Lang Syne Society records

Collection

Identifier: Mss2160

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Dates

Creation: 1914-1988

Creator

"Lang Syne" Society of Portland, Oregon (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Administrative history

The Lang Syne Society was an organization of businessmen dedicated to friendship and to "perpetuate the memory and history of those who helped build ... Portland."

Extent

2 Cubic Feet (2 record cartons)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Records of the Lang Syne Society include minutes, 1914-1988; correspondence, 1962-1974; membership applications, circa 1930-1979; menus, 1919-1968; financial records, 1953-1988; history, 1975 and 1984; constitution and by-laws, 1916-1988; membership records, correspondence and necrology, 1949-1983; press releases, 1970-1978; and miscellaneous ephemera. The society was an organization of businessmen dedicated to friendship and to "perpetuate the memory and history of those who helped build ... Portland."

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gifts of Lang Syne Society, December 1968 (Lib. Acc. 11023) and June 1986 (Lib. Acc. 17747); gift of John Dierdorff, April 1985 (Lib. Acc. 17227). Material previously designated Mss 2160-1, gift of Helen G. Larkin, July 1983 (Lib. Acc. 16444). Material previously designated Mss 2160-2, gift of Lang Syne Society, October 1988 (Lib. Acc. 19036).