Oregon Historical
Society, Davies Family Research Library
Research Library
Mss
1507
Oregon Historical Society
Prose and Poetry Collection
1832-2009
1880-1986
3.2 cubic feet
7 document cases, 2 flat boxes, and 1 oversize folder
Collection created by the Oregon
Historical Society containing essays, stories, poems, and other writings,
mostly in manuscript and typescript form, and largely by Oregon
authors.
Materials in the collection are inEnglish
Historical Note
Since its founding in 1898, the Oregon Historical Society has
collected manuscript materials of all kinds, most of it documenting the history
of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. In the mid-20th century, librarians at the
Society began organizing single items into what became known as "Topical
Collections." One such collection, the Prose and Poetry Collection, collated
essays, poems, and other writings that did not belong with multi-item
collections formed around individuals or corporate bodies.
Collection created by the Oregon Historical Society containing essays,
stories, poems, and other writings, mostly in manuscript and typescript form,
and largely by Oregon authors. Also includes some published pamphlets,
chapbooks, broadsides, commonplace books, a scrapbook documenting the travels
of Mr. and Mrs. Hebert Qualman in the Pacific Northwest (1935-1938). Among the
authors represented are: Ben Hur Lampman, Martha Fergusen McKeown, Harvey W.
Scott, and Averta Terney.
The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Series A: Anonymous and anthologies, 1893-1959
- Series B: Writings of individuals, 1832-2000
- Series C: General materials, 1918-2008
The collection is open to the public.
The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the
Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication,
and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library
prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold
copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the
copyright holders.
Prose and Poetry Collection, Mss 1507, Oregon Historical Society
Research Library
The Oregin Historical Society assembled the collection from a variety
of sources.
Materials are added to the collection from time to time.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Lampman,
Ben Hur, 1886-1954.
McKeown,
Martha Fergusen, 1903-
Qualman,
Herbert.
Scott,
Harvey W. (Harvey Whitefield), 1838-1910.
Terney,
Averta.
Poetry--Oregon
Authors--Oregon
Oregon
Scrapbooks
Commonplace
books
Manuscripts for
publication
Poems
Scrapbooks
Stories
Typescripts
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series A
Anonymous and anthologies
1893-1959
1/1
Anonymous essays
circa 1890-1950
Includes:
- "Wagons west : the story of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman,"
1946
- "Did Dr. Whitman save Oregon?"
- "The legend of sparkling water
- "A brief sketch of the life of Joshua V. Himes"
- "Travels on the western slope"
1/2
Anonymous poetry
circa 1893-1940
Includes:
- "Whitman's ride," by "A lady of Brooklyn," published by
Baumgardt and Palmer, Portland, Oregon, circa 1893, gift from Caroline Gray
Kamm to George Himes
- "The survivors of the Whitman massacre"
(typescript)
- "Not understood : a tribute to the memory of John H.
Mitchell" (broadside, crica 1905)
- "Master Frank's account of himself" (manuscript), by
"Frank the Student."
1/3
"But in each place below the sun..."
(manuscript)
undated
1/4
Anothologies of poetry
circa 1930
1937
undated
Includes
Popular hobo poems, published by the
Hobo News, New York, 1937, and
Poems Composed by Convicts in Oregon State
Penitentiary, circa 1930.
