Nellie Meacham Redington collection circa 1900-1979

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Nellie Meacham Redington collection circa 1900-1979

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv27624

Collection includes: Typescript photocopy reminiscences, 169 pp, undated, regarding her early years at Lee's Encampment (now Meacham, Oregon), her father's career and her own teaching career; Biographical sketch of John Watermelon Redington, 17 pp, undated; Newspaper clipping regarding Nellie Redington's graduation speech from Willamette University in 1887, 1 p, undated. Elinor Frances Meacham Redington (Nellie) was the daughter of Alfred B. Meacham, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Oregon (1869-1872) and wife of John Watermelon Redington, Indian scout and newspaper editor-publisher.

.08 cubic feet (2 folders)

eng,

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6368901

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Willamette university

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Willamette University was chartered as a university by the state of Oregon in 1853. The Willamette University Faculty Minutes provide a record of the issues that the Willamette faculty addressed from 1870 through 1939. The collection also contains the faculty and planning minutes for Willamette University’s Women’s College which operated from 1880 through 1888. In 1892 a group of faculty members broke with Willamette University and started Portland University on land north of the city of Portlan...

Redington, Nellie Meacham

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Elinor Frances Meacham Redington (Nellie) was the daughter of Alfred B. Meacham, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Oregon (1869-1872) and wife of John Watermelon Redington, Indian scout and newspaper editor-publisher. From the guide to the Nellie Meacham Redington collection, circa 1900-1979, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Elinor Frances Meacham Redington (Nellie) was the daughter of Alfred B. Meacham, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Oregon (...

Redington, John W.,

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Meacham, A. B.

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