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reminiscences

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:

The prairie flower

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2536
Abstract

Photocopy manuscript school paper, 20 pages, including reminiscences and chapter titles such as "Bad habits" and "My dear pupils."

Dates: 1874 December 18

Alexander Phimister Proctor papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5352
Abstract

Collection includes drafts of Alexander Phimister Proctor's autobiography; contracts; correspondence; sketches of animals, Native people, and various sculpting projects; magazine articles by Proctor; and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1892-1980

Colonel James H. Raley collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 775
Abstract

Collection consists of a typescript carbon copy document titled "Bannock and Piute War 1878" by James H. Raley, and a photostat copy of a speech given by Raley before a joint meeting of the Oregon Supreme Court and Eastern Oregon Bar, recounting his reminiscences of Eastern Oregon history.

Dates: circa 1878-1933

John Watermelon Redington papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2333
Abstract

John Watermelon Redington (1851-1935) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and moved west in 1877. He served as a U.S. scout in the 1870s and 1880s during conflicts with the Nez Perce. Collection includes a typescript, "Scouting in Montana," 16 pages, circa 1870-1879; correspondence; and Elinor Meacham Redington reminiscences.

Dates: circa 1867-1978

Nellie Meacham Redington papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2562
Abstract Elinor Frances Meacham Redington (Nellie) was the daughter of Alfred B. Meacham, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Oregon (1869-1872) and wife of John Watermelon Redington, Indian scout and newspaper editor-publisher. She graduated from Willamette University in 1877, and taught in several cities throughout Oregon. Papers include typescript photocopy reminiscences regarding her early years at Lee's Encampment (now Meacham, Oregon), her father's career, and her own teaching career; a...
Dates: circa 1900-1979

Reveries of an old Oregon trail pioneer

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2420
Abstract

Photocopy typescript lecture, circa 1972-1973, regarding Mildred Miles Main's reminiscences of Ezra Meeker and his attempts to mark and commemorate the route of the overland trail to Oregon.

Dates: circa 1972-1973

Ruth Church Robertson reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2507
Abstract

Reminiscences by Ruth Church Robertson regarding Church family history, family members' lives in Portland and Salem, Oregon, and travel to Europe and Asia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dates: circa 1966-1978

James Harvey Slater papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2347
Abstract

James Harvey Slater was elected prosecuting attorney for the 5th Judicial District in 1866, served in the U.S. House from 1871-1873, and was a U.S. senator from Oregon from 1879-1885. Papers include correspondence; estate and family papers; reminiscences; and speeches, 1867-1885, on topics including economics, politics, tariffs, and slavery.

Dates: 1851-1977

Erastus A. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 994
Abstract

Papers of Erastus A. Smith (1868-1950) relating to his military and religious careers, including certificates, letters of recommendation, and reminiscences. Smith was a Baptist minister from Oregon who preached at churches in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, and who served in the Oregon National Guard in the mid-1890s and in the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War.

Dates: 1896-circa 1940

Social life of southern Oregon fifty years ago

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2153
Abstract

Typescript reminiscences of an unknown author, "Social Life of Southern Oregon Fifty Years Ago," circa 1920-1930, recalling youth in Jacksonville, Oregon, in the 1860s, Sargent Dunlap, clubs and societies for young people.

Dates: circa 1920-1930