Historical Automobile Club of Oregon scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: Org. Lot 1426

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of two scrapbook albums created by members of the Historical Automobile Club of Oregon between approximately 1945 and 1950. The scrapbooks include photographs of cars as well as clipped news articles, advertisements, and promotional photographs from newspapers and magazines. Most of the materials in the scrapbooks are undated, but they relate to automobiles manufactured between approximately 1900 and 1950. Also included with the collection are club membership lists from 1946 and 1947, correspondence relating to club activities from 1945-1950, and a folder of loose newspaper clippings that were previously affixed to pages of the scrapbooks.

Dates

Creation: 1900-1950
Creation: Majority of material found within 1945-1950

Creator

Historical Automobile Club of Oregon (Compiler, 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 Historical Automobile Club of Oregon is an antique automobile appreciation organization that hosts community tours and events to promote the history of automobiles. The club was founded in 1945 by Kenneth Mutch, the organization’s first president. Mutch worked as a service manager at Wentworth & Irwin in Portland, Oregon. He became interested in the history of automobiles when he began borrowing antique automobiles to display in the showroom when new cars were unavailable due to rationing during World War II.

Source: Hunter, Emily Gail, “Vintage Autos Plugging Along,” The Sunday Oregonian, November 24, 1957.

Extent

0.36 Cubic Feet (1 oversize flat box (13 x 16))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection consists of two scrapbook albums, membership lists, and correspondence created by members of the Historical Automobile Club of Oregon between approximately 1945 and 1950.