A narrative of the life and work of Eliza Spalding Warren, the second white child born in Oregon Territory, with other facts relating to the coming of the early missionaries from 1834-38, the first printing press, the Indian tribes, the Whitman Massacre, the conspiracy to kill Gov. I. I. Stevens, and other events connected with the pioneer history of the Northwest.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon Territory --History --Sources and Washington (State) --History
Subject (Name):
Eells, Edwin, 1841-1917, Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862, and Warren, Eliza Spalding, 1837-1919
Subject (Topic):
Cayuse Indians, Frontier and pioneer life --Oregon --History, Frontier and pioneer life --Washington (State), Indians of North America --Washington (State), Missionaries --Washington (State), Nez Perce Indians, Pioneer children --West (U.S.) --History, and Whitman Massacre, 1847 --Personal narratives
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of several hundred short verse epitaphs on both famous political and historical figures and unnamed citizens. The epitaphs are often humorous or satirical, as in On A Hocus-Pocus; On A Tallow-Chandler; and On A Gentleman Falling Of His Horse & Broke Hs Neck. An epitaph titled On A Collier declares, "Here Lies the Collier John of Nashes, By whome Death nothing Gaind he swore, For living he was dust & Ashes, And being dead he is no more." More serious elegies include On Sr. Philip Sidney; On King Charles Martyr; and On One Willm. Messe Grocer & His Wife. and P. 9, 33, and 36 digitized at high resolution.
Description:
Imperfect: mutilated with some loss of text. and Two blank pages not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Politics and government and Great Britain --Social life and customs --17th century
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 and Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586
Subject (Topic):
Courts and courtiers --England, Elegiac poetry, English --17th century, English poetry --17th century, English wit and humor, Epitaphs --England, and Verse satire, English
[Exhibition catalogs and announcements relating to Alfred Stieglitz and artists associated with him].
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Collection contains 305 items from the period 1900-1983. The majority are catalogs or announcements of exhibitions which included the work of Stieglitz and/or the artists in his circle.
Description:
Individual items in this collection analyzed.
Subject (Name):
Alfred Stieglitz / Georgia O'Keeffe Archive and Stieglitz, Alfred,--1864-1946