Oregon Historical Society Research Library
Albert R. Musick, Jr. papers
Musick, Albert R., Jr., 1911-2007
Coll 1091
3.3 cubic feet
2 record cartons; 1 flat box (11x14); 1 flat box (16x20); 1 oversize folder (22x28)
circa 1890-2007
Papers of Albert R. Musick, Jr. (1911-2007), a judge in Washington County, Oregon. In addition to papers relating to his judicial career, the collection includes materials relating to his prior career as a lawyer and to his military career, as well as some personal and family papers. Musick was born in Missouri, served as an infantry instructor and member of the U.S. Army Counter-Intelligence Corps during World War II, and after the war served in the U.S. Army Reserve until 1971. He came to Oregon in 1947, and was appointed to the Circuit Court of Washington County in 1964. He was the court's principal pretrial judge from 1969 to 1981.
English
Collection is open for research.
Gift of Glenn Mason and Judith Mason, August 2024 (RL2024-055).
Collection is arranged in three series:
- Series 1: Legal and judicial papers
- Series 2: Military papers
- Series 3: Personal and family papers
Albert R. Musick, Jr. was born in 1911 in Knox City, Missouri. He studied at the University of Illinois, where he earned a degree in accounting, and then a law degree in 1936. He enlisted in the U.S. Army prior to World War II. During the war, he served as an infantry instructor and a member of the Counter-Intelligence Corps, and graduated from the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth in 1943. He subsequently spent two years at the Pentagon before transferring to the U.S. Army Reserve, from which he retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1971.
Musick came to Oregon in 1947 and was admitted to the Oregon State Bar that same year. After working for several years in Portland for the firm Black and Kendall, he founded the law firm Castles & Musick with partner James B. Castles in Beaverton, Oregon, in 1952. It was the first law firm established in Beaverton. Musick worked as the attorney in the formation of the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District.
Musick was appointed to the Circuit Court of Washington County, Oregon, by Governor Mark Hatfield in late 1963 and sworn in on January 2, 1964. There, he was the presiding judge for 12 years of his tenure. He was the first Oregon judge to initiate pretrial procedures for civil law cases, and from 1969 to 1981 was the principal pretrial judge for the court. He retired in 1981 and took senior judge status in 1982.
Musick married Eleanor Virginia Hoyt (1914-2007) in 1941; the couple had a daughter, Felicity. Musick died in May 2007.
Sources: Obituary on Fruiten Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home and Crematory website (accessed July 25, 2025), https://www.fuitenrosehoyt.com/obituaries/Judge-Albert-R-Musick-Jr?obId=2255364; collection materials; vital records via Ancestry.com.
Albert R. Musick, Jr. papers, Coll 1091, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
During processing, some original file folders were retained.
The collection consists of the papers of Albert R. Musick, Jr., who was a judge in Washington County, Oregon. The bulk of these papers reflect both his legal and judicial career and his military service. Legal and judicial papers include materials relating to his education and bar exam in Illinois; his swearing in as a judge in 1964; correspondence; records of appealed cases; instructions for juries and case types; and photographs. Military papers include materials relating to training that Musick undertook at Camp Grant, Illinois, and at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; letters from Perry Devere and Robert W. Rainey; service records; published materials; and ephemera.
The collection also includes some personal and family papers. Among these are correspondence, including letters from Musick's wife, Eleanor Hoyt Musick; materials relating to the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District, whose creation Musick was involved in; a guestbook; account books and a notebook; photographs; a scrapbook; and ephemera. Many of the materials in the scrapbook are placed loose between the pages.
Artifacts were separated to Museum Collections at the 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.
Musick, Albert R., Jr., 1911-2007--Correspondence
Musick, Albert R., Jr., 1911-2007--Photographs
Oregon. Circuit Court (Washington County)--Records and correspondence
United States. Army--Officers
Judges--Oregon--Washington County
Lawyers--Oregon
World War, 1939-1945
Civil Procedure and Courts
Military
Oregon
correspondence
judicial records
photographs
ephemera (general object genre)
Legal and judicial papers
Series 1
1918-1996
1934-1989
Education records and ephemera
1934-1936
1
1
Bar examination
1936
1
2
Correspondence
1948-1964
1
3
Transcript of swearing-in ceremony
1964 January 2
1
4
Photographs of swearing-in ceremony
1964 January 2
1
5
Issue of Valley Times (Beaverton, Oregon) with article about Musick's appointment
1964 January 2
4
3
Assignments from Oregon Supreme Court
1963-1971
1
6
Washington County voters' pamphlet
1964
1
7
Sample Washington County ballots
1964
4
4
Oregon Judicial Conference records
1969
1
8
Proposed procedure for civil commitment hearings at Dammasch State Hospital
circa 1969
1
9
Cases appealed
1965-1989
1
10-15
Materials relating to condemnation cases
circa 1967-1978
1
16-17
Criminal case instructions
circa 1968-1980
1
18
Grand jury instructions
1918-1965
1958-1965
1
19
Jury procedure
circa 1970-1994
1
20
General, statutory, and miscellaneous instructions
circa 1965-1975
2
1
Loose case records
circa 1975-1981
2
2
National College of the State Judiciary Conference records and ephemera
1976
2
3
Papers relating to retirement and senior judge status
1981-1982 January
2
4
Retirement celebration photographs
1981 December
2
5
Photographs (includes 1 negative)
1961-circa 1980
2
6
Certificates
1947 April 8
1964 January 2
4
2
Clippings, ephemera, and certificate
1952-1996
2
7
Military papers
Series 2
1938-1988
Training notes and coursework
1942-1943
2
8-9
Espionage training materials
1942
2
10-11
Educational pamphlets
1943
2
12
Perry Devere and Robert W. Rainey letters
1943-1945
2
13
Group photograph of 14th General Staff Course
1943
Oversize 1
Reciprocal aid education records
1945-1957
2
14
Permission to travel overseas; notes on "utilization of foreign resources"
1946
2
15
Household goods inventory and shipment records
1946-1947
2
16
Military service records, including discharge papers
1941-1947
2
17
Assorted military records and correspondence
1942-1958
2
18
Military service records (photocopies)
1943-1953
2
19
Military Personnel Register, International Division Headquarters
undated
2
20
Retirement pay
1971-1988
2
21
Certificates
circa 1946
1952 November 20
4
2
Certificates, identifications, and ephemera
1938-circa 1972
2
22
Publications
1939-1950
1977
2
23
Personal and family papers
Series 3
circa 1890-2007
Personal history
1972
1981
2
24
Eleanor Hoyt Musick letters (photocopies)
1939-1946
2
25
Correspondence
1940
1946-1950
2
26
Sutton F. Scanlin correspondence
1947-1957
2
27
American Battle Monuments Commission letter
2005 April 11
2
28
Program for Army-Navy "E" Award Ceremony that Eleanor Hoyt Musick attended
1942 December 21
2
29
Account books, notebook, and ephemera
1934-1997
2
30
Guestbook
undated
2
31
History of Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District and related clippings about Elsie Stuhr
1995-2001
2
32
Issue of Kemper Insurance Magazine including photo of Musick
1947 June
2
33
Photographs
circa 1923-1941
1963
2
34
Photograph album compiled for Musick's 80th birthday
circa 1890-1991
3
Loose photographs from 80th birthday album
circa 1945-1990
2
35
Scrapbook of clippings, correspondence, and ephemera
1949-1977
4
1
Obituary (photocopy)
2007
2
36