Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
-
Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
-
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Box 1: Minnie Rowe Crabb and Charles Crabb
- Box 2: Minnie Rowe Crabb
- Box 3: Minnie Rowe Crabb
- Box 4: Crabb Family Photographs
- Box 5: Crabb Family Artifacts
- Box 6: Lewis & Rachel Thayer Documents
- Box 7: Lewis & Rachel Thayer Scrapbooks and Clippings
- Box 8: Lewis & Rachel Thayer Family Documents
- Box 9: Rachel and Lewis Thayer Appointment Books
- Box 10: Rachel & Lewis Thayer Documents
- Box 11: Correspondence
- Box 12: Correspondence
- Box 13: Correspondence
- Box 14: Correspondence
- Names and Subjects
The Lewis and Rachel Thayer Collection, 1860-2000
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Thayer Family
- Title
- The Lewis and Rachel Thayer Collection
- Dates
- 1860-2000 (inclusive)18602000
- Quantity
- 11 cubic feet, (10 boxes)
- Collection Number
- OLPb133THA
- Summary
- This collection of Thayer/Crabb family materials document Minnie Crabb's and her husband Charles's experiences during the Civil War, as well as Minnie's work in the temperence movement and her life as a writer. The collection also documents the life of Minnie's daughter, Rachel, and her husband Lewis. Both were college educators who spent a large part of their careers (1947-1975) at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
- Repository
-
Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
615 S. Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR
97219
Telephone: 5037687758
Fax: 5037687282
archives@lclark.edu - Access Restrictions
-
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Lewis & Rachel Thayer Collection documents two generations of the Rowe/Crabb/Thayer family. The first part of the collection documents Minnie Rowe. Minnie was born in England in 1870 to Mary and Joseph Rowe, who moved to Nebraska in 1872 with Joseph’s two brothers and their families. She graduated from high school in 1886 and taught grade school, eventually becoming the assistant principal of a high school. In 1901 she married Charles Ellsworth Crabb. They lived in Missouri for two years, where they had two children, Rachel and Paul, the former who grew up to marry Lewis Thayer in 1928. Around 1905 moved to New Mexico, where their youngest daughter, Frances, was born. They lived in New Mexico for two or three years, and in Tuttle, Oklahoma for ten years, and in 1918 moved to Deer Lodge, Montana to live on the Willard-Crabb Farms, Co. ranch. In 1925, Charles and Minnie left Montana and moved to Los Gatos, California, where Minnie died in a car accident in 1940. Throughout her life, Minnie was an avid supporter of temperance, and an active member of the Women Christian’s Temperance Union. She wrote a series of children’s books, the Mrs. Gray Bunny books, which taught young children about the importance of good health and the dangers of alcohol. She also wrote a number of short stories, including a semiautobiographical series about Little Nebraska Annie, a girl living in Nebraska in the late 1800s, many poems, and a play. She kept a journal sporadically from the 1890s until 1918, and continued to write fiction and autobiographical stories until her death. In 1940, she was killed by a drunk driver. Her husband, Charles Crabb, continued to live in Los Gatos until he moved in with Frances in 1960, and died in 1965.
The second generation documented in the collection is Minnie's daughter Rachel and her husband Lewis A. Thayer. Rachel was born in Joplin, Missouri on August 15, 1902. She earned a BA at University of Montana and an MA from Stanford University. In 1929 she met and married Lewis A. Thayer at Stanford. Lewis was born on December 25, 1903 in Mercur, Utah. Lewis earned BA and MA degrees in science at Washington State University before enrolling at Stanford to study for a Ph.D. After their marriage, the Thayers lived in Monterey, California, Sacramento, California, and Shreveport, Louisiana, where Lewis worked at the Hopkins Marine Station, Sacramento State University, and Centenary College. In 1946, Lewis accepted a position teaching science at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Rachel also found employment at Lewis & Clark as a librarian. Both worked at Lewis & Clark for over thirty years. The Thayers had for sons: David, Philip, Doug, and Steve. Lewis died in 1993, and Rachel died in 2000.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Includes diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, artifacts, and publications, and documents.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
The Lewis & Rachel Thayer Collection (OLPb133THA), Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series of boxes grouped by the family member responsible for creating the material.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Box 1: Minnie Rowe Crabb and Charles Crabb, 1883-1987Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1.1 | Minnie Crabb--England Journal
A ledger book containing Minnie Crabb's journal during the time she was
visiting England
|
1890-1891 |
1.2 | Minnie Crabb's Diary and
Writings
A large account book containing Minnie Crabb's diary and other
stories/writing selections, including "Southern Missouri Experiences"
and "Reminiscences of Old England"
|
1901-1905 |
1.3 | Minnie Crabb's Diary and Deer Lodge
Poems
Book containing Minnie Crabb's diary between 1905-1911, in addition to
several pages of poetry, written between 1918 and 1925
|
1905-1925 |
1.4 | Tornadoes--Minnie Rowe
A one-page essay on tornadoes by Minnie Rowe
|
c. 1884 |
1.5 | Story by Minnie Crabb--" A War Time
Thanksgiving"
Story about hosting soldiers for Thanksgiving dinner
|
post-1926 |
1.6 | Minnie Crabb: Mrs. Gray Bunny
Books
Mrs. Gray Bunny's Health Color Book, Mrs. Gray Bunny's Children, Gray
Bunny Children Still Learning, Mrs. Gray Bunny's Birthday Greetings
(typed, but not bound or ilustrated), copyright certificates of Gray
Bunny books
|
1936-1938 |
1.7 | Story by Minnie Crabb--"Corn Husking
Days"
13-page story
|
undated |
1.8 | Minnie Crabb: Food Alphabet
Poem
An alphabet poem in which each letter stands for something edible.
