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Engravings from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5370

Scope and Contents

Engravings, primarily depicting Oregon scenes and Native people, that were excised from issues of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Engravings removed from the July 27, 1878, issue depict an attack by a party of Umatilla people on a party of the Snake people, and Native people receiving supplies at a government agency. A page from the August 28, 1880, issue features an article titled "Oregon and Its Attractions," with engravings of scenes in Portland and on the Columbia River. The front page of a July 30, 1887, issue features one engraving of Mount Hood and another of people ascending the mountain. A page of hand-colored engravings from a December 24, 1887, supplement depicts scenes, mostly landscapes, in Northern California and Southern Oregon. The collection also includes three excised engravings in a scrapbook. Two are duplicates of the loose excised engravings from the July 27, 1878, issue, depicting Native people; the third, from the February 23, 1878, issue, shows Nez Perce prisoners playing cards at a temporary village in Kansas. Engravings in the collection were based on photographs by E. Conklin, Howard C. Tibbitts, and O. C. Yocum, and on sketches by F. J. Howell and an unidentified Army officer.

Dates

  • Creation: 1878-1887

Creator

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.

Extent

0.16 Cubic Feet (1 oversize folder in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Engravings, primarily depicting Oregon scenes and Native people, that were excised from issues of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper dating from 1878-1887.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Page from the December 24, 1887, issue was purchased from the Old Print Shop, November 1988.

Title
Guide to the engravings from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
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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