Harold Cramer Smith collection

Collection

Identifier: Mss 5318

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Seven pen and ink illustrations by Harold Cramer Smith, drawn to accompany the text of Fannie Adams Copper's "My Life as a Homesteader" in Oregon Historical Quarterly in 1981. The illustrations depict: two people looking at a catch of sturgeon and salmon; horses pulling a log; a man with a carriage outside Club Stables; a wagon axle and wheel, with arrows pointing to the linchpin; cougars in silhouette, looking down at a house below; a man on horseback, roping a deer; and a house with trees and a road or creek in front.

Dates

Creation: 1981

Creator

Smith, Harold Cramer (Artist, 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.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Seven pen and ink illustrations by Harold Cramer Smith, drawn to accompany the text of Fannie Adams Copper's "My Life as a Homesteader" in Oregon Historical Quarterly in 1981, and depicting scenes from the text.

Related Materials

The full 1976 typescript of Fannie Adams Copper's "My Life as a Homesteader," with genealogical information, is held in the book collection of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library, call number 92 C785.

Publication note

The illustrations were published with "My Life as a Homesteader" by Fannie Adams Copper, edited by Leonard A. Whitlow and Catherine Copper Whitlow, in Oregon Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, Number 1 (Spring 1981), pages 65-84, and Volume 82, Number 2 (Summer 1981), pages 152-168.