Description
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.
Background
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.
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