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Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 194 Collections and/or Records:
E. R. Williams family photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1366
Abstract
Partially processed collection consisting primarily of photographic prints and postcards that are of or relate to the extended family of E. R. Williams. The images include scenes of logging and logging camps, railroad trains, blacksmith shops, and a dentist shop, as well as family portraits. Also included is a series of photographs focusing on the filming of "The General" with Buster Keaton. Most of the photographs were taken in the area of Grants Pass, Oregon. Family names mentioned include...
Dates:
1887-1965; Majority of material found within 1899-1930
Rachel A. Wilson papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 2272
Abstract
Small collection that largely consists of manuscript correspondence sent to Rachel A. Wilson (then Rachel A. Beaver) from her first husband, James A. Beaver, and two of her brothers, Hazel F. Cecil and Hiram B. Cecil, while all three men were serving as Union soldiers during the Civil War. Other materials include a list of the members of James Beaver's unit, the 33rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and documents relating to Beaver's military service and to Rachel A. Wilson's guardianship of their...
Dates:
1862-circa 1975; Majority of material found within 1862-1863
Robert and Elizabeth Young family papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 763
Abstract
Partially processed collection of photographs and papers of the family of Captain Robert Young and his wife, Elizabeth Koontz Young. Includes materials relating to Portland, Oregon; Toledo, Washington; and Corry, Pennsylvania. Materials also include baptism and marriage certificates; a board on which are pasted envelopes from correspondence between Robert Young and Elizabeth Young, Robert Young's identification card, and a portrait of Robert Young; "White House Cookbook" covers; and...
Dates:
circa 1850-1988
Zimmerman family photographic collection
Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 681
Abstract
Eighteen black and white photographs of the members of the Zimmerman family, including an image of their house. People identified in the collection include: George Zimmerman, Oka Zimmerman, Forest Steward and Hazel Steward, Celia R. Dromgoole, Peter Zimmerman, Frank Zimmerman, Christian Zimmerman, Edward Zimmerman and Sophia Louisa Zimmerman.
Dates:
circa 1890-1912