1/5
Anthologies of poetry--Volumes
circa 1895-1959
Includes:
-
Gatherings of the wayside,
published by the Ladies of the First Congregational Church, Portland,
1893
-
Poems composed by the convicts of the
Oregon State Penitentiary, circa 1900
-
Rhymes of the Rockies,
Chicago, 1900
-
Oregon centennial anthology,
1959
Series B
Writings of individuals
1832-2000
1/6
Adams, Myra L., and Ben Hur Lampman--"Editorials from
the Oregonian"
circa 1950-1959
1/7
Aitchison, Clyde B., "Like silver lamps"
1948
1/8
Akin, Otis F.--A reminiscence of the Klondike rush of
1898, ca. 1950's printed from a talk given in 1920
undated
1/9
Alderman, Ruch, "On Mission Rose Farm" and other
verses
1915 August
1/10
Alderson, Matt W., "How she felt in her first corset"
(originally published 1887)
1959
1/11
Ammidwon, Edward, "Illahee"
1901 October
1/12
Applegate, O.C., and General E. L. Applegate, "The
Pilgrims," "Arnold Bray," and "Uncle Hill"
1901
1/13
Atterbury, Vivian Corbett, "My wonderful
Oregon"
circa 1955
1/14
Baker, Lydell--Essay on reconstruction
circa 1900
1/15
Baker, Mina E.--Poems
undated
OSA-1/1
Ball family--Copy book with poetry, prose, and
clippings, probably compiled by Mrs. Ezra Ball's mother
circa 1860
1/16
Beck, Borden F., Jr.--Poems
circa 1970-1979
1/17
Behel, Sidney E., "Shed not a tear," "Come to the woods
in June," "On visiting the grounds where a camp meeting was held"
1843-1844
1/18
Bissell, G. P.--Poems
circa 1900
1/19
Blake, C. F., "The birth of Oregon" (long
poem)
1924
1/20
Booth, Robert A.--Speech at the annual reunion of the
Oregon Pioneer Association
1920
1/21
Br
1905-1918
undated
Includes:
- Bradshaw, C. W., "Marching to Berlin," 1918
- Brindley, W. E., "How wheat saved the Oregon Country to
the Union," 1905
- Brown, Elinor Henry, "Dream awake and remember,"
undated
- Bryant, William Cullen, "The flood of years"
1/22
Brogan, Phil F.--Concerning George Cecil
Carrol
1971
1/23
Burdick, Louisa Antoinette, "Birds and Flowers Mentioned
in Thirteen Hundred and Eight Poems of Pacific Coast Writers"
1907
1/24
Burke, Frances Striegel, "A nocturne" and "Oregon
symphony"
1916-1917
1/25
Burney, Nancy K., "The house that was of
yesterday"
1912
2/1
Ca-Ce
1942
undated
Includes:
- Canse, John M., "Discovery Days in the Northeast Pacific,
the Sesquicentennial of Yankee Exploits Along Unchartered Shores," February 7,
1942
- Carey, Charles H., "Edwards at Eighty"
- Cee, Jay, "Some Simple Rhymes"
2/2
Ch-Cl
1960
undated
- Chaplin, Ralph, "Only the Drums Remembered," 1960
- Chesnut, Lillian Billups, "Oregon: Six Golden
Letters"
- Chilo, "Our Country"
- Clarke, S.A. (volume of poems)
- Clemson, "How Shall It Be?"
- Clor(sp.?), "The Little Blue Girl"
2/3
Clatsop County Chapter of Oregon Hist. Soc.--assembled
for CCHS, "General History, Harbor Defenses of the Columbia River"
1947
2/4
Co-Cu
ca 1963-1950
- Coffey, Thoalson, "The Mountaineers, Barewell" Feb. 20,
1963
- Copple, R.A, Her Poems, ca. 1950
- Cranch, S.P., "By the Shore of the River"
- Cullier, P.M., "Forest Fires"
- Curtis, Walt
- Curtis, Wintertron C., "Cape Cod Horizons and Other
Verse"
2/5
Cox, L. B., "Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic Party"
(typescript)
circa 1900
2/6
Crandall, Lulu D.--Memoirs
undated
2/7
Da-Di
1889-1937
undated
- Dana, Marshall N., "It Doesn't Rain Rain in
Oregon"
- Darby, John Nelson, "The 'Man of Sorrows'"
- Davies, Laura Thomas, Pacific Northwest Souvenir, Davies
Poems, 1936-1937
- Dawson, J.J., Closing Prayer of District School No. 3 of
Tillamook Co. Oregon, for the special purpose, Oct. 11, 1889
2/8
Dempster, L., "Spotsylvania"
circa 1972
2/9
Do-Doughty
undated
- Donthil(sp.?), Mary Osborn, "The Oregon Trail"
- Doughty, Lucy, (several essays of an
autobiographical/historical nature)
2/10
Drenner, Robert S., "Whistling wings"
circa 1967
2/11
Dunbar, Agnes, "Heppner"
undated
2/12
E
1861-1937
undated
- Eberhard, E., "Matthieu at Champoeg"
- Eliot, Henrietta R., The Unwelcome Guest and Other
Verses, 1937
- England, Olive S., Sweet Peas
- Esson, Alexander, untitled, May 22, 1861
- Euwer, Anthony, "The Yucca"
2/13
Farber, Norma, "Journey to the western sea"
circa 1959
2/14
Fe-Fi
1852-1914
undated
- Ferguson, W.H.L. Co., "We've Done Our Hitch in
Hell"
- Field, Sara Bard, "The Gift" (Christmas 1914)
- Finch, F.M., "Class Song," "Smoking Song," "Hymn" July,
1852
2/15
Fenton, Mabel Copley (Mrs. Ralph A.), "A doughboy saved"
(play)
1920
2/16
Fenton, William D.--Essays
1876
undated
"Russian Rashness," "Ingersoll's Oration at his Brother's Grave,
"Labor Unions" (also included: an essay of unidentified authorship--possibly
James Davis Fenton), Speech on Woman Suffrage--delivered Oct. 4th, 1876 in the
Oregon House of Representatives.
