Newell, Robert, 1807-1869
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Leslie M. Lowell papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 899
Abstract
Typescript articles, typed by Leslie M. Lowell, on Robert Newell, James Sinclair, Umpqua Valley geology and early settlement, and "A trip from Washoe, Nevada, to Douglas County, Oregon, 1863."
Dates:
circa 1890-1960
Robert Newell papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1197
Abstract
Papers of Robert Newell (1807-1869), a trapper, emigrant to Oregon, and Indian agent. Includes a typescript copy of Newell's diary of an 1868 voyage from Portland, Oregon, to Washington, D.C., with Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) leaders; handwritten copies of letters regarding William Gray's "History of Oregon"; and Newell's account of the 1843 meeting at Champoeg, which formed the provisional government of the Oregon Territory. Only a small number of the items are original documents.
Dates:
1829-1868
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- Diaries 1
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon 1
- Geology -- Oregon -- Umpqua River Valley 1
- Indian agents -- Idaho -- Diaries 1
- Indians of North America -- Idaho -- Treaties 1
- Missouri -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
- Native Americans 1
- Nez Percé Indians -- Treaties 1
- Oregon Territory -- Politics and government 1
- Overland journeys to the Pacific 1
- Pioneers -- Northwest, Pacific 1
- Pioneers -- Oregon -- Correspondence 1
- Umpqua River Valley (Or.) -- History 1
- articles 1
- correspondence 1
- diaries 1
- reminiscences 1