|
undated |
1.9 | "An American Party," a play
Ledger book containing a handwritten play, also including a typed
copy
|
undated |
1.10 | Short Story by Minnie Crabb--"Glimpses of
Life"
A story about schoolteachers
|
undated |
1.11 | "Little Nebraska Annie" (short
stories)
Book containing a holographic collection of short stories about a small
girl living in Nebraska
|
undated |
1.12 | Minnie Crabb's Teaching
Certificate
Original "Teacher's First Grade Certificate," along with several
photocopies
|
1892 |
1.13 | Marriage Record of Charles and Minnie
Crabb
Photocopy of the original marriage certificate
|
1901 |
1.14 | Letters from the Women's Christian
Temperance Union
Letter to Minnie Crabb from the hedquarters of the WCTU, mostly
pertaining to the Mrs. Gray Bunny books
|
1938-1939 |
1.15 | Letters to Charles Crabb
Letters to Charles Crabb from his children
|
1958-1959 |
1.16 | Newspaper Articles Concerning Minnie Rowe
and C.E. Crabb
Three newspaper clippings, with photocopies, about Charles and/or Minnie
Crabb
|
undated |
1.17 | Dried Flower and Story of Minnie Crabb's
Death
A folded piece of construction paper containing a pressed dried flower
and a small scrap of paper telling af Minnie Crabb's death by a drunk
driver
|
undated |
1.18 | WCTU Songbook
Songbook of the Women's Christian Temperance Union
|
1928 |
1.19 | Photograph Books from England
Two books of Lithographic prints, one of Southport, the other of
"Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth, Stratford, and Coventry"
|
c. 1890 |
1.20 | Calendar for Crabb's Service
Station
Wall calendar from Crabb's Service Station, Los Gatos, CA
|
1954 |
1.21 | Stockham, NE Centennial Book
Souvenir booklet from the Stockham, NE Centennial
|
1987 |
1.22 | Letterhead
Several copies of Minnie Crabb's WCTU letterhead, and one for
Willard-Crabb Farms Co.
|
undated |
1.23 | Printed Info on Minnie Crabb's England
Trip
Several pages of printed material on Llandudno, Wales, and one page on
the Pavonia, a ship that sailed out of Liverpool
|
undated |
1.24 | Notes on Genealogy
Scraps of paper containing information on family history, a newspaper
article about the 1920 census
|
undated |
1.25 | John Melville Crabb--Bio
Biography of John Melville Crabb, Charles Crabb's father, Civil War
veteran
|
undated |
1.26 | Birthday Books
The Children's Birthday Book, and the Floral Birthday Book
|
undated |
1.27 | Diary of Charles Crabb
Diary kept by Charles Crabb when he was in his early teens
|
1883-1884 |
1.28 | Charles Crabb's Address Book
Small bound book with addresses
|
undated |
1.29 | Letters Pertaining to the Estate of
Charles Crabb
Letters among the children of Charles and Minnie Crabb after their
father's death; the will of Charles Crabb; other letters pertaining to
his estate
|
1965-1966 |
1.30 | Bank Statements, Finances of Charles
Crabb
Receipts, bills, checks and bank statements belonging to Charles
Crabb
|
c. 1957-1960 |
1.31 | Book Belonging to Rachel Crabb (later
Thayer)
A book, entitled,"'Sweetness and Light," with Rachel Crabb's name written
in the cover
|
undated |
1.32 | Wedding Invitation of Lewis and Rachel
Thayer
Invitation to the wedding of Lewis Thayer and Rachel Crabb
|
June 30, 1929 |
Box 2: Minnie Rowe Crabb, 1883-1987Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
2.1 | "Little Nebraska Annie and Other
Stories"
Historical and biographical information on Minnie Rowe Crabb collected
from her own writings and other sources. Includes DVD copy of collected
material, printed copy, and an index to family photos (found on the DVD
and in the collection).
