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Jones, Webster A. (Webster Anderson), 1904-1990

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Webster A. Jones

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9456
Abstract

Oral history interview with Webster A. Jones, conducted by Louis Flannery on December 11, 1980. Jones discusses his journalism career at the Oregonian newspaper in Portland; his experiences as a pilot; and his interest in collecting books on Oregon history.

Dates: 1980 December 11

Webster Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2927
Abstract

Webster Jones (born 1904) was a book collector, a graduate of the University of Oregon, and the first aviation editor at the Oregonian newspaper in Portland. This unprocessed collection includes correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks and ephemera on subjects including Webster Jones' father, Frank G. Jones, and Charles N. Kessler; diaries of Lillian Gilstrap regarding her trips across North America in the 1920s and 1930s; and scrapbooks relating to aviation history in the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: circa 1881-1961

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Subject
Aeronautics -- Northwest, Pacific -- History 1
Air pilots -- Oregon 1
American newspapers -- Oregon -- Portland 1
Book collecting -- Oregon 1
Canada -- Description and travel 1