Scope and Contents
The collection contains a diary that consists of seven volumes, and is mostly an accounting of farm work near Crow, Oregon.
Diary 1: January 1, 1866- December 31, 1866;
Diary 2: February 18, 1868- July 31, 1871 (includes "memoranda" at back of book);
Diary 3: May 24, 1876 to approximately May 16, 1878 (mostly short lists of work, purchases);
Diary 4: November 23, 1880- March 25, 1882 (mostly lists of work, purchases, interspersed with some longer and more detailed entries);
Diary 5: approximately July 29, 1882 - approximately November 24, 1885 (mostly lists of work, purchases with some more detailed entries)
Diary 6: November 11, 1885- April 25, 1887 (note overlap from previous diary; mostly lists of work and purchases)
Diary 7: February 16, 1888- July 17, 1889 (mostly lists of work and purchases; includes a few pages from a different book (undated) with sayings such as "Conversation is a means of intellectual improvement").
Dates
- 1866-1889
Creator
- Hemenway, Ansel, 1841- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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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
Ansel Hemenway (1841 - ) farmed near Crow, Oregon. The collection contains a diary that consists of seven volumes, and is mostly an accounting of farm work.
Extent
0.025 linear feet (1 container) : 1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Ansel Hemenway (1841 - ) farmed near Crow, Oregon. The collection contains a diary that consists of seven volumes, and is mostly an accounting of farm work.
Arrangement
Material within this collection is minimally arranged. Any arrangement is either derived from the records' creators or custodians or from staff at the time of initial processing. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
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.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Agriculture -- Oregon -- History -- 19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Farmers -- Oregon -- Crow Region Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hemenway, Ansel, 1841-
- Hemenway, Ansel, 1841-
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pioneers -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Ansel Hemenway Diary
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet 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
