Yosemite

Collection

Identifier: Org. Lot 1105

Staff Only

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

Creation: 1901

Creator

Smith, Dorsey B. (Person)

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

Additional Description

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.