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Title
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Oregon Trail Memorial Association
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Description
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Framed (11.5 in. x 15.5 in.) award certificate which reads: "In Recognition of Distinguished Help and Service to the Cause of Preserving Our Western Trails and the Traditions of Our American Pioneers, Kansas City Public Library, is Awarded Life Membership in the Oregon Trail Memorial Association and Its Successor American Pioneer Trails Association." The document is signed by Henry G. Hillier, Secretary, and Howard R. Driggs, President. Includes a color tinted map showing the various trails west. Lower part shows a wagon train image. Includes the organization's seal and two medallion images, one representing the Pony Express and one the Oregon Trail. Presented in 1960 according to letter attached to the back.
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Date
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1960
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Oregon Trail
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Description
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Framed (26.5 in. x 17.5 in.) and matted giclée print "The Oregon Trail; The Highway of the Pioneers to the Pacific Northwest." The print is a reproduction from a map in the MVSC map collection by W. F. McIlwraith.
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Date
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2006~
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Alfred Jacob Miller
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Description
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Illustrations and information on Alfred Jacob Miller, or Alfred Miller (1810-1874), a native of Baltimore and a painter and explorer of western scenes on the Overland Trail (or Oregon Trail) leaving out of Independence, Missouri, in 1837.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
