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reminiscences

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:

Robert M. Wade collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2826
Abstract Robert M. Wade (1835-1915) was born in Missouri and came to Oregon with his parents in 1850. He founded R. M. Wade & Co., dealers in agricultural implements, in 1865, serving as manager until 1913. Collection includes a photocopy obituary; a eulogy delivered by Emmet B. Williams; a booklet, "From Missouri to Oregon," with reminiscences of Wade's overland journey; and a photocopy letter from Wade Newbegin to Thomas Vaughan, 1989, containing historical information about R. M. Wade &...
Dates: 1915-1989
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Honor Marks Whitlock papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2388
Abstract

Papers include a ticket from London to the Oregon Territory, November 2, 1842; manuscript reminiscences of Honor Marks Whitlock's journey to Oregon from London by boat, circa 1850; and a manuscript letter from Ann Smith, Sandford, England, October 27, 1848, regarding family matters.

Dates: circa 1842-1850
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Frederick Wallace Wilson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2167
Abstract This collection consists of papers of several members of the Wilson family, including Frederick Wallace Wilson (1872-1955) of The Dalles, Oregon, a Circuit Court judge and author; his father, Joseph Gardner Wilson (1826-1873), an Oregon Supreme Court justice; and his mother, Elizabeth Millar Wilson (1830-1913). Materials include account books; business papers and records relating to Joseph Gardner Wilson's law practice, the Columbia Packing Company, The Dalles, Deschutes & Portage...
Dates: 1856-1942
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Thomas Alexander Wood recollections

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 37
Abstract

Collection consists of typescript and manuscript correspondence and reminiscences recorded by T. A. Wood from approximately 1890-1902. Topics include his experiences as a Methodist minister, chaplain for the Union Army during the Civil War, his involvement in conflicts with Native peoples, and the integration of Black students into Portland public schools.

Dates: 1890-1902
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Tyler Woodward papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 7
Abstract The bulk of the collection consists of an original manuscript and a typescript copy of a narrative by Tyler Woodward, titled "Forty-Five Years on the Pacific Coast," circa 1905. The collection also includes an original typescript and a typescript copy of an 1895 autobiographical sketch. Woodward (1835-1914) was born in Vermont and emigrated to the West in 1860, first living in California and later in Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. He was involved in construction of a streetcar system in...
Dates: 1895-circa 1905
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Stanley D. Young reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2024
Abstract

Typescript recollections of Stanley D. Young, 17 pages, 1950, of life on steamboats on the lower Columbia River, particularly the steamers Lurline and Hassalo, during the 1910s.

Dates: 1950
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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