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Yosemite

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1105

Scope and Contents

One bound typescript and photograph album titled "Yosemite," created by Dorsey B. Smith and dated Portland, May 10, 1901. Contains a detailed account of the author's trip from Portland, Oregon, to the Yosemite Valley and the Sequoia areas in California.

Dates

  • 1901

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical note

Dorsey B. Smith was born in Tennessee in 1872 and moved to Illinois in his youth, where he learned the printing trade. He attended business school in Kentucky, then moved to Oregon as the secretary to the president of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. He later became known for his "Journal Tours" owned his own travel company, and was the proprietor of the Cloud Cap Inn near Mount Hood. For a time he was the president of the Portland Rotary Club.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 oversize folder (12x15) in shared flat box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Typescript and photograph album titled "Yosemite," created by Dorsey B. Smith and dated Portland, May 10, 1901. Contains a detailed account of the author's trip from Portland, Oregon, to the Yosemite Valley and the Sequoia areas in California. Smith (born 1872) moved to Oregon as the secretary to the president of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. He later owned a travel company and was the proprietor of the Cloud Cap Inn near Mount Hood.

Custodial History

Found in the files of Priscilla Knuth, editor of the Oregon Historical Quarterly.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Lib. Acc. 24708.

Title
Guide to "Yosemite"
Status
Completed
Date
2012
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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