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OHS Maps Collection

  • OHS Maps
  • Collection
  • 1500 - ?

The OHS Maps Collection contains over 25,000 maps that focus on Western exploration and the Oregon Territory. Available types of maps include those of the Oregon Territory, the state, cities and counties, and special subjects such as mining, fores...

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

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

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

Millar, Reverend James P.

Millar, Reverend James P.

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)

Crosby, Mary (Lincoln)

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.

Lewis, Rev. William Scott and Julia (Pierce)

Lewis, Rev. William Scott and Julia (Pierce)

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...

Judson, Reverend Lewis Hubbell

Judson, Reverend Lewis Hubbell

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,...

Keeler, Sylvia M. (Marshall)

Keeler, Sylvia M. (Marshall)

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...

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...

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