Beekman Family papers
Ax 010
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon, 97403-1299
(541) 346-3068
spcarref@uoregon.edu
Collection materials are in English.
3 (MISSING)
1-4
1-2
3.0 linear feet
6 containers
1859-1936
The Beekman family consists of Cornelius C. Beekman, the founder and owner of Beekman Bank in Jacksonville, Oregon, his son Benjamin Beekman, a Portland, Oregon lawyer and UO Law School faculty member, and his daughter Carrie Beekman, who donated substantially to the University of Oregon. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, miscellaneous manuscripts and publications, scrapbooks and photographs.
4 manuscript boxes; photo boxes, 1-2
Beekman family
Beekman, Benjamin B., 1863-1945
Beekman, Carrie C., 1865-1959
Beekman, Cornelius C., 1828-1915
Collection processed by staff, 1983.
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Biographical/Historical note
Cornelius C. Beekman was the founder and owner of Beekman Bank in Jacksonville, Oregon. His son, Benjamin became a lawyer in Portland and was a faculty member of the University of Oregon law school from 1907-1915, when the law school was based in Portland. Carrie Beekman, daughter of Cornelius and sister of Benjamin, provided for the funding of the Beekman chair in history at the University of Oregon, in addition to her many other substantial donations.
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[Identification of item], Beekman Family papers, Ax 010, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Beekman, Benjamin B., 1863-1945
Beekman, Carrie C., 1865-1959
Beekman, Cornelius C., 1828-1915
Beekman family--Correspondence
Beekman family--Diaries
Beekman family
Jacksonville (Or.)--Social life and customs
Banks and banking--Oregon
Business, Industry, and Labor
Correspondence
Diaries
Photographic prints.
Scrapbooks
Papers
1-4
1859-1936
Photographs (PH039)
1.0 linear feet
1870-1930
2 containers, including 36 photographs
No. 11. Birdseye view, Jacksonville, Oregon. [Attrib]
PH039_001
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1907-1915 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, postcard, b&w ; 8.8 x 13.7 inches
8.8 x 13.7 inches
Pacific Photo Co. of Salem, OR
Architecture and engineering
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Postcards
Scenery and landscape
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
No. 11. Street Scene, Jacksonville, Oregon. [View down main street with commercial buildings, dirt road, telephone poles. Attrib.]
PH039_002
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1907-1915 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, postcard, b&w ; 8.7 x 13.7 inches
8.7 x 13.7 inches
Pacific Photo Co. of Salem, OR
Architecture—Commercial
Communications
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Postcards
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
No. 2. Main St., Jacksonville, Oregon. [View down residential street. Attrib.]
PH039_003
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1907-1915 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, postcard, b&w ; 8.8 x 13.7 inches
8.8 x 13.7 inches
Pacific Photo Co. of Salem, OR
Architecture—Residential
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Postcards
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
No. 4. Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, OR. [Exterior view of wooden church in Gothic Revival style. Attrib.]
PH039_004
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1907-1915 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, postcard, b&w ; 8.8 x 13.7 inches
8.8 x 13.7 inches
Pacific Photo Co. of Salem, OR
Architecture—Religious
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Postcards
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, OR. [Exterior view of wooden church in Gothic Revival style. Five copies.]
PH039_005
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1907-1915 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, postcard, b&w ; 8.8 x 13.7 inches
8.8 x 13.7 inches
Architecture—Religious
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Postcards
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
No. 10. Public School Classes, Jacksonville, OR. [Children and teachers posed on steps of large brick school.]
PH039_006
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1907-1915 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, postcard, b&w ; 8.8 x 13.7 inches
8.8 x 13.7 inches
Patton Post Card Co. of Salem, OR (pub)
Architecture and engineering
Education
Families and children
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Postcards
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
No. 9. Public School, Jacksonville, OR. [Students and teachers posed in front of large brick school. Two copies. Attrib]
PH039_007
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1907-1915 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, postcard, b&w ; 8.8 x 13.7 inches
8.8 x 13.7 inches
Pacific Photo Co. of Salem, OR
Architecture and engineering
Education
Families and children
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Postcards
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
No. 5. Court House, Jacksonville, OR [Exterior view of Federal-style structure, built 1884, now the home of the Southern Oregon Historical Society. Attrib.]
PH039_008
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1907-1915 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, postcard, b&w ; 8.8 x 13.7 inches
8.8 x 13.7 inches
Pacific Photo Co. of Salem, OR
Architecture and engineering
Government
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Law, crime & justice
Photographic prints.
