Arthur M. Churchill papers, 1851-1956

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Churchill, Arthur M., 1876-1956
Title
Arthur M. Churchill papers
Dates
1851-1956 (inclusive)
1897-1956 (bulk)
Quantity
6.1 cubic feet, (4 paige cartons; 4 legal document cases; 2 flat folders (20x24))
Collection Number
Mss 1770
Summary
Papers of Arthur M. Churchill (1876-1956) and his family. Churchill was a lawyer in Portland, Oregon, who later in life operated a dairy farm in southwest Washington state. The papers primarily consist of correspondence about topics in which Churchill took an interest and records of his farm.
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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Arthur M. Churchill was born in September 1876 in Marinette, Wisconsin. He studied at the University of Wisconsin and George Washington Law School. After practicing law in Washington, D.C., he moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1911. After retiring from legal practice, Churchill purchased a dairy farm on Puget Island, Washington, which he operated for the rest of his life.

Churchill married Grace M. Walsh in 1921. The couple had three sons: Arthur, Jr., John, and Donald. Churchill was active with the Portland City Club, the Multnomah Athletic Club, and the Portland Committee of Foreign Relations. He also frequently wrote letters to the editor of the Oregonian newspaper, where among other stances, he criticized American aid for Israel and opposed statehood for Hawaii. Churchill died in February 1956.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists of the papers of Portland, Oregon, attorney and dairy farmer Arthur M. Churchill. The bulk of the collection consists of records from the dairy farm that he operated and correspondence relating to sociopolitical matters and other topics of interest to him. Other materials include papers of Churchill's family, real estate transactions, and law certificates.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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.

Preferred Citation

Arthur M. Churchill papers, Mss 1770, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in two series: Series 1. Personal and family papers; Series 2. Business papers.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Jack Churchill, October 1959 (Lib. Acc. 8245), and acquisition made prior to 2011 (RL2019-131-RETRO).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1:  Personal and family papers, 1851-1956,   (bulk 1908-1956) Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: Churchill family papers
1851-1950
Box Folder
1 1
Churchill family genealogy
1851-1949
1 2-5
Donald Churchill - Putney School; unsorted papers
1937-1947
1 6-7
Grace Churchill - correspondence
1930-1941
1 8-11
Grace Churchill - diaries
1936; 1941-1948
1 12-16
Jack Churchill - correspondence
1941-1950; undated
1 17-20
Myron Churchill, R. H. Churchill, and Agnes Churchill papers
1903-1949; undated
1 21-23
J. H. Moore (cousin of Arthur Churchill) papers
1925-1942; undated
Subseries 2: Arthur M. Churchill papers and ephemera
1899-1950
Box Folder
1 24
Finances
1915-1947
1 25
World War I Food Commission
1918
Folder
Oversize 1
Law certificates
1908-1918
Box Folder
1 26
Unsorted papers
1899-1939
1 27-28
Miscellaneous correspondence
1911-1950
1 29-31
Travel narratives
1908-1913
2 1
Travel narrative
1951
2 2
Wills and codicils
1918-1927
Subseries 3: Topical correspondence and papers
1911-1956
Box Folder
2 3
Correspondence with Homer Angel
1940-1948
2 4
Art purchases
1915-1919
2 5
Book sales
1908-1914
2 6
Committee of 100
1913
2 7
Education - teacher retirement system
1937-1943
2 8
Education - Jewish applicants
1953-1955
2 9-10
Foreign charitable gifts
1954-1955
2 11
Furniture designs
1925-1931
2 12
Greenway - Sherwood Drive
1926-1927
2 13-15
Hawaiian statehood
1950-1955
2 16
House construction on Sherwood Drive
1927-1931
2 17-19
Israel and Judaism
1948-1956
2 20
American Council for Judaism
1954-1955
2 21-22
Mental health
1933-1934
2 23
Wayne Morse
1945-1954
2 24
National Metropolitan Bank
1911-1913
2 25
Neah-kah-nie cottage construction
1912-1949
Folder
Oversize 2
Neah-kah-nie cottage blueprints
1912
Box Folder
2 26
Neah-kah-nie - Manzanita Road
1949
2 27
Miscellaneous pamphlets
1924-1942
2 28
World War I and World War II pamphlets
1918-1944
2 29
Correspondence about politics with Harry Ellsworth
1954-1956
2 30-34
Population
1930-1956
2 35-37
Portland Heights Playground Association
1923-1941
2 38
Prohibition
1914-1932
2 39
Religion
1953-1956
2 40
Rinehart Foundation
1945-1955
2 41
Smallpox in China
1922
2 42
Tillamook County Bank
1921-1922
2 43
Proposed Wolf Creek Highway
1933-1934

