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



Guide to the Grace Guile Purse Papers, 1844-1942


Coll. 033





Finding aid prepared by Scott Martell and Vida Germano

Finding aid encoded by Sylvia Worrix, July 2003
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Overview of the Collection

 
Repository Name:
 

University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

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

 
Collection Number:
 

Coll. 033

 
Creator:
 

Purse, Grace Guile

 
Title:
 

Grace Guile Purse Papers

 
Dates:
 

1844-1942 (inclusive)

 
Quantity:
 

0.5 linear feet
1 container

 
Languages:
 

Collection materials written in English. 

 
Summary:
 

Grace Guile Purse was a physician in Washington, D.C. early in the twentieth century. In 1920 Purse pursued genealogical research in an effort to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.

 

Biographical Note

Grace Guile Purse was a physician in Washington, D.C. early in the twentieth century. In 1920 she began research on her family's genealogy. She pursued this genealogical information in an effort to join the Daughters of the American Revolution. This collection consists of genealogical information collected by Dr. Grace Purse. The collection includes correspondence and documents about the Guile and Wishard families. Most notable in the collection is a diary by Molly Guile that describes her family's overland journey from Missouri to Montana in 1869.

Content Description

This collection consists of genealogical information collected by Dr. Grace Purse. The collection includes correspondence and documents about the Guile and Wishard families. Most notable in the collection is a diary by Molly Guile that describes her family's overland journey from Missouri to Montana in 1869.

Two maps of the Portland, Oregon area, one dated 1908, were removed to the map library. In addition, three small photographs of an unidentified woman were removed to the Photograph Collection of Special Collections. One broadside advertising a concert with Miss Grace Guile, soprano, was removed to the Broadside Collection.

Arrangement

Collection is organized into the following series:

  • Genealogical papers
  • Photographs

Administrative Information

Separated Materials 

Two maps of the Portland, Oregon area, one dated 1908, were removed to the Map Library.

Three small photographs of an unidentified woman were removed to the Photograph Collection under call number PH095.

One broadside advertising a concert with Miss Grace Guile, soprano, was removed to the Broadside Collection.

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 

[Identification of item], Grace Guile Purse Papers, Coll. 033, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

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.

 
Guile, Molly--Diaries
Purse, Grace Guile
Giles family
Wishard family
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Diaries
Genealogies
Overland journals
Physicians--Washington (D.C.)

Detailed Description of the Collection

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


 
box
1
folder
1

Inventory

 

 

Genealogical Papers

 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box
1
folder
2

Genealogical research (Wishard and Guile family lines): Correspondence
 
 
3
Genealogical research: Documents
 
 
4
Diary of Molly Guile describing overland journey from Missouri to Montana (also used as an account ledger in 1866)
  1869
 
5
Account ledger, interspersed with historical facts and recipes
  1844-1883
 
6
Miscellaneous
 
 
7
Scrapbook: Miscellaneous clippings pasted in book,Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture
 

 

Photographs

Photographs are stored separately under call number PH095.
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
1


PH095_1:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  3 x 2.5 inches
Description: Portrait of Grace G. Purse.


Notes: Assumed to be of Purse, no identification on photo.
 


PH095_2:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  3 x 2.5 inches
Description: Portrait of Grace G. Purse.


Notes: Assumed to be of Purse, no identification on photo. Duplicate of PH095_1.
   
PH095_3:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  3 x 2.5 inches
Description: Portrait of Grace G. Purse.


Notes: Assumed to be of Purse, no identification on photo. Duplicate of PH095_1.