Corbett family papers, 1859-1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Corbett family
Title
Corbett family papers
Dates
1859-1979 (inclusive)
1903-1979 (bulk)
Quantity
5.6 cubic feet, (8 legal document cases; 1 flat box (11x14); 1 flat box (13x16); 1 flat box (16x20x5); 6 oversize folders (12x15) in shared flat box; 4 oversize folders (16x20) in shared flat box; 2 oversize folders (30x42))
Collection Number
Coll 592
Summary
Correspondence, property and financial records, photographs, and ephemera of the Corbett family of Portland, Oregon, primarily the family of Henry L. Corbett (1881-1957) and Henry L. Corbett's brother Hamilton F. Corbett (1888-1966). Members of the family represented in this collection are descendants of Henry Winslow Corbett (1827-1903), an early emigrant to Oregon.
Repository
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English, French

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Henry Ladd Corbett (1881-1957) and Hamilton Forbush Corbett (1888-1966) were the sons of Henry Jagger Corbett (1858-1895) and Helen Ladd Corbett (1859-1936); they were also the grandsons of Henry Winslow Corbett (1827-1903), an early emigrant to Portland, Oregon. When Henry W. Corbett died, Henry L. Corbett and Hamilton F. Corbett, along with their brother Elliott Ruggles Corbett (1884-1963), inherited the elder Corbett's wealth and businesses. All three brothers attended Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Hamilton F. Corbett served in a field artillery unit during World War I, and was wounded during fighting along the Ourcq River in the Second Battle of the Marne. He returned to the front in time for the Armistice, and served as aide-de-camp for Major General James Harbord with American occupation forces in Germany until his discharge in May 1919. Henry L. Corbett, meanwhile, was president of the Oregon Defense Council and Portland chair of the United States War Trade Board. He began training for military service, but the war ended before he was to be commissioned.

Following the war, all three Corbett brothers engaged in a number of businesses and real estate enterprises, including the Corbett Investment Company and the construction of the Pacific Building in Portland. Henry L. Corbett also became involved with local Republican politics, and served in the Oregon Senate, including as president of the Senate for the 1927 and 1935 legislative sessions. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of Oregon in 1930. He was also a commissioner for the Port of Portland from 1924 to 1951, and was its president for 13 years.

Hamilton F. Corbett married Harriet Cumming in 1922. Henry L. Corbett married Gretchen Hoyt in 1908, and the couple had five children: Helen; Henry Ladd, Jr.; Alfred Hoyt; Elliott Ruggles II; and Rosina. Henry L. Corbett died of a heart attack in April 1957 in Dunsmuir, California, while en route to Portland from Santa Barbara. Hamilton F. Corbett died in 1966 in Portland.

Sources: Articles in the Oregonian, 1926-1966; vital records on Ancestry.com; Oregon State Archives, Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide, 1927 Regular Session, http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6785298; Oregon State Archives, Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide, 1935 Regular Session, http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6785306

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Gretchen Hoyt Corbett was born in 1886 in New York City. After studying music and singing, she married Henry L. Corbett (1881-1957) in 1908, and moved to Portland, Oregon. The couple later had five children. Gretchen Hoyt Corbett helped to reorganize the Oregon Symphony, founded the Junior League of Portland, and served on the board of the Portland Art Museum. She died in 1978.

Sources: Obituary in the Oregonian, February 23, 1978.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Elliott "Yot" Ruggles Corbett II was born in 1922 in Portland, Oregon, the youngest son of Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Hoyt Corbett. He attended the Thatcher Boarding School in Ojai, California, before going to his father's alma mater, Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He left Harvard in early 1943 to join the military, first training with the 10th Mountain Division and then with the Army Air Corps. In 1944, he transferred to an infantry replacement battalion so that he would be sent overseas. He died of wounds received during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest on November 22, 1944, but due to an error made by a chaplain's clerk, his exact status was not known for certain until the spring of 1945.

Sources: Collection materials; articles in the Oregonian, 1944-1945; vital records on Ancestry.com.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Alfred Hoyt Corbett was born in 1915 in Portland, Oregon, the son of Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Hoyt Corbett. He studied at Harvard University, and then earned a law degree from Yale University in 1940. During World War II, he served with mountain troops. After the war, he briefly worked as assistant general counsel for the Defense Electric Power Administration in Washington, D.C. He unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Congress as a Democrat in 1952, but was appointed soon after to fill out the term of an Oregon state representative who had died shortly after being elected; Corbett was reelected to the Oregon House in 1954, and elected to the Oregon Senate in 1956 and 1960. In 1956, he co-chaired the Oregon committee for Adlai Stevenson's U.S. presidential campaign. He lost a race for Oregon secretary of state in 1964 to Tom McCall, but soon afterwards Sargent Shriver appointed him to work at the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, where Corbett would later work as budget and program management director of the agency's Office of Legal Services.

