University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Oliver P. and Mabel Pring papers
MG 609
4 cubic feet
3 bankers boxes, 1 flat file.
1891-1977
Correspondence, articles, and business agreements relating to business deals of O. P. Pring and his family.
English
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Oliver P. Pring was a real estate broker and insurance salesman primarily in Lewiston, Idaho. Materials include correspondence relating to various business deals, family relationships, membership in various organizations, and materials relating to the family unit. Materials also concern Mabel Pring and her life assisting O. P. and as a homemaker.
Materials were not in any order when processing began. Materials were separated into three series. The first concerns O. P.'s various business dealing including correspondence and agreements. The second series relates to correspondence with various family members and anything else not relating to business. The last series was oversized materials including books and ledgers.
The original donation also included materials which were separated into MG 610, Frank and Olive Phillips collection. Olive was the daughter of O.P and Mabel.
Additionally, materials were removed during processing due to financial information and mold damage as well as duplicates.
Oliver Perry Pring was born 17 August 1978 in El Paso County, Colorado. He moved to Lewiston, Idaho sometime between 1901 and 1903. He married Mabel Gregory on 25 January 1900 in Galveston, Texas. During the 1920s he was a general agent for Montana Life Insurance Co. in Spokane, WA and also served as a real estate broker for many years in Lewiston and the surrounding communities. He was a past exalted ruler of the Lewiston Elks Lodge and past grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. O. P. died 24 July 1963 in Lewiston, Idaho.
Mabel Gregory was born 29 September 1878 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She married O. P. Pring on 25 January 1900 in Galveston, Texas. She moved with O. P. to Lewiston, Idaho sometime between 1901 and 1903. Mabel died 11 April 1961 in Lewiston, Idaho.
Collection is open for research.
Materials were donated by the estate of Farrell Dean Gregory, a great-grandson of Oliver and Mabel Pring in June of 2008.
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Related materials can be found in MG 610, Frank and Olive Phillips papers.
Pring, Oliver Perry, 1878-1963
Pring, Mabel Gregory, 1878-1961
Lewiston (Idaho)
Real estate business
Insurance agents
Correspondence
Business records
Idaho
Businesses and Corporations
Letters
Series I: Professional papers
Business records and correspondence 1
180 items
Correspondence, agreements.
1927-1951
1
1
Business records and correspondence 2
150 items
Correspondence, agreements relating to real estate and insurance.
1925-1929
1
2
Business records and correspondence 3
186 items
Correspondence, agreements relating to real estate and insurance.
1928-1955
1
3
Business records and correspondence 4
151 items
Correspondence, agreements relating to real estate and insurance, broker information.
1950-1958
1
4
Business records and correspondence 5
195 items
Correspondence, agreements relating to real estate and insurance.
1928-1947
1
5
Business records and correspondence 6
156 items
Correspondence, agreements relating to real estate and insurance.
1927-1931
1
6
Business records and correspondence 7
159 items
Correspondence, agreements relating to real estate and insurance.
1937-1938
1
7
Business records and correspondence 8
210 items
Correspondence, agreements relating to real estate and insurance.
1930-1931
1
8
Business records and correspondence 9
25 items
Correspondence, agreements relating to real estate and insurance.
1938
1
9
Real Estate correspondence and titles/policies 1
172 items
Correspondence, agreements, land titles and policies.
1928-1936
1
10
Real Estate correspondence and titles/policies 2
197 items
Correspondence, agreements, land titles and policies.
1937-1938
1
11
Real Estate correspondence and titles/policies 3
201 items
Correspondence, agreements, land titles and policies.
1947-1955
2
12
Contracts
36 items
Agreements regarding land ownership.
1918-1950
2
13
Insurance correspondence and agreements
90 items
Correspondence, agreements.
1920-1938
2
14
Campbell's Fruit Cereal Company
214 items
Correspondence, advertisements, agreements.
1929-1930
2
15
Land business files
76 items
Agreements, correspondence, articles, photographs, etc.
1916-1948
2
16
Real Estate records and agreements
11 items
Correspondence, agreements, records.
1926-1958
2
17
Business contracts and papers
24 items
Correspondence, agreements.
1916-1949
2
18
Mining District
9 items
Correspondence, mining information.
1929-1955
2
19
Alberta land correspondence and agreements 1
107 items
Correspondence, land information.
1931-1947
2
20
Alberta land correspondence and agreements 2
150 items
Correspondence, land information.
1938-1947
2
21
Series II: Personal papers
Fraternal Organizations 1
154 items
Lions, Knights of Pythian, etc. correspondence, informational pieces
1934-1958
2
22
Fraternal Organizations 2
69 items
Lions, Knights of Pythian, etc. correspondence, informational pieces
1942-1949
2
23
Knights of Pythias Domain of Idaho
1 item
Convention booklet.
11-12 September 1935
3
24
Knights of Pythias Domain of Idaho
1 item
Convention booklet.
11-12 June 1937
3
25
Knights of Pythias Domain of Idaho
1 item
Convention booklet.
14-15 June 1940
3
26
Knights of Pythias Domain of Idaho
1 item
Convention booklet.
13-14 June 1941
3
27
Knights of Pythias Domain of Idaho
1 item
Convention booklet.
12-13 June 1942
3
28
Knights of Pythias Domain of Idaho
1 item
Convention booklet.
11-12 June 1948
3
29
Knights of Pythias Domain of Idaho
1 item
Convention booklet.
10-11 June 1949
3
30
Miscellaneous cards - memberships, licenses
12 items
Various membership cards, licenses.
1942-1956
3
31
Post cards - local
44 items
Postcards featuring local images.
1939-1977
3
32
Scrapbook pages
22 items
Pages relating to Lewis Carroll and Robert Louis Stevenson.
1929-1939
3
33
Religious periodicals
7 items
Printed religious periodicals.
1891-1893
3
34
Family correspondence
92 items
Cards, letters, telegrams.
1937-1963
3
35
Family correspondence 2
86 items
Letters, cards, newspaper articles.
1938-1957
3
36
Miscellaneous correspondence
13 items
Letters, tickets.
1919-1958
3
37
Elaine materials
9 items
Letters from daughter Elaine.
1953-1976
3
38
Newspaper clippings
55 items
Newspaper clippings regarding the Pring family.
1945-1965
3
39
Subseries III: Books, Ledgers, Miscellaneous materials
Bank and address books
16 items
**may contain restricted materials** address and bank books for O.P. Pring.
1939-1973
3
40
Cash book
1 item
Ledger.
1962-1963
3
41
Address book
1 item
Contains phone numbers and address books.
undated
3
42
Class Autographs
1 item
Autographs from school friends of Betty Jean Pring.
1930
3
43
Property address book
1 item
Information regarding land/property information.
1953-1956
3
44
Agent Index
1 item
Names of agents for land/property.
undated
3
45
Treasured Memories
1 item
Funeral booklet for Betty Jean Pring.
1930
3
46
Songs of Phi Mu
1 item
Book with newspaper clippings.
1897-1917
3
47
Real Estate Broker's Commission Contract and Residence Listing
1 item
Employment contracts.
1958
3
48
Cash ledger
1 item
Financial ledger.
1908-1909
3
49
Real Estate Ledger
1 item
Ledger with real estate information.
1949-1955
3
50
Miscellaneous materials
3 items
Image and name plates, clippings.
undated
3
51
Stamps
2 items
Stamps for Campbell's Fruit Cereal Company.
undated
4
52
Northwest Fair and Recreation Company
1 item
Blank stock pages.
undated
4
53
Ledger
14 items
Ledger, loose pages.
1937-1937
4
54