John William Meldrum diaries
Scope and Contents
Manuscript diaries and scrapbooks, 5 volumes, 1865-1912. Contents include reports of Clackamas County officials, 1889-1893; delinquent tax lists, 1893; newspaper clippings; accounts, 1893-1894; and a description of a trip to Crater Lake, 1911.
Dates
- Creation: 1865-1912
Creator
- Meldrum, John William, 1839-1919 (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
John William Meldrum, 1839-1919, was born in Burlington, Iowa. He came to Oregon with his parents in 1845, served as deputy U. S. surveyor in 1865, married Georgia Pope in 1872, and settled in Clackamas County, where he served as county surveyor and judge.
Extent
0.16 Cubic Feet (3 folders in shared box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Manuscript diaries and scrapbooks of John William Meldrum, 5 volumes, 1865-1912. Meldrum, 1839-1919, was born in Burlington, Iowa. Contents include of the diaries and scrapbooks incude reports of Clackamas County officials, 1889-1893; delinquent tax lists, 1893; newspaper clippings; accounts, 1893-1894; and a description of a trip to Crater Lake, 1911.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
1865 diary, gift of F. W. Meldrum, March 1989.
Subject
- Meldrum, John William, 1839-1919 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the John William Meldrum diaries
- 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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