Walter E. Meacham papers, circa 1925-1945.

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Walter E. Meacham papers, circa 1925-1945.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63123830

The collection consists of typescripts of drafts of "Wagon wheels," "Stories of pioneer women," "Stories of pioneer men," and "He walked with Lincoln" (the story of Colonel Edward Dickinson Baker). Also included are typescripts of Meacham's poetry and sheet music for Isa Botton's song "Oregon : the land our fathers won" (1938) for which Meacham wrote the words.

.45 cubic feet (1 document case)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7883501

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Baker, Edward Dickinson, 1811-1861

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Born in London in 1811 to schoolteacher Edward Baker and Lucy Dickinson Baker, poor but educated Quakers, the boy Edward Baker and his family left England and emigrated to the United States in 1816, arriving in Philadelphia, where Baker's father established a school. Ed attended his father's school before quitting to apprentice as a loom operator in a weaving factory. In 1825, the family left Philadelphia and traveled to New Harmony, Indiana, a utopian community on the Ohio River led by Robert O...

Meacham, Walter E., 1879-1951

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Walter Meacham was a descendant of Oregon pioneers who wrote on subjects relating to overland journeys. He was the long-time leader of the Old Oregon Trail Association. From the description of Walter E. Meacham papers, circa 1925-1945. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 63123830 From the guide to the Walter E. Meacham Papers, circa 1925-1945, (Oregon Historical Society) ...

Botten, Isa.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...