OHY_Mss2050 Guide to the William Paine Lord Family Papers 1849-1976 Lord (William Paine) family papers. Collection processed by Todd Sulloway, 2006 February Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Oregon Historical Society, Research Library © 2006 Finding aid encoded by ArchProteus 2006 Finding aid is in English Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard) 2018 April Revised to include incorporation of Elizabeth Lord ledgers. Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library Research Library Mss 2050 Lord, William Paine. William Paine Lord family papers 1849-1976 1865-1971 2.7 cubic feet (7 document cases) Papers of William Paine Lord, Oregon governor and U.S. ambassador to Argentina, and his family. Includes extensive correspondence between Lord and his wife Juliette Montague Lord, and correspondence between Mrs. Lord and her aunt Fannie Stockbridge. Also included is correspondence with other family members, biographical data, and information on the flax industry in Oregon. Materials in the collection are in English. Biography of William Paine Lord:

William Paine Lord, Oregon governor and jurist, was born in Dover, Delaware on July 1, 1839. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and in 1866 he graduated from law school in Albany, New York. Deciding to rejoin the army, he spent time at Fort Alcatraz near San Francisco, Fort Steilacoom in Washington State, and in Alaska. In 1868 he moved to Salem, Oregon to practice law, and eventually he served as city attorney, state senator, justice of the state Supreme Court, and finally governor of Oregon from 1895-1899. He also served as United States Minister to Argentina from 1899-1902.

On July 14, 1880, Lord married Juliette Montague of Baltimore, known as "Etta." Her brother was Watts Montague, an agent for cylinder printing presses and paper cutters in New York City. She corresponded extensively with her aunt Fannie (or Fanny) Montague Stockbridge, wife of prominent Baltimore lawyer and politician Henry Smith Stockbridge (1822-1895). Later in life Mrs. Lord became an advocate of flax production in Oregon and wrote often on the subject. She and her husband had one daughter, Elizabeth B. Lord, and two sons, William Paine Lord, Jr., and Montague Lord. Elizabeth B. Lord (1887-1976) was a well-known landscape architect based in Salem. She co-founded the firm Lord and Schryver in 1926. Her brother Montague Lord became manager of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association of the Philippines and later lived in Hawaii.

The bulk of the collection consists of family correspondence, including extensive correspondence between William Lord and his wife Juliette Montague Lord before and during their marriage. Also included are letters written during Lord's time in Argentina. A large file of letters from Juliette Montague Lord to her aunt Fannie Stockbridge provide details on the Lord's life in Oregon, their political activities, and their travels. Notes and letters relating to the flax industry in Oregon are also found in the collection, along with a scrapbook of biographical clippings. Of special interest is a note of April 1, 1896, from William McKinley to William Paine Lord, written prior to McKinley's election to the presidency. Other correspondents include Judge Matthew P. Deady and William Lair Hill. The collection also houses the ledgers of Elizabeth Lord from 1931-1971.

The collection is arranged in three series:

Series A: Correspondence, 1849-1935 Series B: General materials, 1880-1976 Series c: Elizabeth Lord ledgers, 1931-1971 Series D: Guide to microfilm copies from the collection, 1865-1919

The bulk of the materials in the collection are also available on 6 reels of microfilm, Mss2040 Microfilm, Oregon Historical Society Research Library. A guide to the microfilm is included with the present finding aid.

The collection is open to the public.

The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any publication use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

William Paine Lord family papers, Mss 2050, Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Gifts of Elizabeth Lord, 1969-1975, including Library Accessions 12604, 12717, 13044, 13191, and 13301.

Elizabeth Lord ledgers are Lib. Acc. 16944.

 Malone, Dumas, ed. Dictionary of American Biography Volume XI (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons), 1933. The Oregonian. February 18, 1911. Vertical Files: Biography file, William P. Lord, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

A calendar to the collection, listing each item and its subject matter, can be found in the Finding Aid Files of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Additional materials relating to William Paine Lord and his family can be found in the following collections of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library: Mss48, Matthew P. Deady papers, 1850-1923; Mss1112, William Lair Hill papers 1846-1925; photograph self-indexing file 671, "LOR-LOT."

The collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Deady, Matthew P. (Matthew Paul), 1824-1893--Correspondence. Hill, William Lair--Correspondence. Lord, Elizabeth, 1887-1976--Correspondence. Lord, Juliette Montague--Correspondence. Lord, Montague--Correspondence. Lord, William Paine--Correspondence. Lord, William Paine, Jr.--Correspondence. Montague, Watts--Correspondence. Stockbridge, Fannie--Correspondence. Lord family. Oregon. Governor (1895-1899 : Lord) Oregon. Supreme Court. Argentina--Foreign relations--1860-1910. Hawaii--Description and travel. Oregon--Politics and government--1859-1950. Philippines--Description and travel. Salem (Or.)--History. Flax industry--Oregon--History. Governors--Oregon--Correspondence. Home and Family Oregon Political Campaigns Salem Scrapbooks Women Letters (correspondence) Scrapbooks Ledgers (account books) Governor. Series A Correspondence 1849-1935 Letters from William Paine Lord to Juliette Montague Lord 1/1 Letters 1865-1866 1/2 Letters 1867-1869 1/3 Letters 1870-1875 1/4 Letters 1876-1877 1/5 Letters 1878 January-June 1/6 Letters 1878 July-August 1/7 Letters 1878 September-December 1/8 Letters, personal circa 1878 1/9 Letters, political circa 1878 1/10 Letters 1879 1/11 Letters 1888-1905 1/12 Letters, fragments, personal undated 1/13 Letters, fragments, political undated Letters from Juliette Montague Lord to William Paine Lord 1/14 Letters 1865-1866 1/15 Letters 1867 1/16 Letters 1868 2/1 Letters 1868-1870 2/2 Letters 1871-1873 2/3 Letters 1874-1875 2/4 Letters 1876-1877 2/5 Letters 1878-1879 August 3 2/6 Letters 1879 August 10-November 18 2/7 Letters 1901 2/8 Letters 1902 2/9 Letters undated Letters from Juliette Montague Lord to Fannie Stockbridge 2/10 Letters 1849-1879 2/11 Letters 1880 2/12 Letters 1881 2/13 Letters 1882 2/14 Letters 1883 3/1 Letters 1884 3/2 Letters 1885 3/3 Letters 1886 3/4 Letters 1887 January-June 3/5 Letters 1887 July-December 3/6 Letters 1888 3/7 Letters 1889 3/8 Letters 1890 3/9 Letters 1891 3/10 Letters 1892-1894 3/11 Letters 1895-1898 3/12 Letters 1900-1904 3/13 Letters 1905-1907 3/14 Letters 1908-1911 4/1 Letters 1912-1919 4/2 Letters undated 4/3 Letters undated 4/4-5 Letter fragments undated 4/6 Letter fragments from Argentina undated 4/7 Letters from Fannie Stockbridge to Juliette Montague Lord 1866-1913 4/8 Letters from William Paine Lord to Fannie Stockbridge 1889-1906 Letters to William Paine Lord from his children 4/9 Letters 1900 4/10 Letters 1901 4/11 Letters 1902 4/12 Letters circa 1902-1905 4/13 Letters to William and Juliette Lord from their children 1900-1904 4/14 Letters to the children of William and Juliette Lord circa 1902-1903 4/14 Letters to Wiliam Paine Lord, general 4/15 Letters 1865-1882 4/16 Letters 1886-1896 5/1 Letters 1897-1904 5/2 Letters to Juliette Montague Lord 1866-1878 5/3 Letters from Juliette Montague Lord to family and friends 1866-1916 5/4 Letters from Watts Montague to Juliette Montague Lord 1866-1873 5/5 Letters from Watts Montague to Fannie Stockbridge 1867-1871 5/6 Correspondence and news clippings relating to the flax industry in Oregon circa 1920 1935 undated 5/7 Correspondence between family and friends 1870-1902 Series B General materials 1880-1976 5/8 Family history notes by Elizabeth Lord undated 5/9 Marriage certificate, report card, and ephemera 1880-1904 undated

Includes biography of Mrs. William Paine Lord in typescript.

 5/10 Biographical clippings on William Paine Lord 1944 1959 undated 5/11 Sample of linen undated 5/12 Scrapbook of biographical clippings 1910-1976 Series C Elizabeth Lord ledgers 1931-1971 6/1 Ledger 1931-1934 6/2 Ledger 1935-1939 6/3 Ledger 1940-1945 6/4 Ledger 1945-1950 6/5 Ledger 1950-1955 6/6 Ledger 1956-1961 7/1 Ledger 1962-1963 1966 7/2 Ledger 1967-1971 Series D Microfilm of materials in the collection 1 Letters from William Paine Lord to Juliette Montague Lord 1865-1902 undated 2 Letters from William Paine Lord to Juliette Montague Lord 1865-1879 3 Letters from William Paine Lord to Juliette Montague Lord--Fragments, letters after marriage, Juiette Lord to Fannie Stockbridge 1874-1884 undated 4 Letters from Juliette Lord to Fannie Stockbridge 1885-1894 5 Letters from Juliette Lord to Fannie Stockbridge 1895-1919 6 Letters from Juliette Lord to Fannie Stockbridge--fragments undated