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John Smith Griffin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-103
Summary Reverend John Smith Griffin was a missionary who emigrated to Oregon with the Whitman-Spalding group in 1839. In the 1840s, he participated in the Champoeg Meetings, founded the Congregationalist Church of Tualatin Plains, and published a newspaper. This collection of original letters and documents includes material related to the early settlement of Oregon, to the Whitman Massacre, to the Griffin Family, to the Congregationalist Church in Tualatin Plains, and to his newspaper, The Oregon...
Dates: 1839-1890

Margaret Dolly Hinman Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: MS-57
Summary

Margaret Dolly Hinman was the great-granddaughter of Alanson Hinman, one of the earliest and most notable pioneers to settle in the Forest Grove area of Washington County, Oregon. The photograph album contains 40 photographs, mostly portraits of her family and friends.

Dates: 1865-1900

Leabo Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-157
Abstract The Leabo Family of Oregon and California are descendants of Jacob Leabo (1795-1880), who made his first trip to Oregon in 1847. The Leabos settled in Forest Grove, Oregon in the 1860s, where several family members attended Pacific University. In 1919, many members of the Leabo Family began moving to Monrovia, California, where they lived for much of the 20th century. This collection of papers includes a handwritten family history by Alonzo Reas Leabo; a family tree; family photographs; and...
Dates: 1860-1995

Mildred Scobee Reeher Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-6
Summary

Collection consists of a photograph album and other materials related to Mildred Scobee Reeher, a 1919 graduate of Pacific University, and the Reeher family.

Dates: 1916-1954 and undated