ohy_mss2308.xml Guide to the Sutherland family papers Sutherland family papers Geoffrey B. Wexler Oregon Historical Society Research Library 2007; revised 2024
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-03-01. Finding aid is written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2024-03-01 Revised to make minor corrections to some dates and folder titles, and to conform to current standard. Oregon Historical Society Research Library Sutherland family papers Sutherland family Mss 2308 0.45 cubic feet 1 document case 1832-1975 1832-1902 Papers of a family of Portland, Oregon, and Port Townsend, Washington, with ancestors in Canada and England. Includes diaries of Roderick Sutherland, including an account of his overland journey to Oregon, 1855; family correspondence; and papers relating to the estate of James Sutherland, who lived from 1778 to 1844 and was associated with the Hudson's Bay Company. English

Collection is open for research.

Gifts of Nancy Hooper, April 1985 (Lib. Acc. 17209) and Marie Gaskill, January 1987 (Lib. Acc. 18073).

The collection is arranged in four series:

Series 1: Biographical and genealogical information Series 2: Diaries of Roderick Sutherland Series 3: Correspondence Series 4: General materials

James Sutherland (1778-1844), a native of Scotland, was a chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company and eventually lived in the Red River Settlement in Manitoba. His son Roderick McKenzie Sutherland (1821-1896) traveled overland to Oregon with his family around 1855 and eventually settled in Portland. Roderick Sutherland's wife, Mary Emily (Lowman) Sutherland, was born in England in 1823 and came to Canada's Red River Country with her parents in 1833. Her mother, Mary Kelly Lowman, served as a governess at the Red River Academy and later married her second husband, Chief Factor James Bird. Mary Emily married Roderick Sutherland in 1846 and the couple had eleven children, including Curtis G. Sutherland of Portland, Oregon, Alfred J. Sutherland, and Alice Maud Sutherland Masters, who later moved to England.

Sutherland family papers, Mss 2308, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Collection includes materials previously designated Mss 2308-1.

The collection documents three generations of the Sutherland family, with most materials relating to the immediate family of Roderick Sutherland of Portland, Oregon. Included are three of Roderick Sutherland's diaries, including an account of his overland journey to Oregon in 1855; family correspondence, including letters written to and from Mary Emily Sutherland and her sons Curtis and Alfred; correspondence and accounts related to the estate of James Sutherland; a small quantity of documents of the McKenzie family; and biographical and genealogical information.

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.

 Sutherland, James, 1778-1844 Sutherland, Roderick, 1821-1896 Sutherland, Roderick, 1821-1896--Diaries Sutherland family Sutherland family--Genealogy Sutherland family--Correspondence Home and Family Oregon diaries correspondence Biographical and genealogical materials Series 1 1917-1975 undated Letters and genealogies circa 1957-1975 undated 1 1 James Sutherland biography 1966 1 2 Lists of children of Roderick and Mary Sutherland undated 1 3 Death notice of Mary Emily Sutherland (transcript) 1917 April 8 1 4 Letter to Mrs. A. LeRoy Johnson from Provincial Archives, Vancouver, B.C. undated 1 5 Diaries of Roderick Sutherland Series 2 1855-1870 Overland diary circa 1855 1 6 Diary and school attendance record 1869 1 6 Diary 1869-1870 1 6 Correspondence Series 3 1844-1907 Letters from A. Ross to James Sutherland and Alexander Christie relating to a marriage proposal 1844 1 7 Letters from Roderick Sutherland to his uncle John Sutherland (photocopies) 1845 August 6 1846 August 6 1856 August 1 8 Correspondence between Roderick Sutherland and George Sutherland, and William G. Smith and Thomas Smith of Hudson's Bay House, London 1848-1868 1 9 Sutherland family letters 1858-1893 1 10 Letters from Alice Mary Sutherland 1861-1865 1 11 Correspondence between Mary E. Sutherland and her son Curtis 1890-1901 1 12 Letters from Mary E. Sutherland to her son Alfred 1880-1881 1 13 Letters from Alice M. Masters 1892-1896 1 14 General family correspondence 1856-1907 1 15 Letters relating to the estate of James Sutherland 1840-1902 1 16-17 Accounts of the estate of James Sutherland 1846-1884 undated 1 18 Business letters to and from Roderick Sutherland and Mr. Sinclair 1855-1866 undated 1 19 General business correspondence of Roderick Sutherland 1856-1860 1 20 General materials Series 4 1832-1945 Agreement between Clare E. and Alfred J. Sutherland II and Richard G. Renoud, Dunsmuir, California 1918 1 21 Award of recognition to Clare E. Sutherland, American Red Cross 1945 1 22 Clare E. and Alfred J. Sutherland wedding cards undated 1 23 McKenzie family papers 1832-1863 1 24 Naturalization document for Alfred James Sutherland 1900 May 15 1 25 Receipts of Mrs. Sutherland 1890-1892 1 26 Receipts of Roderick Sutherland 1854-1896 1 27 School papers and recommendations for Roderick Sutherland 1854-1883 1 28 Sutherland coat of arms historiography, by Nancy L. Halbert undated 1 29 General materials, including: undated typescript titled "Proposed railroad to be built from...Independence, Oregon, to the west bank of the Willamette River opposite the City of Salem, Oregon"; letter fragments; and accounts. 1844 undated 1 30