|
undated |
Box 3: Minnie Rowe Crabb, 1860-1940Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
3.1 | Crabb Family photographs
Green and pink album containing portraits of Minnie and Charles's
relatives (mostly from the Crabb side of the family)
|
1860-1920 |
3.2 | Photo Album
Black album containing images of the Crabbs' family, homes, and friends
|
1900-1940 |
Box 4: Crabb Family Photographs, 1860-1940Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
4.1 | Photo of John Melville Crabb
John Melville Crabb: 1st Sergeant Civil War photo
|
c. 1860 |
4.2 | Tintype picture
Harriet, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, and Minnie Rowe
|
c. 1880 |
4.3 | Photo
Bertha Allen and children (of unknown parentage), in England
|
c. 1900 |
4.4 | Allen family photos
Two pictures of the Allen family
|
c. 1900 |
4.5 | Minnie Crabb in wedding dress
Two copies of a portrait of Minnie Rowe Crabb, in her wedding dress
|
1901 |
4.6 | Photo of Charles, Minnie, and Rachel
Crabb
Two copies and the original photo of the Crabbs with their daughter
Rachel
|
1902 |
4.7 | Magdalena House photos
Pictures of the Crabb family from Magdalena, New Mexico (5 pictures)
|
1903-1904 |
4.8 | Crabb family photos
Miscellaneous unmounted photos of the Crabb family
|
1880-1940 |
4.9 | Framed photos of the Allen
girls
Photo of Eugenie Allen, photo of Bertha Allen (here called Margaret)
|
c. 1890 |
4.10 | Framed photo of Bertha Allen
Photo of Bertha/Margaret Allen
|
c. 1910 |
4.11 | Minnie and Charles Crabb
Framed portraits of Minnie and Charles Crabb, Los Gatos
|
c. 1935 |
4.12 | Minnie Crabb
Framed portrait of Minnie Crabb
|
c. 1935 |
4.13 | Crabb family photos
Miscellaneous mounted photos of the Crabb family
|
1880-1940 |
4.14 | Charlotte Crabb
Two copies of an image of Charlotte Crabb, approximately 2-3 years
old
|
c. 1930 |
4.15 | Miscellaneous photos
Photo of Pete Rowe, photo of a house and car, photo of the Crabb
family
|
undated |
4.16 | Rowe family portrait
Portrait of Rowe family, with notes on indentifying the members, prior to
Minnie Rowe's marriage
|
c. 1900 |
4.17 | Charles and Minnie Crabb
Portraits of Charles and Minnie Crabb
|
c. 1930 |
4.18 | Minnie Crabb
Portrait of Minnie Crabb
|
1935 |
4.19 | Paul Crabb
Portrait of Paul Crabb at a desk
|
undated |
Box 5: Crabb Family Artifacts, 1870-1903Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
5.1 | G.A.R. Encampment Medals and
Ribbons
Box containing Civil War vetran's of the Grand Army of the Republic
(G.A.R.) encampment medals and ribbons. Includes 1903, Nat'l Encampment,
San Francisco, Cal., round medal with twisted metal border and three
ribbons; GAR San Francisco 1903, Mother-of-pearl canteen suspended from
eagle pin; Souvenir, 37th National Encampment, San Francisco, August
1903, star in ring suspended from bear pin reading "Souvenir"; round
medal with flag ribbon and photograph; Rectangular blue pin with border
and two leaves; metal canteen with orange felt; GAR, 37th National
Encampment, Aug 17-24, San Francisco, Cal., 1903, gold metal with eagle
on top; Iron Brigade, 2nd Wis, 6th Wis, 7th Wis, Mich 24, Ind 19th, star
hanging from a ribbon; GAR 23rd, red and blue ribbons hanging from gold
pin; Souvenir, GAR, 30th National Encampment, St. Paul, Minn, Sep 1-4,
1896, gold star hanging from pin reading "Souvenir"; Thirtieth Annual
Encampment, St. Paul, Minn, Sept 1-4, 1896. Grand Army of the Republic,
round medallion w/eagle hanging from red, white, and blue ribbon; On the
record of our years/Abra'm Lincoln's name appears/Grant and Logan and
our tears, Illionois~Illinois, Official Souvenir, Chicago Encampment,
GAR 1900, medal with embossed pictures on a star; 34th National
Encampment, GAR, Chicago, ILL, Aug, 1900, round medal with red, white,
and blue ribbons; National Encampment, Milwaukee Wis., red square of
ribbon; Iron Brigade, St. Paul, Sept. 1896, tan ribbon; 5th Annual
Encampment, GAR 2nd Division, Southwestern Minnesota, Morton, June
[dates illegible], light green ribbon; Minnesota, yellow ribbon;
Wisconsin, Chicago, 1900, yellow ribbon; Minnesota, yellow ribbon; tan
ribbon with the story of the Iron Brigade; Seventh Annual Encampment, 2d
Division, S.W. Minn, GAR Association, Redwood Falls, Min, June 16, 17,
& 18th, light yellow ribbon.
|
1870-1903 |
5.2 | Crabb Family Artifacts
Minnie Crabb's purse; wooden box with cord; Charles Crabb's rubber
address stamp; roll of microfilm; box containing beaded mat, beaded
headband, and a perfume bottle; recipe box belong to "Grandma Crabb";
two smoke- or ink-stained rectangles of red leather or linoleum
|
undated |
Box 6: Lewis & Rachel Thayer Documents, 1919-2000Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
6.1 | Lewis Thayer: State College of
Washington
Miscellaneous documents, and publications collected by L. Thayer
|
c. 1920 |
6.2 | Lewis Thayer: State College of Washington
- Programs and Mementoes
Large collection of programs, fliers, and personal mementoes collected by
L. Thayer from the State College of Washington and Pullman high
school.
|
1919-1926 |
6.3 | The Hornet Newsletter: State College of
Washington
Copies of newsletters produced at the State College of Washington by
students. L. Thayer was the Hornet newsletter purser.
|
1921-1926 |
6.4 | Lewis Thayer: Stanford
University
Miscellaneous documents and publications collected by L. Thayer
|
c. 1930 |
6.5 | Stanford University: Bryan Niel
Thesis
Bryan Niel, botany thesis, images, and bibliography presented to L.
