Benjamin Young was a salmon canner, banker, real estate promoter of Astoria, Oregon and worked for the British America Packing Company. The collection contains letterpress copy books that include personal and business correspondence, a record book of the Ben Young Land Company, a scrapbook, and twenty-one volumes of British America Packing Company journals, cash books, letterpress copy books, ledgers, and invoice books, 1882-1906.

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Guide to the Benjamin Young Papers

Lin (Lynn) J. Searles (1914-1972) was a professional magician/proprietor of magic shops and writer of Western stories and television series’. The collection consists of his correspondence, manuscripts, tear sheets, and financial documents.

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Guide to the Lin J. Searles Papers

Established in 1837, the Willamette Cattle Company was formed with the expressed purpose of purchasing cattle in California and bringing it to the Oregon Territory. The collection consists of letters and receipts.

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Guide to the Willamette Cattle Company Correspondence and Receipts

Gerald Victor Hurley (1898-1978) was a businessman, historian, and writer. Collection includes book length manuscripts, articles and short stories, miscellaneous items, memorabilia, and correspondence.

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Guide to the G. Victor Hurley Papers

Phi Chi Theta is a business and economics fraternity that was founded on June 16, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois; the now inactive University of Oregon chapter was formed in 1962. The collection includes correspondence, minutes, office files and artifacts, 1976-1978

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Guide to the Phi Chi Theta Records

The University of Oregon began offering a business curriculum in 1884. Originally called the School of Commerce, it was renamed the School of Business Administration in 1920, and was renamed Lundquist College of Business (LCB) in honor of alumnus and generous donor Charles H. Lundquist, in 1993.

The collection contains records from the Dean’s Office, from departments, and from work with local businesses. Material includes economic studies, correspondence, annual reports, surveys, questionnaires, and staff meeting minutes.

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Guide to the Lundquist College of Business (LCB) Records

Charles Ellicott Johnson (1920-1969) worked as an accountant before serving at the University of Oregon as Head of the Department of Accounting and Business Statistics in 1959, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts in 1963, and finally as Acting President of the University in 1968. The collection includes biographical material, correspondence, speeches, reports, schedules, publications, and clippings relating to his professional career as an accountant and to his positions at the University of Oregon.

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Guide to the Charles E. Johnson Papers

Hillcrest Orchard, near Medford, Oregon, was established by W.H. Stewart in 1904 and was purchased in 1908 by seattle investor Reginald H. Parsons, whose family currently continues to own and operate the orchard. The collection contains correspondence, business and financial files regarding Hillcrest Orchard and other financial holdings of Reginald H. Parsons, as well as material regarding Parsons’ personal, family, and civic interests.

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Guide to the Hillcrest Orchard Records

Woodlawn Plywood company was located in Hoquiam, WA. The collection contains ledgers and journals, cash, sales, account, and stock information, correspondence, deeds and leases, contracts and mortgages, and ledgers of the Northern Timber company.

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Guide to the Woodlawn Plywood Co. and the Northern Timber Co. Records

The Lane County Farmer’s Union Cooperative mill was built in 1923, primarily to process grain. The collection contains meeting minutes, reports, audits, ledgers, and pamphlets.

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Lane County Farmers Union Cooperative Warehouse Co. Records