Pleasant memories : Portland, Oregon / 1936 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Bound typescript carbon autobiography of Ellen J. Chamberlin written at the request of the Multnomah County, Oregon, chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Chamberlin briefly describes her journey as a young girl with her family from Michigan to New York, in 1857; their voyage from New York to San Francisco, and to Oregon where they settled in Salem; her education and graduation from Willamette University in 1868; and her teaching career on the faculties of Willamette University, the Portland Public Schools; Wasco Academy at The Dalles, Oregon, Washington University, and Oregon State College, from which she retired. Letters and comments of several of Chamberlin's former students are included. A presentation inscription from Chamberlin to Judge and Mrs. Fred Wilson dated June 20, 1936, appears on the front fly-leaf