Inventory of Oregon Biographical Resources
in Connie Lenzen's Library

Biographies are one of the commonly-used sources that family historians rely upon. Some Oregon biographies have been placed online, but the majority of them are still in book form and are found in libraries. My on-site genealogical library of Oregon biographical resources provides a savings for my clients. There is no travel time to libraries, and the saved time equates to a more thorough search of the records.

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Baumgartner, Josephine, comp. Oregon Historical Quarterly Index Volumes XLI-LXI 1940–1960. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1967.

Brandt, Pat. Oregon Biography Index. Bibliographic Series Number 11. Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press, 1976. The books indexed are:

Carey, Charles Henry. History of Oregon. Chicago: The Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., 1922.

Clar, Robert Carlton. History of the Willamette Valley, Oregon.

Brownell, Jean, comp. Oregon Historical Quarterly Index Volumes 62 through 81. 1961–1980. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1990.

Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1936–1938. Portland, Oregon: Capitol Publishing Company, 1938.

Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1942–1944. Portland, Oregon: Capitol Publishing Company, 1944.

Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon 1948–1949. Portland, Oregon: Capitol Publishing Company, 1948.

Capitol's Who's Who for Oregon Combined with Who's Who for the Western States. 1953. Portland, Oregon: Capitol Publishing Co., 1953.

Carey, Charles Henry. History of Oregon. Volume II. Chicago: The Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., 1922. Note: this is included in GoogleBooks digitized books.

Clark, Malcolm, Eden Seekers The Settlement of Oregon, 1818–1862. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981.

Cogswell, Philip. Capitol Names Individuals Woven Into Oregon's History. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society, 1977.

Corning, Howard McKinley, ed., Dictionary of Oregon History. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, 1956.

Gaston, Joseph. Portland, Oregon Its History and Builders. Volumes Two and Three. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. Note: this is included in GoogleBooks digitized books.

Gaston, Joseph. The Centennial History of Oregon 1811–1912. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. Volumes One, Three, and Four. Note: this is included in GoogleBooks digitized books.

Helm, Mike, comp. The Lockley Files Conversations With Pioneer Women. Eugene, Oregon: Rainy Day Press, 1981.

Helm, Mike, comp. The Lockley Files Visionaries, Mountain Men & Empire Builders. Eugene, Oregon: Rainy Day Press, 1982.

Helm, Mike, comp. The Lockley Files Voices of the Oregon Territory Conversations with Bullwhackers, Muleskinners, Pioneers, Prospectors, '49ers. Eugene, Oregon: Rainy Day Press, 1981.

History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea. Three Volumes. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1928.

History of the Willamette Valley Oregon. Volume Three. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1927.

Leasher, Evelyn. Oregon Women: A Bio-Bibliography. Bibliographic Series No. 18. Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press, 1981.

McLagan, Elizabeth. A Peculiar Paradise a History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788–1940. Portland, Oregon: The Georgian Press, 1980.

Portland The Rose City Pictorial and Biographical. Two Volumes. Portland: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1911.

Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Chicago: Chapman Publishing, 1903.  

Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1904.

Scheuerman, Richard D. The Volga Germans Pioneers of the Northwest. Moscow, Idaho: University Press of Idaho, 1985.

Schmitt, Martin, comp. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the University of Oregon Library. Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon Books, 1971.

Schubert, Zoe, comp. Oregon Historical Quarterly Index Volumes 1 through 40 1900-1939. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1941.

The Oregonian's Handbook of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, Oregon: The Oregonian Publishing Co., 1894.

Who's Who for Oregon 1972. Lake Oswego, Oregon: Capitol Publishing Company, 1972.

Who's Who in Oregon 1929-1930. Oregon City, Oregon: Oregon City Enterprise, 1929.


Other Oregon Resources in Connie Lenzen's Library:

Biographical Census County Records French Canadian Native American Military Oregon Trail & Early Oregon Oregon Catholics Vital Records

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