2/17
Flory, Even, "Oregon song"
undated
2/18
Ford, J. T., "The Sparkling Rickreall"
1915
2/19
Fox, Clayton Hobart
1978
"Legend of the Willamette Valley" 1978, "Legend of the Pioneers"
1978, "Legend of the Pacific Ocean" 1978, "Legend of Crater Lake" 1978, "Legend
of the Columbia River" 1978, "Legend of the City of Portland" 1978.
3/1
Franzen, Andrew,
Poems of Oregon and other verses;
and "Margaret"
1914
3/2
Frey, George, untitled collection of poems
circa 1890-1920
3/3
Gal-Gar
1924
1970
undated
- Gale, Joseph, "My Legacy," "My Friend Joe," March 17,
1885
- Gardiner, Mary, "Around the Pioneer Campfire, Portland,
OR."
- Garfield, E., "Rainbow Rays" "Entreaty" "A Heart Gift"
- Gale, Vi,
Nineteen Ing Poems
3/4
Gib-Gris
1847
1903
undated
- Gibson, Elaine B., "Bring flowers," 1847
- Gordon, William Steward, "Jason Lee."
- Grissen, Charles, "Birth of Oregon," 1903
3/5
Gilbert, William Ball
undated
3/6
Hal-Har
1927-1935
undated
- Hall, Hazel, "Your audience"
- Hammond, Charles F.,
Poems of Portland and the great
Northwest
- Harmon, Alvin B., (revision of author's work),
1935
- Harness, Alden,
Poems for metal workers,
1927
3/7
He-Hill
1902-1910
undated
- Henry, Francis, Hon.--Song, 1902
- Hidden, Maria L. T., "Oregon pioneers," 1910
- Hill, William Lair, "The cottager's Thanksgiving"
3/8
Hoe-Howard
1919
1988
undated
- Hoerlein, Hans, "Mt. Adams moonlight climb"
- Holman, Frederick V.--Address at the unveiling of the
statue of "The Pioneer" on the University of Oregon campus, May 22, 1919
- Honeyman, Arthur, "Salute to Lady Skidmore"
- Howard, D. F., "The first white men to dwell in
Oregon"
3/9
Hoening, Jesse, "Poems"
undated
3/10
Howay, F. W., "Early navigation of the straits of
Fuca"
1910
3/11
Huntington, Mary, "Fish story"
1890
3/12
Jackson, Lucille J., "A book is born"
undated
3/13
Johnson, Lionel A.,
Oregon at Malabon and other
poems
1905
3/14
Jon-Jor
undated
- Jones, Otto M.,
Eventide on Wauna Lake
- Jordon, Mrs. D. M., "Only Rue"
4/1
K
1907-1919
- Kerr, Anne,
Poems, 1918-1919
- Kirk, T. J., untitled, April 29, 1907
4/2
La-Lan
1846
undated
- Lacey, J.D., "Prayer unanswered for the Argus," "Took
in," "Roundelay, to 'Ruby lips'"
- Lampman, Ben Hur,
Where to buy a dog,
Them two guys is nuts
- Landisburg, "Acrostic," 1846
OSB-1/1-2
Lampman, Ben Hur--Scrapbooks (2) of his
articles
1942-1951
4/3
Lan-Law
1905-1941
- Languille, H. D.,
Mostly Division R Days,
1941
- Lawton, Arthur R.,
Homesteading in Oregon as a
pastime, 1905
4/4
Lee, Mary, untitled volume, and
The wisdom of
Ingersoll
undated
4/5
Leg-Lit
1922-1925
- Legrand, Stella M.,
The lighthouse trail,
1922
- Lerner-Aderman, J.,
R.E.L.A.X.* You know you're an
Oregonian when . . ., 1990
