Frank Williamson Benson papers, 1906-1910.

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Frank Williamson Benson papers, 1906-1910.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65343597

The collection contains correspondence, largely relating to local political appointments and other routine matters. Persons and subjects represented include Henry Landin Benson, George Earle Chamberlain, Dudley Evans, William David Fenton, Binger Hermann, Francis Anthony Seufert, the Coos Bay Townsite Company, the Crawford Point Land Company, Marshfield, Oregon (now Coos Bay), public lands in Oregon, the Republican Party in Oregon, and Umpqua River development.

.45 cubic feet (1 document case)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Fenton, Wm. D. (William David), 1853-1925

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Hermann, Binger, 1843-1926

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Born in Lanoconing, Maryland, Binger Hermann settled in Coos County, Oregon in 1859. From the guide to the Binger Hermann letters, 1887-1925, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Binger Hermann (1843-1926) came to Oregon (1859) where he taught school (1859-1864), studied law (1864-1865) and was elected to the Oregon legislature (1866). Hermann was later an Oregon State Senator (1868-1870) and U.S. Land Agent for the Roseburg area (1871-1874). Hermann practised law in...

Coos Bay Townsite Company (Coos Bay, Or.)

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Republican Party (Or.)

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Benson, Henry Landin

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Crawford Point Land Company (Crawford Point, Or.)

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Seufert, Frank A.

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Benson, Frank Williamson.

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Born in San Jose, California, in 1858, Frank Benson attended the Portland Academy but returned to San Jose to attend the College of the Pacific. Graduating with an M.A. in 1882, he moved to Roseburg, Oregon, where he taught school and served as the superintendent of schools for Douglas County. He then held various public offices and served as president of the State Normal School at Drain. In 1896 he was elected to the office of Oregon Secretary of State, and in 1909 he acceded to the governorshi...

Chamberlain, George E. (George Earle), 1854-1928

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George Earle Chamberlain (b.1913), grandson and namesake of the former governor and senator of Oregon, son of otolaryngologist Dr. Charles Thomson Chamberlain. He received a BA from the University of Oregon in 1936, and an MD from the University of Oregon Medical School in 1938. Chamberlain served as captain and resident physician in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WWII. He began serving in 1941, when he was stationed in New York, N. Y.,at the New York Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Infirmary. He ...

Evans, Dudley

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