W. Harry Hembree was a ship captain and master ship builder in Oregon. His family, and the Kellogg family, owned and built ships and created a freight transportation company in the Willamette Valley. The W. Harry Hembree Papers consist of the retelling of Hembree’s grandfather’s 1843 overland journey, a 1947 interview in which Hembree reminisces about his family and his life, and Hembree’s 1912 log of the Althea voyage from Portland, Oregon to Alaska.

Call number: CB H371

Guide to the W. Harry Hembree Papers

Delta Nu Alpha is an international organization dedicated to transportation and logistics. The collection contains University of Oregon chapter records that document the functions, activities, and people of the organization. Records include correspondence, newsletters, meeting minutes, membership files, national materials, subject files on transportation topics, and photographs, 1947-1958.

Call number: UA 101

Guide to the Delta Nu Alpha Transportation Fraternity. University of Oregon Chapter Records

William J. Smith (dates unknown) grew up in Detroit, Oregon, at the turn of the century, and went into the family timber business. The Smith & Smith Mill processed timber in the Macky Place area. The collection consists of 69 photographs documenting the mill, the original town of Detroit, and landscape, and include several shots of the transportation of a donkey engine across a river and up a steep slope in 1911.

Call number: PH025

Guide to the William J. Smith photographs

Augustus Ripley Burbank was a businessman in the West and Midwest. The A.R. Burbank papers consist of three volumes of diaries. The diaries discuss overland travel to California, the growth of Portland and Lafayette, Oregon, personal issues and the growth and development of railroads in the Willamette Valley. The frequency of the diary entries varies from nonexistent for many years to almost daily.

Call number: A 013

Guide to the A.R. Burbank diaries

The collection consists of 111 black and white photographic prints of road and railroad construction projects that the J.W. Sweeney Construction Company undertook throughout Oregon from 1904 to 1926.

Call number: PH317

Guide to the J.W. Sweeney Construction Company photographs

H.W. Corbett (1827-1903) and H. Failing (1834 – 1898) brothers (by marriage), business partners and politicians. Collection contains 1, 20 paged volume of various bills of lading, shipping tickets and freight bills relating to  Corbett and Failing’s business in the Pacific Northwest.

Call number: CA B497

Guide to the H.W. Corbett and H.W Failing Collection of Bills of Lading, Shipping Tickets and Freight Bills Relating to Pacific Northwest Vessels

The Hurricane was a sailing ship. This collection includes Hurricane documents, receipts, and related papers.

Call number: B 035

Guide to the Hurricane (Sailing ship) Documents, Receipts, and Related Papers

People’s Transportation Co. of Salem, Oregon was incorporated in 1862, and sold in 1871 to the Willamette Transportation Co. The collection contains proceedings of the stockholders and directors.

Call number: Bx 039

Guide to the People’s Transportation Co. Records

James Taylor Gray (1852-1928) was a ship designer and transportation magnate involved in railroads and shipping in Oregon and Alaska. The collection consists of correspondence, business papers, plans and specifications for steamboat designs and parts, and photographs.

Call number: Ax 207

Guide to the James T. Gray Papers