Home and Family

Collection includes papers by and relating to Ryland Eugene McClung, Ryland Brown McClung, and other members of the McClung family. Materials include correspondence, title abstracts, church records, business materials, log books of car trips, maintenance and expenses, a scrapbook, and military, social, and educational memorabilia. Also included is correspondence from Charles Hoyt to James George during the Civil War, 1861-1863.

Typescript photocopy of James Crain McGinnis' autobiographical sketch, with history of the McGinnis and Crain families. McGinnis (1830-1892) was a longtime legislator for the state of Missouri.

Oral history interview with Lynette K. McGinnis conducted by Linda Watkins on January 29, 1991. McGinnis talks about her father, William Jasper Kerr, who served as president of Oregon Agricultural College, now Oregon State University, from 1907 to 1932; about other family members; and about her career as a musician and music teacher.

Papers of the family of Phil Metschan, Oregon state treasurer and owner of the Imperial Hotel in Portland. Materials include diaries, notebooks, correspondence, ephemera, certificates, 1930 election materials, and a scrapbook. Family members represented include Phil Metschan, Phil Metschan, Jr., Marie C. Metschan, Anna Metschan Cattanach, and Lillian and Jesse Evans Flanders.

One black and white tintype of the Minto family residence in Salem, Oregon.

Small collection of materials relating to the Moisan family of Gervais, Oregon. Includes a family bible with genealogical information; specifications for the Gervais fire station, 1948; clippings; notes; and printed ephemera.

Papers of Richard Ward Montague of Portland, Oregon, including materials relating to Richard Ward Montague's wife, Ellen Barton Montague, and to other members of the Montague and Barton families. Materials include correspondence; articles, essays, and speeches; documents and certificates; and scrapbook items. The correspondence in the collection includes letters from Rabbi Stephen S. Wise to Richard Ward Montague.

J. Stanford Moore was born in Canyonville, Oregon, and was a Methodist minister. Collection includes correspondence, 1920-1976; biographical material of W. B. Moore and J. S. Moore; family records, deeds, estate and receipts; poems by June Moore and Merilyn Moore; estate of Vesta Holt; and other materials.

Collection includes diaries, scrapbooks, account books, correspondence, newspaper clippings, genealogy, photographs, memorabilia, certificates, legal documents, etc., of the O'Reilly family, including James Archbold O'Reilly and Anne O'Reilly, of Portland, Oregon.