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Whiteaker, John, 1820-1902

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Joelle Smith portraits of Oregon pioneers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5058
Abstract

Ink portraits of famous Oregon pioneers, including George Abernathy, Jonathan Bourne, Robert Gray, Joseph Lane, John McLoughlin, Joe Meek, Peter Skene Ogden, Oswald West, John Whiteaker, Narcissa Whitman, W. S. U'Ren and Jason Lee, and Oregon pioneer archetypes, such as a trapper and farmer.

Dates: 1976

John Whiteaker collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 254
Abstract

Materials relating to John Whiteaker, first governor of the state of Oregon. Collection includes a handwritten autobiography; Whiteaker family bible, with genealogical information; 1950s correspondence to Whiteaker's descendants regarding the autobiography; and a photograph of Whiteaker at the time of his governorship, as well as two portraits of him in later life.

Dates: 1848-1959

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Fine Arts 1
Governors -- Oregon 1
Oregon -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Pioneers -- Oregon 1
Pioneers -- Oregon -- Pictorial works 1