Archives West Finding Aid

Materials include diaries, notebooks, correspondence, ephemera, certificates, and a scrapbook. Letters, 1862-1928, are from Canyon City, Heppner, and Portland, Oregon, and relate to family and personal matters, courtship, and the hotel business. A transcript of a letter from Phil Metschan, 1862, provides details on his journey to the west coast and activities in Portland. Also included is a file of condolence letters on the death of Marie Metschan, 1895. Papers of Marie Metschan include: a confirmation certificate, 1855; a passport, 1863; and a diary she kept while in Canyon City, 1866. Diaries of Phil Metschan date from 1861-1918 and include a travel diary from a tour of Europe, 1908. Papers of Anna Metschan Cattanach include autograph books and a scrapbook of clippings relating to family and friends. Other materials relate to the Imperial Hotel in Portland, including a set of menus and a special supplement to the Oregon Journal, 1910. The collection also contains numerous certificates, primarily issued to Phil Metschan, including a Masonic confirmation, 1867; a Royal Arch Masons certificate of high priesthood, 1885; and certificate of election as state treasurer, 1891. A title abstract to a lot in the Irvington section of Portland can be found among the Flanders family materials in the collection, and a folder of election ephemera documents the 1930 run for governor by Phil Metschan, Jr.