OHYCOLL600 Guide to the Thomas Vaughan papers circa 1854-2012 Vaughan (Thomas)papers Finding aid prepared by Jeffrey A. Hayes Oregon Historical Society, Research Library © 2018 Finding aid encoded by Jeffrey A. Hayes 2018 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). 2019 Finding aid revised to reflect addition of materials. 2019 Extent note revised for accuracy. Oregon Historical Society, Research Library Coll 600 Vaughan, Thomas, 1924-2013 Thomas Vaughan papers circa 1854-2012 1948-2012 7.26 cubic feet 6 record cartons and 1 document case Papers and ephemera relating to the career of Thomas Vaughan. Collection is in English.

Thomas Vaughan was born on October 13, 1924 in Seattle, Washington, to Daniel and Katherine Vaughan. After serving in the Marine Corps during World War II, he attended Yale, and then the University of Wisconsin. While in Wisconsin, he met Elizabeth Ann Perpetua (“Sherry”) Crownhart (1929-2011), who he married in 1951, and headed the Rock County Historical Society.

In 1954, he and his wife moved to Portland, Oregon, after he had been chosen to direct the Oregon Historical Society. At the time, the Society was located in cramped offices in the Civic Auditorium, and had only five employees. Over the next 35 years, Vaughan transformed the Society, dramatically increasing its staff, funding, number of publications, and prominence. He moved the Society to its current location on the South Park Blocks in downtown Portland, in a building opened on September 23, 1966. During his tenure, Vaughan oversaw several exhibits that gained widespread attention, including the Captain James Cook exhibit loaned from the British National Maritime Museum in 1974, and a display of one of the few original copies of the Magna Carta in 1986.

In 1989, Vaughan retired from his position at the Oregon Historical Society. The Society had a tumultuous period in the following years, as it faced financial difficulties, and Vaughan’s successor, William J. Tramposch, clashed with staff members during his tenure, which ended in 1991. The Society’s North Pacific Studies Center, which Vaughan had opened in 1988 with a federal grant secured with help from Senator Mark Hatfield and Representive Les AuCoin, and was helmed by Vaughan’s wife Elizabeth Crownhart-Vaughan, closed in 1991 after additional federal funding failed to come through.

Vaughan traveled widely in his life and received a number of accolades, including being named a commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. He was known for his magnetic personality and baritone voice. He authored a number of books, as did his wife Elizabeth, who became known as a scholar of Siberia and Russian America. The two had three daughters and one son. Thomas Vaughan died in Portland, Oregon on December 6, 2013, two years after his wife’s passing.

The collection consists of papers relating to the life and career of Thomas Vaughan. The bulk of the collection’s contents relate to Vaughan’s long tenure as Executive Director of the Oregon Historical Society, and to projects he undertook in conjunction with the Society, such as the short-lived North Pacific Studies Center. The collection also contains correspondence concerning the controversial tenure of Vaughan’s successor, William J. Tramposch. Additional materials include correspondence with figures including Victor Atiyeh, Les AuCoin, and Mark Hatfield, materials about various honors and awards bestowed upon Vaughan, and papers relating to travels which Vaughan undertook. The collection also houses materials relating to Vaughan’s wife, Elizabeth ("Sherry") Crownhart-Vaughn, including reviews of books she wrote about Siberia and Russian America.

The collection is arranged in the following series: Series 1: General subjects Series 2: Elizabeth Vaughan materials Series 3: General correspondence Series 4: North Pacific Study Center Series 5: Siberia, etc. studies Series 6: Photographs

Collection materials arranged based on Vaughan's original order.

The collection is open to the public.

Access to folders titled "OHS Imbroglio" (7/1) or "Tramposch Controversy" (7/2-7/9) is restricted. To be reviewed 2028.

The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright holders.

Thomas Vaughan papers, Coll 600, Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Acc. 28318.

Additional materials from Vaughan's effects are housed in Thomas Vaughan research and ephemera collection, Coll 700, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Collection processed by George Smith.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Vaughan, Thomas,1924-2013 --Archives Crownhart-Vaughan, E. A. P. Vaughan, Thomas,1924-2013 --Photographs Crownhart-Vaughan, E. A. P.--Photographs Tramposch, William J. (William Joseph), 1948- Atiyeh, Victor--correspondence AuCoin, Les--correspondence Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011--correspondence Vaughan family Vaughan family--Photographs Oregon Historical Society North Pacific Studies Center (Oregon Historical Society) Portland (Or.)--Museums Russia--Photographs Museums--Oregon--Portland Oregon Portland Correspondence Speeches (documents) Administrative records Ephemera (general object genre) Literary criticism Photographs Slides (photographs) Negatives (photographs) Series 1 General subjects circa 1854-2010 circa 1948-2010 1/1 American Committee on U.S. - Soviet Relations 1/2 Athabasca Pass Trip 1978 1/3 Awards and Memberships 1/4 British Empire Honor to Thomas Vaughan 1975 1/5 Captain Cook Material 1/6 Colonial Wheat Culture and Trade (paper) 1/7 Columbia River Bicentennial 1/8 Columbia River Gorge Commission 1/9 Columbia River Maritime Museum 1/10 English Speaking Union 1/11 Eulogies 1989 1/12 An Evening Honoring Tom Vaughan 1/13 Falconry Subseries 1 Films

Documents relating to films which were among Vaughan's effects.

