Scope and Contents
The collection contains company records including ledgers, journals, and account books, fish catch books, commercial and personal correspondence, Charleston, Oregon harbor improvement files, and scrapbooks.
The records of the company include ledgers (1916-1919, 1922, 1926), journals (1916-1919), account books (1936-1953) and fish catch record books (1917-1921, 1924-1957).
There is also minor commercial and personal correspondence, some of which deals with the Commercial Fisheries Association of Oregon, of which Feller was president. One letter file deals with improvement of the moorage and harbor facilities of Charleston, Oregon.
Three scrapbooks concern the fish business, controversy between commercial and sports fishermen, and Feller's community service.
Dates
- 1916-1957
Creator
- Feller, Charles, 1889-1966 (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
Charles Feller (1889-1966) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and came to Oregon via Canada in 1915. He became a fish merchant and wholesaler in Marshfield and Coos Bay, Oregon. He began by selling his wares door-to-door and then eventually established the Charles Feller Company which traded world-wide in canned, smoked, and frozen fish.
Extent
7 linear feet (5 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Charles Feller (1889-1966) became an Oregon fish merchant and wholesaler in Marshfield and Coos Bay, Oregon and established the Charles Feller Company which traded world-wide in canned, smoked, and frozen fish. The collection contains company records including ledgers, journals, and account books, fish catch books, commercial and personal correspondence, Charleston, Oregon harbor improvement files, and scrapbooks.
Arrangement
Material within this collection may have little to no intellectual or physical arrangement. Any arrangement may have derived from the records' creators or custodians. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
Other Finding Aids
Paper finding aid with additional information is available in Special Collections & University Archives.
Physical Description
4 record storage boxes, 1 oversize flat box.
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 to no organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Account books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Canned fish industry -- Oregon -- Coos Bay Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Charles Feller Company
- Commercial Fisheries Association of Oregon
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Feller, Charles, 1889-1966
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Fisheries -- Oregon -- Coos Bay Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fishing and Canning Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Journals (accounts) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Merchants -- Oregon -- Coos Bay Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Charles Feller Papers
- Status
- Revise Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2012
- 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
