Oral history interview with Charles E. Wright
Scope and Contents
This oral history interview with Charles E. Wright was conducted by Elizabeth Buehler on July 12, 1991. In the interview, Wright discusses his education at Yale Law School, particularly studying corporate law with Professor William O. Douglas, who was later a U.S. Supreme Court justice. He briefly discusses returning to Oregon in 1932 and working as a lawyer in Portland; working for the regional office of the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission in Seattle, Washington; and returning to private practice in Portland. He then returns to the topic of William O. Douglas.
Dates
- 1991 July 12
Creator
- Wright, Charles E. (Charles Edward Pares), 1906-1999 (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright held by Whitman College and Northwest Archives. The Oregon Historical Society has been granted permission to make this interview available online. In Copyright statement: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Biographical note
Charles Edward Pares Wright was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1906. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1932 and passed the Oregon State Bar in 1933. He was a lawyer in Portland and worked in the regional office of the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission in Seattle, Washington, from 1937 to 1943. In 1937, he and Elisabeth Knowlton Strong were married; they later had three children. He later served on the board of the Portland Junior Symphony, was vice president of Catlin Hillside Schools, and was director of the Travelers Aid Society, the Portland Art Association and the Portland City Club. He died in 1999.
Extent
.1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette (52 min., 6 sec.))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Oral history interview with Charles E. Wright conducted by Elizabeth Beuhler on July 12, 1991, for Whitman College. Wright was a lawyer in Portland, Oregon.
Existence and Location of Originals
Original interview recording, Box 1, WCMss023, is held in the oral history collection, Whitman College and Northwest Archives, Walla Walla, Washington.
Existence and Location of Copies
General
Transcript (12 pages) from Whitman College is available for in-person use at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library. The transcript includes the date August 21, 1991, which differs from the date written on the audiocassette held by the Oregon Historical Society library.
Creator
- Wright, Charles E. (Charles Edward Pares), 1906-1999 (Interviewee, Person)
- Buehler, Elizabeth, 1921-2015 (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Charles E. Wright
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Stroman
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Sponsor
- This project is supported in whole or part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of Oregon.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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