Oregon Historical Society Research
Library
Corbett family papers
Corbett
family
Coll
592
5.6 cubic feet
8 legal document cases; 1 flat box (11x14); 1
flat box (13x16); 1 flat box (16x20x5); 6 oversize folders (12x15) in shared
flat box; 4 oversize folders (16x20) in shared flat box; 2 oversize folders
(30x42)
1859-1979
1903-1979
Correspondence, property and financial
records, photographs, and ephemera of the Corbett family of Portland, Oregon,
primarily the family of Henry L. Corbett (1881-1957) and Henry L. Corbett's
brother Hamilton F. Corbett (1888-1966). Members of the family represented in
this collection are descendants of Henry Winslow Corbett (1827-1903), an early
emigrant to Oregon. English
French
Collection is open for research.
Gifts of Joan Corbett Dine made from 2016 to 2018 (Lib. Acc. 28918;
Lib. Acc. 28927; Lib. Acc. 29348), and gift of Elliott Trommald, January 2018
(Lib. Acc. 29196).
Collection is arranged in three series: Series 1. Personal papers;
Series 2. Financial and property records; Series 3. Other family photographs
and ephemera.
Henry Ladd Corbett (1881-1957) and Hamilton Forbush Corbett
(1888-1966) were the sons of Henry Jagger Corbett (1858-1895) and Helen Ladd
Corbett (1859-1936); they were also the grandsons of Henry Winslow Corbett
(1827-1903), an early emigrant to Portland, Oregon. When Henry W. Corbett died,
Henry L. Corbett and Hamilton F. Corbett, along with their brother Elliott
Ruggles Corbett (1884-1963), inherited the elder Corbett's wealth and
businesses. All three brothers attended Harvard University in Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
Hamilton F. Corbett served in a field artillery unit during World War
I, and was wounded during fighting along the Ourcq River in the Second Battle
of the Marne. He returned to the front in time for the Armistice, and served as
aide-de-camp for Major General James Harbord with American occupation forces in
Germany until his discharge in May 1919. Henry L. Corbett, meanwhile, was
president of the Oregon Defense Council and Portland chair of the United States
War Trade Board. He began training for military service, but the war ended
before he was to be commissioned.
Following the war, all three Corbett brothers engaged in a number of
businesses and real estate enterprises, including the Corbett Investment
Company and the construction of the Pacific Building in Portland. Henry L.
Corbett also became involved with local Republican politics, and served in the
Oregon Senate, including as president of the Senate for the 1927 and 1935
legislative sessions. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of Oregon in 1930. He
was also a commissioner for the Port of Portland from 1924 to 1951, and was its
president for 13 years.
Hamilton F. Corbett married Harriet Cumming in 1922. Henry L. Corbett
married Gretchen Hoyt in 1908, and the couple had five children: Helen; Henry
Ladd, Jr.; Alfred Hoyt; Elliott Ruggles II; and Rosina. Henry L. Corbett died
of a heart attack in April 1957 in Dunsmuir, California, while en route to
Portland from Santa Barbara. Hamilton F. Corbett died in 1966 in Portland.
Sources: Articles in the Oregonian, 1926-1966; vital records on
Ancestry.com; Oregon State Archives, Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide, 1927
Regular Session,
http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6785298;
Oregon State Archives, Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide, 1935 Regular
Session,
http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6785306
Gretchen Hoyt Corbett was born in 1886 in New York City. After
studying music and singing, she married Henry L. Corbett (1881-1957) in 1908,
and moved to Portland, Oregon. The couple later had five children. Gretchen Hoyt Corbett helped
to reorganize the Oregon Symphony, founded the Junior League of Portland, and
served on the board of the Portland Art Museum. She died in 1978.
Sources: Obituary in the Oregonian, February 23, 1978.
Elliott "Yot" Ruggles Corbett II was born in 1922 in Portland, Oregon,
the youngest son of Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Hoyt Corbett. He attended the
Thatcher Boarding School in Ojai, California, before going to his father's alma
mater, Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He left Harvard in early
1943 to join the military, first training with the 10th Mountain Division and
then with the Army Air Corps. In 1944, he transferred to an infantry
replacement battalion so that he would be sent overseas. He died of wounds
received during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest on November 22, 1944, but due to
an error made by a chaplain's clerk, his exact status was not known for certain
until the spring of 1945.
Sources: Collection materials; articles in the Oregonian, 1944-1945;
vital records on Ancestry.com.
