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Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982

MSS 114
Collection
1783-1982

The papers consist of four groups of materials acquired by the Oregon Historical Society at various times. The first group, designated Mss 114, consists of correspondence (1848-1869) concerning the conduct of Indian affairs in Oregon, enlistment o...

Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881

Correspondence Collection

Mss 1500
Collection
1800 - ?

Oregon elections collection, 1846-1888

MSS 1231
Collection
1846 - 1888

Collection assembled by the Oregon Historical Society regarding elections in Oregon. Included are Poll Books for Sauvie Island (1859), Astoria Precinct (1857), Elkton Precinct (1856), Santiam Precinct (1860), and Butte Creek (1872); contributors t...

Oregon. Constitutional Convention (1857)

Monteith family photograph collection, 1847-1854

Org. Lot 1388
Collection
1847 - 1854

This collection is comprised of two (2) daguerreotypes showing portraits of brothers Thomas and Walter Monteith, who founded the town of Albany, Oregon, circa 1849. They traveled to Oregon from New York in 1847 and settled adjacent land claims, sh...

Mss 114

MSS 114-0
Series
1848-1869

Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982

Consists of correspondence (1848-1869) concerning the conduct of Indian affairs in Oregon, enlistment of a state militia, and efforts to establish a Union League Council. Correspondents include Benjamin Alvord, Jesse Applegate, Benjamin Bonneville...

Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881

Joel Palmer to W. H. Reese

OHS_Mss114_b01_f32_0001_0002
Item
1848-01-25

Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982

Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881

Joel Palmer to Berryman Jennings

OHS_Mss114_b01_f27_0001_0008
Item
1848-04-01

Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982

Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881

Millar, Reverend James P.

ba000878
Item
circa 1852

Part of Cartes-de-Visite Collection

Reverend James P. Millar/Miller, a minister of the United Presbyterian church. He was killed at Canemah, Oregon Territory, on April 8, 1854, by the explosion of the steamer Gazelle. His wife, Amanda, suffered two broken ribs from the incident. The...

Oregon Black History Project photographs collection, circa 1850-1960.

Org. Lot 679
Collection
1850 - 1960

Photographs documenting African-American history in Oregon, circa 1850-1960 that were collected during the Oregon Black History Project and some used to illustrate "A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940," by Eliz...

Crosby, Mary (Lincoln)

ba000319
Item
circa 1853

Part of Cartes-de-Visite Collection

Labeled as being Clara (Smith) Crosby, but she was the wife of Alfred Crosby. The matching card to this one is of Nathaniel Crosby, Jr. His wife was Mary (Lincoln) Crosby.

Crosby, Captain Nathaniel, Jr.

ba000320
Item
circa 1853

Part of Cartes-de-Visite Collection

Robinson Photo (Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada)

Trafton, Lucinda

ba000398
Item
circa 1854

Part of Cartes-de-Visite Collection

Lucinda Trafton, maternal grandmother of Eva L. Emery.

Newell, W. J. (Dover, NH)

O. C. Pratt to Joel Palmer

OHS_Mss114_b01_f22_0001_0004
Item
1853-05-20

Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982

Pratt, Orville C. (Orville Charles), 1819-1891

Lewis, Rev. William Scott and Julia (Pierce)

ba000780
Item
circa 1856

Part of Cartes-de-Visite Collection

Reverend W. S. Lewis (1827-1865), pioneer of 1852, and his wife, Julia (Pierce)(1830-1904). They married Sept. 20, 1849, in Logan, Ohio. Lewis was a Minister of the Taylor St. Methodist Episcopal Church from 1858-59 and was active in the Methodist...

Trafton, Caroline

ba000397
Item
circa 1855

Part of Cartes-de-Visite Collection

Caroline Trafton, died 1857, aged 23 years. Mother of Eva L. Emery Dye.

Judson, Reverend Lewis Hubbell

ba000680
Item
circa 1856

Part of Cartes-de-Visite Collection

Reverend Lewis Hubbell Judson, pioneer of 1840. One of the reinforcements of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. Judson is said to have arrived on the sailing vessel 'Lausanne' in 1840. He was born in New York, settled in Marion County,...

Ermatinger, Francis and girl

ba000409
Item
circa 1855

Part of Cartes-de-Visite Collection

Francis Ermatinger, prominent member of the Hudson's Bay Company, with girl who is either his granddaughter or his niece.

Lockwood, Mary Crane (Bryant) Conway and first son

bd001964
Item
circa 1854

Part of Cartes-de-Visite Collection

Mary (Bryant) Conway Lockwood, pioneer of 1852, with her first son, who must have died before 1860. She married William Conway on September 1, 1849, in Montgomery County, Indiana. She married Reuben Lockwood, a physician, in Portland in July 1855.

Minto, John and Martha Ann (Morrison) and son

ba000891
Item
circa 1854

Part of Cartes-de-Visite Collection

John W. and Martha Ann (Morrison) Minto with their son, John W.

Treaty, Calipooia Tribe

OHS_Mss114_b01_f39_0001_0018
Item
1854-03-25

Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982

Joel Palmer to George Manypenny

OHS_Mss114_b01_f28_0001_0008
Item
1854-03-27

Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982

Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881

Joel Palmer to Nathan Olney

OHS_Mss114_b01_f31_0001_0010
Item
1854-09-28

Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982

Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881

N. P. Robinson to Joel Palmer

OHS_Mss114_b01_f23_0001_0002
Item
1854-11-29

Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982

Voucher, S. H. Culver, 1855 [2]

OHS_Mss114_b01_f43_0003_0004
Item
1855

Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982

Cartes-de-Visite Collection

Org. Lot 500
Collection
1855 - 1897

Cartes-de-visite are a form of card photograph popular from around 1860 to the early 1900s, typically used for portraiture. The common construction of these cards consists of a thin albumen print mounted on a thicker card backing measuring 2.5 x...

Keeler, Sylvia M. (Marshall)

ba000687
Item
circa 1856

Part of Cartes-de-Visite Collection

Sylvia M. Marshall, who married Julius M. Keeler, a teacher in early Portland and Forest Grove. They had one surviving son, Percival Keeler, who was born in 1853 in Oregon, and was a bookkeeper in San Francisco in 1880. She died in 1858 in Napa, C...