Series 2:  Business papers, 1871-1953,   (bulk 1897-1953) Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: Dairy farm
1933-1953
Box Folder
2 44-46
Barn construction
1934-1945
2 47
Blueprints of farm buildings
1934
2 48-49
Correspondence and diagrams concerning farm buildings and road
1934-1939
2 50
Records and correspondence concerning construction of farm facilities
1941-1945
2 51
Correspondence and receipts concerning the construction of a road on farm
1939-1940
2 52
Milk marketing and production
1942-1946
2 53
Correspondence, clippings, and memos relating to milk production, prices, and marketing
1934-1946
3 1-3
Bang's Disease
1938-1947
3 4
Breeding, artificial insemination
1938-1946
3 5
Correspondence, memos, and permit relating to dredging of and sand pumping in Cathlamet Channel
1933-1943
3 6
Flood control, Puget Island, Washington
1933-1934
3 7
Government reports and statistics concerning dairy farming
1934-1937
3 8
Summaries of farm income and expenses
1936-1937
3 9-20
Herd record books
1937-1945
3 21-22
Herd summaries
1941-1948
3 23
Memos regarding job assignments on the farm
1942-1946
3 24-27
Land clearing, logging, and seeding
1933-1945
3 28
Correspondence, memos, and brochure relating to livestock costs and purchases
1947-1948
3 29-32
Livestock purchases and sales
1931-1949
3 33-34
Lower Columbia Co-op
1940-1948
3 35
Machinery
1922-1946
3 36
Milk control
1952-1953; undated
3 37
Milking machines
1933-1937
3 38-42
Silage, hay, feeding
1933-1946
3 43
Timber fire damage
1933-1935
3 44
Wahkiakum Herd Improvement Association
1941-1947
3 45-49
Miscellaneous correspondence
1920-1949
4 1-3
Correspondence to and from John Alswager
1945-1947
4 4-13
Correspondence to and from John N. Auer and Hillis Perkins
1938-1941
4 14-17
Correspondence to and from Gus Berg
1940-1941
4 18
Correspondence to and from Louis Brase
1937
4 19-20
Correspondence to and from George Brockmueller
1937-1939
4 21
Correspondence to and from J. C. Cecil
1941-1948
4 22-27
Correspondence to and from E. C. Gibbons
1946-1949
4 28-45
Correspondence to and from Hammer Brothers
1932-1936
4 46-47
Correspondence to and from Lowell Loveall
1941-1943
4 48
Correspondence to and from Harm Luurs
1937
4 49-60
Correspondence to and from Sagen Brothers
1943-1946
4 61
Correspondence to and from Roy Winkle
1940-1942
Subseries 2: Other business papers
1871-1948
Box Folder
4 62-64
Correspondence with H. W. Nagley about Alaska
1911-1931
4 65-66
Beaver Portland Cement Co.
1911-1945
4 67
Churchill Co.
1924-1931
5 1-5
Churchill v. Grimm
1937-1942
6 1-2
Churchill v. Grimm
1937-1942
6 3-4
F. G. Gleason
1910-1918
6 5-6
Johnson v. Churchill
1948-1949
7 1
Investments
1919-1952
7 2-8
Land
1897-1948
7 9-10
Lewis Montgomery
1915-1920
7 11-12
S. G. Reed
1912-1942
7 13
F. G. Smith Co.
1908-1913
7 14-16
Spanish War Legacy tax claims
1898-1928
8 1-2
Timber
1871-1942
8 3-4
J. C. Walsh estate
1943-1946
8 5-18
Unsorted correspondence
1911-1927

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Dairying--Washington (State)
  • Lawyers--Oregon--Portland
  • World politics

Personal Names

  • Churchill, Arthur M., 1876-1956

Geographical Names

  • Northwest, Pacific--Politics and government

Form or Genre Terms

  • correspondence
  • financial records

Other Creators

  • Family Names
    • Churchill family (creator)