Scope and Contents
The collection contains business, legal, and political correspondence, law office ledgers, and records of five Oregon businesses that Douglas provided legal counsel for or was a shareholder: American Bank, Coos Bay Home Telephone Co., German-American Hospital Association, Home Mortgage Co., and Smith River Transportation Co.
The correspondence includes files on the Coos County Bar Association, Joseph H. Milner, Everett Mingus, Cornelia Tower, Matthew Volney, and Edgar W. Wright.
A large portion of political correspondence consists of correspondence with Willis C. Hawley (1918-1932) and letters relating to the Charles Hall for Governor Club, 1930.
The law office ledgers were kept between 1899 and 1926.
Local business records included in the collection are:
American Bank of Marshfield, which contains articles of incorporation, minutes, stock books, a ledger, and correspondence, 1923-1931 (the assets of the bank were sold to the Coos Bay National Bank in 1931);
Coos Bay Home Telephone Co., containing incorporation records and minutes, 1908-1914;
German-American Hospital Association of Marshfield, Oregon that consists of incorporation records and minutes, 1907-1908;
Home Mortgage Co. of Marshfield, Oregon (originally the Home Trust Co.) that contains incorporation records, minutes, ledgers, 1908-1937;
Smith River Transportation Co. of Marshfield, Oregon, which consists of incorporation records, 1927.
Dates
- 1899-1937
Creator
- Douglas, Wallace Ulysses, 1868-1936 (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
Wallace Ulysses Douglas (1868-1936) was born in Detroit, Michigan. He moved to Coos Bay, Oregon in 1890 and for a time worked for the Coast Mail. He read law with John A. Gray, was admitted to the bar in 1898, and practiced law in the Coos Bay area thereafter.
Extent
5 linear feet (4 containers) : 3 record storage boxes and 1 manuscript box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Wallace Ulysses Douglas (1868-1936) moved to Coos Bay, Oregon in 1890, worked for the Coast Mail, read law with John A. Gray, was admitted to the bar in 1898, and practiced law in the Coos Bay area thereafter. The collection contains business, legal, and political correspondence, law office ledgers, and records of five Oregon businesses that Douglas provided legal counsel for or was a shareholder: American Bank, Coos Bay Home Telephone Co., German-American Hospital Association, Home Mortgage Co., and Smith River Transportation Co.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by (daughter) Mrs. P. A. Hunt.
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.
- Articles of incorporation Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Banks and banking -- Oregon -- Coos Bay Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Businesses and Corporations Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Coos Bay (Or.) -- commerce Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Douglas, Wallace Ulysses, 1868-1936
- Hawley, Willis C. (Willis Chatman), 1864-1941
- Lawyers -- Oregon -- Coos Bay Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Legal documents Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Oregon -- Politics and government -- 1859-1950 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Practice of law -- Oregon -- Coos Bay Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Wallace Ulysses Douglas Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- 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
