LOC/E-F/E5. Pioneers
Record Group Term
Identifier: LOC/E-F/E5
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Evans Smith McComas papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 181
Abstract
Evans Smith McComas came from Iowa to Oregon to work in the mines in the 1860s. He later owned and edited newspapers. The collection consists of scrapbooks and the McComas diary, 1862-1867, which describes his journey on the overland trip to Oregon.
Dates:
1862-1911
Grace Guile Purse papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 033
Abstract
Grace Guile Purse was a physician in Washington, D.C. early in the twentieth century. In 1920 Purse pursued genealogical research in an effort to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Dates:
1844-1942
Mason Y. Warner papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 245
Abstract
Mason Young Warner was born in 1868, the son of parents Agnes Stewart and Thomas Warner. Mason Y. Warner married Celia A. Hyland in 1894. The couple lived in Lane County all their lives, except for a short time spent in eastern Washington. They had three children, Ivan, Claire and Erma. The collection is composed mainly of correspondence, some personal files, and photographs. Most extensive in this collection is the Claire Warner Churchill Thompson material in Series IV. Her papers include...
Dates:
1859-1954
- UO Libraries
- Special Collections and University Archives
- 1299 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1299
- spcarref@uoregon.edu
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