Alfred Hoyt Corbett was born in 1915 in Portland, Oregon, the son of
Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Hoyt Corbett. He studied at Harvard University,
and then earned a law degree from Yale University in 1940. During World War II,
he served with mountain troops. After the war, he briefly worked as assistant
general counsel for the Defense Electric Power Administration in Washington,
D.C. He unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Congress as a Democrat in 1952, but was
appointed soon after to fill out the term of an Oregon state representative who
had died shortly after being elected; Corbett was reelected to the Oregon House
in 1954, and elected to the Oregon Senate in 1956 and 1960. In 1956, he
co-chaired the Oregon committee for Adlai Stevenson's U.S. presidential
campaign. He lost a race for Oregon secretary of state in 1964 to Tom McCall,
but soon afterwards Sargent Shriver appointed him to work at the U.S. Office of
Economic Opportunity, where Corbett would later work as budget and program
management director of the agency's Office of Legal Services.
Corbett married Nancy deCanizares (1916-2005); the couple had five
children. Corbett died in 2000.
Sources: Articles in the Oregonian, 1956 and November 16, 2000; vital
records on Ancestry.com.
Howard V. Morgan was born in 1914 in Tillamook, Oregon, though his
family then moved to Portland, Oregon. He attended Reed College in Portland,
and in 1940 married Rosina Corbett (1919-2015), the youngest child of Henry L.
Corbett and Gretchen Hoyt Corbett; the couple had four children.
Morgan served in the U.S. Navy Air Transport Service during World War
II. In 1948, he was elected as a Democratic Oregon state representative. As
representative, he helped lead the passage of the Equal Employment
Opportunities Act. Morgan served as chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon
from 1952 to 1956. U.S. President John F. Kennedy appointed Morgan to the
Federal Power Commission; Morgan resigned from the commission in 1963,
complaining that the board's majority favored private power companies over
public utilities. He then ran a gravel and construction business in Portland,
though he reentered politics in 1966 to run against Democratic incumbent Bob
Duncan in Oregon's U.S. Senate primary, and co-chaired Eugene McCarthy's
presidential campaign in Oregon in 1968.
After retiring in the 1970s, Morgan and his wife lived in Spain and
then on a houseboat on Sauvie Island, Oregon, before moving to a ranch near
McMinnville, Oregon. Morgan died in 2012 in McMinnville.
Sources: "Howard Morgan (1914-2012)," by Grant Schott, Oregon
Encyclopedia,
https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/morgan-howard-v/#.Y-qQeXbMIuV;
vital records on Ancestry.com.
Negatives are not available for direct access; researchers are asked to
use printout versions of the images instead.
Corbett family papers, Coll 592, Oregon Historical Society Research
Library.
Initially processed in 2017, with additions made in 2018. Reprocessed
in 2023 to integrate further additions, rearrange the collection, correct
errors, and change the titles of some folders to more thoroughly or accurately
describe them. Collection was titled "Corbett family collection" prior to
2023.
Additional materials at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library
relating to the Corbett family include: Henry Winslow Corbett papers, Mss 1110;
Robertson, Burns, and Failing families papers, Coll 784; Robertson and Corbett
family correspondence, Coll 781; Corbett Investment Company records, Mss 1021;
Elliott R. Corbett World War II letters, Coll 490; Oral history interview with
Gretchen Hoyt Corbett, SR 9424; Oral history interview with Alfred H. Corbett,
SR 1109, which is available online in OHS Digital Collections at
https://digitalcollections.ohs.org/sr-1109-oral-history-interview-with-alfred-h-corbett;
and a vertical file, Genealogy - Corbett (Elijah) family.
The collection consists of correspondence, property and financial
records, photographs, and ephemera of multiple members of the Corbett family of
Portland, Oregon. The family members primarily represented in the collection
are Hamilton F. Corbett; his brother Henry L. Corbett and Henry L. Corbett's
wife, Gretchen Hoyt Corbett; Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Hoyt Corbett's sons
Alfred H. Corbett and Elliott R. Corbett II; and their son-in-law Howard V.
Morgan. Other family members represented include Helen Corbett; Henry L.
Corbett, Jr.; and Alfred H. Corbett's wife, Nancy Corbett.
