Guide to the Wyona Eliza Surfus Gordon Papers
1883

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Table of Contents
  Overview of the Collection
   
  Biographical Note
   
  Content Description
   
Use of the Collection
   
   
Detailed Description of the Collection

  Subjects

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Gordon, Wyona Eliza Surfus
Title: 1883 trek from Kansas to Oregon, and memoirs
Dates: 1883 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 1 folder
Location of Collection: Collection is located with other small manuscript collections.
Collection Number: CB G659
Summary: Wyona Eliza Surfus Gordon was an Oregon pioneer and school teacher. The collection consists of a detailed typewritten memoir of an overland wagon trip from Kansas to Oregon in 1883.
Repository: University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html

Languages: Collection materials are in English. 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Wyona Eliza Surfus Gordon traveled overland from Topeka, Kansas to Oregon City, Oregon in 1883. She attended Philomath College and later taught school in Portland.

Content Description

Collection consists of a detailed typewritten memoir of an overland wagon trip from Topeka, Kansas to Oregon City, Oregon.

Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available :  

Available in microfilm as part of: Women's lives. Series 3, American women missionaries and pioneers collection (MICROFILM BV3703 .W66 2006, reel 92); Primary Source Microfilm, 12 Lunar Dr., Woodbridge, Conn. 06525.

Restrictions on Access :  

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use :  

Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation :  

Gordon, Wyona Eliza Surfus. 1883 trek from Kansas to Oregon, and memoirs, CB G659, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

The 1883 Wagon Trek from Kansas to Oregon and Memoirs 1883

Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

  • Personal Names :
  • Gordon, Wyona Eliza Surfus--Archives
  • Gordon, Wyona Eliza Surfus--Travel--West (U.S.)
  • Subject Terms :
  • Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
  • Oregon--Biography
  • Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • Teachers--Oregon--Portland
  • Women pioneers--West (U.S.)
  • Form or Genre Terms :
  • Memoirs

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    Finding aid prepared by Jenny Palm
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