Jesse G. Sill papers
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence, 1911-1919; script synopses and lists of films, 1915-1948; travel diary, 1915-1916; account book, 1919; bills and receipts, 1916-1919; movie poster for the film "Lone Trapper," circa 1911-1948; and miscellaneous ephemera, 1911-1978.
Dates
- 1911-1978
Creator
- Sill, Jesse G., 1881-1981 (Person)
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.
Biographical note
Jesse G. Sill was born in 1881 in Illinois and died in 1981 in Portland, Oregon. He was a pioneer newsreel photographer who first filmed the Rose Festival in 1912. He started freelancing as a camera operator in the movies in 1912. He was the first to take aerial photographs of Mt. Hood. He worked on a project in 1914 for Robert Bruce. It was a travelogue starting in Portland, up the Columbia River and then to the top of Mt Adams. He was also a freelance photographer for Pathe Newreels. Among his many professional projects, he documented the 1933 fire that became known as Tillamook Burn. He continued to take photographs most of his life. He married Joy Davis in Washington State and they had one son, David.
Extent
.61 Cubic Feet (1 slim document case and 1 oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Jesse G. Sill was born in 1881 in Illinois and died in 1981 in Portland, Oregon. He was a pioneer newsreel photographer and the first to take aerial photographs of Mt. Hood. Collection includes correspondence, 1911-1919; script synopses and lists of films, 1915-1948; a travel diary, 1915-1916; and a movie poster for the film "Lone Trapper," circa 1911-1948.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dave Sill, February 1981.
Creator
- Sill, Jesse G., 1881-1981 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Jesse G. Sill papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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