OHY_Mss1509 Beeson Family Collection 1860-1969. Beeson Family Collection Finding aid prepared by MarcEdit Conversion of this record was made possible by a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission, an agency of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library 2012
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Finding aid encoded by MarcEdit 2012 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard) Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library Portland, OR 97205 503-306-5240 http://www.ohs.org/ libreference@ohs.org
Mss 1509 Beeson family. Beeson family collection 1860-1969 .02 cubic feet (1 folder) Collection includes: Typescript copy extracts from the diary and other papers of Welborn Beeson, 9 pp, 1860-1876, regarding events surrounding the Civil War and information about the Grange; Biographical information regarding John Beeson and his opposition to the United States government's hostilities towards Indians; Photocopy newspaper clippings, 1892-1967, regarding Welborn's military service and the Siskiyou Massacre of 1855; Typescript copy anecdote by Ellis Beeson, 9 pp, ca. 1969, regarding his adventures as part of a pack train in Southern Oregon, 1918. English

Collection includes: Typescript copy extracts from the diary and other papers of Welborn Beeson, 9 pp, 1860-1876, regarding events surrounding the Civil War and information about the Grange; Biographical information regarding John Beeson and his opposition to the United States government's hostilities towards Indians; Photocopy newspaper clippings, 1892-1967, regarding Welborn's military service and the Siskiyou Massacre of 1855; Typescript copy anecdote by Ellis Beeson, 9 pp, ca. 1969, regarding his adventures as part of a pack train in Southern Oregon, 1918.

Gift of Ellis Beeson, 1969.

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Welborn Beeson collection, Mss 1509, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

 Beeson, Ellis. -- Archives. Beeson, John, -- 1803-1889 -- Biography. Beeson, Welborn, -- 1836-1893 -- Archives. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon. Indians, Treatment of. Massacres -- Northwest, Pacific -- 19th century. Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, -- 1847-1865. Presidents -- Election -- 1860. Pioneers -- Oregon. Diaries. -- aat Military