ohy_coll1088.xml Lang Syne Society of Portland, Oregon, register book Lang Syne Society of Portland, Oregon, register book Jeffrey A. Hayes Oregon Historical Society Research Library 2025
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-06-09. Finding aid is written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Oregon Historical Society Research Library Lang Syne Society of Portland, Oregon, register book "Lang Syne" Society of Portland, Oregon Coll 1088 0.1 cubic feet 1 folder in shared box 1914-1945 1914 February Register book for the charter members of the Lang Syne Society of Portland, Oregon, a fraternal organization for Portland businesspeople that was founded in 1914. The register includes names, occupational history, and other biographical information about the society's charter members. English

Collection is open for research.

Gift of Lisa Gill Paterson, January 1996 (Lib. Acc. 22564).

The Lang Syne Society of Portland, Oregon, is a fraternal organization that was founded in January 1914 by Frank Dayton (1851-1922). Dayton wanted to cement friendships between Portland businessmen. The society had 162 charter members, and its fist annual dinner was held on February 20, 1914, at the Multnomah Hotel. The society's first president was Joseph Kaye Gill (1841-1931), and Dayton was the first secretary-treasurer.

Source: "Lang Syne Society of Portland: A Centennial History: 1914-2014," by the Lang Syne Society of Portland, 1914; vital records via Ancestry.com.

Lang Syne Society of Portland, Oregon, register book, Coll 1088, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

The bulk of the Lang Syne Society of Portland, Oregon, records at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library are designated Mss 2160. Other materials at the library relating to the society include "Lang Syne Society of Portland: A Centennial History: 1914-2014" (call number PAM 367 L269L); "An Abbreviated History of the Lang Syne Society of Portland, Oregon," by Frederick H. Torp (call number PAM 367 T686); and the vertical file Societies - Lang Syne Society.

The collection consists of a register book recording the charter members of a fraternal organization, the Lang Syne Society of Portland, Oregon. Each page includes the name of the member, the registration date, the member's birthplace, the date they first came to Portland, the name and location of what business they owned before 1891, and their signature and home address. Each page also has a section labeled "Remarks"; this section was often later used to record the member's death date.

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 "Lang Syne" Society of Portland, Oregon--Records and correspondence Fraternal organizations--Oregon--Portland Clubs and Societies Portland registers (lists)