In 1877, Lulu married the steamboat Captain George F. Sampson, who worked for the Oregon Steam Navigation Company; the two eventually had four children. Captain Sampson passed away in 1892. Shortly after, Lulu married C.J. Crandall, a local architect known for designing Wasco County's court house and high school, among other historic buildings. Lulu spent the last few decades of her life writing histories on the state of Oregon and the Columbia River Gorge. She served as national chairman of the committee on Indian welfare, as well as a member of the national committee on the preservation of historical spots. She helped organize the Rebekah Lodge in The Dalles, a founder of the Wasco County Pioneer Association, an active member of the Oregon Historical Society and regular attendant of the Champoeg meetings. [2] Lulu was active in the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, and later the Missionary District of Eastern Oregon. Read about her work organizing St. Paul's Church's Golden Jubilee in a note from her seventy-first birthday on May 29, 1925. Lulu Crandall passed away on June 21, 1931. She is buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in The Dalles.
Here is a link to the Lulu Donnell Crandall Papers, 1895-1929, housed at Washington State University. Interesting to note that WSU acquired the collection from the Historical Records Project of the Works Progress Administration sometime between 1935 and 1940. It contains 3.5 linear feet of correspondence, notes, transcripts of documents, drafts of articles and speeches, and newspaper stories collected and/or written by Crandall on the history of the Pacific Northwest and The Dalles. At the EDEO's Archives, we are processing a collection of Lulu Crandall's records, in particular, information pertaining to her involvement with the National Episcopal Church Women. How did parts of Lulu's collection end up at WSU, while other parts remained in our archives? I would also be curious to know how many people at WSU actually utilize this collection. Wouldn't it better served at the Discovery Center and Wasco County Historical Society?
[1]. Fred W. Wilson, "Lulu Donnell Crandall, 1854-1931," Oregon Historical Quarterly, 32(1931), 347-348.
[2] Ibid., 349.