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Laduska Walker Sears Diary
Collection
Identifier: MS-107
Summary
Laduska Jane Walker Sears lived from 1857-1903 in Polk County, Oregon. Her diary and recipe book contains a short entry for nearly every day from January-August 1876, when she was about 19 years old, as well as recipes.
Dates:
1876
Found in:
Pacific University Archives
Sidney Smith Oregon Trail Diary
Collection — Folder: MS File Box 1
Identifier: MS-65
Summary
Sidney Smith was among the first Americans to successfully make the overland journey to Oregon on what would become the Oregon Trail. He wrote this diary while travelling with the Peoria Party from Illinois to the Dalles in 1839.
Dates:
1839
Found in:
Pacific University Archives
Henry Harmon Spalding Notebook
Collection — Folder: MS File Box 2
Identifier: MS-77
Summary
Henry H. Spalding was a Presbyterian missionary who arrived in the Oregon Territory in 1836. This notebook, which he compiled during the 1850s-1860s, contains writings relating to his daily life as a missionary, farmer and Indian agent.
Dates:
1850-1870
Found in:
Pacific University Archives