The papers of Hamilton F. Corbett relate to his service during World
War I. Elliott R. Corbett II's papers relate to his education, his service
during World War II, his death, and conflicting information about whether he
had died or not. Alfred H. Corbett's papers primarily relate to his involvement
with Adlai Stevenson's 1956 presidential campaign and his service during World
War II. Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Corbett's papers include correspondence
with the Neame family of England, whose sons boarded with the Corbetts for part
of World War II; and letters from Sherman Miles to Gretchen Corbett about his
work as a military attaché in the 1910s and then as a member of the Coolidge
Mission after World War I. Howard V. Morgan's papers relate to his political
career. Financial and property records in the collection primarily consist of
Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen Corbett's ledgers; title abstracts and other
records relating to Corbett properties in Portland; and records about water
development for a ranch in Metolius, Oregon. The collection also contains
additional photographs and ephemera that the family possessed.
Artifacts were separated to Museum Collections, Oregon Historical
Society.
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.
Corbett, Henry L., 1881-1957--Correspondence
Corbett,
Elliott R., II (Elliott Ruggles), 1922-1944--Correspondence
Corbett,
Gretchen Hoyt, 1886-1978--Correspondence
Corbett,
Hamilton F. (Hamilton Forbush), 1888-1966--Correspondence
Corbett,
Alfred H. (Alfred Hoyt), 1915-2000--Correspondence
Morgan, Howard, 1914-2012--Correspondence
Corbett
family
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
Real
property--Oregon--Portland
Water resources
development--Oregon--Metolius
Elections--United
States--1956
Military
Politics and Politicians
Land Use
property records
ledgers (account books)
correspondence
Personal papers
Series 1
circa 1897-1978
1912-1956
Alfred H. Corbett
Subseries
1940-1978
1943-1956
The bulk of this subseries relates to Alfred H. Corbett's
involvement with Adlai Stevenson's 1956 campaign for U.S. president, the Oregon
branch of which Corbett co-chaired. These materials include correspondence with
Stevenson and his staff, speeches by Stevenson, and two scrapbooks of newspaper
clippings and ephemera. Most of the remaining material in the subseries
consists of letters that Corbett wrote while training in mountain infantry
during World War II, along with two photographs he sent with letters. Other
materials in the subseries consist of a letter he wrote in 1940; materials
relating to a 1964 conference about wilderness conservation that Corbett spoke
at; and two items mailed to Corbett relating to land use and conservation
issues.
Letter from Alfred H. Corbett,
likely to Henry L. Corbett
1940 February 21
1
1
Correspondence from Alfred H.
Corbett while serving in the Army (includes 2 photographs)
1943
1
2
Correspondence with Adlai
Stevenson and staff
1955
December-1955 November
1
3
Information booklet about Adlai
Stevenson
1956
1
4
Adlai Stevenson
speeches
1954-1956
July
1
5-6
Adlai Stevenson speeches made
in Oregon
1954-1956
1
7
Schedule records for Adlai
Stevenson campaign events in Oregon
1956
1
8
Adlai Stevenson statements on
hydrogen bomb testing and related materials
1956
1
9
Scrapbook of newspaper
clippings and ephemera about Adlai Stevenson's presidential
campaign
1956
10
Scrapbook of newspaper
clippings and ephemera about Adlai Stevenson's presidential
campaign
1956
11
Records for April 19, 1964
wilderness conference in Portland, Oregon, including remarks by Alfred H.
Corbett
1954
1
10
Mailings to Alfred H. Corbett
concerning land use and conservation issues
1956;
1978
1
11
Elliott R. Corbett II
Subseries
1937-1945
The bulk of this subseries consists of Elliott R. Corbett II's
correspondence, primarily with his father Henry L. Corbett, while he was at the
Thatcher Boarding School in California, while at Harvard University, and while
serving in the military during World War II. This correspondence includes
several letters that his parents wrote to him after he had died of wounds
received during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest. Other materials include a
newsletter and notice from the Thatcher School, portraits of Corbett, and
ephemera from his military service.
Correspondence from Elliott R.
Corbett II
1937-1944
November
2
1-8
Correspondence from Henry L.
Corbett
1940-1944
2
9-12
Returned envelope addressed to
Elliott R. Corbett II
1944 October
2
13
Correspondence from Henry L.
