Likely to William Vandever regarding lease of land on coast for cattle grazing

Letter

List of property received.

Letter announcing Masuo Yasui's reelection to the Hood River Apple Growers Association board of directors with the highest number of votes. Also includes a summary about the history of the association and additional results from the vote count. This document also includes a rough draft of the letter on pages 3-5.
Translation Note: The final draft of the letter on pages 1 and 2 has been translated into modern Japanese and English.

Photograph of a letter by mill worker Albert D. Glibert, handwritten before he shot and killed John W. Bevis, superintendent of the Inman-Poulsen mill in Portland, on February 28, 1931. Glibert had been laid off from his job at the mill. The letter reads: “Possibly due to the terrible condition and unfairness of the dominative class, it is time for a proof or demonstration that some drastic measure must be used so as to effect enough changes to permit all the working people a chance for a living, no use to wait for the favored ones that have plenty to bring any suddent [sic] improvement many of the working people will be starved if it depend [sic] on the satified [sic] to make any changes with out [sic] being forced to do so. I have been treated unfairly and I know it / A. D. Glibert.” A photograph of the letter and image No. 371N0923, a portrait of Glibert, were published on Page 2 of the Oregon Journal on March 1, 1931, under the headline “Slayer and Death Note.” The photograph of the letter had the following caption: “The letter which Albert D. Glibert handed to John W. Bevis, superintendent of the Inman-Poulsen mill, before Glibert shot and killed him Saturday morning indicates that Glibert had been brooding over his discharge from the plant and blamed Bevis for it. The missive is pictured here.” Later, on July 30, 1931, the Journal reported that Glibert had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison. The Journal reported that the plea followed a trial on first-degree murder charges in which the jury was unable to agree on a verdict.

A single-paged letted and envelope for a letter written from Abigail Scott Duniway to Mrs. Isaacs. Th letter is on Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association Letterhead.

A letter from Abigail Scott Duniway to the editor of the Oregon Agricultural College (O.A.C.) Barometer requesting that they run an appeal to voters in their paper in advance of the 1908 election to vote on an equal suffrage amendment for the state of Oregon. The letter is written on the letterhead for the Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association.

Letter written by Abraham Lincoln to Simeon Francis. In the letter Lincoln analyzes his likelihood of success in the 1860 presidential election.

Letter from Alex D. Stockton regarding financial matters

Letter from Alex D. Stockton regarding financial matters

Letter from Alex D. Stockton regarding financial matters

Letter from Alex D. Stockton regarding financial matters relating to the distribution of the Sarah Ann Palmer estate

Letter from Alex D. Stockton regarding financial matters relating to the distribution of the Sarah Ann Palmer estate

Letter from Alex D. Stockton regarding financial matters relating to the distribution of the Sarah Ann Palmer estate

Letter from Alex D. Stockton regarding the death of Sarah Ann Palmer

Handwritten letter by Anna Maria Pittman to her brother George Washington Pittman. Written in New York on April 19, 1834. Anna gives updates on friends and family, and encourages George to find religion. At the bottom of the second page is an acrostic poem written by Anna for her brother. [After arriving in Oregon, Anna Maria Pittman married Reverend Jason Lee.]

Handwritten letter by Anna Maria Pittman to her brother George Washington Pittman. Written in New York on June 9, 1836. Anna wrote this letter as she was preparing to leave her home state of New York to travel by ship to Oregon, where she would join the Oregon Mission. She bids farewell to her brother, who she fears she will never see in person again. She writes of her strong Christian faith, her fears that her brother is not religious, and details of the upcoming voyage on the Ship Hamilton. Anna's signature has been cut out of the bottom of the document. [After arriving in Oregon, Anna Maria Pittman married Reverend Jason Lee.]

Letter from Antonio Valdés to Alessandro Malaspina acknowledging receipt of the map of the Patagonian coast and birds collected by Pineda. Dated 1790 October 1 from San Lorenzo.

Letter from Barbara Bailey to Masuo Yasui dated 26 March 1917. In this letter, Bailey informs Yasui that she is hosting an event with Japanese guests, and asks for Yasui to send traditional Japanese items to use as decoration. She also notes a woman at a Parkdale station who is looking for a Japanese cook and housekeeper, and then asks how Yasui's family is doing. She comments on the failure to pass the Anti-Alien Bill, and comments that she is glad as it was a direct insult to Japan.

A letter written by regional forester C. J. Buck to Marshall N. Dana, district chairman of the National Resources Board. Buck expresses the support of the Forest Service for a proposed interstate park in the Columbia River Gorge. He states that negotiations have already been made to add certain Multnomah County lands to the National Forest.

Letter from Congress Representative Peter DeFazio to Homer Yasui dated 3 April 1987. In the letter, DeFazio affirms his support of HR 442, which supported redress for Japanese-American incarceration.

Letter from Congressional Representative Ron Wyden to Homer Yasui dated 20 March 1987. In this letter, Wyden affirms his support of government action in efforts to correct wrongdoings against Japanese Americans, though suggesting that a public apology through the office of the President and endowments for a special university chair on civil liberties at major U.S. universities would be more effective than reparations payments.

Letter from Consul Toyokazu Nakamura to Masuo Yasui, dated 19 December 1934. In the letter Nakamura notifies Yasui that he will be presented an award from the Japan Industrial Association for his outstanding industrial achievements.
Translation Note: The document has been translated into modern Japanese and English.