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Galloway family papers, 1851-1981

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Galloway family
Title
Galloway family papers
Dates
1851-1981 (inclusive)
Quantity
.7 cubic feet, (2 document cases)
Collection Number
Mss 730
Summary
Papers of the Galloway and related families or Oregon, including the Baker, Finel, Cooper, and Lord families. The largest groups of materials are papers of and related to Judge William Galloway, Kenneth L. Cooper (a Portland City Commissioner), and the Baker and Finel families (relatives of William Galloway's wife Emmaline Baker Galloway). Of note is political correspondence of William Galloway.
Repository
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

William Galloway, Oregon political figure and Circuit Court judge, was born in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, in 1845. He came overland to Oregon with his family, settling at first near Amity. He graduated from Willamette University in 1868, taught school, and served in the Oregon House of Representatives in 1874, 1878, and 1880. After a stint as a judge in Yamhill County, he ran unsucessfully for governor in 1894, served as receiver of the U.S. Land Office from 1896 to 1902, and sat as a Circuit Court judge until 1917.

In 1875 Galloway married Emmaline Baker (1851-1919), a native of Adams County, Wisconsin, who had crossed the plains to Oregon with her family in 1865. Her mother was Sally Finel Baker (1832-1907), daughter of Edward Finel; and her sister was Lydia Baker Hendricks. Emmaline and William Galloway had three children, Charles (1878-1947), who became the state tax commissioner; Zilpha (1879-1963); and Francis (1885-1942), who served as district attorney at The Dalles. William Galloway died at The Dalles in 1920.

Kenneth Leigh Cooper (1884-1972) was related to the Galloway family through his sister, Mildred Cooper Galloway. A native of The Dalles, Oregon, he served in World War I, was a Veterans' Affairs administrator, ran an investment business, and was elected a Portland City Commissioner in 1940, remaining in office for ten years.

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Content Description

The collection documents the Galloway and related families, including the Baker, Finel, Cooper, and Lord families. The largest groups of materials are papers of and related to Judge William Galloway, Kenneth L. Cooper, the Baker and Finel families (relatives of William Galloway's wife Emmaline Baker Galloway). Of note is political correspondence of William Galloway, including letters from Asahel Bush, Henry W. Corbett, General Joseph Lane, John H. Mitchell, James Nesmith, and J. M. Thompson; correspondence between members of the Finel and Baker families of Oregon and Wisconsin, in the 1850s and 1860s; documentation of Kenneth L. Cooper's career in World War I and his service as Portland City Commissioner; and letters of a Civil War soldier, J. M. Patterson, whose relation to the Galloway family is unknown. Also included are letters from Louis Scholl to Elizabeth Lord concerning the history of Fort Vancouver, Washington; a narrative of A. A. Cooper's journey across the plains in 1863; and a scrapbook of Mildred S. Cooper Galloway from her years at the Portland Academy, 1909.

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Other Descriptive Information

The collection includes materials formerly designated Mss 730, Mss 730-1 and Mss 730-2.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

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.

Preferred Citation

Galloway family papers, Mss 730, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by name of family member.

Acquisition Information

Library accessions 18893, 19732, and others.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Description: Baker and Finel families correspondence
    Dates: 1851-1866
    Container: Box/Folder 1/1
  • Description: Burke, Ellen (possibly neice of William Galloway)--Letter
    Dates: 1879 October 12
    Container: Box/Folder 1/2
  • Description: Cooper, A. A., "Journey across the plains" (trip of 1863)--Original manuscript
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box/Folder 1/3

  • Cooper, Kenneth L. [materials formerly designated Mss 730-1]

  • Description: Finel family genealogy
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box/Folder 1/10

  • Galloway, Emma Baker [materials formerly designated Mss 730-1]

  • Description: Galloway, Mildered S. Cooper--Scrapbook, Portland Academy
    Dates: 1909
    Container: Box/Folder 1/14
  • Description: Galloway, Sam--Correspondence
    Dates: 1970; 1977
    Container: Box/Folder 1/15
  • Description: Galloway, Sam--Land patent research
    Dates: 1877; 1959-1981
    Container: Box/Folder 1/16

  • Galloway, William

    • Description: Letters from Joseph Lane
      Dates: 1878
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17
      Location: Galloway, William
    • Description: Letter from Stephen F. Chadwick
      Dates: 1874 March 9
      Container: Box/Folder 1/18
      Location: Galloway, William
    • Description: Letters from James W. Nesmith
      Dates: 1879
      Container: Box/Folder 1/19
      Location: Galloway, William
    • Description: Incoming correspondence, general [formerly Mss 730-1]
      Dates: 1866-1880
      Container: Box/Folder 1/20
      Location: Galloway, William
    • Description: Incoming correspondence, general [formerly Mss 730-1]
      Dates: 1891-1910
      Container: Box/Folder 2/1
      Location: Galloway, William
    • Description: Letters from Galloway to his family, will [formerly Mss 730-1]
      Dates: 1904-1920
      Container: Box/Folder 2/2
      Location: Galloway, William
    • Description: General materials and ephemera, including biographical note
      Dates: 1868-1920
      Container: Box/Folder 2/3
      Location: Galloway, William
    • Description: Clippings concerning William and Emma Galloway
      Dates:
      Container: Box/Folder 2/4-5
      Location: Galloway, William
    • Description: Scrapbook of clippings concerning William and Charles V. Galloway
      Dates: 1902-1904
      Container: Box/Folder Oversize folder
      Location: Galloway, William
  • Description: Lord, Elizabeth--Letters from George Himes of the Oregon Historical Society
    Dates: 1904-1905
    Container: Box/Folder 2/6
  • Description: Lord, Elizabeth--Letters from Louis Scholl regarding Fort Vancouver
    Dates: 1904
    Container: Box/Folder 2/7
  • Description: Patterson, J. M.--Civil War letters
    Dates: 1861-1862
    Container: Box/Folder 2/8
  • Description: General family papers, including genealogies
    Dates: 1871-1898; undated
    Container: Box/Folder 2/9

Finding aid prepared by Geoffrey B. Wexler
2006

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