Sources used to create the Spencer Leonard Manuscript Collection

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"History of the Silverton Country"

"Military History of Yamhill County" (at OR Hist Soc)

"Old Records" appears to be some kept from Post 9 in McMinnville, no other info

"Oregon Geographic Names" by Lewis A. McArthur

"History of Gen'l Logan Post 39", Grants Pass, compiled by Anna Wade Harmon, 1932

1864, 1865-66 Adjutant General's Office registers

1883 list of Pensions for Oregon

1889 Oregon War Claims

1890 Oregon Census for Veterans and Widows

1918 Memorial Roll (which I believe is in the Oregonian newspaper)

Annual GAR Encampment Rosters

Annual Memorial Rolls (may have been in newspaper or in GAR post books)

Assistance given on family members from early Forum members

Baker Notes (someone else who collected military information)

Book in Forum library 1914 Adjutant General's Office index to Wisconsin veterans

Borthwick Notes (he was a GAR post commander of George Wright post in 1910)(at OHS)

City of Portland Death Certificates

Copies in Forum library of cemetery information from various sources

Descendants who were referred to Spencer Leonard with their inquiries

Frederick K. Davis, Eugene, gravestone registration

GAR Post Journals (most at Oregon Historical Society)

Genealogical material from Oregon Donation Land Claims

Inquiries written to various state Adjutant Generals Offices

Ladies GAR Society records (L GAR)

Local Funeral homes

M. S. Brainard of Brookings Ore(someone else who collected military information)

Melvin Notes (someone else who collected military information)

National Archives

Nevada War Claims

Oregon Death Certificates

Oregon State Archives, Salem, Oregon

Oregon State Library

Oregonian newspaper Index for obituaries

Oregonian newspaper listings of veterans attending statewide GAR conferences

Portland City Directories

Records from Old Soldier's Home in Roseburg, Oregon

Sexton books from GAR Cemetery

Visits to Oregon State Adjutant General's Office

WPA Veteran Grave Registration (WPA - Works Projects Administration)