Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, subject files, manuscripts, speeches, biographical information, and also business records of the Port Umpqua Courier.
Correspondence is separated into three sections: outgoing correspondence organized by date (1938-1959), incoming correspondence organized by date (1942-1961), and correspondence organized alphabetically by organizational title or last name.
Subject files are organized alphabetically and include topics such as smut, Schofield Flood Control Project, and Margaret Hanson Murder Case. Subject files also include correspondence. Correspondence files include Wayne Morse, Douglas McKay, State Parks Advisory council, and Congressional Representative Edwin Durno.
Manuscripts include "Mr. Fuddle", and other fragments with revisions.
There are also files that contain speeches, biographical information, and business records of the Port Umpqua Courier.
Dates
- 1938-1961
Creator
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
William M. "Bill" Tugman (1893-1961) was a reporter for the Ohio newspaper, The Cleveland Plan Dealer, where he knew fellow reporter Alton F. Baker, Sr. After Baker bought the Eugene Guard, he offered Tugman the job of managing editor. The Eugene Guard became the Register Guard and Tugman served as managing editor, then editor, for almost twenty-eight years until 1954. He then moved to Reedsport to buy the Port Umpqua Courier.
Tugman is noted for taking a public stance against the 1932 Zorn-Macpherson bill that would have combined University of Oregon and Oregon State College together into one university, located in Corvallis. In 1984, part of Eugene's Amazon Park was renamed to honor Tugman. There is also a William M. Tugman State Park near the Oregon coast.
[Source: thefreelibrary.com: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Here+are+some+milestones+in+the+The+Register-Guard%27s+history.-a083538983]
[Source: UO Office of the President website: http://president.uoregon.edu/distinguishedservice/]
[Source: Eugene Register Guard articles:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19841223&id=3-ZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4202,6353435
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19610510&id=R_pVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1eIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7115,1516041]
Extent
5.5 linear feet (5 containers) : 3 record storage boxes, 2 manuscript boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
William M. "Bill" Tugman (1893-1961) served as the managing editor, then editor, of the Register Guard newspaper from 1927-1954. The collection contains correspondence, subject files, manuscripts, speeches, biographical information, and also business records of the Port Umpqua Courier.
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.
Other Finding Aids
Paper finding aid with additional information is available in Special Collections & University Archives.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff, 1971.
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.
- Business records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Durno, Edwin R. (Edwin Russell), 1899-1976
- Eugene Register-Guard
- Journalism Subject Source: Archiveswest
- McKay, Douglas, 1893-1959
- Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974
- Newspaper editors -- Oregon -- Eugene Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newspaper publishing -- Oregon -- Reedsport Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon -- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Port Umpqua Courier
- Tugman, William M. (William Masten), 1893-1961
- Tugman, William M. (William Masten), 1893-1961
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the William M. Tugman Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- 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
