Photocopy of a document date Nov. 28th 1857, the name Lorenzo Palmer is written on the top of the page.

Includes biographical sketch of Joel Palmer

Covers 1856-06-21 through 1856-08-21, with end notes.

“on the subject of removing the Indians from Rogue River to coast reservation and the purchase of grand ronde”

“on the subject of treating with the Indians”

Draft of letter from Joel Palmer to Thomas H. Smith regarding the distribution of regulations to local Indian Agents

Draft of letter from Joel Palmer to E.P. Drew regarding the distribution of regulations to local Indian Agents

Note from Alessandro Malaspina to the Comandante General de Cartagena de Indias accompanying initialed boxes to be sent to Quartermaster of Cadiz. The note is signed by Malaspina, from Panama. The note details the contents of the boxes which contained natural history items including birds, minerals, wood and plants collected by Née and Haecke, and a broken chronometer being returned to Cadiz.

Minoru Yasui's resume in the form of a letter to Inosuke Iwasa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Japan-America Kyorei Kyokai (Japan-America Mutual Encouragement Association), City of Hood River, Imperial Consulate in Portland. The document includes Minoru's educational history and achievements, including passing the Oregon State Bar Admission Test and obtaining a license to practice law from the Oregon State Bar. A letter of recommendation in English from the University of Oregon School of Law is also included.
Translation Note: The Japanese portion of this document has been translated into modern Japanese and English.

Memorandum from Yasui Brothers, dated 30 November 1925. This memo certifies that Tokujiro Yasui was employed by Yasui brothers as manager of Dee Ranch from March 1920 to April 1923, and then was serving as manager at Mosier from April 1923 to November 1925, at the time of when the letter was written. It also certifies that Yasui is married and that he and his wife have two minor children.

A draft of a resume and cover letter prepared by Masuo Yasui at the request of the Consulate General of Japan at Portland in regards to his nomination for an award for outstanding effort towards improving U.S.-Japan relationships from the Nippon Industrial Society. Information in the resume includes Masuo's education in Japan, his reason for moving to the U.S., his career after arriving in the U.S., the formation of the Columbia Grower Company, and his participation in a wide variety of community activities including the founding of the Japanese Association of Oregon, work to prevent the passage of anti-Japanese land exclusion bills, the founding of the Japan-America Society, and his reception of an award for distinguished industrial service from the Japan-America Industrial Association. The document also includes an overview of the Yasui Brothers business and a cover letter to the Consulate General of Japan at Portland.
Translation Note: The document has been translated into modern Japanese and English. The last two pages of the document, which are untranslated contain a second draft of the cover letter.

Twenty-one letters written by Lorenzo Lorain between 1855 and 1861. The letters contain descriptions of Lorain’s military service, including yellow fever epidemics, the forced removal of Native peoples from the western region of the Oregon Territory to the Coast Reservation, and his photography. The letters are addressed from West Point Academy, Aspinwall, Fort Dalles, San Francisco, Fort Walla Walla, Fort Umpqua, and Camp Day near the Klamath Basin. The correspondents include Lorain’s father, Dr. Henry Tilden Lorain, and his sisters, Mary Jane Ashman and Martha (Merty) Eliza Lorain.

Two letters addressed to Marshall N. Dana, District Chairman of the National Resources Board, regarding a proposed interstate park in the Columbia River Gorge. The first letter is from A. S. Burrier, land planning consultant for the state of Oregon, in which Burrier suggests extending the proposed land purchase areas to include all of the privately owned lands from Crown Point to Cascade Locks. The second letter is from regional land planning consultant Harold H. Henry, who also recommends expanding the area of purchased land to include the area west of Prindle and the Wauna Lake region in Washington. Included with the second letter is an extract from a report that supports the creation of the Gorge project

This document contains two handwritten letters, both written to George Washington Pittman, brother of Anna Maria Pittman, on April 21, 1834 in New York. On the front is a letter to George Washington Pittman from his father, George W. Pittman, who writes him updates about the family. George Washington Pittman's address is listed as, "Fort Gibson U.S. Dragoons, Arkansas River, Arkansas Territory." Below is a note informing George that the family will be moving soon. On the back is a letter to George Washington Pittman from Mr. C. Hawley concerning the recent death of Hawley's son, Francis, in the military. Hawley asks George to keep Francis' personal items and clothing, and asks him to send Francis' obituary. At the bottom of the letter is a post script addressed to the Commanding Officer, asking that Francis Hawley's clothing be given to George.

Letter from Joel Palmer regarding the sale of lot 199 in Dayton, Oregon to B.F. Murphy, Letter of sale of the same plot to J.W. Miller, and the leter transfer of the lot to Andrew Smith.