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 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:

Nathaniel Coe family photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1151
Abstract

Black and white photographs in three albums, depicting unidentified members of the Nathaniel Coe family as well as places including the Oregon coast, the Columbia Gorge, Mount Hood, and Hood River and Seaside, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1890-1910

Cornell family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2136
Abstract

Papers of the Cornell family and related families, including family correspondence; letters from Bertrand Cornell (died 1852) describing his journey to Oregon; and letters and newspaper articles by Wilbur F. Cornell (1841-1911) describing Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Methodist minister William Cornell (1812-1891) and his cousin Bertrand Cornell emigrated to Oregon in 1852; Bertrand died soon after the journey. William Cornell brought his family to Oregon in 1854.

Dates: circa 1848-1941

Hazel Crocker photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 481
Abstract

Album containing snapshots and studio portraits of members of the Crocker family, and of friends and associates; some images feature outdoor activities. Most images have handwritten notes identifying some or all of the people depicted. Among those identified are Hazel Crocker, Barbara Crocker, Helen Goss, Etta Honeyman, Maud Morey, Genevieve Thompson Smith, and Kate Woolsey.

Dates: circa 1892-1917

D. P. Thompson Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1681
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, financial records and legal documents of the D. P. Thompson Company, regarding investments and properties of David P. Thompson's estate; personal correspondence to Mary Relief Thompson, wife of David P. Thompson; and microfilm of letters sent to David P. Thompson from family members in Cadiz, Ohio. Thompson (1834-1901) was a businessman and mayor of Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1853-1969

Matthew P. Deady family photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 109
Abstract

One album containing 156 black and white photographs of members of the Deady family, friends, and others.

Dates: circa 1868-1894

Dement family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2726
Abstract

Collection is partially processed. Materials include correspondence to Wallace Dement, who served as mayor of Myrtle Point, Oregon, and as a Coos County commissioner, regarding Myrtle Point civic activities, Coos County roads and the Forestry Board. Also included are reminiscences of R. C. Dement; genealogical materials; miscellaneous papers of Dr. Alice Louisa Dement; songwriting contracts for Nellie Dement; financial and legal documents; diplomas, certificates, diaries, and accounts.

Dates: circa 1895-1985

Robert W. Denney family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2939
Abstract

Collection includes legal documents, among which is the will of Robert W. Denney; correspondence; land survey and ownership documents; and genealogical information. Family members mentioned include Amos Harvey Denney, Prudence Denney, Arthur L. Denney, and Matthew Patton and Polly Patton.

Dates: 1858-1940

Dierdorff and Ross family photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1088
Abstract

Photographs depicting members of the Ross and Dierdorff families, including images of the Reverend William H. Dierdorff, his wife, Emma Ross Dierdorff, and his brother, Ainsworth W. Dierdorff, as well as the Tualatin Plains Presbyterian church. William H. Dierdorff (1849-1903) emigrated to Oregon with his family in 1856. He became pastor of the Presbyterian church in Tualatin Plains after the death of the Reverend George Ross in 1894, and married Ross's daughter, Emma Ross (1870-1960).

Dates: circa 1855-1964

Mary Margaret Dunn reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2149
Abstract

Typescript reminiscences of Mary Margaret Dunn, nee Masterson, circa 1959, recounting her childhood in Eugene, Oregon, with genealogical information of her descendants.

Dates: circa 1959

Eakin family scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2556
Abstract

Scrapbook of materials about the Eakin family, written and compiled by Gertrude M. Eakin, including photographs, documents, genealogical information, diaries, and reminiscences.

Dates: circa 1866-1979