Postcards
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
No. 101. Oldest bank in Oregon, Jacksonville, Oregon. [Cornelius C. Beekman standing in front of his bank. Small wooden structure, built 1863, preserved as museum. Attrib]
PH039_009
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1907-1915 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, postcard, b&w ; 8.8 x 13.7 inches
8.8 x 13.7 inches
Pacific Photo Co. of Salem, OR
Architecture—Commercial
Commerce and business
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Postcards
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
No. 8. Methodist Church, Jacksonville, Oregon. [Exterior view of small wooden church. Attrib]
PH039_010
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1907-1915 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, postcard, b&w ; 8.8 x 13.7 inches
8.8 x 13.7 inches
Pacific Photo Co. of Salem, OR
Architecture—Religious
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Postcards
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
No. 15. Oldest bank building in Oregon. Jacksonville, OR [Small wooden structure, built 1863, preserved as museum. Three unidentified men in front. Seven copies, five by Pacific Photo Co.]
PH039_011
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1907-1915 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, b&w ; 8.8 x 13.7 inches
8.8 x 13.7 inches
Pacific Photo Co. of Salem, OR
Architecture—Commercial
Commerce and business
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
[Studio portrait of Chinese man, identified as Lee Yan, Beekman's cook.]
PH039_012
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1890s-1905 c
1 photographic print : carte de visite, b&w ; 8.3 x 12.8 inches
8.3 x 12.8 inches
Britt, Peter (1818-1905) of Jacksonville, OR
Cartes de visite
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
People of color
Photographic prints.
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
[Five unidentified men standing in front of "Confectionery, Cigars" building]
PH039_013
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1890s-1905 c
1 photographic print : carte de visite, b&w ; 6.4 x 10.6 inches
6.4 x 10.6 inches
Cartes de visite
Commerce and business
Food processing and preparation
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
"The Home Guard" [Benjamin B. Beekman, UO class of 1884, with unidentified man posing in front of U.S. flag.]
PH039_014
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1917 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, b&w, mounted ; 8.3 x 9.6 inches
8.3 x 9.6 inches
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Local history
Photographic prints.
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
University of Oregon--Photographs
[Beekman home, built 1875 and still extant as museum.]
PH039_015
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1880s-1900 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, stereograph, b&w ; 9 x 17.9 inches
9 x 17.9 inches
Wells, J.W.
Architecture—Residential
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Silver gelatin prints
Stereographs
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
John F. Miller Residence, 1927. [View of Victorian home.]
PH039_016
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1927
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, b&w ; 12 x 6.9 inches
12 x 6.9 inches
Architecture—Residential
Gardens and plants
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
John F. Miller Residence, 1927. [Gentleman standing on sidewalk near Miller house.]
PH039_017
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1927
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, b&w ; 12 x 6.9 inches
12 x 6.9 inches
Gardens and plants
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
Lady in chair: Carolyn Hoffman, Beekman; mother-in-law? [Studio portrait of four Beekman women, of three or four generations.]
PH039_018
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1889-1891
1 photographic print : carte de visite, large, b&w ; 10.7 x 16.5 inches
10.7 x 16.5 inches
Tyler, Mrs. M.E. of Ashland, OR
Ashland (Or.)--Photographs
Cartes de visite
Frontier and pioneer life--Oregon National Historic Trail
Photographic prints.
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Ashland (Or.)
Women
George C. Beekman, Freehold Monmouth Co., 1877, N.J.
PH039_019
1-2
1.0 print
1877
1 print : engraving, b&w ; 8.6 x 16.4 inches
8.6 x 16.4 inches
Engravings
New Jersey--Photographs
Prints
United States--New Jersey
[Studio portrait of woman in white dress]
PH039_020
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1910 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, b&w, studio mount ; 17.6 x 22.5 inches
17.6 x 22.5 inches
Bushnell, H.H. of San Francisco, CA
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
Women
[Composite of palatial estate, possibly Beekman home of Mount Pleasant in New York.]
PH039_021
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1880s-1900s c
1 photographic print : boudoir card, b&w ; 13.3 x 21.4 inches
13.3 x 21.4 inches
Architecture and engineering
Boudoir card photographs
New York (State)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
United States--New York State
[Studio portrait of three young women and three young men, probably members of Beekman family of New York.]
PH039_022
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1880s-1900s c
1 photographic print : albumen, b&w, mounted ; 20.2 x 25.3 inches
20.2 x 25.3 inches
Albumen prints
Photographic prints.
Women
"In memory of Christmas Eve 1888." [Studio portrait of six people, probably members of Beekman family of New York.]
PH039_023
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1888
1 photographic print : albumen, b&w, mounted ; 20.2 x 25.3 inches
20.2 x 25.3 inches
Price, F.L. of Dundee, NY
Albumen prints
New York (State)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
United States--New York State
Women
[Portrait of Benjamin B. Beekman, UO graduate and lawyer.]