Corbett
1944 October 30-1945 February 13
2
14
Letter from Gretchen
Corbett
1945 February 27
2
15
Notice of Elliott R. Corbett
II's addition to Thatcher School honor list
1937 November 10
3
1
Issue of Thatcher
Notes
1938 March 25
3
2
Correspondence and records
relating to Elliott R. Corbett II leaving Harvard to join the Army
1943 March
3
3
Shooting range
scorecard
circa 1943
3
4
Academic instructions for
aviation students
1944 March
3
5
Postcard from First Methodist
Church of Alexandria, Louisiana, noting Elliott R. Corbett II's
attendance
1944 June 6
3
6
Notice of address
change
1944 September 14
3
7
Portrait by Sargent Studio,
with envelope and brochure
1940
3
8
Portrait
circa 1942
3
9
Portrait
circa 1942
Oversize 1
Elliott R. Corbett II's death and
status as missing in action
Subseries
1944-circa 1950
1944 December-1945 July
This subseries primarily consists of correspondence, mostly to
or from Henry L. Corbett, relating to news about Elliott R. Corbett II's status
as missing in action, confusion as to whether he is alive or not, confirmation
of his death, and condolences. The subseries also includes the certificate for
Elliott R. Corbett II's Purple Heart, an issue of the Harvard Military
Intelligencer noting his death, and a photograph of his grave in the
Netherlands.
Correspondence within Corbett
family
1944 December
6-1945 April 4
3
10
Correspondence, surnames
A-D
1944
December-1945 July 20
3
11
Correspondence between Alex H.
Ardrey, Jr. and Henry L. Corbett, including copies of letters from Chaplain
Harold C. Lamb to Ardrey
1944 December
12-1945 April 12
3
12
Correspondence between David W.
Bailey and Henry L. Corbett
1945 January
9-May 4
3
13
Correspondence between Kern
Crandall and Henry L. Corbett
1944 December
8-1945 April 20
3
14
Correspondence between
Cleveland Dodge and Henry L. Corbett
1944 December
8-1945 April 15
3
15
Correspondence, surnames
E-K
1944
December-1945 September 14
3
16
Correspondence between Harvard
University clubs and Henry L. Corbett, primarily notices from Henry L. Corbett
about Elliott Ruggles Corbett II's status
1944 December
9-1945 April 13
3
17
Correspondence between Alfred
O. Hoyt and Henry L. Corbett
1944 December
8-1945 April 23
3
18
Correspondence, surnames
L-R
1944 December
7-1945 June 27
3
19
Correspondence between Chaplain
Harold C. Lamb and Henry L. Corbett
1944 December
28-1945 May 21
3
20
Correspondence between Macadam
family (primarily Ivison Macadam) and Henry L. Corbett
1944 December 12-1945 April
16
3
21
Correspondence between General
Sherman Miles and Henry L. Corbett
1944 December
12-1945 April 12
3
22
Correspondence between Senator
Wayne Morse and Henry L. Corbett
1945 January
25-April 23
3
23
Correspondence between Arthur
W. Mollie Page and Henry L. Corbett
1945 January
31-April 2
3
24
Correspondence between Henry G.
Reed and Henry L. Corbett
1944 December
12-1945 April 13
3
25
Correspondence, surnames
S-Z
1944
October-1945 September 14
3
26
Correspondence between Colonel
Lamar Tooze and Henry L. Corbett
1944
December-1945 June 11
3
27
Correspondence between General
J. A. Ulio and Henry L. Corbett
1944 December
11-1945 March 19
3
28
Telegrams from U.S. War
Department
1944 December
6; 1945 April 5
3
29
Correspondence between Wyman
and Corbett families (primarily Oliver Wyman, Jr. and Henry L.
Corbett)
1944
December-1945 June 11
3
30
Correspondence, names
undetermined
1945 April
7-24
3
31
Issue of Harvard Military
Intelligence, noting Elliott R. Corbett II's death
1945 May 12
4
1
Certificate of condolence from
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1945
Oversize 2
Notice of Elliott R. Corbett
II's receipt of Purple Heart
1945 July 11
4
2
Purple Heart certificate for
Elliott R. Corbett II, with historical explanation of Purple Heart
1945 July 11
Oversize 3
Photograph of Elliott R.
Corbett II's grave in the Netherlands
circa 1950
4
3
Hamilton F. Corbett
Subseries
1917-1920
This subseries consists almost entirely of typescript copies of
letters that Hamilton F. Corbett wrote to his family while serving in World War
I. In addition to his time on the Western Front and recuperating from wounds,
these letters cover Corbett's time as an aide-de-camp during the U.S.
occupation of western Germany after the war, and include enclosed postcards of
Luxembourg. Other materials are an original letter that Corbett wrote to his
brother Henry L. Corbett; typescripts of letters to Corbett from Major General
James A. Harbord; a certificate for his commission as an officer; typescript
copies of letters written by Douglas McArthur and Charles T. Menonor; a
newspaper clipping quoting one of Corbett's letters; and clippings of images
related to the war, with handwritten contextual notes by Corbett.
