Original and typescript copy of a diary that Henry Allyn (1794-1880) wrote during his overland journey to Oregon, and three cartes-de-visite photographs of Allyn and his family. Allyn emigrated to Oregon in 1853.

This artificial collection consists of cartes-de-visite photographs donated to the Oregon Historical Society prior to 2010. It includes portraits taken from about 1855 through the early 1900s. The collection also includes images of locomotives, ships, buildings, and landscapes in the Pacific Northwest.

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).

Album containing card photographs, circa 1860-1869. The images are studio portraits depicting various early emigrants to Oregon and family members. Handwritten notes identify many of the people in the album.

Collection consists of 12 studio portraits of individual members of the Patterson family, taken circa 1879, and one group studio portrait of the family, dated 1899.

Collection consists of 2 tintypes and 9 cartes-de-visite, primarily depicting members of the Klum, Nye, and Coyle families.

Album containing card photographs and tintypes. The photographs are studio portraits of adults, children, and babies, taken primarily by photographers in Michigan. One person is identified as Maggie Clark; all others are unidentified.