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| Repository: | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |
| Summary: | Papers of a Major General, U.S. Army who fought in the Civil War and was later stationed for 14 years at Fort Ringgold on the Texas border |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Bryton Barron (1898- ) was a teacher, a writer, a civil servant, a publisher and, most notably, a political conservative who wrote critically of the U.S. State Department and U.S. Foreign policy. The collection includes correspondence, writings, reports and newspaper clippings. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Verne Bright (1893 - ) was an Oregon author of poetry who also worked as a newspaper reporter, and as an English teacher. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia, genealogy research, sketches, scrapbooks, and publications. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | The Burgess family papers primarily consist of the records of Chalon Burgess, a Presbyterian minister, his wife Emma, their sons Edward Sandford and Theodore Chalon, their daughter Sarah Julia Burgess (who went by Julia), as well as other family members. Collection material includes correspondence, school and professional papers, prose and poetry, travel material, financial and investment documents, material on the Burgess rare manuscripts and book collection, miscellaneous manuscripts and publications, scrapbooks, and photographs. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Justin Chenoweth (1829-1898) was an Oregon pioneer and surveyor. Collection includes two containers of family letters, poems, important documents, Chenoweth's diary, and biographical and genealogical material. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Collection consists of genealogical material and research, much conducted by Duniway family members. Included are letters and research regarding descendants of Abigail and Ben Duniway. There are tables and notes regarding the family history of John Tucker Scott and letters of his descendants. Included are tables, notes, books, photographs, and correspondence related to the family and clan of Anne Roelofson Scott. The James Scott papers include documents, correspondence, and other materials pertaining to James Scott, Abigail Duniway's grandfather. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Henry Minor Esterly (1873-1944) was a lawyer who came to Oregon in 1904, and was noted for his defense of civil liberties. The collection contains legal files regarding free speech cases in Portland, Oregon in 1921, correspondence, speeches, genealogy information of the Esterly and Minor families, and legal files of Matthew Minor, Jr. |
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| Repository: | Oregon Historical Society Research Library |
| Summary: | Materials regarding the Handley family, their genealogy, and related families. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Typescript genealogy of Howard/Gray family, with handwritten additions. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | The Howe family comprises Henry Clay Howe (1832-1889) and his wife Letitia, their son Herbert C. Howe (1872-1940) and daughter Lillian Howe. The collection contains diaries, correspondence, photographs, and genealogical papers of the Howe family, manuscripts by Herbert C. Howe, and a ledger of the Oswego Canal Company of NY. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | The Adams family includes William Lysander Adams, his son John W. Johnson, (first president of University of Oregon), his son Herbert S. Johnson, and family members Olive Frances Goodell, Helen E. Adams, Inez Adams Parker, and Thomas McBride. The collection (1929) contains a scrapbook created by Herbert S. Johnson of Adams and Goodell family documents, correspondence, and genealogical research. |
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| Repository: | Eastern Washington University |
| Summary: | The Morrell Family Genealogy consists of a genealogy of the Morrell family, listing birthdates, birthplaces, parents' names, marriages, children's names, and dates of death. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Karl Onthank worked on the staff of the University of Oregon from 1916 to 1957. Onthank and his wife, Ruth, were active conservationists. The collection consists of family history and personal correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Alexander Petrunkevitch was a zoologist and professor of zoology at Yale. The collection contains genealogies of the Petrunkevitch and Hartshorn families; curriculum vitae and list of published works of Alexander Petrunkevitch; memorandum of Dr. Kasimir Korybut-Kovahlsky, husband of Petrunkevitch's daughter Wanda; and miscellaneous letters. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | Grace Guile Purse was a physician in Washington, D.C. early in the twentieth century. In 1920 Purse pursued genealogical research in an effort to join the Daughters of the American Revolution. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | The Pyke Family Papers comprise correspondence and Frederick Pyke's literary manuscripts and research materials. |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives |
| Summary: | The Taylor family papers include a journal of an overland trip from Rockford, Illinois to Oregon in 1853 by Rachel Taylor; a diary of D. H. Taylor on military service against Indians, January 1862-May 1862; and a genealogy of the Taylor family and related families. |
