Oregon Historical Society Research Library
Webster Jones papers
Jones, Webster A. (Webster Anderson), 1904-1990
Mss 2927
3.5 cubic feet
2 record cartons, 1 document case, 2 flat boxes and 1 custom box
circa 1881-1961
Webster Jones (born 1904) was a book collector, a graduate of the University of Oregon, and the first aviation editor at the Oregonian newspaper in Portland. This unprocessed collection includes correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks and ephemera on subjects including Webster Jones' father, Frank G. Jones, and Charles N. Kessler; diaries of Lillian Gilstrap regarding her trips across North America in the 1920s and 1930s; and scrapbooks relating to aviation history in the Pacific Northwest.
English
Collection is open for research.
Webster Jones (born 1904) was a book collector, a graduate of the University of Oregon, and the first aviation editor at the Oregonian newspaper in Portland.
Webster Jones papers, Mss 2927, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
This collection is unprocessed. Contact library staff for assistance. Contains material previously designated Mss 2980.
Unprocessed collection that includes correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks and ephemera on subjects including Webster Jones' father, Frank G. Jones, and Charles N. Kessler; diaries of Lillian Gilstrap regarding her trips across North America in the 1920s and 1930s; and scrapbooks relating to aviation history in the Pacific Northwest.
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Jones, Webster A. (Webster Anderson), 1904-1990
Kessler, Charles N. (Charles Nickolas), 1874-1957
Jones, Frank G.
Gilstrap, Lillian M.--Diaries
Canada--Description and travel
United States--Description and travel
Aeronautics--Northwest, Pacific--History
Book collectors--Oregon
Journalists--Oregon
Oregon
Transportation
diaries
correspondence
printed ephemera
scrapbooks