Oral history interview with Howard N. Magness

Collection

Identifier: SR 9238

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Howard Newton Magness was conducted by Charles Digregorio at the Magness Farm in Wilsonville, Oregon, on December 21, 1977, as part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library’s oral history program. Edmund Hayes, Dr. Arch W. Diack, John L. Blackwell, Sir James McDonald, Peter McDonald, and Panzy Magness were also present, and often contributed to the interview.

In this interview, Magness discusses the 1977 donation of his 63-acre farm to the Western Forestry Center, now known as the World Forestry Center, for the purposes of an experimental tree farm and education with public access. He talks about his original purchase of the land in 1955, and his reasons for donating it. The group talks about the donation process, and about the Western Forestry Center’s plans for the land.

Dates

1977 December 21

Creator

Magness, Howard N. (Howard Newton), 1906-1986 (Interviewee, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the estate of Howard N. Magness. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

Biographical note

Howard Newton Magness was born in Dayton, Oregon, in 1906. In 1929, he and Panzy Withee were married; they later had four children. In 1977, the Magness family donated a large tract of land to the Western Forestry Center; the land is now known as the Magness Memorial Tree Farm. Magness died in 1986.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (29 min., 55 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Howard N. Magness conducted by Charles Digregorio on December 21, 1977. Magness discusses the donation of his farm to the Western Forestry Center, now known as the World Forestry Center, earlier that year. The land later became the Magness Memorial Tree Farm.