Oral history interview with Thayne J. Logan

Collection

Identifier: SR471

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Thayne J. Logan was conducted by Linda S. Dodds and Richard E. Ritz at Logan’s home in Portland, Oregon, on January 3, 1990. Helen S. Logan was also present and occasionally contributed to the interview.

In this interview, Logan discusses his family background and early life in Joplin, Missouri, and in Portland, including his education at Benson High School and his early interest in architecture. He then talks about working for Northwest Steel as a draftsman during World War I. He discusses his early career as an architectural illustrator in Idaho and Oregon, including architects he worked with, particularly Carl L. Linde, and buildings he helped design.

Dates

1990 January 3

Creator

Logan, Thayne J. (Thayne Johnstone), 1900-1991 (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

Thayne Johnstone Logan was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1900. His family soon relocated to Portland, Oregon. He attended the University of Oregon and the University of Utah. In 1925, he and Helen Silva Chehak were married. Logan became an artist in Oregon and often traveled to California to paint, especially in the Monterey Peninsula in the 1930s. He died in 1991.