Americana collection, 1800-1972.

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Americana collection, 1800-1972.

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Collection assembled by the Oregon Historical Society containing autographed documents and photographs, letters, and ephemera relating to United States history in general. Approximately half of the collection was assembled by Elizabeth Pollack, who solicited the signatures of famous people. The collection includes the following: a printed eulogy of President George Washington delivered at Boston by George Richards Minot, 1800; copies of "Extra globe" (newspaper), Washington, D.C., 1836, and "The dollar globe," 1844, relating to national politics and slavery; "The daily citizen" (newspaper), Vicksburg, Miss., 1863 July 2; "The rebel" (newspaper), Chattanooga, Tenn., 1862 August 9; "Narrative of privations and sufferings of U.S. officers and soldiers as prisoners of war, Confederate States of America ... ", 1864; autographed letters and photographs of various entertainment personalities, famous names in literature and the arts, U.S. governmental personages, and Oregon governors; proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson, no. 1239, on Beaverhead National Forest, Idaho, 1913; program for memorial services for President Woodrow Wilson, 1924; ephemera related to the Panama Canal; letters of Marion T. Weatherford to and from Eleanor Roosevelt and Senator Wayne Morse, 1946, concerning the General Motors strike; and thank you note from Marina N. Oswald to Ada M. Davis, Rainer, Oregon, 1964. Also includes a music notebook with copies of exercises and tunes, apparently kept by Joseph Gunn of Poughkeepsie, New York, circa 1817.

.6 cubic feet (1 document case, 1 oversize folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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