 1/14 Admiral George Dewey 1/15 Crimean War 1/15 Crimean War documentary 1/16 Crimean War documentary - shooting script 1/17 Crimean War documentary - film timing sheets 1/18 Crimean War documentary - research re Petropavlosk Harbor 1/19 Crimean War documentary - procured materials (etchings, pamphlets, etc.) 1/20 Crimean War documentary - Copies of documents re Russian naval operations 1/21-1/23 Crimean War documentary - "Crimea music listing" records 1/24 Crimean War documentary - Miscellaneous records 1/25 Duke of Wellington 1/26 Wellington's Last Parade 1/27 George Catlin Material 1/28 Russo Japanese War 1/29 Fishing Lodges 1/30 Gifts and Donations of Thomas Vaughan 1/31 Guest Lists of the Vaughans 1990 1/32 Haiku 1990 1/33 Hatfield Dinner 1/34 Hatfield Election Campaign 1/35 Incredible Lies (book) 1/36 Interview re Edmund Hayes 1/37 Invitations 1973 1/38 John D'Wolf Article 1/39 Kodiak, AK, Visit 2/1 Land Use in Oregon 2/2 Lahaina Print Sellers 2/3 Lewis and Clark 2/4 The Library Foundation 2/5 Lighting Portland Bridges 2/6 Lindsley Hall 2/7 Logging in Wisconsin

Probably a thesis paper.

2/8 U.S. Marines Service 2/9 Memberships and Clubs 2/10 Note Fragments 2/11 Notes (Misc.) 2/12 Older Adult Service and Information System (O.A.S.I.S.) 2/13 Oregon Council for the Humanities 2/14 Oregon Episcopal School Commencement Address 2/15 Oregon Garden 7/1 OHS Imbroglio

See also folders 7/2 to 7/9, "Tramposch Controversy."

 2/16 OHS Issues 2/17 Oregon Historian Laureate 2/18 Politicians' File 2/19 Press Articles 2/20 Radio Scripts: Wisconsin Radio 2/21 Radio Script: Voice of America 2/22 River of the West (article) 2/23 Robert A. Long High School Reunions 2/24 Royal Geographic Society Fellow 2/25 Salar Enterprises Subseries 2 Sir Francis Drake material 2/26 General Material 2/27 400th Anniversary 2/28 Documentary 2/29 Bob Ward

Materials relating to Ward, an an amateur historian who argued that Drake spent the summer of 1579 at Whale Cove near Depoe Bay.

