Errata

A printed book puts its errata at the back. This collection does the same thing, in one place, on this page.

How corrections work here

A correction is made in the text, where it belongs, and recorded here. We do not strike words through, leave the mistake standing with a marker beside it, or make a reader assemble the right version out of two wrong ones. The page you read is the corrected page. This is the list of what changed and when.

Two things are outside that rule, and both are the same principle from the other side. We do not correct a narrator: the transcripts were checked and approved by the people who spoke them, and what looks like an error in a narrator's memory is evidence, not a typo. And we do not quietly remove anything. A page withdrawn at somebody's request leaves a stub saying that something was withdrawn and roughly why — see Rights, use, and takedown.

What does get corrected: our transcription of the printed page, our page numbers and anchors, our index and place entries, our dates, our descriptions, and anything else that is the Library's work rather than the creator's words.

The log

September 14, 2026

Alberta Street: the earlier inventory said the recordings’ survival and location were unestablished. Recordings have now been identified in materials shared by Oregon State University; preservation copying and permissions review remain in progress. The source guide no longer describes the project’s source folders as a complete web reading edition. Report credits now distinguish the six-name 1992 cover, seven-name signed title page and later reprint title page; the blanket statement that the creator retains all rights has been replaced by the collection’s item-specific rights statement. The reports and interviews have not been republished.

September 14, 2026

Letitia Carson court transcriptions: the Library’s introductory note previously described the case as concerning “a woman held as a slave.” It now identifies enslavement as an allegation in Green B. Smith’s answer, rather than treating his claim as an established fact. The answer appears on page 21. The transcribed court papers have not changed.

September 14, 2026

1828 Umpqua chronology: the July 9 Rogers entry and August 8 McLoughlin entry cited a July 26, 2023 sign draft while linking to the displayed October 20, 2023 draft. The citations now name that displayed draft and its pages 1 and 3 respectively. The McLoughlin citation also reports the August 11 date printed in that draft; the historical date disagreement remains visible. The chronology’s event dates and source passages have not changed.

September 2026

Working edition opened. Page anchors, indexes and holds are under continuing review.

If you find something wrong

Tell us. A wrong page number in an index is worth reporting — it propagates. Email library@schooltrusts.net, or submit a correction through the form. Corrections are welcome and are not takedown requests; if what you want is a page held or removed, the rights page says how to ask and how fast we answer.

Finding aid · Rights, use, and takedown · Colophon · How corrections work across the Library