Eva Emery Dye Papers, 1776-1997 (bulk 1890-1940).

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Eva Emery Dye Papers, 1776-1997 (bulk 1890-1940).

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The papers consist of correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts, literary journal, research notes and scrapbooks relating to Eva Emery Dye's career as an author and her interest in Oregon history topics, including pioneers, Lewis and Clark, John McLoughlin, Ranald McDonald, and the Hudson's Bay Company. The papers also document her many other activities and interests, including the Willamette Valley Chautauqua at Gladstone Park, preservation of the John McLoughlin House at Oregon City, and the woman's suffrage movement. The collection includes the family papers of Charles and Eva Emery Dye and their children, Emery C. Dye, Eva Dye Hutchinson, Everett W. Dye, and Trafton M. Dye, as well as the reminiscences of Eva's father, Cyrus Emery, and a genealogy of the Charles Dye and Eva Emery Dye family.

15 document cases, 1 oversize flat box, and 2 oversize folders (11.5 linear ft.)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Clark, William, 1770-1838

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Charman, Elbert

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Applegate, Jesse A. (Jesse Applegate), 1835-1919

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Miller, Elizabeth B.

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Clark, Peter J., 1950-

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Businessman; resident of Brooklyn. From the description of Papers, 1856-1868. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155478557 ...

Dye, Trafton

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McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857

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Dye, Everett W.

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McGillivray, Napoleon

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Dye, Eva Emery, 1855-1947

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Eva Emery Dye (1855-1947), Oregon author and historian, was born in Prophetstown, illinois. She was educated at Oberlin College (B.A. 1882, M.A. 1887) and married a classmate Charles Henry Dye in 1882. They moved to Oregon City, Oregon, in 1890, where Charles Dye practiced law and the couple raised four children. Eva Dye published numerous books and articles relating to the history of Oregon and the western United States, many of them works of historical fiction. She was closely associated with ...

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Minto, John, 1822-1915

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