PH039_024
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1900 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, b&w, studio mount ; 15.2 x 22.8 inches
15.2 x 22.8 inches
Aune of Portland, OR
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Law, crime & justice
Photographic prints.
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
University of Oregon--Photographs
[Portrait of Benjamin B. Beekman, UO graduate and lawyer.]
PH039_025
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1930 May 20
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, b&w, studio mount ; 20.3 x 27.5 inches
20.3 x 27.5 inches
Bushnell, Corry A. (ca.1866-1941) of Portland, OR
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Law, crime & justice
Photographic prints.
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
University of Oregon--Photographs
Soldier's Home, May 13th, 1907. [Large group of people posed on steps, presumably at opening of new facility. C.C. Beekman among group.]
PH039_026
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1907
1 photographic print : albumen, b&w, mounted
McCarthy, Charles E. of Los Angeles
Albumen prints
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Photographs
Medicine
Military
Photographic prints.
Social activism and unrest
United States--California--Los Angeles (Calif.)
[Group of thirteen young women, relaxing in forest. Some names written in but many illegible. Presumed to be New York.]
PH039_027
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1880s-1900s c
1 photographic print : boudoir card, b&w
Boudoir card photographs
Groups and organizations
New York (State)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
United States--New York State
Women
Beekman Estate. [View of Mansard-roofed structure.]
PH039_028
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1880s-1900s c
1 photographic print : boudoir card, b&w ; 13.3 x 11.5 inches
13.3 x 11.5 inches
Architecture—Residential
Boudoir card photographs
New York (State)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
United States--New York State
Beekman Estate. [View of façade of palatial Victorian structure, probably Mount Pleasant, New York.]
PH039_029
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1880s-1900s c
1 photographic print : boudoir card, b&w ; 13.3 x 11.5 inches
13.3 x 11.5 inches
Architecture and engineering
Boudoir card photographs
New York (State)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
United States--New York State
Beekman Estate. [Distant view of palatial Victorian structure, probably Mount Pleasant, New York.]
PH039_030
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1880s-1900s c
1 photographic print : boudoir card, b&w ; 13.3 x 11.5 inches
13.3 x 11.5 inches
Architecture and engineering
Boudoir card photographs
New York (State)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Scenery and landscape
United States--New York State
Aunt Julia. [Studio portrait of elegant young woman, probably a graduation portrait.]
PH039_031
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1870 c
1 photographic print : boudoir card, b&w ; 13.3 x 11.5 inches
13.3 x 11.5 inches
Winter Photography
Boudoir card photographs
Eugene (Or.)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
United States--Oregon--Lane County (Or.)--Eugene (Or.)
Women
[Portrait of an elegant young woman, same as PH039-020.]
PH039_032
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1890s-1900s c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, b&w, studio mount ; 17.6 x 22.4 inches
17.6 x 22.4 inches
Bushnell, H.H. of San Francisco, CA
Photographic prints.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Silver gelatin prints
United States--California--San Francisco (Calif.)
Women
[Portrait of Benjamin B. Beekman, UO graduate and lawyer.]
PH039_033
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1917
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, studio folder, b&w ; 18.3 x 26.3 inches
18.3 x 26.3 inches
Pershing
Jacksonville (Or.)--Photographs
Law, crime & justice
Photographic prints.
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Jackson County (Or.)--Jacksonville (Or.)
University of Oregon--Photographs
Beekman Estate [women playing croquet in yard.]
PH039_034
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1880s-1900s c
1 photographic print : boudoir card, b&w ; 13.3 x 11.5 inches
13.3 x 11.5 inches
Boudoir card photographs
New York (State)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Recreation
United States--New York State
Women
[Portrait of Benjamin B. Beekman, UO graduate and lawyer.]
PH039_035
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1910 c
1 photographic print : gelatin silver, b&w, studio mount ; 12.7 x 20.2 inches
12.7 x 20.2 inches
Aune of Portland, OR
Law, crime & justice
Photographic prints.
Portland (Or.)--Photographs
Silver gelatin prints
United States--Oregon--Multnomah/Clackamas/Washington County--Portland (Or.)
University of Oregon--Photographs
Ladie Merrett and Julia Garratt [Five women in yard of Beekman Estate]
PH039_036
1-2
1.0 photographic print
1880s-1900s c
1 photographic print : boudoir card, b&w ; 13.3 x 11.7 inches
13.3 x 11.7 inches
Boudoir card photographs
New York (State)--Photographs
Photographic prints.
Scenery and landscape
United States--New York State
Women