- Lewis, George Edward,
Yukon lyrics, 1925
- Literary map of Oregon
4/6
Loc-Lui
1909-1911
undated
- Lockhart, Agnes Ruth, "A legend of the Coos," 1909
- Love, Robertus, "The dream of the star"
- Lowell, Stephen A.,
The mystic birth of Oregon
(address at the Astoria Exposition, August 12, 1911)
- Luiten, Irv, "The education of a freshman"
Oversize Folder 1
Lofton, Blanche De Good, "Home from Sea (The Oregon)"
undated
Poem about the Battleship Oregon, with illustrations by Burt Leslie.
4/7
Lord, Eve
undated
- "American inventors"
- "Our trip to the mountains"
- "Some of my ideas about books"
- "The long and the short"
4/8
S. M. [sic]
1868-1872
- "To J. T. Jr. by S. M.," 1872 January
- "Thin pictures," February 3, 1872
- "The Pioneers" March 3, 1872
- "To the Willamette" Aug. 15, 1871
- "Fourth of July Oration" by J.H. Reed July 7, 1868
-
Angle of the Road for
Steamers, March 15, 1868
- "The Woolen Mill of Oregon" March 14, 1868
- "Ye Big Scare" Oct. 24, 1871
- "The Willamette Milldam"
4/9
Mahone, L. D.,
Blazing new trails
(typescript)
1936
4/10
Marton, A. M.,
The photo oleograph process : a
combination of painting and photography
1900
4/11
Matthews, Courtland W.,
Daffodils and Diesel
Engines
circa 1930-1940
4/12
Matilla, Walter,
The theater Finns
(typescript)
undated
5/1
Mac-Mas
1875-1933
- Mack, George Cecil, "The Ballad of the Bull" 1925
- Markham, Edwin, "Lincoln, the Man of the People," circa
1919 (autographed by Markham 1934)
- Markham, Edwin, "The Man with the Hoe" 1933
- Markham, Elizabeth, Poems, (published 1921)
- Masiker, Carson C., "The Linchpin Wagon and its Bucket of
Tar"
- Mason, George (Rev.), "Lo! The Poor Indian" 1875
- Mason, Otis T.,
The Ripening of Thoughts in
Common, 1904
5/2
Masson, L. R.,
The Partners of the North West Company,
translation from the French of Les Bourgeois de la Compagnie du
Nord-Ouest, (recent typescript)
1889
5/3
McBride, John R., Essays
undated
5/4
McKay-McRaei
1873-1939
- McKay, Genevieve, "Timberline Lodge Song"
1938-1939
- McPherson, William Angus, "Portland Heights" Jan. 1891;
"To Oregon" Oct. 1877
- McRae, John, "The Ghost of Everest"
OSA-1/2
McKenzie, Jane--Copy book with prose and
poetry
1844-1849
5/5
McKeown, Martha Ferguson, "Certain aspects of Thoreau's
emphasis on self" (Thesis, University of Oregon)
1937
5/6
Meeker, Ezra
1905
1915
-
Pioneer Reminiscences of Puget Sound,
the Tragedy of Leschi, 1905
-
The Story of the Lost Trail to
Oregon, 1915
5/7
Miller-Mor
1861-1872
undated
- Miller, J.W.,
Killed by a Grizzly Bear--a Leaf from
My Scrap Book, 1861
- Minto, John,
Rhymes on Life in Oregon,
1909
- Modlin, Edith,
Silly Dilly's
- Moffat, Laura A., "The Historical Tree at Lower Cascades,
Wash."
