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  • William Sill Records, 1894-1933 (bulk 1903-1906)
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William Sill Records, 1894-1933 (bulk 1903-1906)

July 23, 2014
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Inventor Name

Sill, William

Repository

Oregon Historical Society
Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97205
503-306-5240
http://www.ohs.org/

Physical Description

50 cubic feet (101 document cases, 1 card file box, 20 flat boxes, 1 oversize folder)

Summary

Records of an international exposition held in Portland, Oregon, in 1905. Includes extensive correspondence files covering all aspects of the fair from its inception to its demolition; contracts, financial records, drawings, printed matter, and pictorial works. Also includes correspondence of exposition officers Henry E. Dosch, Frank Vincent DuMond, Henry W. Goode, Henry E. Reed, and John Wakefield, among others. Under Correspondence, General, Siamese Royal Commission to Smallwood, A., 1904-1905, there is a folder for William Sill--patented inventions, undated.

Finding Aid

http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/nwda-search/fstyle.aspx?doc=OHYMSS1609.xml&t=k&q=inventions

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