John Riis letter to Charles S. Jackson
Scope and Contents
In the letter, Riis points out several newsworthy items that had gone unreported in the Oregon Journal. Riis then states that in the future he will sell all of his articles to other newspapers.
Dates
- 1914 -07-14
Creator
- Riis, John (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.025 linear feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Charles S. Jackson (1860-1924) was the owner of the Portland, Oregon newspaper, Oregon Journal. The collection contains a letter dated July 14, 1914, from John Riis of Portland, Oregon to Jackson regarding the lack of Portland news coverage in Jackson's newspaper.
Physical Description
1 folder.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff, and Tanya Parlet, 2013.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
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.
- American newspapers -- Oregon -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Forest rangers -- United States -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jackson, Charles Samuel, 1860-1924
- Journalism Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Journalism -- Oregon -- Portland -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newspaper publishing -- Oregon -- Portland -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Journal (Firm)
- Portland (Or.) -- Press coverage Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Publishers and publishing -- Oregon -- Portland -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reporters and reporting -- United States -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Riis, John
- Title
- Guide to the John Riis Letter to Charles S. Jackson
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
