Maida Rossiter Bailey papers
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence, 1901-1971; business correspondence, 1914-1964, regarding agriculture, logging and the Deschutes Farmer's Co-op; legal and financial documents, 1915-1962; expense records, 18 volumes, 1905-1960; biography of Voltaire, 1 volume; contracts and leases, 1927-1954; tax records and property assessments, 1918-1935; ranch employee records, 1916-1935; crop and pasture records, 1925-1970; correspondence and other papers regarding the divorce of Meredith and Carolyn Lunt Bailey; marriage certificate of Meredith and Maida Rossiter Bailey; mortgages and promissory notes.
Dates
- Creation: 1898-1971
Creator
- Bailey, Maida Rossiter, -1972 (Person)
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.
Biographical note
Maida Rossiter Bailey was Dean of Women at Reed College and owned a ranch with her husband, Meredith Bailey, Jr., near Sisters, Oregon. She died in 1972.
Extent
2.5 Cubic Feet (2 record cartons and 2 loose volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Maida Rossiter Bailey was Dean of Women at Reed College and owned a ranch with her husband, Meredith Bailey, Jr., near Sisters, Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, 1901-1971; business correspondence, 1914-1964, regarding agriculture, logging and the Deschutes Farmer's Co-op; legal and financial documents, 1915-1962; expense records, 1905-1960; contracts and leases, 1927-1954; tax records and property assessments, 1918-1935; ranch employee records, 1916-1935; crop and pasture records, 1925-1970; mortgages and promissory notes.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts of Alvin J. Gray in April 1972 (Lib. Acc. 12215) and Mary Winch in September 1972, January 1974, and December 1988 (Lib. Acc. 12377, 12769 and 19116).
General
Includes material formerly designated Mss 1633-1 and Mss 1633-2.
Subject
- Bailey, Maida Rossiter, -1972 (Person)
- Bailey, Meredith, Jr. (Person)
- Bailey, Carolyn Lunt (Person)
- Voltaire, 1694-1778 (Person)
- Deschutes Farmer's Co-op (Or.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Maida Rossiter Bailey papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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