Archival Resources

The Santiam Heritage Foundation is the repository for two collections of local history: The Brown Family Papers and the Ernst Lau Collection. Below are descriptions and Finding Aids for the collections. If you are interested in viewing any of the materials, please contact us at the phone number or e-mail at the bottom of the page.

Guide to the Ernst Lau collection on Stayton, Oregon, circa 1880-2013

**This is a partial finding aid. More items remain to be cataloged.**

Title of Collection: Ernst Lau collection on Stayton, Oregon

Date(s): circa 1880-2013

Extent: 10 linear feet (linear foot boxes, boxes of maps, boxes of binders, and boxes of glass plate negatives)

Repository: Brown House Event Center, Santiam Heritage Foundation
425 N First Ave, Stayton, OR 97383
Phone: (503) 769-8860
URL: http://www.brownhouse.org/

Language of Material: Materials are in English.

Biographical and Historical Note

**For Steve, Wendy, and Carol to write

Collection Overview

**Need to write later

Collection Arrangement

** Needs additional information from collection at Brown House.

This collection is arranged in six series: Series I, Series II, Series III, Series IV, Series V, Series VI (need titles). Files are arranged in original order and chronological order where original order cannot be discerned.

Types of Material

Letters (correspondence)
Notes
Inventories
Ledgers (account books)
Maps
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Legal documents
Clippings (information artifacts)
Photographs
Slides (photographs)
Glass-plate negatives
Genealogical tables
Books
Administrative records

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to researchers.

The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Ernst Lau collection, Santiam Heritage Foundation, housed at the Brown House Event Center, Stayton, OR.

Alternate Form of Materials

Digital reproductions of some materials are available. Please contact Steve Poisson at the Brown House Event Center – (503) 769-8860 for assistance.

Processing Information

Collection Organization

**Boxes are not in correct order – this will serve as inventory of boxes for now

Box 1 **Labeled “legal sized folders: Series I, II, VI” **Needs stamps and review folder titles

Folder 1: Newspaper clippings – Stayton Mail, 1908 February 14 – 1952 June 12

Folder 2: 1904 views of Stayton proof for Ernst Lau book, undated

Folder 3: Newspaper clippings (Brown House restoration), circa 1965-2003

Folder 4: Newspaper clippings (Brown House restoration), 2004-2013

Folder 5: Pictures of Brown family (Martha Staiger Brown), 1903-1915

Box 2 **Labeled “Ernst Lau collection – negatives and contacts – Stayton buildings and structures – Series II and III (Photographs, negatives, and slides) **Check stamps and review folder titles

Folder 1: Town views (negatives), circa 1886-2005

Folder 2: Photograph of Stayton (homes and stores), circa 1880-1889

Folder 3: Stayton – printed (negatives of building in Stayton, Oregon circa 1985-1910 and the Woolen Mill – includes some contact prints), circa 2001-2005

Folder 4: Group of people by bridge (photograph), circa 1900

Folder 5: Photographs and information placards for buildings in Stayton, Oregon from 1908-1910 (reproductions), undated

Folder 6: Early copies of Ernst Lau book (1904-1931) – notes and Sanborn map, undated

Folder 7: 1909-1910 river flood – negatives, undated

Folder 8: Stayton Mail (photograph negatives), circa 1970

Folder 9: Crossing mock-up: Ernst Lau (A History of the North Santiam River Crossings), circa 2001

Folder 10: Stayton – printed (negatives of buildings in Stayton, Oregon circa 1895-1910 and the Woolen Mill – includes some contact prints), circa 2001-2005

Folder 11: Photograph negatives circa 1940 – Barton – Beuger, Batt Factory, “New” Tailuace, Brown Building washout, and Woolen Mill penstock, undated

Folder 12: Miscellaneous photographs, copies of photographs, and information placards for buildings in Stayton, Oregon, undated (streets, parade, inside of a store, homes)

Folder 13: Stayton industries (photograph negatives), undated

Folder 14: Stayton aerials (photograph negatives), undated

Folder 15: Map copies (negatives), undated

Folder 16: Copy – printed negatives: baptism, undated

Folder 17: Historic Stayton copies – recent negatives, undated

Folder 18: Stayton historic originals – negatives, undated

Folder 19: Bridges (negatives), undated

Folder 20: Buildings (negatives) (with note “2004 printed), circa 2004

Folder 21: People (negatives), undated

Folder 22: Personal trips (photograph negatives), undated

Folder 23: School (negatives), undated

Folder 24: Negatives and contact book – file 1 (labeled – Stayton Hotel, 3rd Street parade, opera house, Excelsior Mill, etc.), undated

Folder 25: Negatives and contact book – file 2 (labeled – log pond, store interiors, etc.), undated

Folder 26: Negatives and contact book – file 3 “Re Stone Bldgs” section (labeled – Stayton House Furnishing Co., Stayton State Bank, old bank, etc.), undated

Folder 27: Negatives and contact book – file 4 “Re Stone Bldgs” section (labeled – Farmer’s friend, JFL Bungalow, etc.), undated

