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Richard Ward Montague papers, 1820-1985

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Montague, Richard Ward, 1862-1935
Title
Richard Ward Montague papers
Dates
1820-1985 (inclusive)
1820-1953 (bulk)
Quantity
1 cubic feet, (3 document cases, 1 oversize folder in shared box)
Collection Number
Mss 2953
Summary
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.
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
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Biographical Note

Richard Ward Montague was born in Charles City, Iowa, in 1862, and received his law degree from the University of Iowa in 1884. He married Ellen Barton and moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1890; there, he became an attorney with the law firm Wood, Montague & Matthiessen and a civic leader. He was a collaborator on the compilation of the Oregon Code; president of the Oregon Bar Association (1908); a trustee of Reed College; a member of the Board of Trustees of the Library Association of Portland, Oregon; president of City Club of Portland; chair of State Democratic Central Committee; and president of the Mazamas mountaineering group from 1922 to 1924. He died in 1935.

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Content Description

Papers of Richard Ward Montague of Portland, Oregon, including materials relating to Montague's wife, Ellen Barton Montague, as well as other members of the Montague family: James J. Montague, Mrs. S.S. (Jane) Montague, Margaret Montague Payne, Caroline Montague Sargent, and John Vose Wood Montague and Martha Washington Jackson Montague. Materials include correspondence; personal papers and letters; articles, addresses and speeches; essays; wills; financial statements; documents and certificates; course work; scrapbook items; and other materials regarding the Montague, Barton, and Payne families. Also included is correspondence of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise to Richard Ward Montague.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Richard Ward Montague papers, Mss 2953, 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.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in three series:

  • Series 1: Richard Ward Montague papers
  • Series 2: Ellen Barton Montague and Barton family papers
  • Series 3: Montague family papers

Acquisition Information

Gift of Jim Beggs, February 1992 (Lib. Acc. 20674).

Related Materials

Other materials at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library related to Richard Ward Montague and the Montague family include an oral history interview with Montague's daughter Carol M. Beggs, SR 9567, which is available online in OHS Digital Collections at https://digitalcollections.ohs.org/sr-9567-oral-history-interview-with-carol-m-beggs; and Photo File #758, which includes photographs of Montague.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Lawyers--Oregon

Personal Names

  • Montague, Ellen Barton
  • Montague, Richard Ward, 1862-1935
  • Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949--Correspondence

Family Names

  • Montague family
  • Montague family--Correspondence

Form or Genre Terms

  • articles
  • correspondence
  • essays
  • financial records
  • speeches (documents)

Diane Couture
2008; revised 2024

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