Papers of an Oregon missionary, educator, scientist, and publicist who played a key role in establishing Oregon's public school system. Includes letters of George H. Atkinson and his wife, Nancy Bates Atkinson, as well as speeches, journals, and ephemera.

Collection consists of four manuscript letters to "Cymbre" (surname unknown) from an aunt and a cousin. The letters, sent from Salem, Sublimity, and Stayton, Oregon, regard family matters, description of Oregon, and a factory accident in which a family member, Everett Downing, was badly injured.

Collection includes manuscript letters from Claude E. Lomax to his mother and his brother, Lester M. Lomax, regarding life at Camp Lewis, Washington; typescript letter from Claude E. Lomax to Alfred Lewis Lomax, regarding a motor trip to Lookout Mountain; photocopy postcards from Alfred Lewis Lomax to his family, regarding life at the University of Washington.

Typescript series of historical sketches of Oregon, 194 pages.

Manuscript letter from Alonzo Rogers to Ethel Patrick Hoyer, his niece, February 13, 1896, describing the Pacific Northwest.