Folder 28: “Printed” box: folder 1 of 2 (labeled negatives of buildings in Stayton), undated

Folder 29: “Printed” box: folder 2 of 2 (labeled negatives including schoolhouse), undated

Folder 30: Young school children: Pheby Rossell – teacher “Star Studio” (photograph), undated

Folder 31: House builders (photograph), undated

Folder 32: Crescent Batt and Bedding Co. and other buildings (photographs), undated

Folder 33: Model “A” car – photograph, undated

Folder 34: SCTC builds a parking lot – 1872 D. E. Stayton house: photographs by Moe Lau, circa 2007 December

Folder 35: Santiam Heritage Foundation notes and goals, undated

Box 3 **Labeled “Ernst Lau collection *mostly Brown House restoration photos – Series V and VI” **Check stamps and review folder titles

Folder 1: Photographs of Brown family, original Brown House (located on 2nd Avenue), and current Brown House, 1890-1906

Folder 2: Brown House photograph, circa 1903

Folder 3: Triumph School: Grace L. Shaw – teacher (cards with photograph), 1904

Folder 4: National Cyclopedia of American Biography information questionnaire for Charles Enoch Brown (Charlie Brown), 1926 March 26-31

Folder 5: Photographs of the Brown House before restoration, 2001

Folder 6: S. H. F. Auction – photographs and negatives, 2001 May 20

Folder 7: Brown House ground clean-up photographs, circa 2001-2002

Folder 8: Photographs of Brown House before restoration, 2002

Folder 9: SHPO roof project for the Brown House, 2003-2004

Folder 10: Greg Olson’s shop – woodwork for Brown House restoration, 2004 December 20

Folder 11: Brown House restoration photographs, 2005

Folder 12: National Registry Application photographs (Brown House registry materials), undated

Folder 13: Outbuildings (photographs of Laundry House, Brown House, and garage), undated

Folder 14: Shingle restoration on Brown House: before and after photographs, undated

Folder 15: Gutter and house restoration front of the Brown House – photographs, undated

Folder 16: Photographs of the Brown House before restoration, undated

Folder 17: Brown House reconstruction spindles (photographs), undated

Folder 18: Restoration – before and after photographs of the Brown House, undated

Folder 19: Martha Brown life history – newspaper clipping, undated

Folder 20: Martha Staiger (name card), undated

Folder 21: In Memory – Matilda Siegmund (school certificate), undated

Folder 22: Brown – Staiger matrimony newspaper article, undated

Guide to the Brown Family papers, Stayton, Oregon, circa 1808 - 2007

Title of Collection: Brown Family papers

Date(s): 1808 - 2007

Extent: 3 linear feet (3 linear foot boxes and family Bible on display)

Repository: Brown House Event Center, Santiam Heritage Foundation
425 N First Ave, Stayton, OR 97383
Phone: (503) 769-8860

URL: http://www.brownhouse.org/

Language of Material: Materials are in English.

Biographical and Historical Note

**For Steve, Wendy, and Carol to write

Collection Overview

**Need to write later

Collection Arrangement

** Needs additional information from collection at Brown House.

This collection is arranged in two series: Series I and Series II (need titles). Files are arranged in original order and chronological order.

Types of Material

Diaries
Journals (accounts)
Letters (correspondence)
Notes
Inventories
Ledgers (account books)
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Legal documents
Clippings (information artifacts)
Photographs
Slides (photographs)
Genealogical tables
Books
Administrative records

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to researchers.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Brown Family papers, Santiam Heritage Foundation, housed at the Brown House Event Center, Stayton, OR.

Alternate Form of Materials

Digital reproductions of some materials are available. Please contact Steve Poisson at the Brown House Event Center – (503) 769-8860 for assistance.

Processing Information

Collection Organization

Box 1 **Needs stamps and review**

Folder 1: Miscellaneous materials found with photos, various dates

Folder 2: Giles Brown, circa 1910

Folder 3: George Brown and Lucy, undated

Folder 4: Photographs, undated

Folder 5: Book: “Newport Oregon 1866-1936” by Richard L. Price

Folder 6: Photographs (unknown, included photocopies), undated

Folder 7: Post card: Lee Brown and son: sawmill, circa 1900

Folder 8: Memory for Clinton Brown, 1850

Folder 9: Funeral bulletin for Charles E. Brown, 1925

Folder 10: Hotel cards for the Park Hotel - Portland and Colonial Hotel - Seaside, undated

Folder 11: Sympathy cards, undated

Folder 12: Martha Brown birth certificate - official copy, 1974 May 30

Folder 13: Photograph (in frame) (woman and child), 1916 February

Folder 14: Newspaper clippings regarding the Brown family, 1906-1957

Folder 15: Correspondence, circa 1802-1948 *check dates

Folder 16: Brown family photographs, undated

Folder 17: Photographs - Brown family (labeled photographs), undated

Folder 18: Brown family photographs (mostly labeled), undated

Folder 19: Brown family photographs (labeled), undated

Folder 20: Photograph of Stayton, Oregon (downtown homes and buildings), undated

Folder 21: Photographs - Brown family (labeled), undated

Folder 22: Lloyd Brown (photograph and photocopies of photographs), undated

Folder 23: Photographs - Lizzy Brown and Homer Brown (photocopies), undated

Folder 24: Photographs - Gotfried Kirchuzv, Lucy Steiger (1894), Albert William Evans, Jr. (1916), Charlie Steiger, Steiger family, and others unnamed, circa 1894-1916

