Historical Automobile Club of Oregon scrapbooks, 1900-1950
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Compiler
- Historical Automobile Club of Oregon
- Title
- Historical Automobile Club of Oregon scrapbooks
- Dates
- 1900-1950 (inclusive)19001950
1945-1950 (bulk)19451950 - Quantity
- 0.36 cubic feet, (1 oversize flat box (13 x 16))
- Collection Number
- Org. Lot 1426
- Summary
- Collection consists of two scrapbook albums, membership lists, and correspondence created by members of the Historical Automobile Club of Oregon between approximately 1945 and 1950.
- Repository
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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
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
The Historical Automobile Club of Oregon is an antique automobile appreciation organization that hosts community tours and events to promote the history of automobiles. The club was founded in 1945 by Kenneth Mutch, the organization's first president. Mutch worked as a service manager at Wentworth & Irwin in Portland, Oregon. He became interested in the history of automobiles when he began borrowing antique automobiles to display in the showroom when new cars were unavailable due to rationing during World War II.
Source: Hunter, Emily Gail, "Vintage Autos Plugging Along," The Sunday Oregonian, November 24, 1957.
Content Description
Collection consists of two scrapbook albums created by members of the Historical Automobile Club of Oregon between approximately 1945 and 1950. The scrapbooks include photographs of cars as well as clipped news articles, advertisements, and promotional photographs from newspapers and magazines. Most of the materials in the scrapbooks are undated, but they relate to automobiles manufactured between approximately 1900 and 1950. Also included with the collection are club membership lists from 1946 and 1947, correspondence relating to club activities from 1945-1950, and a folder of loose newspaper clippings that were previously affixed to pages of the scrapbooks.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
Historical Automobile Club of Oregon scrapbooks, Org. Lot 1426, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
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.
Administrative Information
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Subject Terms
- Automobiles--Photographs
Corporate Names
- Historical Automobile Club of Oregon--Records and correspondence
Form or Genre Terms
- scrapbooks
