Manuscripts Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
98.001 |
Title |
Chambers, Edith Kerns, 1876-1972 |
Date |
1897-1968 |
Scope & Content |
EDITH KERNS CHAMBERS, 1876-1972 Inventory and description. List of her papers in the Oregon Collection, U of O Library. Papers, 1930-1972. Edith Kerns Chambers was a prominent Eugene women involved in many civic organizations. She was particularly interested in local history. She was also the wife of Frank L. Chambers, a leading local merchant and civic leader, and the sister of artist and University of Oregon professor Maude Kerns. The collection includes a scrapbook and notes on local history and personalities, a manuscript on historic houses in Eugene, and material relating to the Oregon Trail Pageant of 1947. |