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Frank Branch Riley was born in Iowa in 1875, and moved to Portland, Oregon, with his family in the 1890s. He attended Harvard Law School and joined his father's law office in Portland. He was a founding member, and later president of, the Mazamas, and vice president of the Pacific Highway Association. He was the unofficial ambassador for the state of Oregon, giving lectures around the country boosting the state from 1918 to 1964. He died in 1975.
Oral history interview with Frank Branch Riley, by Tom Vaughan, SR 9092, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
The Oregon Historical Society Research Library also holds Riley's papers, Mss 2100, photographs, Org. Lot 1378, speeches, SR 9494 and SR 9579, and an additional interview, SR 9495.
This oral history interview with Frank Branch Riley was conducted by Tom Vaughan on January 5, 1972. In this interview, Riley discusses the history of the University Club of Portland, Oregon. He describes the three buildings that housed the club, and shares stories about events and public figures hosted by the club. He shows photographs and event programs to Vaughan, and talks about them. He closes the interview by talking about financial difficulties that the club faced during the Depression.
Joint copyright for this interview is held by the estates of Frank Branch Riley and Tom Vaughan. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright -