Radio interview with Homer T. Shaver

Collection

Identifier: SR 9502

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This radio interview with Homer T. Shaver was conducted by Doug Porter on August 14, 1963, for the Junior Chamber of Commerce evening program, “Mr. Jaycee Report.” The interview aired on Portland radio station KWJJ.

In this interview, Shaver discusses his tug and barge business, the Shaver Transportation Company, which operated on the Willamette and Columbia rivers. He talks about the history of the company, about the company’s past and present competitors, and about how the industry has changed over the 20th century. He discusses cargo his barges carry, describes the operations of his company, and discusses the future of the Portland harbor.

Dates

1963 August 14

Creator

Shaver, Homer T., 1891- (Interviewee, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical note

Homer Tipton Shaver was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1891. He attended Pacific University, then earned a law degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He returned to Portland, and passed the Oregon bar examination in 1916. In 1921, he joined his family business, the Shaver Company. He helped organize a towboat firm, Shaver Forward Company, to haul grain to Portland from the Upper Columbia River. In 1967, he became president of Shaver Transportation.

Shaver was married twice. He and Florence Catherine Jacobsen married in 1918 and later had two children. She died in 1939, and Shaver married Aileen B. Dunbar the next year. Shaver died in 1978.

Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Shaver in his interviews.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiotape reel (29 min., 6 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Radio interview with Homer T. Shaver conducted by Doug Porter on August 14, 1963, for the Junior Chamber of Commerce evening program, “Mr. Jaycee Report.” Shaver discusses his tug and barge business, the Shaver Transportation Company, which operated on the Willamette and Columbia rivers.