Pioneers
Found in 134 Collections and/or Records:
Harold Cramer Smith collection
Seven pen and ink illustrations by Harold Cramer Smith, drawn to accompany the text of Fannie Adams Copper's "My Life as a Homesteader" in Oregon Historical Quarterly in 1981, and depicting scenes from the text.
Joelle Smith portraits of Oregon pioneers
Ink portraits of famous Oregon pioneers, including George Abernathy, Jonathan Bourne, Robert Gray, Joseph Lane, John McLoughlin, Joe Meek, Peter Skene Ogden, Oswald West, John Whiteaker, Narcissa Whitman, W. S. U'Ren and Jason Lee, and Oregon pioneer archetypes, such as a trapper and farmer.
Thomas Smith letters
Collection includes a manuscript letter from Thomas Smith to George H. Himes, 1908, naming the first settlers in the Umpqua River Valley; and a manuscript letter to Harry L. Wells, a historian, 1884, providing a detailed description, including dates and places, of his journey to Oregon in 1847 from Fort Hall to Eugene Skinner's cabin by way of the Southern Route to Oregon (now known as the Applegate Trail).
Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers records
Records include correspondence, constitution and bylaws, financial records, membership programs, and memorabilia, 1945-1978.
Emma Bell Stadden collection on Coos County
Collection includes a typescript term paper, "Settlement of Coos County," by Emma Bell Stadden; photographs of Chief Coos and Battle Rock, Port Orford, Oregon; and photocopy newspaper clippings relating to Coos County pioneers and history.
Robert Nelson Stanfield papers
Papers of Robert Nelson Stanfield (1832-1896), long-time resident and pioneer in Umatilla County, Oregon, and of his second wife, Hattie Townsend Stanfield. The collection includes legal and business records and a small number of personal papers.
Justus Steinberger papers
Papers of Justus Steinberger (1825-1870), particularly from his time in the 1850s working for Adams & Co. and then for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Steinberger was an agent for Adams & Co. in Portland, Oregon; he later became an officer in the U.S. Army.
James Bowles Stephens collection
Allen J. Stover collection
Pen and ink portraits of Joseph Lane, first governor of the Oregon Territory; John McLoughlin; and Reverend Joab Powell.
Eloise Thomas papers
Eloise Thomas was a schoolteacher in Walla Walla, Washington, and an officer of Daughters of Pioneers of Washington. Collection includes autobiography; personal papers; genealogy; documents and scrapbook regarding the Daughters of Pioneers of Washington; and documents regarding the Walla Walla Pioneer Association.