Thayer.
|
1931 |
6.6 | Lewis Thayer: Sacramento Junior
College
Academic announcement calendar including class schedule for L. Thayer,
and note by R. Thayer on his appointment at the Sacramento Junior
College.
|
1933 |
6.7 | Lewis Thayer: Centenary College of
Louisiana
Miscellaneous documents and publications collected by L. Thayer
|
1934 |
6.8 | Lewis Thayer: Diatom Water-blooms on the
Coast of Washington
Copy of publication and research materials relating to L. Thayer paper
published by Louisiana Academy of Sciences.
|
March, 1935 |
6.9 | Lewis Thayer: Lewis and Clark
College
Collection of reports, scripts, speeches and miscellaneous documents from
L. Thayer regarding his work at the Lewis and Clark College.
|
c. 1970 |
6.10 | Lewis Thayer: Lewis and Clark College
Overseas Programs
Correspondence, programs, clippings, and miscellaneous documents relating
to L. Thayer and the Lewis and Clark overseas program.
|
1971 |
6.11 | Lewis Thayer: City Club of
Portland
Correspondence, committee information, and miscellaneous documents
relating to L. Thayer and his work with Portland school district #1, and
City Club of Portland.
|
1973-1983 |
6.12 | Lewis Thayer: War Department
Certificates of completion, and photographs relating to L. Thayer and the
Civilian Defense.
|
1943 |
6.13 | Lewis Thayer: Personal Documents and
Artifacts
Passports, personalized name plate, prescription information,
vaccinations, credit and membership cards belonging to L. Thayer.
|
undated |
6.14 | Lewis Thayer: Memorial Service
Service program, notecards, and documents collected from L. Thayer's
memorial service by R. Thayer.
|
Nov. 7, 1993 |
6.15 | Rachel Thayer: University of Montana Art
Class Work
A collection of drawings and essays by Rachel Crabb Thayer from the
University of Montana
|
1923 |
6.16 | Rachel Thayer: Miscellaneous Art
Work
Small portfolio containing early drawings by Rachel Crabb Thayer.
|
c. 1920 |
6.17 | Rachel Thayer: Lewis and Clark
College
Programs, announcements, and miscellaneous documents collected and
notated by R. Thayer from Lewis and Clark College and the Watzak
Library.
|
undated |
6.18 | Rachel Thayer: Writing Your Life
Story
Class syllabus for creative writing class at Portland Community
College.
|
1991 |
6.19 | Rachel Thayer: "Blythe Spirit"
Handwritten and typed script copy of short story.
|
undated |
6.20 | Rachel Thayer: "Before the Covered Wagon
Pt. 3"
Handwritten notes and a typed script for the short story "Before the
Covered Wagon Pt. 3" by R. Thayer.
|
undated |
6.21 | Plaza Scene: Terwilliger Plaza News
Bulletin
Copies of news bulletin and original manuscripts by R. Thayer.
|
1993-1998 |
6.22 | Rachel Thayer: Oregon Historical
Society
Information regarding the Thayer's involvement with the Oregon Historical
Society and the Heritage Quilts Exhibition.
|
c. 1950 |
6.23 | Rachel Thayer: Persona: History
Timeline
Titled "outline for writing" R. Thayer details the events in her life
from 1902-1929 in timeline form.
|
1967 |
6.24 | Rachel Thayer: Personal Documents and
Artifacts
Passports, personalized name plate, resume, vaccinations, credit and
membership cards belonging to R. Thayer.
|
undated |
6.25 | Rachel Thayer: Memorial
Service
Service program, copy of obituary, guest book, and Sunday service program
collected from R. Thayer's memorial Service.
|
June 3, 2000 |
6.26 | Thayer Family Birth, Death, and Marriage
Certificates
Personal documents and information relating to R. and L. Thayer and their
four children Steve, David, Phil, and Doug Thayer.
|
1902-2000 |
6.27 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer:
Diplomas
Rachel and Lewis Thayer diplomas from Leland Stanford University, State
University of Montana, and State College of Washington.
|
1924-1935 |
6.28 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: Trust
Agreements
Last will and testaments, and trust agreements for Rachel and Lewis
Thayer.
|
1986 |
6.29 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: Organizations and
Memberships
Miscellaneous documents, programs, and information relating to
organizations sponsored by Rachel and Lewis Thayer.
|
undated |
6.30 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer:
Events
Invitations, cards, rosters, and miscellaneous documents relating to
Thayer family events.
|
1924-1999 |
6.31 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: First
Presbyterian Church
Programs, newsletters, and miscellaneous documents relating to the
Thayer's association with the church. Includes report on church
committee planning and mission of the church.
|
1947-1995 |
6.32 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: Accounting
Documents
Bills, payments, and other personal account information.
|
1942-1998 |
Box 7: Lewis & Rachel Thayer Scrapbooks and Clippings, 1926-2000Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
7.1 | Lewis Thayer: Stanford College
Scrapbook |
1926 |
7.2 | Lewis Thayer: Stanford College
Scrapbook |
1926-1927 |
7.3 | Lewis Thayer: Stanford College
Scrapbook |
1927 |
7.4 | Thayer Family Scrapbook |
1927 |
7.5 | The Stanford Review; Stanford College
Scrapbook |
1928-1931 |
7.6 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: Picture Clippings
Scrapbook |
c. 1930 |
7.7 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: Clipping
Scrapbook |
c. 1930 |
7.8 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: Scrapbook of
Writings |
c. 1930 |
7.9 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: Family
Scrapbook |
1938-2000 |
7.10 | Rachel Thayer: Clippings from Travel
Events
Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous documents relating to Thayer travel
events.
