Ann Stahl collection of Jared Fox travel diary materials
Content Description
The collection consists of a handwritten transcript of Jared Fox's diary, titled "Jared Fox's Memorandam Kept from Delton, Sauk County Wisconsin towards California and Oregon 1852-1854." The transcription is incomplete, only covering entries made between April 1852 and April 1853. These entries describe Fox's journey to and his time in the Oregon Territory. The collection also includes a list of corrections to be made to the transcript; reproductions of C. C. Bennett's correspondence; and a five-page note, dated 2019, by Professor Ann Stahl, explaining why she believes the transcript was made by C. C. Bennett over a period of time from the late 1870s to the 1920s.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1878-2019
- Creation: Majority of material found within circa 1878-1925
Creator
- Stahl, Ann Brower, 1954- (Collector, Person)
- Fox, Jared, 1805-1865 (Person)
- Bennett, C. C. (Clarence Carpenter), 1856-1935 (Transcriber, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Biographical Note
Jared Fox (1805-1865) was a miller in Delton, Wisconsin. In April 1852, he began his emigration to the Oregon Territory, abandoning his wife and five children. He was unable to make a successful living in Oregon, however, and in 1853 went to California. The following year, Fox made his way back to Wisconsin by way of a steamship to New York.
Clarence Carpenter ("C. C.") Bennett (1856-1935) was the husband of Jared Fox's granddaughter Lillie A. Bennett.
Ann Brower Stahl is a professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A handwritten transcript of a portion of the travel diary that Jared Fox kept while emigrating to and living in the Oregon Territory, and documentation concerning the transcript's authorship. Jared Fox (1805-1865) emigrated to Oregon in 1852, but left the following year. It is believed that Fox's grandson-in-law, C. C. Bennett (1856-1935), wrote the transcript of Fox's account over a period of time from the late 1870s to the 1920s.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ann Stahl, September 2019 (RL2019-125).
Subject
- Fox, Jared, 1805-1865 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Ann Stahl collection of Jared Fox travel diary materials
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jeffrey A. Hayes
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- 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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