West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Justin Chenoweth papers
Handwritten diary, letterbooks, and documents relating to Justin Chenoweth's travel to Oregon and work as a surveyor, mail carrier, and justice of the peace in Oregon and Washington Territory, primarily from the years 1848 to 1862. Includes family correspondence.
Abigail Scott Duniway papers
A small collection of papers of Abigail Scott Duniway, who was an emigrant to Oregon, an editor, and an advocate of women's suffrage. Includes records of the Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association, records of the Duniway Publishing Company, and copy of a typescript transcription of Duniway's overland diary, 1852.
William Hoffman papers
Papers of William Hoffman (1801-1885), a merchant and county official in Jacksonville, Oregon. Materials include account books, correspondence, a handwritten copy of a journal that Hoffman kept on his overland journey from Indiana to Oregon in 1853, and a scrapbook containing clippings relating to conflicts with Native tribes in Oregon and the organization of the Oregon Rangers.
Robert Stuart diary excerpts
Typescript excerpts from a diary, 1812-1813, regarding Robert Stuart's journey across North America from Astoria, Oregon, to New York, New York.