2/30 Soft Gold Lectures 3/1-3/3 Speeches 3/4 Speeches circa 1981 3/5 Speeches, Recollections and Interviews 3/6 Stewart Holbrook 7/2 Tramposch controversy 1989 7/3 Tramposch controversy 1990 January-April 7/4 Tramposch controversy 1990 May-June 7/5 Tramposch controversy 1990 July-August 7/6 Tramposch controversy 1990 September 7/7 Tramposch controversy 1990 October 7/8 Tramposch controversy 1990 Novemer-December 7/9 Tramposch controversy 1991 3/7 Travel 1973 3/8 Travel 1980 3/9 Tom Vaughan Biographical 3/10 Vaughan Family Records 3/11 Vaughan Genealogy 3/12 Willard R. Espy Literary Foundation 3/13 Yale University Papers Series 2 Elizabeth Vaughan materials circa 1950-2010 3/14 Correspondence circa 1983-1990 3/15 Correspondence 1965-2000 3/16 Metropolitan Youth Commission 3/17 Future Project Planning Committee 3/18 Short Stories (English Comp.) 1949 3/19 Siberian Seminar, UK 1988 3/20 Speeches and Papers 3/21 Vaughan (Sherry) Information 3/22 Wisconsin Memoribilia circa 1950 Series 3 General correspondence 1948-2012 3/23 Correspondence 1948-1963 3/24 Correspondence 1961 3/25 Correspondence 1971-1974 3/26 Correspondence 1975 4/1 Correspondence 1976 4/2 Correspondence 1977 4/3 Correspondence 1978 4/4 Correspondence 1979 4/5 Correspondence 1980 4/6 Correspondence 1981 4/7 Correspondence 1982 4/8 Correspondence 1983 4/9 Correspondence 1984-1985 4/10 Correspondence 1986-1987 4/11 Correspondence 1988 4/12 Correspondence 1989 4/13 Correspondence 1990 4/14 Correspondence 1990-1999 4/15 Correspondence 2000-2012 4/16 Correspondence - Governor Victor Atiyeh circa 1980-1989 4/17 Correspondence - Andrew David 4/18 Correspondence - David Davies 4/19 Correspondence, G-I 4/20 Correspondence - James Gibson 4/21 Correspondence - Grigorii, Bishop of Sitka and Alaska 4/22 Correspondence - Helsinki 4/23 Correspondence, J-L 5/1 Correspondence - Kushnareva 5/2 Correspondence, M-O 5/3 Correspondence, P-R 5/4 Correspondence - Sister Bernetta Quinn 5/5 Correspondence, S-U 5/6 Correspondence - University of Hawaii 5/7 Correspondence, V-Z 5/8 Unsorted Correspondence 5/9 Miscellaneous Correspondence Series 4 North Pacific Studies Center 1985-1990 5/10 Book Reviews 5/11 Correspondence 1988-1989 5/12 Correspondence 1990 5/13 Correspondence - Hatfield and AuCoin 1989-1990 5/14 Correspondence - USSR 1989-1990 5/15 Elizabeth Vaughan's resignation from the North Pacific Study Center 1990 5/16 North Pacific Study Center 1989 5/17 North Pacific Study Center 1990 5/18 North Pacific Study Center Day Book 1988 5/19 Notes on opening 5/20 Report of an intercontinental journey 1989 5/21 Siberica Transfer

Journal.

5/22 To Siberia and Russian America 5/23 Travel 1985-1989 5/24 Travel 1988 5/25 Tufts University North Pacific Program Series 5 Siberia, etc. studies 1968-1990 5/26 Book reviews for Civil and Savage Encounters 5/27 Colloque International sur La Siberia 1983 5/28 Colonial Russian America: Khlebnikov (Reviews) 1977 5/29 Colonial Russian American Dames (Speech) 5/30 Correspondence 1968-1970 5/31 Correspondence 1972-1986 6/1 Correspondence: Bibliotheque Nationale 6/2 Correspondence: Vikto Astal'tsev 1974 6/3 Correspondence: Library of Congress 1971-1983 6/4 Eighteenth Century Russian Scientific Expeditions to the North Pacific Ocean (SV) (paper) 1985 6/5 The End of Russia America (Reviews) 1981 6/6 Explorations of Kamchatka (Reviews) 1972 6/7 George Vancouver Grant (NIH) 1976 6/8 Irkutsk Trips 1968-1972 6/9 Kamchatka Play Script 6/10 Leningrad - Ethnography 1982 6/11 Leonid Shar 1970-1979 6/12 Moscow - Lenin Library 6/13 Native & Cossack Uprisings in Early 18th century Kamchatka 6/14 Novosibirsk 1982 6/15 Speech - OHS and North Pacific Interest 6/16 Paper - Russian, British, French and American Incursion into the "Spanish Lake" 6/17 Russian Desk (OHS) 6/18 Russian Visitrors to OHS 1972-1973 6/19 Siberia Trip and Lecture 1974 6/20 Spain Trip 1977 6/21 To Siberia and Russian America Grant (NEH) 1978 6/22 To Siberia and Russian America Grant, 3 vols. (Reviews) 1990 6/23 Spanish, English, French and American Responses to Russian Activities in the North Pacific (Paper) 1985 6/24 USSR Trip 1978 6/25 Vladivostok - Pacific Institute of Geography 6/26 The Voyages and Travels of John D'Wolf ((Paper) 1974 6/27 Voyages of Enlightenment: Malaspina (Reviews) 1977 6/28 Women of Russian America (Speech) Series 6 Photographs circa 1935-1990 6/29-6/30 Family photographs circa 1935-1990 6/31 Color stereo images 1953-1956 6/32 Color stereo images and related negative 1957-1959 6/33 Slides - trips to Russia and elsewhere in Europe 1968-1970 6/34 Travel slides 1969-1972 6/35 Slides - trip to Europe 1970 6/36 Slides - travels in Russia 1972 6/37 Photo booklet, Pendelton Round-Up trip circa 1975 6/38 Slides for November 9, 1978 lecture, "The Northern Passes of the Canadian Rockies" 1978 Subseries 1 Negatives 6/39 Negatives circa 1970 undated 6/40 Negatives from travels circa 1970 6/41 Negatives from travels to Russia circa 1970