Guide to the Orange Gaylord Diary
1850-1853

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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: Gaylord, Orange, b. 1823
Title: Diary
Dates: 1850-1853 ( inclusive )
Quantity: .05 linear feet (1 folder)
Collection Number: A 040
Summary: The Orange Gaylord diary is a typed copy of Gaylord's accounts of his travels to and from the west during the years 1850-1853.
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 written in English. 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Orange Gaylord was born in 1823. In 1850 he embarked on an overland trip from Illinois to California and then traveled to Oregon. In 1851 he reutrned to Illinois via Panama and New York. In 1853 Gaylord returned to Oregon from Illinois via an overland route.

Content Description

The collection consists of a typed copy Gaylord's accounts of his journeys to and from the west. The original diary is housed at the Oregon Historical Society Library repository. This copy, made in May 1939, is 39 pages in total.

Use of the Collection

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 :  

Gaylord, Orange, b. 1823. Diary, A 040, 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.

Diary of Orange Gaylord: From Marshall County, Illinois to California and Oregon 1850

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 :
  • Gaylord, Orange, b. 1823--Diaries
  • Gaylord, Orange, b. 1823--Travels--West (U.S.)
  • Geographical Names :
  • California National Historic Trail
  • Oregon National Historic Trail
  • West (U.S.)--Description and travel
  • Subject Terms :
  • Overland journeys to the Pacific
    • Form or Genre Terms :
    • Diaries
    • Reminiscences

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