Corbett married Nancy deCanizares (1916-2005); the couple had five children. Corbett died in 2000.

Sources: Articles in the Oregonian, 1956 and November 16, 2000; vital records on Ancestry.com.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Howard V. Morgan was born in 1914 in Tillamook, Oregon, though his family then moved to Portland, Oregon. He attended Reed College in Portland, and in 1940 married Rosina Corbett (1919-2015), the youngest child of Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Hoyt Corbett; the couple had four children.

Morgan served in the U.S. Navy Air Transport Service during World War II. In 1948, he was elected as a Democratic Oregon state representative. As representative, he helped lead the passage of the Equal Employment Opportunities Act. Morgan served as chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon from 1952 to 1956. U.S. President John F. Kennedy appointed Morgan to the Federal Power Commission; Morgan resigned from the commission in 1963, complaining that the board's majority favored private power companies over public utilities. He then ran a gravel and construction business in Portland, though he reentered politics in 1966 to run against Democratic incumbent Bob Duncan in Oregon's U.S. Senate primary, and co-chaired Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign in Oregon in 1968.

After retiring in the 1970s, Morgan and his wife lived in Spain and then on a houseboat on Sauvie Island, Oregon, before moving to a ranch near McMinnville, Oregon. Morgan died in 2012 in McMinnville.

Sources: "Howard Morgan (1914-2012)," by Grant Schott, Oregon Encyclopedia, https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/morgan-howard-v/#.Y-qQeXbMIuV; vital records on Ancestry.com.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists of correspondence, property and financial records, photographs, and ephemera of multiple members of the Corbett family of Portland, Oregon. The family members primarily represented in the collection are Hamilton F. Corbett; his brother Henry L. Corbett and Henry L. Corbett's wife, Gretchen Hoyt Corbett; Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Hoyt Corbett's sons Alfred H. Corbett and Elliott R. Corbett II; and their son-in-law Howard V. Morgan. Other family members represented include Helen Corbett; Henry L. Corbett, Jr.; and Alfred H. Corbett's wife, Nancy Corbett.

The papers of Hamilton F. Corbett relate to his service during World War I. Elliott R. Corbett II's papers relate to his education, his service during World War II, his death, and conflicting information about whether he had died or not. Alfred H. Corbett's papers primarily relate to his involvement with Adlai Stevenson's 1956 presidential campaign and his service during World War II. Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Corbett's papers include correspondence with the Neame family of England, whose sons boarded with the Corbetts for part of World War II; and letters from Sherman Miles to Gretchen Corbett about his work as a military attaché in the 1910s and then as a member of the Coolidge Mission after World War I. Howard V. Morgan's papers relate to his political career. Financial and property records in the collection primarily consist of Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Corbett's ledgers; title abstracts and other records relating to Corbett properties in Portland; and records about water development for a ranch in Metolius, Oregon. The collection also contains additional photographs and ephemera that the family possessed.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Corbett family papers, Coll 592, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Restrictions on 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 InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in three series: Series 1. Personal papers; Series 2. Financial and property records; Series 3. Other family photographs and ephemera.

Acquisition Information

Gifts of Joan Corbett Dine made from 2016 to 2018 (Lib. Acc. 28918; Lib. Acc. 28927; Lib. Acc. 29348), and gift of Elliott Trommald, January 2018 (Lib. Acc. 29196).

Preservation Note

Negatives are not available for direct access; researchers are asked to use printout versions of the images instead.

Processing Note

Initially processed in 2017, with additions made in 2018. Reprocessed in 2023 to integrate further additions, rearrange the collection, correct errors, and change the titles of some folders to more thoroughly or accurately describe them. Collection was titled "Corbett family collection" prior to 2023.

Related Materials

Additional materials at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library relating to the Corbett family include: Henry Winslow Corbett papers, Mss 1110; Robertson, Burns, and Failing families papers, Coll 784; Robertson and Corbett family correspondence, Coll 781; Corbett Investment Company records, Mss 1021; Elliott R. Corbett World War II letters, Coll 490; Oral history interview with Gretchen Hoyt Corbett, SR 9424; Oral history interview with Alfred H. Corbett, SR 1109, which is available online in OHS Digital Collections at https://digitalcollections.ohs.org/sr-1109-oral-history-interview-with-alfred-h-corbett; and a vertical file, Genealogy - Corbett (Elijah) family.

Separated Materials

Artifacts were separated to Museum Collections, Oregon Historical Society.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1:  Personal papers, circa 1897-1978,   (bulk 1912-1956) Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries: Alfred H. Corbett
The bulk of this subseries relates to Alfred H. Corbett's involvement with Adlai Stevenson's 1956 campaign for U.S. president, the Oregon branch of which Corbett co-chaired. These materials include correspondence with Stevenson and his staff, speeches by Stevenson, and two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and ephemera. Most of the remaining material in the subseries consists of letters that Corbett wrote while training in mountain infantry during World War II, along with two photographs he sent with letters. Other materials in the subseries consist of a letter he wrote in 1940; materials relating to a 1964 conference about wilderness conservation that Corbett spoke at; and two items mailed to Corbett relating to land use and conservation issues.
1940-1978; 1943-1956
Box Folder
1 1
Letter from Alfred H. Corbett, likely to Henry L. Corbett
 1940 February 21
1 2
Correspondence from Alfred H. Corbett while serving in the Army (includes 2 photographs)
 1943
1 3
Correspondence with Adlai Stevenson and staff
 1955 December-1955 November
1 4
Information booklet about Adlai Stevenson
 1956
1 5-6
Adlai Stevenson speeches
 1954-1956 July
1 7
Adlai Stevenson speeches made in Oregon
 1954-1956
1 8
Schedule records for Adlai Stevenson campaign events in Oregon
 1956
1 9
Adlai Stevenson statements on hydrogen bomb testing and related materials
 1956
10
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and ephemera about Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign
 1956
11
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and ephemera about Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign
 1956
Folder
1 10
Records for April 19, 1964 wilderness conference in Portland, Oregon, including remarks by Alfred H. Corbett
 1954
1 11
Mailings to Alfred H. Corbett concerning land use and conservation issues
 1956; 1978
Subseries: Elliott R. Corbett II
The bulk of this subseries consists of Elliott R. Corbett II's correspondence, primarily with his father Henry L. Corbett, while he was at the Thatcher Boarding School in California, while at Harvard University, and while serving in the military during World War II. This correspondence includes several letters that his parents wrote to him after he had died of wounds received during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest. Other materials include a newsletter and notice from the Thatcher School, portraits of Corbett, and ephemera from his military service.
1937-1945
Box Folder
2 1-8
Correspondence from Elliott R. Corbett II
 1937-1944 November
2 9-12
Correspondence from Henry L. Corbett
 1940-1944
2 13
Returned envelope addressed to Elliott R. Corbett II
 1944 October
2 14
Correspondence from Henry L. Corbett
 1944 October 30-1945 February 13
2 15
Letter from Gretchen Corbett
 1945 February 27
3 1
Notice of Elliott R. Corbett II's addition to Thatcher School honor list
 1937 November 10
3 2
Issue of Thatcher Notes
 1938 March 25
3 3
Correspondence and records relating to Elliott R. Corbett II leaving Harvard to join the Army
 1943 March
3 4
Shooting range scorecard
 circa 1943
3 5
Academic instructions for aviation students
 1944 March
3 6
Postcard from First Methodist Church of Alexandria, Louisiana, noting Elliott R. Corbett II's attendance
 1944 June 6
3 7
Notice of address change
 1944 September 14
3 8
Portrait by Sargent Studio, with envelope and brochure
 1940
3 9
Portrait
 circa 1942
Folder
Oversize 1
Portrait
 circa 1942
Subseries: Elliott R. Corbett II's death and status as missing in action
This subseries primarily consists of correspondence, mostly to or from Henry L. Corbett, relating to news about Elliott R. Corbett II's status as missing in action, confusion as to whether he is alive or not, confirmation of his death, and condolences. The subseries also includes the certificate for Elliott R. Corbett II's Purple Heart, an issue of the Harvard Military Intelligencer noting his death, and a photograph of his grave in the Netherlands.
1944-circa 1950; 1944 December-1945 July
Box Folder
3 10
Correspondence within Corbett family
 1944 December 6-1945 April 4
3 11
Correspondence, surnames A-D
 1944 December-1945 July 20
3 12
Correspondence between Alex H. Ardrey, Jr. and Henry L. Corbett, including copies of letters from Chaplain Harold C. Lamb to Ardrey
 1944 December 12-1945 April 12
3 13
Correspondence between David W. Bailey and Henry L. Corbett
 1945 January 9-May 4
3 14
Correspondence between Kern Crandall and Henry L. Corbett
 1944 December 8-1945 April 20
3 15
Correspondence between Cleveland Dodge and Henry L. Corbett
 1944 December 8-1945 April 15
3 16
Correspondence, surnames E-K
 1944 December-1945 September 14
3 17
Correspondence between Harvard University clubs and Henry L. Corbett, primarily notices from Henry L. Corbett about Elliott Ruggles Corbett II's status
 1944 December 9-1945 April 13
3 18
Correspondence between Alfred O. Hoyt and Henry L. Corbett
 1944 December 8-1945 April 23
3 19
Correspondence, surnames L-R
 1944 December 7-1945 June 27
3 20
Correspondence between Chaplain Harold C. Lamb and Henry L. Corbett
 1944 December 28-1945 May 21
3 21
Correspondence between Macadam family (primarily Ivison Macadam) and Henry L. Corbett
 1944 December 12-1945 April 16
3 22
Correspondence between General Sherman Miles and Henry L. Corbett
 1944 December 12-1945 April 12
3 23
Correspondence between Senator Wayne Morse and Henry L. Corbett
 1945 January 25-April 23
3 24
Correspondence between Arthur W. Mollie Page and Henry L. Corbett
 1945 January 31-April 2
3 25
Correspondence between Henry G. Reed and Henry L. Corbett
 1944 December 12-1945 April 13
3 26
Correspondence, surnames S-Z
 1944 October-1945 September 14
3 27
Correspondence between Colonel Lamar Tooze and Henry L. Corbett
 1944 December-1945 June 11
3 28
Correspondence between General J. A. Ulio and Henry L. Corbett
 1944 December 11-1945 March 19
3 29
Telegrams from U.S. War Department
 1944 December 6; 1945 April 5
3 30
Correspondence between Wyman and Corbett families (primarily Oliver Wyman, Jr. and Henry L. Corbett)
 1944 December-1945 June 11
3 31
Correspondence, names undetermined
 1945 April 7-24
4 1
Issue of Harvard Military Intelligence, noting Elliott R. Corbett II's death
 1945 May 12
Folder
Oversize 2
Certificate of condolence from President Franklin D. Roosevelt
 1945
Box Folder
4 2
Notice of Elliott R. Corbett II's receipt of Purple Heart
 1945 July 11
Folder
Oversize 3
Purple Heart certificate for Elliott R. Corbett II, with historical explanation of Purple Heart
 1945 July 11
Box Folder
4 3
Photograph of Elliott R. Corbett II's grave in the Netherlands
 circa 1950
Subseries: Hamilton F. Corbett
This subseries consists almost entirely of typescript copies of letters that Hamilton F. Corbett wrote to his family while serving in World War I. In addition to his time on the Western Front and recuperating from wounds, these letters cover Corbett's time as an aide-de-camp during the U.S. occupation of western Germany after the war, and include enclosed postcards of Luxembourg. Other materials are an original letter that Corbett wrote to his brother Henry L. Corbett; typescripts of letters to Corbett from Major General James A. Harbord; a certificate for his commission as an officer; typescript copies of letters written by Douglas McArthur and Charles T. Menonor; a newspaper clipping quoting one of Corbett's letters; and clippings of images related to the war, with handwritten contextual notes by Corbett.
1917-1920
Box Folder
4 4
Letter from Hamilton F. Corbett to Henry L. Corbett (original)
 1918 February 7
4 5-7
Typescripts of correspondence from Hamilton F. Corbett
 1917 September 15-1918 November 19
4 8
Typescripts of correspondence from Hamilton F. Corbett (includes postcards of Luxembourg)
 1918 November 25-1919 April 3
4 9
Typescripts of letters written by Douglas McArthur and Charles T. Menonor
 1918 November 11-15
4 10
Typescripts of correspondence from General James A. Harbord to Hamilton F. Corbett
 1919 August 12-1920 April 25
Folder
Oversize 4
Certificate for Hamilton F. Corbett's officer commission
 1917 August 15
Box Folder
4 11
Newspaper article quoting from letter by Hamilton F. Corbett
 1918 February 10
4 12
Clippings of images relating to World War I with notes by Hamilton F. Corbett, including image of battle where he was wounded
 circa 1919
Subseries: Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Corbett
This subseries consists of correspondence, photographs, certificates, and ephemera of Henry L. Corbett and his wife, Gretchen Hoyt Corbett. Correspondence includes letters to Gretchen Corbett from her cousin Sherman Miles, including ones describing his activities as a member of the Coolidge Mission after World War I, in which he played a role in deciding the border between Austria and Yugoslavia; and correspondence with the Neame family of England, whose sons lived with the Corbetts during part of World War II.
circa 1897-1956; 1912-1945
Box Folder
4 13
Correspondence from Sherman Miles to Gretchen Corbett
 1912-1915
4 14
Correspondence from Sherman Miles to Gretchen Corbett, including details about his work on the Coolidge Mission
 1917-1919
4 15
Correspondence from Alfred O. Hoyt to Gretchen Corbett
 1916-1919
4 16
Letter from Robert T. Rankin to Gretchen Corbett
 1918 March 2
4 17
Letter from U.S. Secretary of the Interior Franklin Knight Lane to Henry L. Corbett, inviting Corbett to attend a conference about means to "Americanize" foreign-born workers in the U.S.
 1918 March 13
4 18
Letter from Elton Watkins granting Gretchen Corbett access to U.S. Justice Department offices
 1918 October 11
4 19-20
Correspondence of Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Corbett with Humphrey Neame and Elizabeth Neame
 1940-1943
4 21
Correspondence between Henry L. Corbett and Sargent Kennedy about Elliott R. Corbett II's academic probation
 1941 December-1942 February
4 22
Henry L. Corbett correspondence about Elliott R. Corbett II and Alfred H. Corbett's enlistment and related documents
 1942 December-1943
4 23
Henry L. Corbett correspondence about Oregon Senate Bill No. 10
 1943 January
4 24
Letter from Henry L. Corbett to Harold F. Wendel
 1943 July 30
4 25
Letter from Henry L. Corbett to Lieutenant George Bartlett about Elliott R. Corbett II
 1944 September 11
4 26
Letter from Henry L. Corbett to Lucy Corbett
 1944 September 27
4 27
Telegram from Ivison Macadam to Henry L. Corbett about Elliott R. Corbett II
 1944 October 10
4 28
Notes to and by Henry L. Corbett
 1945 February-March
Folder
Oversize 7
Certificate to Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Corbett for their sponsorship of American Field Service car 898, with accompanying letter
 1919
Oversize 5
Certificate appointing Henry L. Corbett a commissioner for the Port of Portland
 1943 January 23
Oversize 6
Citation for Henry L. Corbett for Crusade for Freedom, with Henry Ford II's business card
 1954
Box Folder
5 1
Oregonian clipping about Henry L. Corbett
 1930 January 16
5 2
Photograph of Portland Academy students, including Henry L. Corbett
 circa 1897
5 3
Portrait of Henry L. Corbett
 circa 1925
5 4
Snapshots of Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Corbett with Ardrey family
 1956 November 11
Subseries: Morgan V. Howard
This subseries consists of correspondence, speeches, and newspaper clippings, entirely relating to Morgan's political career.
1952-1963
Box Folder
5 5
Correspondence
 1955-1961
5 6
Public addresses
 1952; 1960
5 7
Newspaper clippings about Howard
 1953-1963
Subseries: Other family members
 1918-1944
Box Folder
5 8
Letters from Roselier family to Helen Corbett (in French)
 1918 November 24
5 9
Correspondence from Henry L. Corbett, Jr. to Henry L. Corbett
 1944
5 10
Letter from Nancy Corbett to "Aunt Gate," possibly Gretchen Corbett
 circa 1943 December
5 11
Typescripts of correspondence from woman identified as "MAC" to Corbett family about her journey to and time in France, including mentions of the Versailles Treaty negotiations, with blanks filled in by Hamilton F. Corbett (includes derogatory remarks about Jewish people)
 1919 April-May

Series 2:  Financial and property records, 1859-1979Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries: General financial and property records
 1903-1957
Box Folder
9 1
Appraisal of Henry L. Corbett's personal property
 1915
5 12
Telegrams and document relating to readjustment of Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse Company
 1921 May-June
5 13
Correspondence and records relating to Elliott R. Corbett II's Harvard University bills
 1940-1943
5 14
Notes about photo order
 1941
5 15
Letter from Henry L. Corbett to Oregon State Tax Commission about Elliott R. Corbett II
 1943 October 26
5 16
Receipts of payment relating to Elliott R. Corbett II
 1944
5 17
Notes and receipts
 1944 July
5 18
Letter from Henry L. Corbett to Harvard Fly Club about $50 donation from Elliott R. Corbett II
 1944 September 27
5 19
Check from Howard V. Morgan to Alfred H. Corbett
 1948 September 1
5 20
Notes regarding questions for Howard V. Morgan to ask concerning purchase of ranch
 circa 1957
5 21
Letter from Henry L. Corbett to Alfred H. Corbett about Howard V. Morgan and Rosina Corbett Morgan's title to Black Butte Ranch
 1957 March 25
5 22
Henry L. Corbett cash book
 1903-1914
5 23
Henry L. Corbett ledger
 1903-1913
6 1
Henry L. Corbett ledger
 1903-1923
6 2-3
Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Corbett ledgers
 1915-1923
7 1-2
Gretchen Corbett transfer ledgers
 1908-1953
7 3
Henry L. Corbett financial record book
 1957
Subseries: Portland properties
 1859-1979
Box Folder
9 2
Title abstract for Abernethy Heights property
 1859-1924
9 3
Title abstract for Abernethy Heights Lots 39 and 40
 1865-1915
9 4
Title abstract for Palatine Hill property
 1865-1915
Folder
Oversize 8
Plan of Abernethy Heights area
 circa 1895
Oversize 9
Sketch of Corbett property
 undated
Oversize 11
Plan of Gretchen Corbett property
 1960
Box Folder
7 4
Handwritten notes about Corbett property
 1965
7 5
Letter from Alfred H. Corbett to C. Ralph Walstrom about land exchange
 1965 January 15
7 6
Records and correspondence about Corbett property
 1966-1977 July
8 1
Records and correspondence about Corbett property
 1977 November
8 2
Handwritten notes about Corbett property
 circa 1978
Folder
Oversize 12
Plans for Corbett Estates (22-residence tract developed from Gretchen Corbett's property)
 1979
Subseries: Water development for ranch in Metolius, Oregon
 1917-1956
Box Folder
8 3
Envelope noting applications for water development
 circa 1920
8 4
Correspondence and paperwork relating to Crooked River development (Application 3397)
 1917-1926
8 5
Correspondence and paperwork relating to Jack Creek ditch development (Application 7180)
 1920
8 6
Correspondence and paperwork relating to Jack Creek development (Permit 6997)
 1925-1927
8 7
Records relating to Deschutes water rights court case
 1921-1928
8 8-9
Annual statements and payments for water development
 1920-1956; undated
Folder
Oversize 10
Map made of Jack Creek area for development
 circa 1920

Series 3:  Other family photographs and ephemera, 1862-circa 1950Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
8 10
Photograph of view down Front Street from Washington Street, Portland, Oregon
 1862 June
8 11
Photograph of man with American Field Service Ambulance 929
 circa 1918
8 12
Photographs of "Grangate Corbett House" (ranch at Metolius) and Corbett family members at Metolius (negatives and printouts from negatives)
 circa 1920
8 13
Photographs, views of Mt. Washington and Three Sisters from "M's house"
 circa 1920
8 14
Photograph of tent at unidentified location
 circa 1920
8 15
Photograph of 2 Corbett children; photograph of Gretchen Corbett with child
 circa 1925
8 16
Postcards from the Netherlands
 circa 1950
8 17
Belgian ration cards
 1915 January
8 18
Oregon Journal article about Marshal Henri Pétain's address to French armies
 1918 November 15
8 19
Typescript translation of Marshal Henri Pétain's address to French armies
 circa 1919
8 20
Booklet, "Cavalcade of Front Avenue"
 1941
8 21
Baltimore Sun article about paratroopers
 1943 August 29

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Elections--United States--1956
  • Real property--Oregon--Portland
  • Water resources development--Oregon--Metolius
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1939-1945

Personal Names

  • Corbett, Alfred H. (Alfred Hoyt), 1915-2000--Correspondence
  • Corbett, Elliott R., II (Elliott Ruggles), 1922-1944--Correspondence
  • Corbett, Gretchen Hoyt, 1886-1978--Correspondence
  • Corbett, Hamilton F. (Hamilton Forbush), 1888-1966--Correspondence
  • Corbett, Henry L., 1881-1957--Correspondence
  • Morgan, Howard, 1914-2012--Correspondence

Family Names

  • Corbett family

Form or Genre Terms

  • correspondence
  • ledgers (account books)
  • property records

Jeffrey A. Hayes
2017; revised 2023

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