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Pioneers -- Illinois

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

George Allingham letter to William Allingham

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1852 Mar 28] 1: [Barcode: i49071105]
Identifier: CA 1852 Mar 28
Abstract

George Allingham ( d.1873) was a resident of Warren County, Illinois, whose son, William, emigrated to Oregon in 1850. The collection consists of a photostat copy of a letter from the elder Allingham to his son.

Dates: 1852 March 28
Found in: University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives / George Allingham letter to William Allingham

John Lawrence Johnson diary and letter

 Collection — Folder 1 (shares a clamshell): [Barcode: 35025042918173]
Identifier: A 270
Abstract

John Lawrence Johnson (1830-1916) was a pioneer who came to Oregon with his parents in 1851. The collection includes Johnson's diary of that journey as well as a letter from Johnson's uncle.

Dates: 1851-1908; 1851
Found in: University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives / John Lawrence Johnson diary and letter

William H. Packwood papers

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1915 Jan 24] 1: [Barcode: i50165732]
Identifier: CA 1915 Jan 24
Abstract

William Henderson Packwood (1932-1917) was an Oregon pioneer, who in 1857, was the youngest delegate sent to Oregon's Constitutional Convention. The collection (1915) contains a letter to Fred Lockley regarding Packwood's boyhood, along with a typed memoir of the Packwood family's overland journey to Oregon in 1849.

Dates: 1915 January 24
Found in: University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives / William H. Packwood papers

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