genealogies (histories)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Scholl family notebook
Collection
Identifier: Mss 400
Abstract
Handwritten notebook begun by Peter Scholl (1809-1872), an emigrant to Oregon. The notebook contains biographical information about the Scholl family, including a record of births, marriages, and deaths. Scholl began the notebook around 1850, and it appears to have been continued by other relatives after his death. The notebook also contains poems and hymns; medicinal remedies; and notes about the weather, travel, farming, and the Bible. Peter Scholl was born in Kentucky and emigrated to...
Dates:
1850-1912
Skinner family papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 1012
Abstract
Papers of the Skinner family of Jordan Valley, Oregon, particularly of William Silas Skinner (1871-1960) and his descendants. William Silas Skinner was the eldest son of Silas Skinner (1834-1886), who came to Oregon in the 1860s and established a toll road in western Idaho and eastern Oregon and a ranch in Jordan Valley. The family continued to operate the ranch into the 21st century. The collection also contains papers of related families; financial, property, and ranching records; and...
Dates:
1840-2013; Majority of material found within 1863-2013
Hazel Mae O'Brien Studenicka letters
Collection
Identifier: Coll790
Abstract
Two bound volumes containing copies of letters that life-long Oregon resident Hazel Mae O'Brien Studenicka sent to her family and friends from 1985 to 1993.
Dates:
1881-1993; Majority of material found within 1985-1993
Willis-Stratton family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss1047
Abstract
Collection consists of family records, genealogical notes, and correspondence, 1863-1934, including a journal kept by Parish Lovejoy Willis, a Portland banker and lawyer and a member of the state Senate.
Dates:
1863-1934
Donna Wojcik research notes
Collection
Identifier: Mss2745
Abstract
Collection includes genealogical worksheets concerning people who emigrated to Oregon and California between 1791 and 1912, compiled circa 1950-1986.
Dates:
circa 1950-1986