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Crawford, LeRoy. Scrapbooks of travels, 1903-1911.

Title: Scrapbooks of travels, 1903-1911.

Four scrapbooks kept by LeRoy Crawford during trips he made with his niece Etta Crawford. Each volume contains a typewritten travelogue as well as a variety of original photographs, postcards, images from magazines, cartes-de-visite, and other ephemera. Each volume was assembled by LeRoy and Etta in Chase's Lake, New York. Although each is also inscribed Henrietta Crawford, she does not seem to have been involved in the travels documented. The first volume (1902-1903) describes the Crawfords' travels on the Northern Pacific Railroad ("this train was in all respects the most complete and comfortable one that I have ever seen," LeRoy noted) from St. Paul to Seattle, where they visited the Port Orchard Navy Yard and Moran shipyard (includes photographs of the Ocean Queen and battleship Nebraska during the early phases of their construction). The scrapbook also follows the Crawfords' visits to Oregon, San Francisco, Mt. Tamalpais, British Colombia, and San Francisco, as well as their voyage on the S.S. Newport to Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Columbia. The second scrapbook (1907), titled "The Eden Tour of Forty Days," describes their travels to Jamaica and the West Indies aboard the RMS Thames, including stops in Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbados, Trinidad, Panama, and the Bahamas. The 1909 album consists mainly of postcards which were acquired while the Crawfords were traveling on the Union Pacific to Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Alberta, and British Columbia (on the Canadian Pacific Railroad), and also includes postcards from the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expedition (1909). The final album (1911) follows the Crawfords as they again sailed on the RMS Thames and stopped in Cuba before touring Jamaica by car.

ArchivalResource: 4 bound volumes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/752183714 View

Crawford, Medorem, 1819-1891. Journals of the United States Emigrant Escort Service, 1861-1864.

Title: Journals of the United States Emigrant Escort Service, 1861-1864.

The journals are a daily record describing the route, conditions of the roads, camps, and visits at forts. They note meeting the Oregon Volunteers under Maury in 1862 and 1863. The authors of the five journals, in order, are: Capt. Medorem Crawford, Lt. LeRoy Crawford (Medorem's brother), Dr. R. B. Ironside (journalist), and Samuel Gillespie Crawford (Medorem's father).

ArchivalResource: 2 v. (138 p. in 1 box) ; 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702125759 View

Crawford, Medorem, 1819-1891. Medorem Crawford papers [manuscripts], 1861-1862.

Title: Medorem Crawford papers [manuscripts], 1861-1862.

Papers related to the "Oregon Escort" expedition of 1862, charged with protecting and assisting emigrant travel to the West. Papers include photocopy of Secretary of War Stanton's letter assigning Medorem Crawford to command escort; photocopy and typescript of Crawford's journal and report; and handscript copy of journal kept by Leroy Crawford (Medorem's brother) during the escort's journey from Omaha, Nebraska (June 16, 1862) to Oregon City, Oregon.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31326261 View

Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867. Oregon Territory Papers, 1865.

Title: Oregon Territory Papers, 1865.

Letters written to Gov. John A. Andrew of Massachusetts from Leroy Crawford, Albert G. Browne, and William Pickering (Gov. of Washington Territory) regarding a plan for the emigration of New Englanders, the majority being female due to the "large surplus" in Massachusetts, to the Oregon and Washington Territories.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20584488 View

Crawford, Medorem, 1819-1891. Medorem Crawford papers, 1842-1891.

Title: Medorem Crawford papers, 1842-1891.

Collection consists of diaries, 1859-1886 (not inclusive of all years); Correspondence 1842-1891; expedition reports and accounts; bills and receipts; account books and ledgers. Also included are an 1861 diary of Medorem Crawford, Jr. and an 1862 diary of LeRoy Crawford.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft. (3 containers)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49408227 View