The Lewis and Rachel Thayer Collection 1860-2000

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The Lewis and Rachel Thayer Collection 1860-2000

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This collection of Thayer/Crabb family materialsdocument Minnie Crabb's and her husband Charles's experiences during the Civil War,as well as Minnie's work in the temperence movement and her life as a writer. Thecollection also documents the life of Minnie's daughter, Rachel, and her husbandLewis. Both were college educators who spent a large part of their careers(1947-1975) at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.

11 cubic feet; 10 boxes

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Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6380214

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Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Or.)

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In 2000 the Lewis & Clark College Special Collections department began curating exhibits in the Aubrey R. Watzek Library. In addition to curating the exhibits, Special Collections began issuing promotional and explanatory materials including brochures, catalogs, and flyers to support the exhibits. In 2005 the Special Collection initiated a Watzek Library Poetry Reading series. To support these reading the Special Collections designed and printed poetry broadsides for each reader...

Crabb family

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Woman's christian temperance union

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Temperance organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874. Campaigning against the use of alcohol and in favor of labor laws and prison reform, the W.C.T.U. became one of the largest and most influential women's organizations of the 19th century. It became global when the World W.C.T.U. was founded in 1883. The organization continued to exist through the 20th century, although membership declined after the passage of the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) in 1919. From the description of ...

Thayer Family

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The Lewis & Rachel Thayer Collection documents two generations of the Rowe/Crabb/Thayer family. The first part of the collection documents Minnie Rowe. Minnie was born in England in 1870 to Mary and Joseph Rowe, who moved to Nebraska in 1872 with Joseph’s two brothers and their families. She graduated from high school in 1886 and taught grade school, eventually becoming the assistant principal of a high school. In 1901 she married Charles Ellsworth Crabb. They lived in Missouri ...