- Moffat, R.M., "Sage of the Eola Hills"
- Montgomery, Samuel, "A Life on the Ocean Wave"
- Morgan, Carrie B., "The Old Emigrant Road"
- Morley, Christopher, A Letter to Leonora, 1928
- Moroney, Martha, "To the Rose"
- Morrish, G.,
How to Get Peace
5/8
Monroe, Shannon,
A New Song in Her Heart, (1st 3
chapters of an unfinished work)
undated
5/9
N
1859
1955
- Naehand, Henry, untitled poem, Sept. 18th, 1859
- Nelson, Vera Joyce,
Moccasin Prints West,
1955
5/10
Neufer, Ray
undated
5/11
"O"
undated
- Oak, Henry Lebbeus, (an autobiography)
- Ordway, June McMillen, "Life's Voyage"
5/12
P
circa 1890-1986
- P, O. QM., untitled poem
- P., W.H., "The Vultures of the Veldt"
- Parker, Alfred, Untitled poem
- Parrot, Joseph, "A Tribute to the Oregon Pioneers" Aug.
30, 1917
- Pepper, K.N., "A Fact" "To O.P.L."
- Pringle, O.M., Magic River Deschutes
5/13
Pennington, Levi T., "All kinds of weather"
1948
5/14
Pratt, Lawrence
1962-1970
-
Fragments of Now,
1968-1969
-
Adam Had No Belly Button,
1970
-
Cogito, (collection of poems)
1962
-
Quips and Cranks, 1963
-
Let Fancy Roam, 1963
5/15
Prosch, Thomas W., "The Indian War in Washington," (the
annual address of the Oregon Historical Society, delivered December 19th, 1914
at Portland by T.W. Prosch of Seattle)
1914
OSA-1/3
Qualman, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, "Our vacations"
(scrapbook of travels in the Pacific northwest
1935-1938
Includes postcards, brochures, clippings, pressed flowers
5/16
Quigley, Tom, "The Irrigatin' Ditch"
undated
5/17
Ray, Grace Ernestine,
Humor-Flecked History of Warms Springs
House
circa 1950
5/18
Reid-Russell
1928
1935
undated
- Reid, R.L., "Bits" and "York Shillings" (paper delivered
at the Pittsburgh Convention of the A.N.A. in 1935)
- Reynolds, Mary Randolph,
The Emigrant, a Scenario,
1928;
The Greatest Woman, a Scenario
, 1928
- Russell, Irwin, "Christmas Night in the Quarters"
(reprint of the original--first published in 1870, reprinted in 1970)
5/19
W. T.
1917
undated
- "Crossing the Plains in 1850"
- "The Battle Hymn of Victory"
- "Easter Morn and Easter Rejoicing" (2 copies)
- "America in 1917"
- "Liberate Old Glory"
- "Silver Creek"
- "Our God is on His Throne" and "A Dirge to the Golden
Stars"
- "The Missing Soldier"
- "What is Death?"
- "Our Flag"
- "America in Danger"
6/1
Savage, Loretta--Fortune cards and poetry
1908-1918
6/2
Sa-Se
circa 1900-1972
- Saylor, F.H.,
Astoria, the Venice of Oregon,
(ca. 1900)
- Schnabel, Charles J.,
Memorial Day Address
(delivered at Lincoln High School, Portland, OR 1915)
- Scott, Julian P., "Music a Poem and Life"
- Sellars, Donna, "Legacy"
6/3
Scott, Harvey W.,
Catalogue of Public Addresses and Lectures
of Harvey W. Scott, Forty Years Editor-in-Chief, Morning Oregonian
(compiled by Leslie M. Scott--2 copies)
circa 1915
6/4
Simpson, Samuel Leonidas
1899
undated
- "The Oregon Pioneers"
- "Red Lacy"
- Scrapbook of misc. articles, poems
6/5
Smith
1832
circa 1900-1923
- Smith, C.W.,
The Killing of Old Ship
- Smith, Francis E.,
Achievement and Experiences of Capt.
