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Argus-Extra. Late from the South. More Indian Murders!

A clipping from the "Oregon Argus" newspaper. The clipping is a reprint from the "Oregon Statesman" and details the arrival of S. B. Hadley at Corvallis with a petition from Umpqua Valley citizens to Governor Curry requesting volunteers to "repel the hostilities of the Shasta and Rogue River Indians."

Oregon Argus

An act to provide for a special election

An act by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oregon announcing a special election in each of the counties in the territory. Positions to be elected in each county include three judges of the probate court, one clerk of the probate court, one sherriff, one assessor, one county treasurer, one school commissioner, and justices of the peace.

Oregon Territory (Provisional government, 1843-1849)

Untitled proclamation by Governor Joseph Lane announcing a special session of the Legislative Assembly

An untitled proclamation by Governor Joseph Lane calling a Special Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oregon. The second page is a proclamation encouraging all civil officers and citizens to seize deserters and deliver them to any commissioned officer in the service of the United States.

Lane, Joseph, 1801-1881

Untitled circular to Oregon emigrants issued by Governor George Abernethy about emigration routes and preferred conduct towards Native peoples

A secretly-printed broadside issued by Governor George Abernethy and circulated among immigrants traveling west. The circular describes preferred conduct towards Native peoples and warns against trying new routes, encouraging families to "keep the old road."

Oregon Territory (Provisional government, 1843-1849)

Broadside of Western Defense Command instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry

Broadside printed in green text detailing the provisions of Civilian Exclusion Order No. 46 issued by General J. L. Dewitt. It is directed towards Japanese Americans living in Clackamas and eastern Multnomah Counties. The notice reads that "all persons of Japanese ancestry, both alien and non-alien, will be evacuated from [all of Clackamas County and Multnomah County east of 122nd Avenue] by 12 o'clock noon, P.W.T., May 12, 1942." The notice contains instructions for how Japanese Americans should report to the Civil Control Station located on the Gresham Fairgrounds "to receive further instructions" between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM on either May 7th or May 8th, along with guidelines of what possessions they may or may not bring with them.

United States. Army. Western Defense Command

Lake Oswego Development Co. letter to Newton Langerman

A letter from the Lake Oswego Development Co. making an offer of land to a buyer in 1949. The letter stipulates that the property is “definitely restricted to the white race.” The black community defeated racist business practices such as this one by working with local and state leaders to pass the Civil Rights Bill, or Public Accommodations Bill, in 1953, which entitled all Oregonians “to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any place of public accommodation, resort or amusement, without any distinction, discrimination or restriction on account of race, religion, color, or national origin.” That law was followed by the Oregon Fair Housing Law in 1957 (amended in 1959).

Lake Oswego Development Co. (Or.)

Manuscripts

Manuscripts discussing the Braly Museum of Natural History in Depoe Bay, a proposed Portland natural history museum, and birds in Arizona.

Finley, Irene

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