ORU_A010.xml Guide to the Lillian Caldwell Blackwood Letters and Photographs 1877-1928 Blackwood (Lillian Caldwell) letters and photographs Tanya Parlet and Kira B. Homo Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2013
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-12-22. Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
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Lillian Caldwell Blackwood letters and photographs Blackwood, Lillian Caldwell, 1877-1928 A 010 1 linear feet 2 containers 1 clam shell box, 1 photo box 1877-1928 Lillian Caldwell Blackwood was an Oregon pioneer who lived in Jacksonville, Oregon. The collection (1877-1928) contains correspondence regarding family and Oregon society and family photographs. English .

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 Blackwood, Lillian Caldwell, 1877-1928 Blackwood, Lillian Caldwell, 1877-1928 Oregon--Social life and customs Jacksonville (Or.)--Social life and customs Pioneers--Oregon Pioneers--Oregon--Correspondence Women Pioneers--Oregon--Correspondence Photographs Oregon Women Silver gelatin prints Snapshots Correspondence

Lillian Caldwell Blackwood was an Oregon pioneer who lived in Jacksonville, Oregon. Her correspondence received includes letters from Mrs. M. J. Courtney (address unknown), 1877-1880; Richard Blackwood, Tombstone, Arizona, 1880-1881; and Kate Murray, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1892-1897. They all concern family matters and social news.

The collection (1877-1928) contains correspondence regarding family and Oregon society, and photographs.

Correspondence consists of sixty-five letters and concerns family matters and social news.

Correspondents are Mrs. M. J. Courtney, address unknown, 1877-1880; Richard Blackwood, Tombstone, Arizona, 1880-1881; and Kate Murray, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1892-1897.

The collection also includes five photographs of Blackwood and friends or family, circa 1900-1928; one photograph is a portrait of Andy Boise, an African-American man, in a suit with cane, c. 1880s. Photographs have been separated from the rest of the collection for preservation reasons, and are stored under the call number, PH236.

 Guide to the Lillian Caldwell Blackwood Letters and Photographs

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