Collection is open for research.
Law office papers, gift of Ronald T. Strong, November 1975 (Lib. Acc. 13488); microfilm and photostatic reproduction of "History of Oregon," gift of Sidney Teiser, February 1961 (Lib. Acc. 9284).
William Strong (1817-1887) was born in St. Albans, Vermont, and attended Yale University. He served as a teacher and principal at schools in Ithaca, New York, and Cleveland, Ohio, before coming to Oregon by sea in 1850. He served as associate judge in the Oregon Territory, became a justice of the supreme courts of Oregon and Washington, and made his home in Cathlamet, Washington. His son, Portland lawyer Thomas Nelson Strong, was the author of "Cathlamet on the Columbia" (1930).
Original "History of Oregon" is held at the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
William Strong papers, Mss 1185, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Vertical File: Biography - Strong, William, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Collection includes a photostatic reproduction, typescript copy, and microfilm copy of "History of Oregon" by William Strong, derived from a June 20, 1878, interview of Strong by Hubert Howe Bancroft. Also included are certificates, as well as papers from the law office of William Strong and Thomas Nelson Strong, Portland, Oregon, 1877-1886.
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.
"History of Oregon" was published as "Knickerbocker Views of the Oregon Country: Judge William Strong's Narrative" in Oregon Historical Quarterly, Volume 62, No. 1, pages 57-87.