Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Benjamin Franklin Dowell papers
- Dates:
- 1855-1895
- Creators:
- Dowell, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
- Abstract:
- A collection of correspondence, documents, and manuscripts related to the career of American attorney and newspaperman Benjamin Franklin Dowell.
- Extent:
- 4.8 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item]. Benjamin Franklin Dowell papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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Benjamin Franklin Dowell (1826-1897), Oregon attorney and newspaperman, was born in Virginia and graduated in law from the University of Virginia in 1847. He emigrated to California from Missouri in 1850, then to Oregon where he participated in the Indian wars as a member of the 1st Regiment, Oregon Volunteers. He settled in Jacksonville, Oregon, became proprietor of the Oregon Sentinel, and was influential in local politics.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Fred Lockley, March 1924.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1930. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the finding aid derived from legacy in-house summary report.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged chronologically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- Oregon
Rogue River Indian War, 1855-1856
Transportation -- Oregon
Business papers -- Oregon -- 19th century
Documents -- Oregon -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Oregon -- 19th century - Places:
- Jackson County (Or.) -- Politics and Government -- 19th
century
Oregon -- History -- 19th century
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-11-20 07:54:52 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item]. Benjamin Franklin Dowell papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191