Papers of Tabitha Brown

This collection includes several original letters by Tabitha Brown and her husband Clark Brown, transcripts of her account of travels on the Oregon Trail (known as the "Brimfield Heroine Letter"), and other material related to the Brown Family. One notable section of the collection is a set of notes that Tabitha's great-granddaughter Liberta Brown Schoch compiled in the 1930s-1940s, documenting memories of older Brown family members and friends. The collection provides information about: Tabitha Brown's experience as a female settler in Oregon of the 1840s-1850s; early Forest Grove; the founding of Tualatin Academy and Pacific University; Brown family history and genealogy; and Tabitha Brown's husband Clark Brown's activities as a preacher.