Guide to the Elizabeth Goltra Papers 1853

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:		A 034
	Creator:		Goltra, Elizabeth
	Title:		Elizabeth Goltra Papers
	Dates:		1853 (inclusive)
	Quantity:		.05 linear feet 1 folder
	Languages:		Collection materials are in English.
	Summary:		Elizabeth Goltra traveled with her husband to Oregon from Missouri in 1853. This collection contains copies of the journal she kept during their overland crossing. Pages dealing with the history of the Goltra family are also included.
	Location of Collection:		Collection is located with other small manuscript collections.

Biographical Note

Elizabeth Julia Ellison married Nelson Goltra in Jacksonville, Illinois in 1851. In 1853 the couple journeyed west from Missouri to Oregon. Having graduated from "a college for young ladies," Elizabeth assumed the task of recording the events of the trip, which were to be sent back to friends planning to make the trip later. Nelson built his own mill in Corvallis and was a builder of the Lebanon Academy. He died in a boiler explosion that occured in his mill, leaving Elizabeth with three small children and one child expected. Elizabeth later married a widower named Keeler Farrington, who had a daughter. They moved to a farm in the hills south of Eugene and eventually had three more children. Elizabeth and members of her family were buried in Eugene's Pioneer Cemetery.

Content Description

The collection includes copies of Goltra's journal, kept during the journey she and her husband made from Missouri to Oregon in 1853. One copy is a photocopy of the manuscript itself and the two others are photocopies of a typed transcription of the journal. Also included is a three-page typescript that presents information on the history of Nelson Goltra's family.

Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

Partially 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.

Journal Kept by Mrs. E. J. Goltra of her travels across the plains in the year 1853. Lane County Historical Society, 1970. This booklet can be found in the Oregon Collection, call number F593. G65 1970.

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

Goltra, Elizabeth. Journal, A 034, 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.

Goltra, Elizabeth--Diaries

Goltra, Elizabeth--Travel--West (U. S.)

Goltra family

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U. S.)

Overland journeys to the Pacific

Women Pioneers--West (U. S.)

Overland journals

Detailed Description of the Collection

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

The Generations of Oliver Goltras (Typescript)

3 pages

"Journal kept by Mrs. E. J. Goltra of her travels across the plains in the year 1853" (typed photocopy)

19 pages

"Journal kept by Mrs. E. J. Goltra of her travels across the plains in the year 1853" (typed photocopy 2)

19 pages

"Journal kept by Mrs. E. J. Goltra of her travels across the plains in the year 1853" (photocopy)

21 leaves

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