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Ownership of Whiskey Creek cabin, Rogue River canyon, bulk: 1916-1972

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:04.05

Scope and Contents

Note about Holly Peake and publications about it; Sketch of Cy Whiteneck, Whiskey Creek; color a city by a sea; cut out newspaper article from June 2, 1945 about George H. Holly Peake; Cy Whiteneck’s cabin in the woods, 1916; letter to Louise J. Nichols from San Heaney of the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management in regards to her occupying a cabin in Whiskey Creek for a set time to remove her property, dated March 1973; appraisal Report from the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management for the Placer Claim of Louise J. Nichols, dated November 15, 1972; envelope addressed to Louise Nichols from Clayton Sanderson, dated December 1952 with writing from Louise on the back; letter to Louise Nichols from Clayton Sanderson, dated December 15, 1952 about the price of her claim; letter to Louise Nichols from Clayton Sanderson, dated December 24, 1952 about the Whisky Creek Claim; letter to Clayton Sanderson from Louise Nichols dated December 17, 1952 about not selling the Whisky Creek claim; note to Nick from Louise Nichols about gardening and her shoulder; envelope from the Eugene Branch of The United States National Bank to Louise Nichols, dated September 1948; letter to Louise Nichols from Chas Gillian of The United States National Ban, dated September 17, 1948 about Dutch Knuth’s Tyee cabin; letter to Louise Nichols from Donald Schofield of the United States Department of the Interior, dated May 26, 1972 about sending people to inventory and secure articles; letter to Lester Suhler from LOOK America’s Family Magazine about ordering the magazine, hand drawn map on the back of the Rogue River; Program from Hansen Cy A. Whiteneck’s memorial service, dated May 2, 1956; General Receipt from the State Public Welfare Commission No. 36621 dated May 3, 1956 from Hansen Whiteneck for Old Age Assistance; newspaper article about a Sheriff buying a lodge at Paradise Bar; envelope from Merle Griffin dated Jan 1959; note with Louise Nichols address and Personal Property Return; Personal Property Return for a mining claim of $50.00; information on a store room and wood shed of a mining claim; note about Personal Property Return dated February 6, 1965 for Louise Nichols; Abstract of Title, No. 52130 from the Rogue River Title Company in Grants Pass, OR H.A. Whiteneck property, 22 pages and certificate; newspaper article about the Bureau of Land Management buying more land. Oversized: Picture of Hansen A. Whiteneck and his horse, 1916; Affidavit proof of labor for MR. and Mrs. Nichols on their Mining on Whiskey Creek land claim valued at $100.00, dated July 23, 1963; Suspension of Annual Assessment Work for H. A. Whiteneck, No. 59669, dated December 24, 1946; Memorandum allowing Lou Nichols to enter the Whiskey Creek Claim; Instructions for Completing 1960 Personal Property Return Forms, dated February 23, 1960; Instructions for Completing 1960 Personal Property Return Forms, dated February 14, 1959 addressed to Louise Nichols; Personal Property Return with Summary and Index and copy of Personal Property Return copy dated March 2, 1958.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1916-1972

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

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For fair use/educational reproduction, please provide the following credit: From the MSS 025 Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History, courtesy of Southern Oregon University Hannon Library.

Extent

From the Collection: 28 Linear Feet (52 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English