Folder 25: Brown family photographs, various dates ***

Folder 26: Miscellaneous photographs of people and building (sorted and labeled), various dates** Note to Steve: Photo of Robinson Car Dealer 1912 - Moxiberry restaurant

Folder 27: Postcard photographs: includes correspondence to Brown family members, 1808-1919 (folder 1 of 3)

Folder 28: Postcard photographs: includes correspondence to Brown family members, 1808-1919 (folder 2 of 3)

Folder 29: Postcard photographs: includes correspondence to Brown family members, 1808-1919 (folder 3 of 3)

Folder 30: Program from the North Santiam Bridge Dedication Ceremony, 1965 November 4

Folder 31: Brown, Ruth Marsha, University of Oregon graduation announcement, 1938 May 5

Folder 32: Brown, Ruth Marsha, thesis draft, circa 1937-1938 **Remove paper clips

Folder 33: Brown, Ruth Marsha: various class papers, undated

Folder 34: Brown, Ruth Marsha: various class papers, 1936-1938

Folder 35: Brown, Ruth Marsha: Spencer class papers, 1938

Folder 36: Western Bath and Bedding Company day book (ledger), 1930

Folder 37: Album of Brown family photographs, undated

Folder 38: Photograph album: miscellaneous photographs, undated

Box 2: **update folder titles

Folder 1: Brown House photograph and photograph of woman on porch, circa 1959-1963

Folder 2: Five photographs of a woman and baby (Albert Evans, Junior) and woman at beach, circa 1910-1930

Folder 3: Miscellaneous photographs (labeled and dated), circa 1890-1930

Folder 4: Photographs of Brown family and postcards (labeled), circa 1890-1930

Folder 5: Santiam Heritage Foundation Summary, 2001-2007

Folder 6: Photographs and Lucy Steiger postcards (labeled), undated

Folder 7: Loose photographs, letters, and cards - Lucy Steiger (labeled), undated

Folder 8: Lucy Steiger - photograph album, 1909-1920

Folder 9: Lucy Steiger and Frank Steiger - photograph album (loose pages and photographs), 1909-1920, 1941

Folder 10: Photographs - early farming and farm equipment, circa 1880-1920

Folder 11: Photograph - early farming (labeled), circa 1880-1920

Folder 12: Photograph - early logging - Steam Donkey, undated **maybe change label

Folder 13: Photograph - logging camp, circa 1900-1910

Folder 14: Photograph - early logging, circa 1900

Folder 15: Photograph - early logging - Steam Donkey, circa 1900

Folder 16: Photograph collage - coast pictures, undated

Folder 17: Philosophy readings/journal in Medo-Land Creamery book (Marsha Brown), circa 1937

Folder 18: Picture in frame, undated

Folder 19: Photograph album - miscellaneous photographs, undated

Folder 20: Miscellaneous photographs - unidentified, undated

Folder 21: Photographs - homes in Stayton, circa 1941

Folder 22: Photographs of Old Downtown Stayton and aerial view of Stayton, undated

Folder 23: Photographs of the Western Batt and Bedding Mill, undated

Folder 24: Postcards with photographs of house, undated

Folder 25: Photograph - young man in portrait, undated

Folder 26: Two sketches of a lighthouse and newspaper clipping used for sketches, undated

Folder 27: Photographs of women’s groups, undated

Folder 28: Photograph of boy in tree, undated

Folder 29: Stayton High School diploma for Ruth Marcia Brown, 1932

Folder 30: University of Oregon diploma and teacher’s certificate for Ruth Marcia Brown, 1938

Folder 31: Stayton High School report card for Giles Brown, 1922

Folder 32: Postcards, 1908-1909

Folder 33: Ruth M. Brown class pictures - 3rd and 4th grade, circa 1923-1924

Folder 34: Photograph of a log pond, undated

Folder 35: Photograph of a log pond in Santiam River, Salem, Oregon, undated

Folder 36: Photograph of a lumber mill, undated

Folder 37: Photograph of a lumber mill, undated

Folder 38: Photograph of a house with car, circa 1900s

Folder 39: Photograph of a wooden bridge, undated

Folder 40: Photograph of threshing machinery and crew, undated

Folder 41: Group portrait (unidentified), undated

Folder 42: Group portrait on a front porch, undated

Folder 43: Photographs of a sawmill, undated

Folder 44: Photograph of a group portrait in a field, undated

Folder 45: Family portrait, undated

Folder 46: Guy Madison publicity photographs, undated

Folder 47: Photograph- family in front of a storefront, undated

Folder 48: Thomas Brothers Stage in front of Gardner’s Drug Store (labeled), 1885

Box 3

Brown Family photograph albums - 6 albums

CD of photographs

1 loose photograph of family