|
1997-1999 |
7.11 | Rachel Thayer: Miscellaneous
Clippings
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings and papers collected by R. Thayer. Many
include personal notes on events, people, and places.
|
undated |
7.12 | Lewis Thayer: Louisiana Residence
Construction Contract
Specifications and construction folio for the erection of a residence at
125 Albert St. Shreveport, Louisiana.
|
June 17, 1940 |
7.13 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: Oregon Residence
Papers
Contracts, mortgage papers, and receipts for their Portland, Oregon
house. Includes Willamette View brochure depicting their house.
|
1950-1962 |
Box 8: Lewis & Rachel Thayer Family Documents, 1903-1993Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
8.1 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: Misc. Oversized
Documents and Awards
Includes Lewis Thayer, Recognition of Service Award, 1969; Lewis Thayer,
diploma to Sigma XI, 1929; Rachel Thayer, teacher poster, 1925.
|
1925-1969 |
8.2 | Lewis Thayer Publications
Books, journals, and articles containing essays by L. Thayer.
|
1927-1938 |
8.3 | Lewis Thayer: Baby Life Remembrance
Book |
1903-1993 |
8.4 | Lewis Thayer: Childhood
Mementos
Box containing paper crafts, illustrations, art works, scrapbook, and
other childhood mementos of L. Thayer.
|
c. 1903 |
8.5 | Rachel Thayer: The Powell
Yearbook
Powell county high school, Dear Ridge, Montana, 1920 Yearbook.
|
1920 |
8.6 | Rachel Thayer: The Sentinel
Yearbook
State University of Montana 1924 yearbook.
|
1924 |
8.7 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: Wedding Guest
Book |
June 30, 1929 |
8.8 | Rachel Thayer: Notes on Personal
Memories
Collection of notes and transcriptions of personal memories.
|
undated |
8.9 | Rachel Thayer: Misc. Personal
Notes
Miscellaneous personal notes on daily Thayer events, and thought on a
variety of subjects.
|
undated |
8.10 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: Photograph
Christmas Cards
Two photograph Christmas cards from the St. Johns family. One depicting
Snake Rive, Geneva Bar, Oregon., and one South Baldy, Washington.
|
1928-1929 |
8.11 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer:
Postcards
Collection of postcards collected by the Thayer's during their various
travels.
|
undated |
Box 9: Rachel and Lewis Thayer Appointment Books, 1930-2000Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
9.1 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: Misc. Date Books,
Callendars, and Appointment Books. |
1930-2000 |
Box 10: Rachel & Lewis Thayer Documents, 1930-2000Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
10.1 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: Misc. Date
Books |
1930-2000 |
10.2 | Rachel Thayer: Journals |
undated |
10.3 | Rachel and Lewis Thayer: Budget
Books |
undated |
10.4 | Listing of family books included with
archives
Books are housed with Special Collections rare book collection and in the
general library collections.
|
undated |
10.5 | Lewis and Rachel Thayer Biographical
Information |
undated |
10.6 | Lewis Thayer Autobiography |
undated |
10.7 | Lewis Thayer "I Remember Papa" |
undated |
10.8 | Lewis Thayer "Notes Concerning Mercur
Utah" |
1992 |
10.9 | Rachel Thayer "Notes Concerning Kelly New
Mexico" |
1992 |
10.10 | Rachel Thayer Apartment
Inventory |
1999 |
10.11 | Lewis and Rachel Thayer Tax
Summary |
undated |
10.12 | Rachel Thayer Writings: DVD
DVD containing transcripts of R. Thayer stories, notes, and diaries.
|
undated |
10.13 | Photocopies of various news clippings and
Documents |
undated |
Box 11: Correspondence, 1908-1929Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
11.1 | Postcards Crabb family; undated page of
prayers |
1908-1912 |
11.2 | Correspondence from Miss Celito Johnson to
Master Lewes [sic] (Mercur, Utah) |
1909 |
11.3 | Correspondence Emily Benedict to Lewis
Gilmore Thayer regarding family history |
1911 |
11.4 | Correspondence to Rachel Crabb from Marion
Hennings (3); Ltrs to Paul Crabb from Paul Lowery |
1918 |
11.5 | Lewis A. Thayer – Expense Account for Sept
1, 1918 to Sept. 1, 1919 |
1918-1919 |
11.6 | Postcards to Lewis A. Thayer |
1919 |
11.7 | Correspondence to Rachel Crabb from: Mamma
(Minnie Rowe Crabb); the Bell (a teacher friend (?) in Deerlodge
Montana); and, Francis Crabb |
1921 |
11.8 | Correspondence to Lewis A. Thayer from
Marguerite |
1921 |
11.9 | There and Back
An account of an auto trip from Pullman, Washington to Pawnee City,
Nebraska, in the summer of 1923. Written by Maude Thayer. On the trip
with her were Lewis (age 19), Frances (age 18) and Mary (age 14). The
trip was made in a Dodge touring car.
|
1923 |
11.10 | Correspondence to Rachel Crabb from:
Minnie Crabb |
1924 |
11.11 | Lewis Thayer; photograph (year book) “a
few of the gang” L. Thayer (left of center third row); and name
card |
1924 |
11.12 | Correspondence between Lewis Thayer and
Rachel Crabb |
1925 |
11.13 | Correspondence to Rachel Crabb from:
Minnie Crabb; Francis Crabb; and Paul Crabb |
1926 |
11.14 | Lewis Thayer: Thesis
Thayer, Lewis Atkinson, "The Morphology of Certain Washington Ferns".
