Papers, 1830-1913

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Papers, 1830-1913

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Correspondence, journals, manuscript, etc., of Elizabeth Millar Wilson, postmistress of The Dalles, Oregon.

9 folders and 3 vols.

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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James Patterson Millar

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Rev. Thomas Condon

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Wilson, Joseph Gardner, 1826-1873

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Nesmith, Pauline

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Ellen J. Chamberlain

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Elizabeth Millar Wilson

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Accounts of EMW's trip west in 1851, and life in The Dalles, Oregon during the latter half of the nineteenth century. She went west to teach and later married Joseph G. Wilson, circuit court judge in Oregon. After her husband's death, EMW was appointed postmistress of The Dalles by President Grant in 1873. Also, recollections by EMW's daughter, Lucy Wilson Peters, tributes to Joseph G. Wilson, and material relating to other pioneer families in Oregon. From the guide to t...

Lucy Wilson Peters

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Sanitary Commission - Fair in Cincinnati, 1864

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Chamberlain, Joseph, 1836-1914

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Joseph Chamberlain was born in 1836; he was educated at University College School, and at the age of sixteen moved from London to Birmingham to join his uncle's screw manufacturing business, Nettlefold and Chamberlain; he became a member of the Birmingham Education Society, the National Education League, and was chairman of the Birmingham School Board [1868-1873]; he was a member of Birmingham Town Council [1872-1880], being Councillor for St Paul's Ward and Mayor [1873-1876]; he was MP for West...