Fred Lockley Papers and Addenda, 1849-1958

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Summary

Creators:
Lockley, Fred, 1871-1958
Abstract:
This collection consists of the papers of Oregon historian and Pacific Monthly editor Fred Lockley Jr. (1871-1958) and his father, newspaper editor Frederic E. Lockley Sr. (1824-1905), as well as some family papers. Includes the memoirs, Civil War diary and letters, and later correspondence and observations from Salt Lake City of Fred Lockley Sr. The collection also includes correspondence and business papers related to the Pacific Monthly magazine, including letters concerning literary figures such as Jack London, Edwin Markham, and others. There are also materials related to Oregon history.
Extent:
20.4 Linear Feet (21 boxes)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Fred Lockley papers and addenda, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of the papers gathered by Fred Lockley Jr. (1871-1958), his own papers, and those of his father, Frederic E. Lockley Sr. (1824-1905).

The papers of Fred E. Lockley (1824-1905) contain his memoirs, his Civil War diary, letters to his wife written from the field during the Civil War, letters from Kansas concerning Indian affairs (1871-72), correspondence with Eastern editors, and letters from Salt Lake City about Mormons and Mormonism (1873) and his observations of the trial of John D. Lee (1875).

The papers of Fred E. Lockley, Jr. (1871-1958) contain items relating to the Pacific Monthly magazine, including letters concerning literary figures such as Jack London, Edwin Markham, and others. There are also business papers, and a record book of payments made to contributes to the Pacific monthly from 1907-1911. Lockley's papers also contain his interviews with Oregon pioneers and items he collected regarding Oregon history, mainly pertaining to land titles.

Correspondents in the collection include: Clarence Bagley, Frederick R. Bechdolt, Maynard Dixon, George Wharton James, David Starr Jordan, Charmian London, Lute Pease (appears in the collection as both an author and addressee), Giffort Pinchot, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Charles Warren Stoddard.

Addenda #1 is made up of 88 items (three boxes) consisting of volumes, manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera. The 19 volumes consist of account books, diaries, notes for stories, etc. Most of the volumes belong to Fred Lockley. Also includes two diaries by Fred's wife Laura and a scrapbook belonging to his father, Fred E. Lockley. The manuscripts include drafts of stories by Fred Lockley and his notes. There are also a few manuscripts by other writers including Fred's son Lawrence. The correspondence includes letters by Fred Lockley, his mother, Oregon politician Oliver C. Applegate, Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels, Herbert Hoover, while he was head of the U.S. Food Administration, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Edith Roosevelt, and Fred's son Lawrence. There are also several pieces of ephemera.

Addenda #2 consists of 14 letters. Prominent participants include: Fred Lockley, Fred's father Fred E. Lockley, General George R. Maxwell, Senator James Madison Harvey, Judge James B. McKean, Judge Jacob S. Boreman, Utah newspaper man George W. Reed, and Utah businessman and politician Herbert S. Auerbach. Subjects include: Salt Lake City, Portland, California history, Mormons, Brigham Young, John D. Lee and newspapers in Oregon and Utah.

Some notable items include:

  1. Colfax, Schuyler. To the Salt Lake City Tribune. 1878 July 5. Box 6
  2. Colfax, Schuyler. To Frederic E. Lockley Sr. 1878 July 19. Box 6
  3. Dixon, Maynard. Letters to Arno Dosch, Lute Pease, Washington Magazine, and to William Bittle Wells. 8 letters, 1906-1909. Box 10 (Folders 12-16)
  4. Eames, Ninetta. To Lute Pease. 1908 April 11 and 20. 2 letters re Jack London. Box 10 (Folder 28)
  5. Finley, William L. To Eliza (London) Shepard and Jack London. 3 letters, 1912. Box 10 (Folders 45-47)
  6. Forbes, Alexander. To William Forbes. 1849 November 8. Letter re overland journey to California, life in the mines and work at Benecia. Box 10 (Folder 54)
  7. Hall, Charlotte. To Frederic E. Lockley Jr. 1936 October 11 and 21 re first printing press in Oregon brought from the Hawaiian Islands. Box 10 (Folder 74)
  8. Lockley, Frederic E. Sr. "Memoirs of an Unsuccessful Man." [After 1901] Box 1
  9. Lockley, Frederic E. Sr. Civil War Diary. 1864. Box 4
  10. Lockley, Frederic E. Sr. To Elizabeth Metcalf (Campbell) Lockley. 1871 June 8. Letter re Indian Council at Ocmulgee, Oklahoma. Box 6
  11. Lockley, Frederic E. Sr. To Elizabeth Metcalf (Campbell) Lockley. 1872. 15 letters re Indian Affairs. Box 6
  12. Lockley, Frederic E. Sr. To Elizabeth Metcalf (Campbell) Lockley. 1873. 16 letters re Mormons and Mormonism. Box 6
  13. Lockley, Frederic E. Sr. To Elizabeth Metcalf (Campbell) Lockley. 1875. 7 letters re the trial of John Doyle Lee. Box 6
  14. London, Charmian (Kittredge). To Frederic E. Lockley Jr., Hope (Gans) Lockley, and Lute Pease. 9 letters. 1909. Box 11 (Folders 39-41)
  15. London, Jack. To Frederic E. Lockley Jr. and Lute Pease. 3 letters. 1909-1913. Box 11 (Folders 42-43)
  16. Markham, Anna Catherine (Murphy). To Frederic E. Lockley Jr. 1921 May 3. Contains biographical sketch of Edwin Markham. Box 12 (Folder 10)
  17. Markham, Edwin. To Frederic E. Lockley Jr. 2 letters, 1922 and 1926. Box 12 (Folder 11)
  18. Marquis, Donald Robert Perry. To Lute Pease. 3 letters, 1907-1909. Box 10 (Folder 12)
  19. Miller, Frank Augustus. To Frederic E. Lockley Jr. 8 letters, 1920-1933. Mainly re the Belgian Cross from Amiens for Mount Rubidoux in Riverside, California. Box 12 (Folder 54)
  20. Pacific Monthly business record. Box 8
  21. Pacific Monthly. To Ladd & Tilton Bank. 1908 September 12. Box 12 (Folder 47)
  22. Pease, Lute. To Jack London. 2 letters, 1909-1911. Box 12 (Folder 47)
  23. Pease, Lute. To George Sterling. 1908 June 26. Letter re Jack London and the Overland. Box 12 (Folder 55)
  24. Stoddard, Charles Warren. To John Fleming Wilson and Lute Pease. 5 letters, 1907. Box 13 (Folders 41-42)
  25. Bogart, Nancy M. (Hembree) Snow. Reminiscences of journey across the plains in 1843 with Dr. Marcus Whitman's caravan and early life in Oregon. After 1910. Box 14 (Folder 3)
  26. Willard, Frances. To Elizabeth Metcalf (Campbell) Lockley. 1880 November 10. Box 5
Biographical / historical:

