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Benjamin Franklin Dowell papers, 1855-1886.
BANC MSS P-A 133-140 FILM; BANC MSS P-A 133; BANC MSS P-A 134; BANC MSS P-A 135; ...
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Title:

Benjamin Franklin Dowell papers, 1855-1886

Creator/Contributor:

Dowell, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1826-1897, creator

Abstract:

The most extensive archive of Oregon documents among the Bancroft collections, especially concerned with the Oregon Indian wars, 1853-1856, but including printed material on politics and government, 1863-1864. The volume P-A 139 contains an autobiography.

Date:

1855 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-or
Dowell, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) -- 1826-1897 -- Archives
Indians of North America -- Oregon
Indians of North America -- Warfare -- Oregon
Oregon -- Imprints
Oregon -- Biography
Oregon -- Politics and government

Note:

Also available on microfilm.
Benjamin Franklin Dowell papers, 1855-1886, BANC MSS P-A 133-140, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Preliminary list of contents in Library.
Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection.

Type:

Clippings.
Scrapbooks.

Physical Description:

print
8 volumes (1.55 linear feet)
1 microfilm reel (832 exposures) : negative (Rich. 105:20) and positive (P-A 133-140 FILM)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS P-A 133-140 FILM
BANC MSS P-A 133
BANC MSS P-A 134
BANC MSS P-A 135
BANC MSS P-A 136
BANC MSS P-A 137
BANC MSS P-A 138
BANC MSS P-A 139
BANC MSS P-A 140

Origin:

Oregon