Scope and Contents
The collection (1894-1917) contains fourteen volumes of scrapbooks regarding Oregon politics, Portland water, transportation in Oregon, taxes, the railroad, Celilo canal, and navigation of the Columbia River
Scrapbooks are organized by subject and material includes correspondence, reports, broadsides, and newspaper clippings.
Volume 1: Portland Water Committee, 1897-1903;
Volume 2: Charter Board of Portland, 1901-1904;
Volume 3: Political, 1894-1898;
Volume 4: Politics, 1898-1904;
Volume 5: Politics, 1904-1912;
Volume 6: Politics, 1905-1911;
Volume 7: Taxpayers League, 1900-1905;
Volume 8: Gas fight, 1906-1914;
Volume 9: Spokane Case, 1910-1917;
Volume 10: Transportation Committee of Chamber of Commerce, 1905;
Volume 11: Railroad, 1906-1915;
Volume 12: Transportation Committee of Chamber of Commerce;
Volume 13: Celilo Canal, 1915;
Volume 14: Celilo Canal.
Dates
- 1894-1917
Creator
- Teal, Joseph Nathan, 1858-1929 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Nathan Teal (1858-1929) was born in Eugene, Oregon. He became a cattle and sheep rancher in eastern Oregon. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1884.
Teal operated a law office out of Portland. He specialized in railroad rate matters, and was a strong advocate of waterways development. In 1920-1921, he served as U.S. Shipping Commissioner.
Extent
3 linear feet (14 containers) : 14 volumes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Joseph Nathan Teal (1858-1929) was an Oregon rancher, lawyer, investor, and civic leader who was an advocate of waterways development and served as U.S. Shipping Commissioner from 1920-1921. The collection (1894-1917) contains fourteen volumes of scrapbooks regarding Oregon politics, Portland water, transportation in Oregon, taxes, the railroad, Celilo canal, and navigation of the Columbia River
Arrangement
Material within this collection is minimally arranged. Any arrangement is either derived from the records' creators or custodians or from staff at the time of initial processing. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
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.
- Broadsides Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Canals -- Columbia River Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Canals -- Oregon -- Dalles Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clippings Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Lawyers -- Oregon -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon -- Politics and government -- 1859-1950 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Portland (Or.) -- Politics and government Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Railroad law -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroad law -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads and state -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Taxation -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Teal, Joseph Nathan, 1858-1929
- Transportation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Water resources development -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Joseph Nathan Teal Scrapbooks
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet and Kira B. Homo.
- 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)
- Volume: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 12 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 13 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 14 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
