Charles Erskine Scott Wood and Erskine Wood Family Papers 1867-1982

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Charles Erskine Scott Wood and Erskine Wood Family Papers 1867-1982

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This collection includes the family papers of Charles Erskine Scott Wood and his son Erskine Wood. The materials collected by Erskine include almost 2,000 family letters, diaries, photographs, and original works of art by C.E.S. Wood. Some of the photographs and diaries document Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, and his family.

27 boxes

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Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives

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Field, Sara Bard, 1882-1974

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Poet and suffragist Sara Bard Field lived in Portland in the early part of the twentieth century. Her poetry, her support of women’s suffrage, and her controversial relationship with Charles Erskine Scott Wood, a Portland cultural icon, made an indelible imprint on the history of Oregon. Field was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 1, 1882, to strict Baptist parents. The family moved to Detroit, where, at the age of eighteen, she married the much older Baptist minister Albert Erghott. T...

Wood, Erskine

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Wood, Rebecca Biddle

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Smith, Nanny Moale, 1855-1933

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Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944

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Charles Erskine Scott Wood (1852-1944) was a U.S. Army officer, lawyer, and author. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy in 1874, he became an aide to General O.O. Howard in 1877, serving with him in thePacific Northwest during the Bannock and Paiute and Nez Percé Indian wars. He later attended Columbia University, obtained his law degrees, and established a practice of maritime and corporation law in Portland, Oregon. In addition to his successful law practice, Wood painted, wrote, ...