Lulu Donnell Crandall Papers 1895-1929

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Lulu Donnell Crandall Papers 1895-1929

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Correspondence, notes, transcripts of documents, drafts of articles and speeches, photographs, and newspaper stories written or collected by Lulu Crandall for her research on the history of the Pacific Northwest, and especially The Dalles. Emphasis is on the period 1835 to 1870 and includes such topics as missionaries, early settlers, the Yakima War, transportation, and local historic sites, especially Fort Dalles. Although scant, the correspondence includes that of prominant Northwest figures such as Louis Scholl and Joseph M. Cataldo, as well as members of the first generation of Northwest historians, such as T.C. Elliot, Frank Gill, and William Lyman.

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Elliot, Thompson Coit, 1862-1943.

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Crandall, Lulu D.

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Lulu Donnell Brown Crandall (1854-1931) was the daughter of a pioneer homesteader and merchant of The Dalles, Oregon. In the 1890s she developed an interest in local and Northwest history, apparently stimulated by a desire to prove that the youthful Northwest did have a history and traditions. From that time until her death, she collected information about Northwest history, especially the history of the Columbia Gorge area. Her interests were often anecdotal and filio-pietistic and...

Gill, Frank B.

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Cataldo, Joseph Mary, 1837-1928

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Joseph M. Cataldo was born March 17, 1837 in Terrasini, Sicily. His youth was marked by frail health and multiple family relocations particularly in response to the 1848 pan-European political turbulence, felt in Sicily as well. In 1852, at the ripe age of 15, he petitioned to join the Sicily Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), based in nearby Palermo. His early training was interrupted by more bad health and removal to Rome in 1860 due to the success of Garibaldi's Sicilian campaign. In...

Lyman, William Denison, 1852-1920.

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William Denison Lyman was born in Portland, Oregon in 1852. His early education was received at Tualatin Academy and Pacific University, where he graduated from the scientific course in 1873. He later was awarded his A.B. from Williams College in 1877. In September of the same year he became teacher of English Literature, History, and Oratory at Pacific University, where he remained for ten years. {Text of biographical or historical note, in paragraphs; separate each with paragraph ...

Scholl, Louis, 1829-1911.

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Scholl worked for the Army in the Pacific Northwest in various capacities from 1856 to 1861, including that of supervising architect of Fort Dalles. From the description of Plan of Fort Dalles, O.T. [Oregon Territory]. [ca. 1857] (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 36306002 Louis Scholl, a native of Germany, was the architect for Fort Dalles, Fort Walla Walla, Fort Simcoe, and Fort Colville. He explored for new immigrant roads from the Salt Lake...