Charles and Erskine Wood Family Collection

This collections includes over 300 images from the family papers of Charles Erskine Scott Wood and his son Erskine Wood. The collection includes family photographs, scrapbooks, original C.E.S. Wood watercolors and sketches, and selected manuscript material.

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Forest scene

Watercolor. Signed by Wood. 24 x 18 cm

1904

Mountain and snow

Pastel; chalk drawing. Signed by Wood. 16 x 19 cm.

1910

Erskine Wood's Harvard Diploma

States that Erskine Wood graduated with a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in 1901.

1912-04-22

Forest scene

Watercolor. Signed by Wood. 26 x 18 cm

1916

Affidavit of Erskine Wood's Birth

Nanny Moale Wood verifies that she was present at her son's birth.

1929-03-27

"Princess" CES Wood Wine Label

Wine Label for CES Wood's vineyard in Los Gatos, CA.

1930~

Charles Erskine Scott Wood

Charles Erskine Scott Wood photographic portrait. Taken in San Raphael, California. Original photographic print on fiber paper. 33 x 26.5 cm.

1937-10-13

Poems for CES Wood

Poems in memory of Charles Erskine Scott Wood.

1944

"'Grande dame' Nanny Wood a favorite of Portland society"

Article on Nanny Moale Wood.

February 15, 2004

"Debunking of Chief Joseph labeled 'distortion of history'"

Letter to the editor regarding Don Holm's debunking of Chief Joseph's speech.

February 20, 1972

"Chief Joseph's speech"

Letter to the editor in response to Don Holm's debunking of Chief Joseph's speech.

February 20, 1972

"An Affair to Remember"

Newspaper article about the relationship between C.E.S. Wood and Sara Bard Field. Also contains a photograph of the wedding of Sara Bard Field's daughter Katherine to James Caldwell.

January 16, 1985

"'Joseph myth' debunker defends story"

Letter in response to the two letters refuting Don Holm's debunking of Chief Joseph's speech.

March 26, 1972

"Son of Lt. Wood Asserts Joseph Quotes Correctly"

Erskine Wood refutes Mark Brown's argument that Joseph's speech is fraudulent.

March 5, 1967

"Northwest history, personal as well as public"

Review of Erskine's memoir, "Days with Chief Joseph."

Erskine Wood Memorial Article

Titled "Noted attorney Wood dies"

Report of Chief Joseph's Surrender

Except from the report of the Secretary of War containing account of Chief Joseph's surrender and his speech.