ORU_A036.xml Guide to the Elwood Evans Notebook 1859-1882 Evans (Elwood) Notebook Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Austin Munsell. 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 2012
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Elwood Evans notebook Evans, Elwood, 1828-1898 McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857 Applegate, Jesse A., 1811-1888 Victor, Frances Fuller, 1826-1902 Saxton, Charles A 036 0.1 linear feet 1 folder 1859-1882 Elwood Evans (1828-1898) was a lawyer, politician, and historian of the Pacific Northwest. The collection consists of a single notebook intended primarily as source notes for Evans' historical work. 1 folder English . 1 (shares a clamshell)

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 McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857 Victor, Frances Fuller, 1826-1902 Applegate, Jesse A., 1811-1888 Northwest, Pacific--History--Sources Oregon Territory--History--Sources Pioneers--Oregon--Correspondence Pioneers Notebooks Correspondence

Elwood Evans (1828-1898), born in Philadelphia, went to Oregon Territory in 1851 as deputy collector of customs at Nisqually. From 1859 to 1861, he served as mayor of the newly incorporated town of Olympia, Washington. In addition to his historical work, A History of the Pacific Northwest, he contributed many historical articles to local papers.

The volume was intended as source notes for Evans' historical work. It relates particularly to John McLoughlin, and includes copies of letters by Jesse Applegate and Frances Fuller Victor, and a statement by McLoughlin. The first 37 pages are a transcript of The Oregonian by Charles Saxton (Washington, D.C., 1846).

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