Collection is open for research.
Bulk of the collection, Lib. Acc. 12482; correspondence, 1900-1906, Lib. Acc. 14030; ledger, 1937-1945, Lib. Acc. 13420.
Wells Smith Gilbert (1870-1965) was president of the Olean Lumber Company and manager of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company's Oregon properties. His wife, Page Morris Gilbert, started the Portland Opera Guild and a Pro-America organization.
Wells Smith Gilbert papers, Mss 1423, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Wells Smith Gilbert photograph album, Album 891, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Papers of Wells Smith Gilbert include biographical material; correspondence regarding fluoridation, the Portland Beautification Association, Pro-America organization, lumber, and other topics; financial records; and miscellaneous ephemera. Also included is correspondence, 1900-1906, with Gilbert's father, Giles, regarding timber in Tillamook, Grays Harbor, Klickitat, and Eastern Oregon; and a ledger, 1937-1945, including information regarding a purchase of water works property in the Dunthorpe area of Portland, Oregon.
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