Oral history interview with John R. Laidlaw

Collection

Identifier: SR 69

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with John R. Laidlaw was conducted by Sally R. Stout around 1980. In this interview, Laidlaw discusses the background of his maternal family, particularly the Plowden family, in England and the United States. He talks about the Plowden family plantation in Maryland, and about the Plowden family’s religious affiliation. He talks about his siblings, their careers, and their families.

Dates

circa 1980

Creator

Laidlaw, John R., 1898- (Interviewee, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Biographical note

John Raleigh Laidlaw was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1898. Because his father served as a British consul, Laidlaw had dual U.S. and U.K. citizenship. During World War I, he served as a pastor in Astoria. He became a Roman Catholic priest around 1927. He retired in 1973, and died in 1983.

Sources: Information provided by Laidlaw in his oral history interview, as well as two other oral histories, SR 9461 and SR 9462, at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library; vital records on Ancestry.com.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (29 min., 53 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with John R. Laidlaw conducted by Sally R. Stout around 1980. Laidlaw discusses the background of his maternal family, particularly the Plowden family, in England and the United States.