ORU_B156.xml Guide to the Washington M. Hair Farm Account Book 1885-1910 Hair (Washington M.) farm account book 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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Washington M. Hair farm account book Hair, Mozelle Hair, Washington M. B 156 0.025 linear feet 1 container 1 volume 1885-1910 Washington M. Hair owned land and farmed near Unadilla, Nebraska, and then moved to Oregon in 1899 where he commenced farming in Grants Pass. The collection (1885-1910) contains an account book of the Unadilla and Grants Pass farms; a note of explanation from Washington M. Hair's daughter, Mozelle Hair, is with the account book. English . 1

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 Hair, Washington M. Grants Pass (Or.)--History Unadilla (Neb.)--History Farmers--Nebraska--Unadilla Farmers--Oregon--Grants Pass Farm management--Oregon--Grants Pass Farm management--Nebraska--Unadilla Oregon Account books

According to a written biography and explanation of the contents of the collection by Mozelle Hair, her family farmed near Unadilla, Nebrask until 1899, when they traveled west to Oregon. Her father, Washington M. Hair, then farmed in grants Pass, Josephine County, and then became a partner with George Riddle (of a pioneer family) in a general hardware store. Washington M. Hair died in 1926, his wife, Sue West Hair, in 1941.

Mozelle Hair would later work for the University of Oregon in the Extension division.

The collection (1885-1910) contains an account book of the Unadilla and Grants Pass farms; a note of explanation from Washington M. Hair's daughter, Mozelle Hair, is with the account book. \n\n

 Guide to the Washington M. Hair Farm Account Book

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