Fletcher family papers
Scope and Contents
Collection includes scrapbooks kept by Ellsworth Benjamin Fletcher on historical and educational matters; teaching certificates and miscellaneous documents of Lois Lorraine Fletcher; miscellaneous records of Emaline Fletcher Hobart and Ellsworth Fletcher; and a brief account by Benjamin F. Fletcher of an overland journey to Oregon, 1864. Also included are receipts, 1865-1870; a quit-claim deed, 1902; correspondence, 1859-1910; and reminiscences.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1845-1945
Creator
- Fletcher family (Family)
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
Many members of the Fletcher family were schoolteachers in Salem, Silverton, and other parts of Marion County, Oregon.
Extent
.5 Cubic Feet (1 document case and 1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection includes scrapbooks, certificates and miscellaneous documents of members of the Fletcher family. Many members of the family were schoolteachers in Salem, Silverton, and other parts of Marion County, Oregon.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lois Lorraine Fletcher, April 12, 1968 (Lib. Acc. 10366), with additional gifts in 1975 and February 1977.
Subject
- Fletcher family (Family)
- Fletcher, Benjamin Franklin, 1823-1902 (Person)
- Fletcher, Ellsworth Benjamin (Person)
- Fletcher, Lorraine (Lois Lorraine) (Person)
- Hobart, Emaline Fletcher (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Fletcher family papers
- 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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