Letter from Hamilton F. Corbett
to Henry L. Corbett (original)
1918 February 7
4
4
Typescripts of correspondence
from Hamilton F. Corbett
1917 September
15-1918 November 19
4
5-7
Typescripts of correspondence
from Hamilton F. Corbett (includes postcards of Luxembourg)
1918 November
25-1919 April 3
4
8
Typescripts of letters written
by Douglas McArthur and Charles T. Menonor
1918 November
11-15
4
9
Typescripts of correspondence
from General James A. Harbord to Hamilton F. Corbett
1919 August 12-1920 April 25
4
10
Certificate for Hamilton F.
Corbett's officer commission
1917 August 15
Oversize 4
Newspaper article quoting from
letter by Hamilton F. Corbett
1918 February 10
4
11
Clippings of images relating to
World War I with notes by Hamilton F. Corbett, including image of battle where
he was wounded
circa 1919
4
12
Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen
Corbett
Subseries
circa 1897-1956
1912-1945
This subseries consists of correspondence, photographs,
certificates, and ephemera of Henry L. Corbett and his wife, Gretchen Hoyt
Corbett. Correspondence includes letters to Gretchen Corbett from her cousin
Sherman Miles, including ones describing his activities as a member of the
Coolidge Mission after World War I, in which he played a role in deciding the
border between Austria and Yugoslavia; and correspondence with the Neame family
of England, whose sons lived with the Corbetts during part of World War II.
Correspondence from Sherman
Miles to Gretchen Corbett
1912-1915
4
13
Correspondence from Sherman
Miles to Gretchen Corbett, including details about his work on the Coolidge
Mission
1917-1919
4
14
Correspondence from Alfred O.
Hoyt to Gretchen Corbett
1916-1919
4
15
Letter from Robert T. Rankin to
Gretchen Corbett
1918 March 2
4
16
Letter from U.S. Secretary of
the Interior Franklin Knight Lane to Henry L. Corbett, inviting Corbett to
attend a conference about means to "Americanize" foreign-born workers in the
U.S.
1918 March 13
4
17
Letter from Elton Watkins
granting Gretchen Corbett access to U.S. Justice Department offices
1918 October 11
4
18
Correspondence of Henry L.
Corbett and Gretchen Corbett with Humphrey Neame and Elizabeth
Neame
1940-1943
4
19-20
Correspondence between Henry L.
Corbett and Sargent Kennedy about Elliott R. Corbett II's academic
probation
1941
December-1942 February
4
21
Henry L. Corbett correspondence
about Elliott R. Corbett II and Alfred H. Corbett's enlistment and related
documents
1942
December-1943
4
22
Henry L. Corbett correspondence
about Oregon Senate Bill No. 10
1943 January
4
23
Letter from Henry L. Corbett to
Harold F. Wendel
1943 July 30
4
24
Letter from Henry L. Corbett to
Lieutenant George Bartlett about Elliott R. Corbett II
1944 September 11
4
25
Letter from Henry L. Corbett to
Lucy Corbett
1944 September 27
4
26
Telegram from Ivison Macadam to
Henry L. Corbett about Elliott R. Corbett II
1944 October 10
4
27
Notes to and by Henry L.
Corbett
1945 February-March
4
28
Certificate to Henry L. Corbett
and Gretchen Corbett for their sponsorship of American Field Service car 898,
with accompanying letter
1919
Oversize 7
Certificate appointing Henry L.
Corbett a commissioner for the Port of Portland
1943 January 23
Oversize 5
Citation for Henry L. Corbett
for Crusade for Freedom, with Henry Ford II's business card
1954
Oversize 6
Oregonian clipping about Henry
L. Corbett
1930 January 16
5
1
Photograph of Portland Academy
students, including Henry L. Corbett
circa 1897
5
2
Portrait of Henry L.
Corbett
circa 1925
5
3
Snapshots of Henry L. Corbett
and Gretchen Corbett with Ardrey family
1956 November 11
5
4
Morgan V. Howard
Subseries
1952-1963
This subseries consists of correspondence, speeches, and
newspaper clippings, entirely relating to Morgan's political career.
Correspondence
1955-1961
5
5
Public addresses
1952; 1960
5
6
Newspaper clippings about
Howard
1953-1963
5
7
Other family members
Subseries
1918-1944
Letters from Roselier family to
Helen Corbett (in French)
1918 November 24
5
8
Correspondence from Henry L.
