Pioneers
Found in 138 Collections and/or Records:
Joel Palmer papers
Pambrun family collection
Collection includes typescript biographical and autobiographical documents about Pierre Chrysologue Pambrun, Thomas Pambrun, Jr., Alexandre (Alexander) Pambrun and Andre (Andrew) Dominique Pambrun; letters and documents relating to an error in several histories regarding Pierre Pambrun and Captain Bonneville; and photostat newspaper clippings regarding the Pambrun family.
Edward Evans Parrish papers
Diaries of Edward Evans Parrish (1791-1874), an Oregon pioneer, preacher, and farmer of Marion County. Also includes poetry; related papers; a travel diary of Parrish's daughter Rachel Marinda Parrish Knox; transcriptions of diaries; and biographical information written by James M. Knox, a descendant of Parrish.
Petition of pioneers of Oregon to Congress
Typescript petition from pioneers of the state of Oregon to Congress, circa 1850-1900, requesting that a monument to Lewis and Clark be erected at Fort Clatsop in honor of their encampment there in 1805-1806.
William Phillips letters
Manuscript correspondence, 1902, to William Phillips from Oregon pioneers requesting copies of his poem "Crossing the Plains in '46."
Pioneer tour photographic collection
Black and white photographs, 1913, depicting a group of early emigrants to Oregon on a tour of pioneer landmarks in the Pacific Northwest, including graveyards, residences and battle sites. Each photograph has an extensive handwritten description on the back.
Christine Pipe papers
Collection consists of a certificate of membership in the Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers, June 14, 1955. Christine Pipe's grandfather, Thomas Monteith, arrived in Oregon in 1847 and helped found Albany, Oregon.
W. W. Raymond papers
John Watermelon Redington papers
John Watermelon Redington (1851-1935) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and moved west in 1877. He served as a U.S. scout in the 1870s and 1880s during conflicts with the Nez Perce. Collection includes a typescript, "Scouting in Montana," 16 pages, circa 1870-1879; correspondence; and Elinor Meacham Redington reminiscences.
Report of the Committee on Historic Sites to officers and members of the [Nebraska] State Historical Society
Manuscript report prepared by Robert Harvey, chairman of the Nebraska State Historical Society Committee on Historic Sites. The report presents a list of historic sites in Nebraska and the improvements made upon them, including Lone Tree and other sites along old pioneer trails.