Collection is open for research.
Gifts of Evelyn Beebe Shirk, July 1975, May 1978, February 1980, and July 1981.
Alexander Wilson Linthicum (1895-1969) was a Portland, Oregon, businessman, naturalist, and mountaineer.
Contains material previously designated Mss 1596-1, Mss 1596-2 and Mss 1596-3.
Alexander Linthicum papers, Mss 1596, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Collection includes correspondence, 1919-1940, regarding a job search and the cabin of the Timberline Ski Club; stock certificate book of the Wilson Investment Co., 1 volume, 1910-1938; recipe books, 3 volumes, circa 1913; diplomas and certificates, 1920-1935; correspondence, 1910-1967, regarding the Couch and Wilson families, estates and railway and automobile travel; contracts; financial records; journals, ledgers and minute books, 9 volumes; correspondence regarding the Mary H. Couch estate, 1941-1951; diaries, 1929-1936; correspondence from Louise Linthicum, 1924-1929, regarding travels; wills, legal documents and genealogical material.
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