]. Portland's first fireman's parade and Susan B. Anthony (2 pages).
51. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 13, [no year given]. Fire insurance in Portland (4 pages).
52. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 13, [no year given]. Colonel the fire horse (2 pages).
53. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 13, [no year given]. First fireboat in Portland (4 pages).
54. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, October 12, [no year given]. Cistern for fire fighting in Portland (2 pages).
55. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, May 2, [no year given]. Meno (2 pages).
56. Federal Writers' Findings. Collowash River changed to Schreiner Peak (1 page).
57. Work of the Federal Writers' Project. Reprinted from Publishers' Weekly of March 18, 1939 (4 pages).
58. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, May 1, [no year given]. Request for help with Douglas County place names (1 page).
59. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, April 27, [no year given]. Request for help with Oregon place names (2 pages).
60. Federal Writers' Project. Portland, May 1, [no year given]. Request for help with Jefferson County place names (2 pages).
Dates
- Creation: 1935-1943
Full Extent
1 Folder : Pages are 5.5" H x 8.5" W
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the State Library of Oregon Special Collections Repository