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Metschan Family papers, 1862-1946
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Metschan, Anna; Metschan, Phil, 1840-1920
- Title
- Metschan Family papers
- Dates
- 1862-1946 (inclusive)18621946
- Quantity
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2.5 linear feet, (2 containers, 2 volumes)
- Collection Number
- Ax 686
- Summary
- Phil Metschan, Sr. (1840-1920) was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany and travelled to the United States and settled in Canyon City, Oregon where he ran a store, became Oregon state treasurer, and established a hotel in Portland, Oregon. The collection contains correspondence, diaries, financial and legal records, pioneer family files, photographs and memorabilia.
- Repository
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University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
UO Libraries--SCUA
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 5413463068
spcarref@uoregon.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.
- Additional Reference Guides
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Paper finding aid with additional information is available in Special Collections & University Archives.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Phil Metschan, Sr. (1840-1920) was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany and came to the United States in 1855. He worked in a butcher shop in Cincinnati, traveled to California in 1861, and to British Columbia and Oregon in 1862. In 1863 he joined the gold rush to eastern Oregon, settling in Canyon City, where he ran a store and later became a county official. He was elected state treasurer in 1890, serving until 1898. In 1889 he established the Imperial Hotel in Portland, Oregon.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains correspondence, diaries, financial and legal records, pioneer family files, photographs and memorabilia.
Phil Metschan, Sr. materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence (1878-1916), diaries, calendars, financial documents, and a 1894 diary of Anna Metschan.
Phil Metschan, Jr. materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence (1887-1946).
Other material consists of manuscripts about the Metschan family and Oregon history, financial and legal documents, newspapers, clippings and other publications, files on pioneer families of Oregon, photographs of the Metschan family, Joaquin Miller, and Major Rinehart, and memorabilia such as service awards, political mementoes and passports.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Archival material may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal and/or state right to privacy laws and other regulations.
Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g. a cause of action for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Oregon assumes no responsibility.
If a researcher finds sensitive personal information in a collection, please bring it to the attention of the reading room staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Metschan Family papers, Ax 686, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Processing Note
Collection processed by staff, 1974.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Frontier and pioneer life--Oregon
- Gold mines and mining--Oregon
Personal Names
- Metschan, Anna
- Metschan, Phil, 1840-1920
Geographical Names
- Eugene (Or.)--Politics and government
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Legal files
- Photographs
Finding aid prepared by Tanya Parlet and Kira B. Homo.
2012
