Scope and Contents
The collection (1908-1912) contains correspondence regarding freight business in Oregon.
The collection contains over 200 letters. Most of the letters are detailed reports by Morse to Miller about freight and business prospects in Oregon and Washington communities, especially in the newer irrigated areas.
Businesses include Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co., Oregon Short Line Railroad Co., Union Pacific Railroad Co., and Southern Pacific Co.
Dates
- 1908-1912
Creator
- Morse, Amos A., 1842- (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.
Extent
0.05 linear feet (2 containers) : 2 folders
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Amos A. Morse (1842 - ) was a special representative of general freight agent R. B. Miller in Portland, Oregon. The collection (1908-1912) contains correspondence regarding freight business in Oregon.
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.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Freight and freightage -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Freight and freightage -- Washington (State) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon -- Economic conditions -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
- Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
- Railroads -- Freight -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- Freight -- Washington (State) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- Oregon -- Employees -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Southern Pacific Company
- Union Pacific Railroad Company
- Washington (State) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Amos Morse Correspondence
- 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).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