Thesis (Master of Science). State College of Washington. 1926; “The
Gametophytic Development of Certain Ferns: Polypodium Vulgare Var. and
Pellaea Densa”, by F.L. Pickett and Lewis A. Thayer. (reprinted in the
Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club)
|
1926 |
11.15 | Correspondence to Rachel Crabb from:
Minnie Crabb; Francis Crabb; and Paul Crabb |
1927 |
11.16 | Crabb Family undated
correspondence |
ca. 1927 |
11.17 | Rachel E. Crabb: Thesis
"The League of Nations and the Greek Refugees". Thesis (Master of Arts).
Stanford University.
|
1928 |
11.18 | Correspondence to Lewis Thayer from Viola
Brewer; includes pressed flowers. (some letters undated) |
1926-1927 |
11.19 | (Jan–Oct) Correspondence between Lewis
Thayer and Rachel Crabb |
1927 |
11.20 | (Nov–Dec) Correspondence between Lewis
Thayer and Rachel Crabb; |
1927 |
11.21 | Correspondence Rachel Crabb to Mrs. Luske
transmitting football tickets |
1927 |
11.22 | (Jan–Dec) Correspondence between Lewis
Thayer and Rachel Crabb |
1928 |
11.23 | (Mar–Apr) Correspondence between Lewis
Thayer and Rachel Crabb |
1928 |
11.24 | (May–Jul) Correspondence between Lewis
Thayer and Rachel Crabb |
1928 |
11.25 | (Aug–Sep) Correspondence between Lewis
Thayer and Rachel Crabb |
1928 |
11.26 | (Oct) Correspondence between Lewis Thayer
and Rachel Crabb |
1928 |
11.27 | (Nov) Correspondence between Lewis Thayer
and Rachel Crabb |
1928 |
11.28 | (Dec) Correspondence between Lewis Thayer
and Rachel Crabb |
1928 |
11.29 | Correspondence to Lewis Thayer from:
Frances (Furry) Thayer; Lewis Gilmore Thayer |
1928-1929 |
11.30 | Correspondence Maude Thayer to Lewis A.
Thayer (incomplete) |
1928 |
11.31 | Correspondence to Rachel Crabb from: Paul
Crabb; Francis Crabb; Minnie Crabb; Maude A. Thayer |
1928 |
11.32 | Correspondence to Rachel Crabb from: Paul
Crabb; Francis Crabb; Minnie Crabb; Maude A. Thayer; Lewis Gilmore
Thayer; Alice Span Crabb; includes a letter from Rachel Crabb to Maude
Thayer |
1929 |
11.33 | (Jan) Correspondence between Lewis Thayer
and Rachel Crabb |
1929 |
11.34 | (Feb) Correspondence between Lewis Thayer
and Rachel Crabb |
1929 |
11.35 | (Mar) Correspondence between Lewis Thayer
and Rachel Crabb |
1929 |
11.36 | (Apr) Correspondence between Lewis Thayer
and Rachel Crabb |
1929 |
Box 12: Correspondence, 1929-1949Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
12.1 | (May) Correspondence between Lewis Thayer
and Rachel Crabb |
1929 |
12.2 | (Jun) Correspondence between Lewis Thayer
and Rachel Crabb |
1929 |
12.3 | Materials relating to the wedding of Lewis
Thayer and Rachel Crabb
Card from the Sheldon family; calling cards from Mrs. Lewis Marion
Montgomery, Miss Mary Katherine Thayer, Mrs. Leabitt R. Cadwell, Carolyn
May Spohn, Flora Simmons Reynolds, Miss Frances T. Thayer, Eva Simmons,
Mr. and Mrs. Roland K. Abercrombie; letter to Mrs. C.C. Crabb regarding
the use of the Stanford Chapel for the ceremony on 30 June 1929; letter
from Maude Thayer to Rachel; the invitation and wedding rice; copy of
marriage license
|
1929 |
12.4 | Correspondence to Lewis and Rachel Thayer
Yellowstone (research trip following their honeymoon in
Carmel-by-the-Sea); LAT doing research on blue-green algae for the
Carnegie Institute Geophysical Laboratory. File includes newspaper
clipping on a talk LAT presented; newspaper cartoons; dried flowers; 4
Correspondence to REC from her mother; and a ltr to REC from Dana
(?)
|
1929 |
12.5 | (Dec - Jan) Correspondence between Lewis
and Rachel Thayer. Lewis in Monterey and Rachel in Los Gatos,
California |
1929-1930 |
12.6 | El Adobe Hospital – two invoices [for
delivery of David L. Thayer] |
1930 |
12.7 | Correspondence from Maude Thayer to
Children (1); and, from Minnie Crabb to Rachel & Lewis
(1); |
1930 |
12.8 | Letter [Lewis Thayer] to Folks, December
27, 1931 |
1931 |
12.9 | Correspondence between Lewis and Rachel
Thayer |
1931 |
12.10 | California State Dept. of Education
General Secondary School Credential – issued to Lewis A.
