Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Biography
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: Corbett, Failing & Co. (Portland, Ore.) Records,
Date (inclusive): 1851-1898
Collection number: Mss38
Creator:
Reginald R. Stuart
Extent: 1.5 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Corbett, Failing & Co. (Portland, Ore.) Records, Mss38,
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Access Points
personal name
Corbett, Henry W. (1827-1903)
personal name
Failing, Henry
corporate name
Corbett, Failing & Co. (Portland, Ore.)
corporate name
Corbett (H.W.) Co. (Portland, Ore.)
corporate name
Oregon Iron Company
corporate name
Oregon & California Stage Company
subjects
Merchants -Oregon -1859-
subjects
Shipping -Oregon -1859-
subjects
Hardware stores -Oregon -1859-
subjects
Merchant ships -Oregon -1859-
subjects
Oregon -History -Sources
Biography
Prominent wholesale hardware firm created (1871) after a merger between two Pacific
Northwest businessmen, Henry W. Corbett & Henry Failing. Corbett also served one term as
U.S. Senator from Oregon (1867-1873). Many of their goods were shipped by clipper ships
and other transportation systems under their control.
Scope and Content
Henry W. Corbett's records (1851-1870) consist of one daybook, a ledger, a letter book,
correspondence and many receipts. Corbett, Failing Co. records include correspondence
(1871-1898), 11 steamship invoice books and scattered records of the Oregon Iron Co., the
Oregon & Calif. Stage Co. and several other mercantile ventures.
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