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Register of the Frederick E. Lockley Papers,
1913-1950
Mss137
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Title: Frederick E. Lockley Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1913-1950
Collection number: Mss137
Creator:
Reginald R. Stuart
Extent: 0.25 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections
Stockton, CA 95211
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Frederick E. Lockley Papers, Mss137,
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific
Library
Frederick E. Lockley (b. 1871) was a Portland, Oregon journalist,
editor, author, and antiquarian book dealer. Starting as a newspaper carrier
boy, he was a printer, pressman, reporter, and manager of several Oregon
newspapers. Lockley was the general manager of Pacific Monthly Magazine,
Portland (1905-1910) and editorial writer and columnist on the Oregon Journal
(1911-ca. 1950). He was also the author or editor of a number of histories
including Oregon Trail Blazers (1929), Oregon's Yesterdays (1928), Vigilante
Days at Virginia City (1924), To Oregon by Ox-Team in '47 (1924?) and others.
Specializing in Pacific Northwest history, he bought and sold books.
Lockley's papers include letters regarding articles in the Oregon
Journal, book trade correspondence and other personal and business papers.
Correspondents include Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey, David Starr
Jordan, Ezra Meeker, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, William M. Ladd, and Reginald R.
Stuart.