Thayer |
1932 |
12.11 | Thayer Family Correspondence
Letters into October are LAT to family. Including correspondence relating
to the move to Shreveport, La. where Lewis Thayer began teaching at
Centenary College.
|
1933 |
12.12 | Thayer Family Correspondence
Includes correspondence of Charles E. Crabb; Maude Thayer; Minnie Rowe
Crabb; Francis T. Thayer; Frances Crabb Luske; Lewis G. Thayer and Lewis
A. Thayer
|
1934 |
12.13 | Thayer Family Correspondence
Includes correspondence of Charles E., and Minnie Crabb; Alice Spann
Crabb (Healdsburg, Ca.); Maude Thayer (Wilderville, Or.); Minnie Rowe
Crabb; Francis T. Thayer; Frances Crabb Luske; Lewis G. Thayer and Lewis
A. Thayer. Mary Thayer George (Minneapolis);
|
1935 |
12.14 | Undated family Correspondence |
ca. 1935 |
12.15 | (Jan – June) Thayer Family
Correspondence |
1936 |
12.16 | (July – Dec) Thayer Family
Correspondence |
1936 |
12.17 | Correspondence between Rachel and Lewis
Thayer |
1936 |
12.18 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1937 |
12.19 | Correspondence between Rachel and Lewis
Thayer |
1937 |
12.20 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1938 |
12.21 | Correspondence between Rachel and Lewis
Thayer (with notes from the boys); |
1938 |
12.22 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1939 |
12.23 | (Aug) Correspondence between Rachel and
Lewis |
1939 |
12.24 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1940 |
12.25 | (July – Aug) Minnie Rowe Crabb
Minnie Rowe Crabb – material relating to her death resulting from and
automobile accident; telegram, dried asters Rachael collected from
Minnie Crabb’s garden; includes notes made by Rachael relating to her
mother’s death
|
1940 |
12.26 | Correspondence between Rachel and Lewis
Thayer |
1940 |
12.27 | Correspondence from Frances Thayer to
Lewis Thayer; and, 2 letters from Frances (Crabb) Luske to Rachel
Thayer |
1940 |
12.28 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1941 |
12.29 | Correspondence from J.S. and Mrs.
Anderssen (Moscow, Idaho) one to Rachel and Lewis; one to Lewis and
Maude Thayer |
1940-1941 |
12.30 | Correspondence between Lewis Thayer and
his parents |
1941 |
12.31 | Correspondence between Lewis and Rachel
Thayer |
1942 |
12.32 | Family Correspondence |
1942 |
12.33 | Correspondence to Lewis and Rachel Thayer
from Frances T. Luske |
1942 |
12.34 | Correspondence between Lewis Thayer and
his parents |
1942 |
12.35 | Correspondence David L. Thayer to
Grandpaw |
1943 |
12.36 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1943 |
12.37 | Correspondence between Lewis Thayer and
his parents |
1943 |
12.38 | correspondence to folks and Rachel from:
C.E. Crabb, Frances T. Luske and Paul Craff |
ca. 1943 |
12.39 | Family Correspondence |
1944 |
12.40 | Correspondence between Lewis Thayer and
his parents |
1944 |
12.41 | Correspondence from Crabb Family to Rachel
and Lewis Thayer |
1944 |
12.42 | Family Correspondence |
1945 |
12.43 | Correspondence to Lewis and Rachel from
his parents and sister Mary Spencer; includes Correspondence to the boys
from their grandfather Lewis G. Thayer |
1945 |
12.44 | Family Correspondence |
1946 |
12.45 | Correspondence to Lewis and Rachel from
his parents and sisters Mary Spencer and Francis Thayer; includes
Correspondence to the boys from their grandfather Lewis G.
Thayer |
1946 |
12.46 | Correspondence C. E. Crabb to Rachel and
Lewis Thayer |
1946 |
12.47 | (July and August) Correspondence between
Lewis and Rachel Thayer while Lewis is in Corvallis, Oregon.
Includes letters from the boys (Philip and Doug to Rachel when they were
in Grants Pass. At the end of this summer Lewis and family moved to
Portland.
|
1946 |
12.48 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1947 |
12.49 | Correspondence to Lewis and boys from his
parents |
1947 |
12.50 | (Sept) Correspondence Rachel to Lewis
Thayer |
1947 |
12.51 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1948 |
12.52 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1949 |
Box 13: Correspondence, 1950-1970Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
13.1 | Correspondence Thayer Family primarily
Lewis G. Thayer to Lewis A. Thayer |
1950 |
13.2 | Postcards Paul Crabb to C. E.
