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Pioneers

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 134 Collections and/or Records:

Donna Wojcik research notes

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2745
Abstract

Collection includes genealogical worksheets concerning people who emigrated to Oregon and California between 1791 and 1912, compiled circa 1950-1986.

Dates: circa 1950-1986

Tyler Woodward papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 7
Abstract The bulk of the collection consists of an original manuscript and a typescript copy of a narrative by Tyler Woodward, titled "Forty-Five Years on the Pacific Coast," circa 1905. The collection also includes an original typescript and a typescript copy of an 1895 autobiographical sketch. Woodward (1835-1914) was born in Vermont and emigrated to the West in 1860, first living in California and later in Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. He was involved in construction of a streetcar system in...
Dates: 1895-circa 1905

Nathaniel J. Wyeth collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1198
Abstract

Collection consists of typescript and microfilmed copies, made by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library from materials in its collections, of papers relating to Nathaniel J. Wyeth. Collection includes typescript copies, 1832-1901, of correspondence with John Ball and others, lectures and lecture notes, Indian vocabulary, and documents relating to Columbia River Fishing & Trading Company. The microfilm contains these and additional documents.

Dates: 1832-1901

Zimmerman family photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 681
Abstract

Eighteen black and white photographs of the members of the Zimmerman family, including an image of their house. People identified in the collection include: George Zimmerman, Oka Zimmerman, Forest Steward and Hazel Steward, Celia R. Dromgoole, Peter Zimmerman, Frank Zimmerman, Christian Zimmerman, Edward Zimmerman and Sophia Louisa Zimmerman.

Dates: circa 1890-1912