Scope and Contents note
The journal of Francis Nighswander is a composite volume of 104 numbered pages. Parts of it were written at the time of the events described and parts were composed as much as five years after the events. The journal begins with the departure from Ohio, describes the journey to California, adventures while there, the trip to Oregon, and ends with a description of a leisure trip to Yaquina Bay, Oregon in 1867, written in 1870. The journal is punctuated by a series of crude pencil sketches, some colored, of a few California scenes, Oregon scenes, and copies of popular illustrations. Part of the journal consists of copies of thirteen letters form James Nighswander, a brother. The letters date from May 1862 to June 1865 and are written from Florence City and Pioneer Gulch, Idaho, Salt Lake City and Brigham City, Utah, Varina and Nevada City, Montana, and Wild Horse Creek, British Columbia. James Nighswander was a miner. His letters describe his surroundings and experiences. The loose papers consist of two addresses by F. M. Nighswander on the currency question in 1885.
Dates
- 1862-1870
Creator
- Nighswander, Francis Marion, 1884- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
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Conditions Governing Use note
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Biographical/Historical note
Francis Marion Nighswander was born in 1844. He left Urbana, Ohio in March 1862 for California by way of Panama. He worked in Suisun City on the dairy ranch of J.M. Jones and on the stock ranch of A. Jackson near Suisun. In 1863 he worked as a sheepherder. In 1864 he left California in company with John McMullen, driving a band of 4,000 sheep to Oregon. In Oregon, he settled in the Siuslaw precinct in southern Lane County.
Extent
0.1 linear feet (1 container) : 1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Francis Marion Nighswander papers are contained in a single folder. The papers comprise a journal, personal drawings, letters, and documents concerning the currency question of 1885. The materials are focused around Oregon and California life, as that is where Nighswander lived and worked for the majority of his life.
Arrangement note
The Francis Nighswander papers are contained in a single folder.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- California -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Currency question -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Drawings Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Gold mines and mining -- British Columbia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gold mines and mining -- Idaho Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pencil works Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Yaquina Bay (Or.) -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Francis Nighswander papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Jenny Palm
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