Robert Gray, 1923
- Smith, Gene, "When Yankee Doodle Went to France"
1918
- Smith, S.F., untitled, 1832
- Smith, Susan W., "The Legend of Multnomah Falls"
1905
-
6/6
Sn-Su
1898-1912
undated
- Snodgrass, Prof. J.C., "A Brief Poem of the Leading Men
and Events of Our Spanish-American War" ca. 1900
- Stephens, E.K., "She Flies with Her Own Wings,"
1912
- Stuart, Robert F., "The House That Jack Built" (English
and Chinook, translated by Robert Stuart)
- Sullivan, Timothy, "Inspiration
6/7
Stafford, William--Catalog of exhibit about
2000
6/8
Stankey, Wilma W. W.,
Destination--Toutle
River
circa 1972
6/9
Stephenson, C.B.,
The Way it Was, a chronicle of events in
the life of C.B. Stephenson
circa 1971
6/10
Stewart, Earle,
The Wilson Land Dispute and Willamette
University,
The Roster of Hudson's Bay Company Men
undated
6/11
T
1899
undated
- Teck, Frank Carlton,
Under Western Skies
- Tupper, Martin F., "Ode"
6/12
Terney, Averta B.
1964-1981
- "Mad, Mad River" 1967
- "You Are My Inspiration" 1967
- "Ferryboat on the River" 1981
- "Arlington" 1981
- "Out in Oregon" 1964
See also Mss 1523, Performing Arts Collection, for
additional Terney writings
6/13
V
1909
1953
- Vennix, Arthur J.,
Oregon: A Century in Birth,
1953
- Von der Green, B.K.,
Tommy Dolan of Pistol River, Ore., an
Historical Poem, 1909 (2 copies)
6/14
Waddlebaum, Ella Egan--Song lyrics
1893-1894
7/1
Wal-Wat
1849-1960
- Walker, Cyrus H., "Blazing the Oregon Trail" 1905
- Walker, Mary L., untitled, 1849
- Warren, Churchill Howard,
Reminiscence and
Reverie
- Watt, Ahio S., "Fireside Reveries" 1907; untitled;
"Poetry. The Huntsman's Song," 1849
- Watters, Dennis Alonzo, "The Sky Line Trail" (cover gives
date Aug. 23, 1876-1906)
7/2
Warner, Eliott M.
1915
undated
- "Memories of a Western Trip, Oct. 18th to Dec. 30th, 1915
: A Thank offering to My Friends I Met Along the Way" (broadside)
- "Ho! For Portland" 1920
- "Where the True Goal of the West Begins"
- 2 small cards with unique pen and ink drawings by Elliott
Warner
7/3
Wea-Wes
1960
1986
undated
- Weathers, Ben,
Fellers and Things ("A
Collection of Crude, Rough and Rude Rhymes of a Past and a Fast Passing
Generation")
- West, Norris G.,
Oregon-Banned, 1986
- West, Oswald,
Poetic and Politics of Early
Oregon
7/4
Wheeler, Robert C., "Relics from the Rapids" (speech by
Robert C. Wheeler from the 24th annual meeting of the American Association for
State and Local History)
1964
7/5
White-Whitely
unaded
- White, Eliza Elliott, "Leaders of Men"
- White, W. Alice, "Pioneer Days"
- (Whitely, Opal), Extracts from Reviews of Opal Whitely
and Her Work
7/6
Wil-Wol
1877
1914
1935
- Williams, John H., A Reviewer Reviewed 1914
- Wolfe, Ulreeka--Song, 1935
- Wygant, Nellie, (bound notebook containing prose and
poetry)
7/7
Wilson, Fred W.,
The Lure of the River(folder also
contains three sheets of notes and a dateline)
1936
-
7/8
Young, John R., "Dear Fellow Citizens:"
undated
7/9
Yamhill County Historical Society,
The Way We Live in
1963
1963
-
Series C
General materials
1918-2008
7/10
Poetry readings and programs
circa 1951-2008
7/11
Miscellaneous poetry
1918-1976