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Overland journeys to the Pacific

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

Ann Stahl collection of Jared Fox travel diary materials

 Collection
Identifier: Coll845
Abstract

A handwritten transcript of a portion of the travel diary that Jared Fox kept while emigrating to and living in the Oregon Territory, and documentation concerning the transcript's authorship. Jared Fox (1805-1865) emigrated to Oregon in 1852, but left the following year. It is believed that Fox's grandson-in-law, C. C. Bennett (1856-1935), wrote the transcript of Fox's account over a period of time from the late 1870s to the 1920s.

Dates: circa 1878-2019; Majority of material found within circa 1878-1925

Robert M. Wade collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2826
Abstract Robert M. Wade (1835-1915) was born in Missouri and came to Oregon with his parents in 1850. He founded R. M. Wade & Co., dealers in agricultural implements, in 1865, serving as manager until 1913. Collection includes a photocopy obituary; a eulogy delivered by Emmet B. Williams; a booklet, "From Missouri to Oregon," with reminiscences of Wade's overland journey; and a photocopy letter from Wade Newbegin to Thomas Vaughan, 1989, containing historical information about R. M. Wade &...
Dates: 1915-1989

Elkanah Walker and Mary Richardson Walker papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1204
Abstract Diaries, correspondence, and other papers of Elkanah Walker and his wife, Mary Richardson Walker, missionaries in the Oregon Territory in the mid-19th century. The diaries describe their overland journey and efforts to establish a mission among the Spokane Indigenous people. Correspondents in the collection include other missionaries such as Henry H. Spalding, Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, Marcus Whitman, and John Lee Lewes. Most of the materials are typescript or photostatic copies, except the...
Dates: 1828-1931; Majority of material found within 1838-1868

The life story of Mary Elizabeth Warren as told to Mildred Mitchell Sexson

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 925
Abstract

Photocopy typescript of "The Life Story of Mary Elizabeth Warren as Told to Mildred Mitchell Sexson," about her family's journey from Missouri to the Pacific Northwest, and about life in Oregon.

Dates: circa 1933

I. B. Whitcomb and Alice L. Pierce papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2521
Abstract

Correspondence exchanged by Ira Benjamin Whitcomb and his fianceĢe, Alice L. Pierce, in the early 1880s. Topics include Whitcomb's journey to Oregon, as well as family, friends, and the teaching profession. Also included is a brief notebook and diary kept by Whitcomb, which includes some entries on his trip west.

Dates: circa 1878-1883

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1203
Abstract Papers of and relating to Presbyterian missionaries Marcus Whitman (1802-1847) and Narcissa Whitman (1808-1847), including their correspondence, documents and recollections relating to their murder and the aftermath, and ephemera related to their memorialization. The Whitmans established a mission in 1836 at Waiilatpu near Walla Walla in the part of the Oregon Territory that would later become Washington state, with the goal of converting the local Cayuse people. The Whitmans' relations with...
Dates: 1834-1947; Majority of material found within 1834-1850

Thomas Alexander Wood recollections

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 37
Abstract

Collection consists of typescript and manuscript correspondence and reminiscences recorded by T. A. Wood from approximately 1890-1902. Topics include his experiences as a Methodist minister, chaplain for the Union Army during the Civil War, his involvement in conflicts with Native peoples, and the integration of Black students into Portland public schools.

Dates: 1890-1902