Frontier and pioneer life

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Frontier and pioneer life

  • UF Border life
  • UF Frontier and pioneer life--History
  • UF Homesteading
  • UF Pioneer life

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Frontier and pioneer life

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Oral history interview with Gwen V. Miller

  • SR 9475
  • Collection
  • 1975-12-17

This oral history interview with Gwen V. Miller was conducted by Charles Digregorio at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon, on December 17, 1975, as part of the oral history program at the society's research library. Susan Seyl, an Oregon Historical Society librarian, was also present.

In this interview, Miller discusses her family background, including her father's experiences homesteading in Oregon, interactions between her ancestors and Native people, and her grandparents' overland journey to Oregon with Sam Barlow in 1845. She talks about her early life in eastern Oregon and Washington, and about the relationship between white emigrants and Native people.

Miller, Gwen V. (Gwendoline Violet), 1904-1999

Oral history interview with Gwen V. Miller [Sound Recording]

Oral history interview with Gwen V. Miller [Sound Recording]

Tape 1, Side 1. This oral history interview with Gwen V. Miller was conducted by Charles Digregorio at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon, on December 17, 1975, as part of the oral history program at the society's research library. Susan Seyl, an Oregon Historical Society librarian, was also present.

In this interview, Miller discusses her family background, including her father's experiences homesteading in Oregon, interactions between her ancestors and Native people, and her grandparents' overland journey to Oregon with Sam Barlow in 1845. She talks about her early life in eastern Oregon and Washington, and about the relationship between white emigrants and Native people.

Miller, Gwen V. (Gwendoline Violet), 1904-1999

Marie Holst Pottsmith photographs

  • Org. Lot 460
  • Collection
  • 1908-circa 1956

Digitized versions of 119 sheet film negatives taken by Marie Holst Pottsmith, many of them during the eight months in 1908 that she taught in the remote Finnish community of Hamlet, Oregon. These images document the people and community life in Hamlet, including farming, the school, and construction of the first wagon road to Necanicum by residents of the village, as well as a nearby community in Elsie Valley.

Along with Pottsmith's time in Hamlet, photographs in the collection document her life as a student at the University of Oregon; visits to family and friends in Portland, Salem, and Woodburn; teaching at Fisher, Washington; and her family life in Ellsworth, Washington, and in Oregon. The collection includes one image made circa 1956, when Pottsmith revisited Hamlet and photographed an abandoned farmstead she had previously photographed in 1908.

Undigitized materials in the collection include 129 access prints of the negatives made by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library in 1986. Ten of the prints in the collection do not have corresponding negatives.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Threshing time

Threshing time

A group portrait of eight people posing with threshing equipment in an agricultural field. Taken during Marie Holst Pottsmith's time in Woodburn with Mabel and Anne Simpson.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Threshing time

Threshing time

A photograph of a group of fourteen people threshing crops in an agricultural field. Threshing equipment is visible behind them. Taken during Marie Holst Pottsmith's time in Woodburn with Mabel and Anne Simpson.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Group portrait

Group portrait

A group portrait of six children laying on the ground. They are posed with their left hands supporting their heads. The forest is visible behind them.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Henry Piekkola's stump house

Henry Piekkola's stump house

A photograph showing Henry Piekkola's tree stump house. One person stands on a log extending out from the stump, another person sits below, and a third person leans out of a window. They are surrounded by ferns and trees. See also: item 43.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Marie Holst Pottsmith, Mr. Henry Hill, Mrs. Henry Hill, and Harvey Mowick on horse-drawn cart

Marie Holst Pottsmith, Mr. Henry Hill, Mrs. Henry Hill, and Harvey Mowick on horse-drawn cart

A photograph of Marie Holst Pottsmith, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hill, and Harvey Mowick on a horse-drawn cart leaving on the new road built that summer. Harvey Mowick was going to get his family after building a house for them on the homestead. They look back at the camera. A dog is visible on the left.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Person standing with chair

Person standing with chair

A photograph of a person, possibly a member of the Lindgren family, standing in a clearing leaning on a wooden chair. A fruit tree is visible in the background.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

House in Hamlet

House in Hamlet

A photograph of a house in a clearing in a forested area, taken from a distance. Three smaller structures are visible near the main house and a fence surrounds the area.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Group portrait in front of tent

Group portrait in front of tent

A group portrait of five people standing in front of a tent in a clearing in a forested area. Clothes hang on a line in front of them. A large stump with a shed built onto it and piles of lumber are visible on the right. The photograph was taken from above looking down.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Group portrait at Herman Jackson homestead

Group portrait at Herman Jackson homestead

A group portrait of nine people and a dog standing in front of the Herman Jackson house in a clearing in a forested area. Various fences are visible throughout the clearing. The photograph was taken from above looking down onto the clearing.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Group on bridge

Group on bridge

A group portrait of about seven people standing on a bridge and two people and three horses on the rocky shore below.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Sunday picnic

Sunday picnic

A group portrait of twenty-seven people gathered for a Sunday picnic. They sit on a rocky shore and thick foliage is visible behind them.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Hill family at homestead

Hill family at homestead

A photograph of Mr. & Mrs, Albert Hill, Albert Hill's mother, and Henry Hill (in white shirt) at their homestead which includes two structures and fences. Additional people are visible in the background as well as four horses and a dog. Trees and foliage are visible beyond the clearing.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Albert Hill home

Albert Hill home

A photograph of the Albert Hill home, where Marie Holst Pottsmith boarded while teaching. Six people are visible on the porch, including three children on the steps. The home is surrounded by a picket fence and trees.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

Jackson boy with dog

Jackson boy with dog

A photograph of one of the Jackson boys, Alfred or Willie, sitting in a wagon. A small dog stands with its front legs on the wagon.

Pottsmith, Marie Holst, 1882-1980

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