Frederick E. Lockley Sr. (1824-1905) was born in England and came to the United States in 1848. He worked for Frank Leslie's Illustrated News and Horace Greeley's Tribune before joining the Union forces during the Civil War in 1862. After the war, he joined the staff of the Cleveland Leader, and in 1869, moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, and worked on the Evening Bulletin. There he attended an Indian Council at Ocmulgee (Oklahoma) and became interested in Indian affairs. His letters and articles were published in the New York World,Lippincott's Magazine, the Overland, and many other periodicals. He became editor of the Salt Lake City Tribune in 1872. After a brief time with the San Francisco Tribune, he went to Butte, Montana, to edit the Inter-Mountain, before moving to Arkansas City, Kansas, to edit the Traveler. In 1888, Lockley settled in Salem, Oregon, to edit the Capital Journal. After 1899, he spent the remainder of his life in Missoula, Montana. He died in 1905, while visiting his son, Frederick E. Lockley Jr. (1871-1958), in Salem, Oregon.

Frederick E. Lockley Jr. (1871-1958) was an Oregon historian, editor and rare book dealer. He first gained prominence as editor and manager of the Pacific Monthly (1907-11). Lockley was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, on March 19, 1871, and moved with his family to the various towns in the American West where his father, Frederic E. Lockley Sr. (1871-1958), was employed as a newspaper editor. During his boyhood, he worked on the newspapers edited by his father--as carrier-boy on the Butte Inter-Mountain, printer's devil on the Arkansas City Traveler, and later, as compositor, pressman, reporter, and circulation manager on the Capital Journal at Salem, and still later, as field agent, collector and solicitor on the Oregon Statesman and Pacific Homestead. He was also circulation manager and part owner of the East Oregonian of Pendleton, Oregon. Around 1907, Lockley began work with the Pacific Monthly. He wrote for the Pacific Monthly, as well as for other magazines including American Magazine and Youth's Companion. In 1911, Lockley joined the staff of the Portland newspaper, the Oregon Journal, as a columnist and feature writer. He entered the service during World War I and served with the Y.M.C.A. in front line work at Amiens and Abbeville on the British Front. Upon his return, he continued with the Oregon Journal, and wrote books on Oregon history. During these years, he also conducted a book business specializing in Western books and manuscripts, which he continued until his death in 1958.

Lawrence Campbell Lockley (1899-1969) was the son of Frederick E. Lockley Jr. (1871-1958). He taught English before changing fields and becoming a market analyst for such firms as Du Pont and Curtis Publishing Company. He later became dean of the School of Commerce at the University of Southern California and professor of Business Administration at the University of Santa Clara.

Acquisition information:
Gift and purchase of Fred Lockley, 1947-1959, gift of Lawrence Lockley, 1959-1960, and purchase from L T Respess Books, 1992.
Arrangement:

Organized in six series: 1. Papers related to Frederic E. Lockley Sr., 1824-1905; Papers related to Fred Lockley Jr., 1871-1950; Manuscripts; Legal papers; Addenda #1; Addenda #2.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Editors -- West (U.S.) -- Correspondence
Indians of North America -- Kansas.
Journalists -- United States -- Correspondence
Mormons -- Utah
Pioneers -- Oregon
Diaries -- United States
Letters (correspondence) -- United States
Manuscripts -- United States
Personal Papers -- United States
Names:
Pacific Monthly.
Applegate, O. C. (Oliver Cromwell), 1845-1938
Auerbach, Herbert S. (Herbert Samuel), 1882-1945, recipient
Bagley, Clarence, 1843-1932
Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie), 1874-1950
Boreman, Jacob Smith, 1831-1913
Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948
Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946
Harvey, James Madison, 1833-1894
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931
Lee, John D. (John Doyle), 1812-1877 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Lockley, Fred E.
Lockley, Lawrence Campbell, 1899-
London, Charmian
London, Jack, 1876-1916
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940
Maxwell, George R., 1842-1889
McKean, Jas. B. (James Bedell), 1821-1879
Pease, Lute, 1869-1963
Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946
Reed, George W.
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944
Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Places:
California -- History -- 19th century
Oregon -- History -- 19th century
Portland (Or.) -- History
Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History
Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Newspapers -- Sources
Utah -- History -- 19th century
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives

Access and use

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Fred Lockley papers and addenda, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

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