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Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon Territory

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Mrs. Mary Ellen Carnahan reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1177
Abstract

Typescript recollections of Mary Ellen Carnahan of her family's journey to Oregon in 1844 when she was 10, and of her life in Oregon.

Dates: circa 1900-1940

The historical significance of Walla Walla Valley

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1041
Abstract

Typescript copy of "The Historical Significance of Walla Walla Valley," an address by Dr. Stephen Beasley Linnard Penrose, March 27, 1929. Penrose (1864-1947) was president of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.

Dates: 1929 March 27

Earl R. Smith collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 857
Abstract

Collection includes typescript photocopies of two documents by Earl R. Smith: one titled "The Days of My Years," 1968, an autobiography; and an incomplete copy of one titled "The Westfall Country," 1962.

Dates: 1962-1968

The life story of Mary Elizabeth Warren as told to Mildred Mitchell Sexson

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 925
Abstract

Photocopy typescript of "The Life Story of Mary Elizabeth Warren as Told to Mildred Mitchell Sexson," about her family's journey from Missouri to the Pacific Northwest, and about life in Oregon.

Dates: circa 1933