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Register of the Stuart Oregon History Collection,
1844-1937
Mss223
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Title: Stuart Oregon History Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1844-1937
Collection number: Mss223
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], Stuart Oregon History Collection, Mss223,
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific
Library
Reginald R. Stuart (1882-1975) was a California realtor, teacher,
historian, book collector and author. From 1956 until 1965 he was Director of
the California History Foundation and the Center for Western Studies at the
University of the Pacific. He published How Firm a Foundation; a centennial
history of the First Methodist Church, San Leandro, California (1953), A
History of the Fred Finch Children's Home, oldest Methodist home for children
in California (1955), Tully Knoles of Pacific (1956), Calvin B. West of the
Umpqua (1961), and Corridor Country: An Interpretive History of the
Amador-Livermore Valley (1966).
Stuart had a lifelong interest in Oregon history and apparently
collected items related to this interest over many years. The materials in this
collection constitute a random assortment of business and personal papers,
including correspondence, bills of sale, deeds, work orders, stock
certificates, receipts, and a biographical sketch. These materials date from
1844 to 1937, although the majority predate 1870.
In 1958, during his tenure as Director of the Center for Western
Studies, Reginald Stuart donated over 20,000 items to the University of the
Pacific Libraries. These materials were a small portion of that donation.
Scope and Content Note
This collection includes documents such as agreements,
correspondence, bills of sale, rent receipts, oaths of office, stock
certificates, bids, certificates of election, dividend receipts, and deeds
dating from 1844-1900 relating to or originating from the state of Oregon. It
also includes a piece of political advertising from 1906, a Women’s Auxiliary
ribbon from 1937, and a biographical sketch of a couple from the mid 19th
century.