Pringle Family Collection
Scope and Contents
The Pringle Family Collection contains the Oregon Trail diary written by Virgil K. Pringle, land donation certificates, and homestead certificates. This collection, which dates from 1853 through 1880, also contains deed records of the Pringle family.
Dates
- 1853-1880
Creator
- Pringle family (Family)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Virgil K. Pringle was born in July 1804 in Harrington, Connecticut. He eventually moved to Missouri, where he married Pherne Brown. They had four children, O.M., Alfred, Cerilla, and Emma. Their first child, O.M., was born in 1832. In 1853, Virgil and his family began traveling to Oregon on the Oregon Trail. They settled in Salem, Oregon, where he lived until his death in 1887.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Pringle Family Collection contains the Oregon Trail diary written by Virgil K. Pringle, land donation certificates, and homestead certificates. This collection, which dates from 1853 through 1880, also contains a deed records of the Pringle family.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown.
Creator
- Pringle family (Family)
- Title
- Guide to the Pringle Family Collection
- Author
- Owen Crabtree
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Whitman College and Northwest Archives Repository