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Pioneers

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:

D. J. Holmes address to the Oregon pioneers at their annual reunion held in Dallas, Polk County, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2236
Abstract

Address, made June 22, 1901, regarding the hardships pioneers faced before the advent of the railroad.

Dates: 1901 June 22

Henry Hopkins collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6008
Abstract

Collection includes typescript reminiscences of Henry Hopkins, and typescript newspaper articles and obituaries.

Dates: circa 1866-1944

John B. Horner collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 794
Abstract

Collection consists of materials by or belonging to John B. Horner that concern Oregon-related historical topics. These include diagrams and documents concerning the Kalapuya mounds; the text of an address Horner delivered to the Oregon Pioneer Association; and a letter from Gertrude Balch Ingalls with a biographical sketch of her brother, Frederic Homer Balch. Horner (1856-1933) taught English and history at Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University).

Dates: circa 1902-1972

How we came to Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 880
Abstract

Typescript poem by John Hamilton McClure about his journey to Oregon with his family in 1853 when he was a child.

Dates: circa 1915

Captain Henry L. Hoyt autobiography

 Collection
Identifier: Mss282
Abstract

Henry Hoyt was a pioneer and maritime figure of early Portland, Oregon. Collection includes manuscript autobiographical sketch with typescript transcript.

Dates: 1878

Kelly family memorabilia and genealogical records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 900
Abstract

Memorabilia, genealogical materials, and photographs of the Kelly family and related families. The brothers Clinton Kelly (1808-1875), Thomas Kelly (1829-1903), Albert Kelly (1814-1873), and Gilmer Kelly (1820-1890) were early emigrants to Oregon, and all took land donation claims on or near land that would become part of Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1874-1991

Elizabeth B. Landis research notes on the Kilchis River Valley

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2825
Abstract

Elizabeth Landis (born 1908) was the granddaughter of pioneer Warren N. Vaughn, who settled in the Kilchis River Valley in 1853, and the great-granddaughter of Jacob S. Elliot, a homesteader of 1862. Collection includes "History of Kilchis River Valley" by Landis, along with maps, photographs and other illustrations, and a bibliography. Also included is a handwritten copy of a song, "Oregon," written by Vaughn, 1880.

Dates: circa 1950-1988

Latourette family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1425
Abstract

Collection includes financial records, ephemera, correspondence, and poetry, mostly of Lyman Ezra Latourette. The Latourette family settled in Oregon City in the late 1840s.

Dates: circa 1859-1930

Lebanon Pioneer Reunion records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2093
Abstract

Records of the Lebanon Pioneer Reunion, Lebanon, Oregon, 1914-1929, with lists of names of Oregon pioneers and residents in Lebanon and Albany areas. Includes photograph of the 1914 reunion.

Dates: 1914-1929

Turner F. Levens reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 807
Abstract

Manuscript reminiscences by Turner F. Levens of early days in the Cascade Range, including the Cascades Massacre on March 26, 1856, during the Yakama War; the Oregon Steam Navigation Company's Cascades portage railway; and family genealogy.

Dates: circa 1921