Mary F. Slavin notebooks containing diary entries

Collection

Identifier: Coll 1099

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two notebooks that belonged to Mary F. Slavin (later Mary F. Prince) when she was a teenager and then a young woman. The bulk of the first notebook, which bears the date 1868 on its cover, consists of clippings of poems and illustrations; many of the illustrations depict women's fashion, and some appear to have been colored by Slavin. However, this book also includes diary entries that Slavin wrote during a camping trip to the Oregon coast in September 1870; a recipe; and a list of expenses.

The second notebook primarily consists of diary entries from 1874 to 1876. Most of these entries are brief and describe the weather and Slavin's activities, though entries for the first half of August 1875 describe another camping trip to the Oregon coast. The second notebook also includes tallies of wagon loads from Oswego, Oregon, made in 1867; these were likely written by a different person.

Dates

Creation: 1867-1876

Creator

Prince, Mary F. (Mary Francis), 1853-1936 (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

Mary Francis Slavin was born in 1853 in Hillsdale, Oregon. Her parents, Emma Ross Slavin and John A. Slavin, had emigrated to Oregon in 1847 and 1850, respectively. Mary Slavin was the first teacher at the Hillsdale School. In 1879, she married Richard Clarence Prince (1851-1930); the couple had five children. In 1883, she moved to Portland, Oregon. Mary F. Prince died in 1936.

Sources: Obituary in the Oregonian, June 28, 1936, page 15; vital and family tree records via Ancestry.com.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Two notebooks that belonged to Mary F. Slavin (later Mary F. Prince, 1853-1936) when she was a teenager and then a young woman. Both books include diary entries, though the bulk of the first book consists of clippings of poems and illustrations. Both books include entries describing camping trips Slavin took to the Oregon coast in September 1870 and August 1875. Slavin was the first teacher at Hillsdale School in Hillsdale, Oregon; she married Richard Clarence Prince in 1879, and later lived in Portland, Oregon.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mary Helen Korber made prior to March 2003 (Lib. Acc. 25074).

Separated Materials

A Washington County Savings & Loan Association stock certificate for Mary F. Prince's son-in-law, C. H. Himes, was separated to the Business collection, Mss 1510, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.