Oliver P. and Mabel Pring papers
Content Description
Oliver P. Pring was a real estate broker and insurance salesman primarily in Lewiston, Idaho. Materials inlcude correspondence relating to various business deals, family relationships, membership in various organizations, and materials relating to the family unit. Materials also concern Mabel Pring and her life assisting O. P. and as a homemaker.
Dates
- Creation: 1891-1977
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Oliver Perry Pring was born 17 August 1978 in El Paso County, Colorado. He moved to Lewiston, Idaho sometime between 1901 and 1903. He married Mabel Gregory on 25 January 1900 in Galveston, Texas. During the 1920s he was a general agent for Montana Life Insurance Co. in Spokane, WA and also served as a real estate broker for many years in Lewiston and the surronding communities. He was a past exalted ruler of the Lewiston Elks Lodge and past grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. O. P. died 24 July 1963 in Lewiston, Idaho.
Mabel Gregory was born 29 September 1878 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She marreid O. P. Pring on 25 January 1900 in Galveston, Texas. She moved with O. P. to Lewiston, Idaho sometime between 1901 and 1903. Mabel died 11 April 1961 in Lewiston, Idaho.
Extent
4 Cubic Feet (3 bankers boxes, 1 flat file.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Correspondence, articles, and business agreements relating to business deals of O. P. Pring and his family.
Arrangement
Materials were not in any order when processing began. Materials were seperated into three series. The first concerenced O. P.'s various business dealing including correspondence and agreements. The second series relates to correspondence with various family members and anything else not relating to business. The last series was oversized materials including books and ledgers.
The original donation also included materials which were seperated into MG 610, Frank and Olive Phillips collection. Olive was the daughter of O.P and Mabel.
Additionally, materials were removed during processing due to financial information and mold damage as well as duplicates.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials were donated by the estate of Farrell Dean Gregory, a great-grandson of Oliver and Mabel Pring in June of 2008.
Subject
- Pring, Oliver Perry, 1878-1963 (Person)
- Pring, Mabel Gregory, 1878-1961 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to Oliver P. and Mabel Pring papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Kelley Moulton.
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository