Floyd J. McKay research files

Floyd J. McKay research files, 1911-2002

Overview of the Collection

Creator: McKay, Floyd J.
Title: Floyd J. McKay research files
Dates: 1911-2002 (inclusive)
19112002
Quantity: 4.4 cubic ft., (4 record cartons, 1 flat box, and 34 audiocassette tapes.)
Collection Number: Coll 449
Summary: Research files of author Floyd J. McKay pertaining to his 1998 biography of Charles A. Sprague, An Editor for Oregon: Charles A. Sprague and the Politics of Change.
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: The collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Floyd McKay (1935-), emeritus professor of journalism at Western Washington University, writes extensively on the history of journalism in the Pacific Northwest. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a reporter for the Oregon Statesman and as a news analyst for KGW television in Portland. While teaching at Western, he wrote guest columns and editorials for the Seattle Times.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists of research conducted by Floyd J. McKay for his biography of Charles A. Sprague entitled "An Editor for Oregon: Charles A. Sprague and the Politics of Change." Charles A. Sprague was governor of Oregon (1939-1943) and editor and manager of the Oregon Statesman. Materials include articles and clippings, correspondence, notes, and interviews with Sprague’s political and publishing associates and Sprague family members. Topics include civil rights and civil liberties, newspaper publishing, state and international politics, World War II, forestry and natural resources conservation.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright holders.

Preferred Citation

Floyd J. McKay research files, Coll 449, Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in the following series:

Series A: Research materials
Series B: Interviews

Acquisition Information

Lib. Acc. 28243

Separated Materials

Audiocassette recordings from Accession 28243 are housed in the sound recording collection in the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series A: Research materials, 1911-2002Return to Top

4.2 cubic ft. (4 record cartons and 1 flat box)

Series consists of newspaper and journal articles, correspondence, and other documents copied from various print and unpublished sources, as well as Floyd McKay's notes and some of his own published work.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Political issues
	Civil rights	1930s-1960s
Box/Folder
1/1	Civil rights, liberties	1963
1/2	Civil rights	1940s
1/3	Civil rights, liberties	1930s
1/4	Civil rights	1948
1/5	Civil rights	1945
1/6	Housing, civil rights	1949
1/7	Portland Public Accommodations	1950
1/8	Civil rights	1950s
1/9	Civil rights	1953
1/10	Civil Rights Advisory	1960
1/11	Civil rights	1960s
	House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC) - Portland - Civil Liberites	1954
Box/Folder
1/12	State employees loyalty oath	1968
1/13	OSU Spitzer case	1948-1949
1/14	Loyalty Oath	1950
1/15	Teachers’ Oath- Editorials and news	1951
1/16	Legislature	1951
1/17	Mahoney	1951
1/18	Lyle Nelson Eugene Register-Guard feature	1997
1/19	HUAC editorials	1954
1/20	Oregonian	1954
1/21	Oregon Statesman	1954
1/22	Oregon Journal	1954
1/23	American Legion	1950s
	Civil Liberties	1930-1968
Box/Folder
1/24	Tolon Committee	1942
1/25	Pacific Northwest Quarterly article	1997
1/26	Reed College	1954
1/27	David Eyre - Reed College	1997
1/28	Ford Foundation	1954
1/29	McCarthy (Joseph McCarthy)	1950
1/30	McCarthy (Joseph McCarthy)	1951
1/31	McCarthy (Joseph McCarthy)	1952
1/32	McCarthy (Joseph McCarthy)	1953
1/33	McCarthy (Joseph McCarthy)	1954
1/34	Civil liberty	1939-1941
1/35	Civil liberties	1950s
1/36	Civil liberties	1960s
1/37	John Birch Society	1960s
1/38	Gun control	1967-1968
1/39	Capital punishment	1949-1964
	Indians - Fund for the Republic project
Box/Folder
1/40	Indian Commission clippings	1957; 1961
1/41	Indian Commission – archives, notes	undated
1/42	Fund for Republic- Indians	1957-1960; 1995
1/43	Legislature - Indians	1958-1959
1/44	Klamath Indians	1956-1957; 1964; 1967
1/45	Indians - miscellaneous clippings	1933-1967
	United Nations service	1952
Box/Folder
1/46	United Nations session	1952
1/47	United States archives	1953; undated
1/48	Freedom of Information - United Nations	1952
1/49	New York Times - United Nations	1952
1/50	United Nations, pre-1952	1944-1951
	United Nations - International issues
Box/Folder
1/51	United Nations - Foreign policy	1953-1966
1/52	Israel	1945-1961
1/53	McArthur	1948-1951
1/54	Carnegie Endowment for Peace	1955-1957
1/55	Atomic Bomb	1945-1947
1/56	Vietnam, SE Asia (Southeast Asia)	1954-1967
1/57	Vietnam	1968
	Forestry, Wilderness, Conservation
Box/Folder
1/58	Conservation, Natural Resources	1939-1942
1/59	Outdoors	1929-1964
1/60	Wilderness	1957-1968
1/61	O&C Timber (Oregon & California Timber)	1946-1966
1/62	Getty- Bureau of Land Managment (BLM)	1965-1966
1/63	State Forest lands	1945-1963
	Government reorganization, Constitution
Box/Folder
1/64	Government reorganization	1960
1/65	Government reorganization	1963
	Politicians
	Wayne Morse
Box/Folder
1/66	Wayne Morse - Charles Sprague correspondence	1954-1960
1/67	Morse (Wayne Morse)	1944
1/68	Morse (Wayne Morse)	1945-1950
1/69	Morse (Wayne Morse)	1950
1/70	Morse (Wayne Morse)	1951-1957
1/71	McKay - Morse (Douglas McKay and Wayne Morse)	1956
1/72	Morse (Wayne Morse)	1960
1/73	Morse (Wayne Morse)	1968
1/74	B. Whipple MA thesis on Wayne Morse	1959
	Richard Neuberger
Box/Folder
1/75	Senate race	1954
1/76	Neuberger	1952-1959
	State Government
	Governor	1939-1943
Box/Folder
2/1	Inaugural	1939
2/2	Oregon Statesman	1939
2/3	Other newspaper clippings	1939
2/4	McCarthy execution (Leroy Hershel McCarthy)	1939
2/5	Personal, Political	1939
2/6	Legislature	1939
	Governor	1940
Box/Folder
2/7	Campaign	1940
2/8	McNary (Charles L. McNary)	1940
2/9	Newspaper clippings	1940
	Governor	1941
Box/Folder
2/10	Legislature	1941
2/11	Newspaper clippings	1941
	Forestry plan (post-governor)	1938
Box/Folder
2/12	Forestry	1938-1942
2/13	Forestry - post-governor	1941-1998
	Governor - Miscellaneous
Box/Folder
2/14	Prisons- Banks et al Note on folder: "OCF box 10" Contains photocopies from Special Collections, Knight Library, University of Oregon.	1939
2/15	Governor - Miscellaneous	1938-1942; 1997; undated
2/16	Budget, taxes	1937-1944
	Gubernatorial campaign	1942
Box/Folder
2/17	Campaign documents, correspondence	1942
2/18	Campaign literature	1942
2/19	Voter registration statistics	1942
2/20	Snell speeches (Earl Snell gubernatorial campaign)	1942
2/21	Tax - Multnomah County	1941-1942
2/22	Oregonian - 1942 Primary	1942
2/23	Oregon Voter	1942
2/24	Oregon Journal - 1942 Primary	1942
2/25	News clippings – 1942 Primary	1942
	Governor - personal
Box/Folder
2/26	Staff, Administration	1939; 1954
2/27	Oregon Statesman during governorship	1939-1941
	Governor - World War II
Box/Folder
2/28	December	1941 December
2/29	Oregon Militia	1941-1945
2/30	Labor	1941-1945
2/31	Miscellaneous	1941-1945
2/32	American Legion	1941-1945
2/33	World War II Industry	1941-1945
2/34	Battleship Oregon	1941-1959
2/35	V Days (Victory Days)	1945
	Japanese Americans
Box/Folder
2/36	Annotated copy of State Archives index to Sprague Papers (3/1) for war years	undated
2/37	McKay notes to Charles Sprague correspondence - Japanese Americans	undated
2/38	Japanese pre-war	1941; undated
2/39	Japan - Scrap Iron	1939
2/40	Edits - JA (Editorials- Japanese Americans)	1941-1942
2/41	Clippings	1942
2/42	Hood River	1942
2/43	Japanese - Governor	1941-1942
2/44	Army Public Relations program	undated
2/45	Farm Labor- Japanese	1942
2/46	Japanese- Personal stories	undated
2/47	Japanese Relocation, Note on label: Box 4-76A-68 documents	1940-1942; 1993
2/48	Japanese deportation	1943
2/49	Gresham area	1944-1945
2/50	Legislature, anti-Japanese	1945
2/51	Hood River	1944-1945
2/52	Hood River News, American Legion	1945
2/53	National press - Hood River	undated
	General and Political
	General and political news clippings	1943
Box/Folder
2/54	Post-governor; general Oregon Statesman	1943
2/55	Legislature, Snell	1943
	Senate Campaign	1944
Box/Folder
2/56	Campaign	1944
2/57	Senate campaign, Oregon Statesman	1944
2/58	Oregonian - Primary	1944
2/59	Oregon Journal - Campaign	1944
2/60	Other newspapers - Senate campaign	1944
	General	1944-1949
Box/Folder
2/61	Bush Pasture	1944-1946
2/62	Miscellaneous Oregon Statesman	1944-1946
2/63		1947-1948
2/64	Election	1948
2/65	Dewey-Stassen	1948
2/66	Dewey-Stassen debate, Portland and Eugene newspapers	1948
2/67	Oregon Statesman - Dewey-Stassen	1948
	General	1950
Box/Folder
2/68	Miscellaneous	1950
2/69	Reapportionment	1950
2/70	" Constructed Week" Study	1950
	General	1951-1953
Box/Folder
2/71	Presidential race	1952
2/72		1951-1952
2/73	General	1953
	General	1954-1958
Box/Folder
2/74	Legislature	1955-1957
2/75	Politics	1956
2/76	Rackets	1957
	General	1958-1962
Box/Folder
2/77	Oregon Statesman -Governor’s race	1958
2/78	General politics	1958-1960
2/79	President	1960
2/80	State politics	1960
2/81	Legislature Mark O. Hatfield (MOH)	1961
2/82	Kennedy Administration	191-1962
2/83	General - Oregon Statesman	1961-1962
	General	1963-1966
Box/Folder
2/84	Politics, legislature	1963
2/85	General	1963-1965
2/86	Presidential politics	1964
2/87	Politics - General, Senate	1966
2/88		1966-1967
	General	1967-1968
Box/Folder
2/89	President	1968
2/90	General	1968
	Oregon Statesman
	Oregon Statesman history
Box/Folder
3/7	Oregon Statesman Pre-Charles Sprague	1911-1928
3/8	80th Anniversary Edition	1931 March 28
3/9	100 Years	1951 March
3/10	Oregon Statesman	1930s
3/11	Oregon Statesman	1940s-1960s
3/12	Oregon Statesman - 120th Anniversary	1971 March 28
3/13	Webb, W. – autobiography (Wendell Webb)	undated
3/14	Sheldon Sackett - Correspondence, notes, articles	1930s-1971
	Oregon Statesman Post-Sprague
Box/Folder
3/15	W. Webb (Wendell Webb)	1940-1982; 1996
3/16	Sale to Gannett	1974
3/17	Lawsuit- judgments	1974; 1976
3/18	B. Spr. Stock (Robert Sprague)	1940; 1969; 1971
3/19	SJ Board (RWS) - (Statesman-Journal Board - Robert Sprague	1969-1971
3/20	Wallace Sprague (WAS) - Robert Sprague (RWS) correspondence	1958-1970
3/21	Lawsuit - miscellaneous	1972-1977
5/3	Statesman-Journal 150 Years	2001
5/4	Oregon Statesman coverage of assassination of President John F. Kennedy	1963
	Oregon Statesman business records
Box/Folder
3/22	Merger (Newport)	1954-1956; 1966-1967
3/23	Sale Offers, etc	1959-1968
3/24	Economics	1950s-1960s
3/25	Failing Newspaper Act	1969; 1971
3/26	Bonus Salaries Statesman	1957-1969
3/27	News Budgets	1942; 1957-1969
3/28	Circulation	1954-1962
3/29	Circulation	1928-1969
3/30	Circulation	1958-1959; undated
3/31	Property- 14th Street, taxes	1947-1955
3/32	Property – Old Oregon Statesman Building	1961
3/33	#12 Building Oregon Statesman - mortgage and architect	1951-1969
3/34	McKay Business Comparisons	1934-1947
3/35	Oregon Statesman - New Building	1948; 1953
3/36	New Press	19701
3/37	Television - Channel 3	undated
5/2	Financial statements of The Oregon Statesman	1928-1947
	Oregon Statesman advertising data
Box/Folder
3/38	B. Sprague - Charles Nicholson correspondence	1960-1966
3/39	Oregon Statesman Advertising	1954-1965
3/40	Advertising	1938-1940
3/41	Advertising campaign	1958
3/42	Advertising	1960s
	Other Publishing-Related Research
	Industry data
Box/Folder
3/43	Articles about newspapers	1930-1992
3/44	1920-1930s Era Articles on newspaper costs and salaries.	1924-1932
3/45	Journalism Quarterly - Salaries, Economic Data	1949; 1965; 1969
	Oregon Publisher, Oregon Exchanges
Box/Folder
4/27	Oregon Publisher	1933; 1943
4/28	Oregon Exchanges	1928-1931
4/29	Oregon Publisher	1945-1955
	Contemporary Oregon Editors
Box/Folder
4/30	Oregon press and editors	1924; 1950-1957; 1993
4/31	Eugene, Or. - William Tugman, Robert Frazier -articles and interviews	1954-1961; 1993
4/32	E.B. MacNaughton	1950; 1971
4/33	George Putnam	1930; 1955; 1961; 1972
4/34	Robert Sawyer papers, University of Oregon guide, correspondenceWilliam Lang paper	1950s; 2010
4/35	C-J miscellaneous (Capital Journal)	1953-1982
4/36	Medford, Or. - Eric Allen, Robert W. Ruhl	1950-1973
4/37	Oregon Journal - Marshall Dana	1950
4/38	Pendleton, Or. - E.B. Aldrich	1950
4/39	Corvallis, Or. - Claude Ingalls letter	1944
	Oregon Press	1930-1960
Box/Folder
4/40	Oregonian, article about history	1976
4/41	Oregonian Sale	1950
4/42	Cushman thesis	1950
4/43	Editors - Other Studies	1950s; 1963
4/44	Oregon journalism	1940-1960
	Charles A. Sprague - Personal and Other
	Sprague biographies and obituaries
Box/Folder
4/1	Biographies and Obituaries	1969
4/2	Oregon Statesman, post-Charles A. Sprague	1968-1969
4/3	Charles A. Sprague 100th Anniversary	1987
	Sprague family
Box/Folder
4/4	Charles A. Sprague pre-Oregon life	1887-1925
4/5	Family information	1920-1998
4/6	Blanche Sprague	1886-1976
4/7	Martha Sprague (daughter) Includes transcript of 1993 interview with Martha Sprague Hurley.	circa 1970; 1993
4/8	Wallace Sprague (son) Includes transcript of 1992 interview with Wallace Sprague.	1992-1998
4/9	Robert Sprague (nephew) Includes transcript of 1994 interview with Robert Sprague, as well as Robert W. Sprague correspondence from 1929 and 1976.	1929; 1976; 1994
5/1	Adams County Centennial Edition, 1883-1993 (Ritzville, Wash.)	1983
	Progressive Era
Box/Folder
4/10	Prohibition	1930
4/11	Charles Sprague and the Progressives	1912; 1924
	Wills, estate, finance
Box/Folder
4/12	Moody’s - Stock, correspondence	1966-1968
4/13	Stock	1966-1968
4/14	Tax returns	1943-1967
4/15	Charles Sprague Estate and probate	1935; 1965; 1969
4/16	Church and YMCA	1960-1970
	Feature articles, speeches, honors and awards
Box/Folder
4/17	Speeches on journalism	1967-1968
4/18	Features, Specials, Awards for civil liberties, environment	1962; 2002
4/19	Federal Boards	1955-1960
4/20	Charles Sprague on education, history, science	1950-1966
	General Research Materials
	Archival and photo materials
Box/Folder
3/1	State Archives - Inventory of Sprague papers and notes	undated
3/2	OHS Boxes - Inventory of Oregon Historical Society collection and notes	undated
3/3	Manuscripts, guide to Note on folder: see notebook #2	undated
3/4	Pictures for book Envelope, titled “Pix- Editor for Oregon”	undated
3/5	Photos, notes and correspondence	1998
3/6	Sprague papers (Ashard), correspondence Correspondence with Judy Ashard, Wallace Sprague, and Chet Orloff regarding a failed bid for acquisition of the Sprague papers for the Oregon Historical Society.	1993-1994
	Salem history, general
Box/Folder
4/22	Salem - clippings	1940-1968
4/23	Gerry Frankinterview notes	1933; 1950-1955; 1991; 1996
4/24	Venus statue	1953; 1957
4/25	Salem history	1930-1990
4/26	Salem history - notes by McKay	undated

Series B: Interviews and transcripts for book, 1969-1997, (bulk 1988-1997) Return to Top

0.1 cubic ft (1 folder)

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
4/21	Interviews Index to interviews conducted by Floyd McKay for his biography of Charles Sprague. See also folders 4/7 - 4/9 Copyright jointly held by the Oregon Historical Society and Floyd McKay. Interviews may be used for non-commercial purposes.	1988-1997
	Subseries 1: Oral history interview tapes Oral histories are also individually cataloged in the Oral History Collections, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
	SR 11420: Dorothy Crawford and George LaBorde 1 audiocassette	1988 March 14
	SR 11421: Travis Cross 1 audiocassette	1991 August 27
	SR 11422: Charles Davis 1 audiocassette	1991 August 28
	SR 11423: David Eccles 2 audiocassettes	1991 August 28
	SR 11424: Cecil Edwards 1 audiocassette	1991 August 28
	SR 11425:Jeryme English 1 audiocassette	1991 September 3
	SR 11426: J. W. (Bud) Forrester 2 audiocassettes	1991 September 4
	SR 11427: Robert E. Gangware 2 audiocassettes	circa 1989
	SR 11428: Roy Harland 1 audiocassette	circa 1989
	SR 11429: Mark O. Hatfield 1 audiocassette	1993 February 13
	SR 11430: Paul W. Harvey, Jr. 2 audiocassettes	1991 September 6
	SR 11431: Al Lightner 1 audiocassette	1994 January 18
	SR 11432: Herb Lundy 1 audiocassette	1992 July 9
	SR 11433: William Mainwaring 1 audiocassette	1996 September 18
	SR 11464: Maurine Neuberger 1 audiocassette	1992 July 8
	SR 11465: Robert Notson 2 audiocassettes	1994 June 13
	SR 11466: Conrad Prange 1 audiocassette	1991 August 31
	SR 11467: Blanche Sprague 1 audiocassette Interviewer may have been J. Wesley Sullivan.	1969 December
	SR 11468: Martha Sprague Hurley 1 audiocassette	1993 February 25
	SR 11484: Robert Sprague 1 audiocassette	1994 January 16
	SR 11485: Wallace Sprauge 1 audiocassette	1992 August 4
	SR 11486: J. Wesley Sullivan 1 audiocassette	1994 June 10
	SR 11487: Marguerite Wright 1 audiocassette	1992 July 30
	SR 11488: Thomas J. Wright, Jr. 3 audiocassettes	1989 August 29
	SR 11489: Statesman Oldtimers 2 audiocassettes Interviews of several longtime newsroom employees, recorded by J. Wesley Sullivan.	1988 August 14
	SR 11490: Cecil Edwards/Paul Harvey 1 audiocassette Interviewer may have been J. Wesley Sullivan.	1988 August 16

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Conservation of natural resources - Oregon - History
Civil rights - Oregon - History
Governors - Oregon - Biography
Journalism - Oregon - History
Newspaper editors - Oregon - Biography
Newspaper publishing - History
World War, 1939-1945 - Oregon - History

Personal Names

McKay, Floyd J.--Archives
Sprague, Charles A. (Charles Arthur), 1887-1969

Corporate Names

Oregon Statesman (Salem, Or.)

Family Names

Sprague family

Geographical Names

Oregon -Politics and government - 1859-1950

Form or Genre Terms

Clippings
Interviews

Archives West Finding Aid

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