ORU_CBH192a.xml Guide to the Samuel Handsaker Papers 1853-1937 Handsaker (Samuel) Papers Austin Munsell, 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 2020-12-23. Finding aid is 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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Samuel Handsaker papers Handsaker, Samuel, 1831-1909 CB H192a 0.025 linear feet 1 folder 1853-1937 Sam "Uncle Sam" Handsaker was an Oregon pioneer and veteran of the Rogue River Indian Wars. The collection consists of a typed copy of "Across the Plains," which is a transcription of a section of Handsaker's journal (1853). 1 folder. English . 1

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 Handsaker, Samuel, 1831-1909 Oregon Territory--History Rogue River Indian War, 1855-1856 Frontier and pioneer life--Oregon Territory Overland journeys to the Pacific Pioneers--Oregon Overland Journeys to the Northwestern United States Diaries Overland journals

Samuel "Uncle Sam" Handsaker was an Oregon pioneer and veteran of the Rogue River Indian Wars.

Handsaker came to Oregon in 1853, and joined the Oregon Mounted Volunteers shortly thereafter. Pioneer Life, a collection of Handsakers writings for various local papers detailing his experiences as a pioneer and soldier, was published in 1908.

The collection consists of a typed copy of "Across the Plains", which is a transcription of Handsaker's journal from August 25 to September 17, 1853, that is billed as a missing chapter of the book Pioneer Life.

This missing chapter was given to the University of Oregon library in 1937 by Handsaker's daughter, Luella Bristow, to supplement the library's copy of Pioneer Life.

 Guide to the Samuel Handsaker Papers

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