Manuscripts Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
92.001 |
Title |
Wilkins Family |
Date |
1872-1976 |
Scope & Content |
WILKINS FAMILY, 1872-1976 INVENTORY AND DESCRIPTION (Entered in the Library of Congress National Union Catalog of Manuscripts - NUCMC - as OCLC 808115761.) Papers, 1876-1976. The Wilkins family crossed the Plains to Lane County in 1847. Mitchell Wilkins settled and farmed near Coburg. His son, Francis M. Wilkins, operated a drug store in Eugene City and was active in civic affairs. Three of F. M. Wilkins' daughters, Nina McCornack, Lucia Moore, and Gladys McCready, co-authored The Story of Eugene, a local history. The collection includes a ledger from the F. M. Wilkins drug store, ca. 1890; miscellaneous legal documents; a photostatic copy of Elizabeth Goltra's 1853 Plains diary; a biography of Mitchell Wilkins; and a biographical sketch of his wife, Parmilia Ann Wilkins. Also included are research notes, correspondence, and a draft of Lucia Moore's published novel, The Wheel and the Hearth, and correspondence relative to two other books, Oh, Promise Me and Old Fashioneds. The collection contains a model of an Oregon Trail game called "Westward Ho," developed by Lucia Moore. Donated by Gladys McCready. |