Manuscripts
Ephemera and volumes
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Benjamin Franklin Dowell papers
Manuscripts
A collection of 277 items which contains correspondence, a letterbook, documents, and manuscripts. The material is related to Oregon politics and government, transportation, including some material on pack trains, mail routes and railroads; there is also material on the Indian Wars including the Rogue River Indian War.
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Correspondence and documents
Manuscripts
The box contains material written from New York, Washington D.C., Indiana, Oregon, and California.
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Correspondence and documents
Manuscripts
The box contains material written from Louisiana, Tennessee, Washington D.C., Oregon, Massachusetts, Illinois, California, and Wisconsin.
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Correspondence and documents
Manuscripts
The box contains material written from Washington D.C., Oregon, California, New York, Pennsylvania, Arizona Territory, Illinois, and Indiana.
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Solon Huntington volumes
Manuscripts
Includes: account book of names of drovers and amount of bills, 1843-1850, and index volume of names, probably for letterbook, 1874 January 30.
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Printed pieces and ephemera, approximately 1870-1895
Manuscripts
The collection consists chiefly of letters, with some manuscripts and documents related to John Wesley Vandevort and his Pittsburgh holdings in the steel industry. There are also seven diaries related to Vandevort's tours of Europe and a 1878-1879 trip around the world with Andrew Carnegie (2 pocket diaries). Correspondents in the collection include: Henry Phipps (102 letters) and Andrew Carnegie and/or his wife Louise (8 letters). The collection also has a letterbook containing typewritten letters of an 1865 European tour by John Hallen Franks and thirty-six letters addressed to John Wesley Vandevort's brother, Robert T. Vandevort. There are also materials about the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Included are financial records such as accounts, bills, receipts, and statements.
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