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Phrenology

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

George Wintermute Hazen papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1341
Abstract

George Hazen Wintermute was an attorney who came to Portland, Oregon in 1890 to help organize the U. S. National Bank. Collection includes correspondence, 1871-1909, and physiognomical examinations (phrenology), 1896.

Dates: 1871-1909

John W. Owens papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2319
Abstract John W. Owens was a lecturer on phrenology. During the years of 1880-1882, he was on a lecture tour of Oregon and Washington. Collection includes manuscript correspondence, 1880-1882, from family members in Melrose, Kansas, and from friends and several female suitors. Correspondents include Hazel Wylde and W. E. Showers. Also included are photocopy newspaper articles, circa 1880, mostly printing letters from Hazel Wylde; and a bound notebook, circa 1880, containing accounts, addresses, and...
Dates: 1880-1882