Crabb |
1950 |
13.3 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1951 |
13.4 | Correspondence - undated Thayer Family
Correspondence: C.E. Crabb, Francis C. Luske to Rachel and Lewis
Thayer |
ca. 1951 |
13.5 | (June/July) materials relating to the
death of Lewis Gilmore Thayer |
1951 |
13.6 | Thayer Family Vacation Poll
This poll was taken by Lewis Thayer regarding where Rachel and the boys
wanted to go for vacation
|
1952 |
13.7 | Thayer Family Correspondence
Most of the correspondence is from David L. Thayer to “folks”. Letters
are from Iowa where David began graduate studies in physics
|
1952 |
13.8 | Thayer Family Correspondence: primarily
from David to his parents written from graduate school |
1953 |
13.9 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1954 |
13.10 | Correspondence undated from Rachel Thayer,
C.E.Crabb and David Thayer |
ca. 1954 |
13.11 | (Jan. thru June) Thayer Family
Correspondence |
1955 |
13.12 | (July thru Dec.) Thayer Family
Correspondence |
1955 |
13.13 | Correspondence undated from
C.E.Crabb |
ca. 1955 |
13.14 | (Jan. thru June) Thayer Family
Correspondence |
1956 |
13.15 | (July thru Dec.) Thayer Family
Correspondence
Includes letters from David and Marcia nee Belsher who were married in
September; Philip and Carol nee Stanford married in June; and, Douglas
who in in graduate school at the University of Oregon. Also included are
letters from C.E. Crabb
|
1956 |
13.16 | Correspondence from Frances Thayer from
Edinburgh, Scottland |
1956-1957 |
13.17 | (Jan. thru Jun) Thayer Family
Correspondence |
1957 |
13.18 | Thayer Family Correspondence
Undated believed to be 1957 because in with Correspondence in an envelope
post marked 1957; or, by general subject matter
|
ca. 1957 |
13.19 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1958 |
13.20 | Correspondence undated from Stephen,
Marcia and Rachel Thayer |
ca. 1958 |
13.21 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1959 |
13.22 | Correspondence undated |
ca. 1959 |
13.23 | Correspondence Lewis Thayer to
RachelThayer |
1959 |
13.24 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1960 |
13.25 | Undated Thayer Family
Correspondences |
ca. 1960 |
13.26 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1961 |
13.27 | Undated Thayer Family
Correspondences |
ca. 1961 |
13.28 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1962 |
13.29 | Undated Thayer Family
Correspondences |
ca. 1962 |
13.30 | Correspondence Lewis to Rachel
Thayer |
1962 |
13.31 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1963 |
13.32 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1964 |
13.33 | Undated Correspondence from Lewis to
Rachel Thayer |
ca. 1964 |
13.34 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1965 |
13.35 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1966 |
13.36 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1967 |
13.37 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1968 |
13.38 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1969 |
13.39 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1970 |
Box 14: Correspondence, 1971-1993Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
14.1 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1971 |
14.2 | Correspondence (Jan. thru June)
From Rachel and Lewis Thayer while they were with the Lewis & Clark
College Overseas Study in Turkey
|
1971 |
14.3 | Materials relating to the trip to
Turkey |
1971 |
14.4 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1972 |
14.5 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1973 |
14.6 | Melinda Lee Thayer (1965 –
1973) |
1965-1973 |
14.7 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1974 |
14.8 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1975 |
14.9 | 1975 Lewis Thayer – 50th College Reunion –
Washington State University |
1975 |
14.10 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1976 |
14.11 | Lewis and Rachel Thayer – Hong Kong Mail
Freighter Trip |
1976 |
14.12 | Thayer Family Correspondence
Rachel and Lewis travel to England in September /October
|
1977 |
14.13 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1978 |
14.14 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1978 |
14.15 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1979 |
14.16 | Rachel and Lewis – M.S. Zvir Freighter
Trip |
1979 |
14.17 | Rachel and Lewis 50th Wedding Anniversary;
cards, guest lists |
1979 |
14.18 | Rachel and Lewis 50th Wedding Anniversary;
photographs |
1979 |
14.19 | Rachel and Lewis 50th Anniversary; guest
book |
1979 |
14.20 | Thayer Family Correspondence; Mt. St
Helen’s eruption |
1980 |
14.21 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1981 |
14.22 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1982 |
14.23 | Marcia Belsher Thayer (1935 –
1982)
Includes telegram from State Department regarding Marcia’s death in
Ireland; newspaper death announcements; correspondence, travel
arrangements; sympathy cards
|
1982 |
14.24 | Rachel and Lewis – Travel to
China
Materials relating the trip – tickets, hotel stationary, notes on tour
sites; notes on purchases, credit card receipts
|
1982 |
14.25 | China Travel
Rachel Thayer’s accident at hotel where she broke her hip; medical
reports (in Chinese); hospital bills on return to United States
|
1982 |
14.26 | China Travel
Lewis Thayer writings and stories about travel in China and Rachel’s
accident
|
1982 |
14.27 | Get well cards to Rachel
Thayer |
1982 |
14.28 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1983 |
14.29 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1984 |
14.30 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1986 |
14.31 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1987 |
14.32 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1988 |
14.33 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1989 |
14.34 | Terwilliger Plaza Move |
1989 |
14.35 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1990 |
14.36 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1991 |
14.37 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1992 |
14.38 | Thayer Family Correspondence |
1993 |
14.39 | Lewis Thayer Final illness – get well
cards |
1993 |
14.40 | Lewis A. Thayer – obituaries |
1993 |
14.41 | Lewis A. Thayer (1903 – 1993) memorial
attendance cards, sympathy cards and letters |
1993 |
14.42 | Lewis A. Thayer – sympathy cards received
by David L. Thayer |
1993 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Crabb, Charles Ellsworth
- Crabb, Minnie Rowe
- Thayer, Lewis A.
- Thayer, Rachel
Corporate Names
- Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Or.) (creator)
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Family Names
- Crabb family--Archives
- Thayer family--Archives
Geographical Names
- Deer Lodge (Mont.)
- Kelly (N.M.)
- Portland (Or.)
- Stockham (Neb.)
Other Creators
-
Family Names
- Crabb family--Archives
- Thayer family--Archives