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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

Lyman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-31
Summary

The Lymans were a family of early Oregon settlers who were active in missionary, educational and literary activities. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence between member of the Lyman family and their friends between the years of 1846 to 1883.

Dates: 1846-1883

Pacific University Records

 Collection
Identifier: AR-1
Summary

Pacific University dates to 1848 in Forest Grove, Oregon. This collection documents its corporate memory and includes materials pertaining to administrative, curricular, and student activities, including minutes, correspondence, brochures, catalogs, reports, newsletters, photographs, and related items.

Dates: 1844-2011

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

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

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

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

Henry Harmon Spalding Record Book

 Collection — Folder: MS File Box 2
Identifier: MS-74
Summary

Henry H. Spalding was a missionary in the Pacific Northwest who is best known for his work with the Nez Perce from the 1830s-1870s. This record book consists of two parts: the records of the Preble Wigwam of the Order of the Star Spangled Banner, 1855, for which he served as president; and notes from his missionary trip to the Spokane Indians in 1873.

Dates: 1855-1873

Walker Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-102
Dates: 1845-1930

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