Corbett, Jr. to Henry L. Corbett
1944
5
9
Letter from Nancy Corbett to
"Aunt Gate," possibly Gretchen Corbett
circa 1943 December
5
10
Typescripts of correspondence
from woman identified as "MAC" to Corbett family about her journey to and time
in France, including mentions of the Versailles Treaty negotiations, with
blanks filled in by Hamilton F. Corbett (includes derogatory remarks about
Jewish people)
1919 April-May
5
11
Financial and property
records
Series 2
1859-1979
General financial and property
records
Subseries
1903-1957
Appraisal of Henry L. Corbett's
personal property
1915
9
1
Telegrams and document relating
to readjustment of Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse Company
1921
May-June
5
12
Correspondence and records
relating to Elliott R. Corbett II's Harvard University bills
1940-1943
5
13
Notes about photo
order
1941
5
14
Letter from Henry L. Corbett to
Oregon State Tax Commission about Elliott R. Corbett II
1943 October 26
5
15
Receipts of payment relating to
Elliott R. Corbett II
1944
5
16
Notes and receipts
1944 July
5
17
Letter from Henry L. Corbett to
Harvard Fly Club about $50 donation from Elliott R. Corbett II
1944 September 27
5
18
Check from Howard V. Morgan to
Alfred H. Corbett
1948 September 1
5
19
Notes regarding questions for
Howard V. Morgan to ask concerning purchase of ranch
circa 1957
5
20
Letter from Henry L. Corbett to
Alfred H. Corbett about Howard V. Morgan and Rosina Corbett Morgan's title to
Black Butte Ranch
1957 March 25
5
21
Henry L. Corbett cash
book
1903-1914
5
22
Henry L. Corbett
ledger
1903-1913
5
23
Henry L. Corbett
ledger
1903-1923
6
1
Henry L. Corbett and Gretchen
Corbett ledgers
1915-1923
6
2-3
Gretchen Corbett transfer
ledgers
1908-1953
7
1-2
Henry L. Corbett financial
record book
1957
7
3
Portland properties
Subseries
1859-1979
Title abstract for Abernethy
Heights property
1859-1924
9
2
Title abstract for Abernethy
Heights Lots 39 and 40
1865-1915
9
3
Title abstract for Palatine
Hill property
1865-1915
9
4
Plan of Abernethy Heights
area
circa 1895
Oversize 8
Sketch of Corbett
property
undated
Oversize 9
Plan of Gretchen Corbett
property
1960
Oversize 11
Handwritten notes about Corbett
property
1965
7
4
Letter from Alfred H. Corbett
to C. Ralph Walstrom about land exchange
1965 January 15
7
5
Records and correspondence
about Corbett property
1966-1977
July
7
6
Records and correspondence
about Corbett property
1977 November
8
1
Handwritten notes about Corbett
property
circa 1978
8
2
Plans for Corbett Estates
(22-residence tract developed from Gretchen Corbett's property)
1979
Oversize 12
Water development for ranch in
Metolius, Oregon
Subseries
1917-1956
Envelope noting applications
for water development
circa 1920
8
3
Correspondence and paperwork
relating to Crooked River development (Application 3397)
1917-1926
8
4
Correspondence and paperwork
relating to Jack Creek ditch development (Application 7180)
1920
8
5
Correspondence and paperwork
relating to Jack Creek development (Permit 6997)
1925-1927
8
6
Records relating to Deschutes
water rights court case
1921-1928
8
7
Annual statements and payments
for water development
1920-1956;
undated
8
8-9
Map made of Jack Creek area for
development
circa 1920
Oversize 10
Other family photographs and
ephemera
Series 3
1862-circa
1950
Photograph of view down Front
Street from Washington Street, Portland, Oregon
1862 June
8
10
Photograph of man with American
Field Service Ambulance 929
circa 1918
8
11
Photographs of "Grangate Corbett
House" (ranch at Metolius) and Corbett family members at Metolius (negatives
and printouts from negatives)
circa 1920
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Photographs, views of Mt.
Washington and Three Sisters from "M's house"
circa 1920
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Photograph of tent at
unidentified location
circa 1920
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Photograph of 2 Corbett children;
photograph of Gretchen Corbett with child
circa 1925
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Postcards from the
Netherlands
circa 1950
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Belgian ration cards
1915 January
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Oregon Journal article about
Marshal Henri Pétain's address to French armies
1918 November 15
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Typescript translation of Marshal
Henri Pétain's address to French armies
circa 1919
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Booklet, "Cavalcade of Front
Avenue"
1941
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Baltimore Sun article about
paratroopers
1943 August 29
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