C. C. McColloch letters and scrapbook
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of three letters and several mementos relating to C. C. McColloch's experiences. In June 1906 he wrote an article for the Portland Oregonian critical of the Stanford administration. The correspondence includes two letters from David Starr Jordan censuring McColloch for the article and threatening expulsion. The scrapbook consists of clippings about McColloch's nomination and appointment as district judge in 1937.
Dates
- 1906-1937
Creator
- McColloch, Claude (Person)
- Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 (Correspondent, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Claude Charles (C.C.) McColloch (1888-1959) was an Oregon lawyer and later district court judge. As a student at Stanford University, he did volunteer work in San Francisco after the great earthquake of 1906. He was appointed as judge of the U. S. District Court in Portland, Oregon in 1937.
Extent
0.15 linear feet (1 volume, 1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
McColloch was judge of the U. S. District Court, Portland, Ore. In 1906, then a student at Stanford University, he did volunteer work in San Francisco after the earthquake and fire. This collection includes correspondences and a scrapbook.
Physical Description
1 volume, 20 letters
Processing Information
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Civil Procedure and Courts Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- District courts -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Judges -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letters Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Stanford University
- Title
- Guide to the C. C. McColloch Letters and Scrapbook
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team, Amanda Steele, and Chasmodai Cassidy
- Date
- c2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
