Winch family papers circa 1840-2000

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Winch family papers circa 1840-2000

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv23617

Photographs and papers of the Winch family of Portland, Oregon, including materials relating to Martin Winch, his wife Nellie Amelia Wygant Winch, their son Simeon Reed Winch, and Simeon's second wife Margaret (Mary) Tobin Winch. Additional materials pertain to related families, including the Rae, Reed, Wood and Wygant families, and Dr. John McLoughlin. Materials include financial records, correspondence, house inventories, correspondence, diaries, photographs, daguerreotypes, and drawings. Also included is correspondence of Simeon Gannett Reed and letters to Reed from William S. Ladd.

8 cubic feet; 13 document cases, 4 flat boxes, 2 card file boxes, 1 custom box, 1 oversize folder

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6368177

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