Papers of and relating to Charles H. Martin (1863-1946), Ellis G. Hughes (1845-1909), and their families. Charles H. Martin served in the U.S. military from the 1890s to 1920s, attaining the rank of major general, and subsequently served as a U.S. representative and then as governor of Oregon. Ellis G. Hughes, who was Martin's father-in-law, was a prominent real estate attorney in Portland, Oregon.

Correspondence, property records, reports, and ephemera relating to Ellis G. Hughes and Charles H. Martin of Portland, Oregon. Hughes was a real estate lawyer. His son-in-law Martin was an officer in the U.S. Army, a U.S. congressman, and governor of Oregon from 1935-1939.