Scope and Contents
The collection consists of diaries in which Smith made brief record of his everyday activities. With his diaries is his account book, 1863, as supervisor of Road District 12, Marion County. There is a folder of miscellaneous papers including personal correspondence and legal deeds related to Smith's land claim. Also present is a land office deed, signed by Ulysses S. Grant legitimizing the claim of Joseph Waldo, which was then transferred to Smith.
Filed with the F. R. Smith diaries are the diaries of a son, Hamlin F. Smith, 1878, 1879, 1881-1883, 1885, 1886, 1894-1896, 1899, 1902. The entries in these diaries are exceptionally terse.
Dates
- 1854-1874
Creator
- Smith, Hamlin F., 1862-1943 (Person)
- Smith, Fabritus R., 1819-1898 (Person)
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Fabritus Reynolds Smith (1819-1898) was born in Rochester, New York, and came to Oregon in 1846 with Joseph Waldo. He worked in and near Salem as a teamster, and farmed on his land claim. He was twice married, first to Virgilia Pringle, then to Sarah E. Watt.
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 container) : 1 clamshell box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Fabritus R. Smith (1819-1898) came to Oregon in 1846 with Joseph Waldo, where he lived and worked his land claim near Salem. The collection consists of the diaries of Smith and his son, Hamlin, as well as personal and legal papers.
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.
- Account books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Deeds Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Diaries Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon -- Marion County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon -- Salem Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Land titles -- Oregon Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marion County (Or.) -- History Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pioneers -- Oregon -- Marion County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pioneers -- Oregon -- Salem Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Salem Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Salem (Or.) -- History Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Smith, Fabritus R., 1819-1898
- Smith, Fabritus R., 1819-1898
- Smith, Fabritus R., 1819-1898
- Smith, Hamlin F., 1862-1943
- Waldo, Joseph
- Title
- Guide to the Fabritus Smith Diaries
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Austin Munsell and Kira B. Homo
- Date
- 2013
- 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 production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
