Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Corbett, Failing & Co. (Portland, Ore.) Records,
- Dates:
- 1851-1898
- Creators:
- Reginald R. Stuart
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Corbett, Failing & Co. (Portland, Ore.) Records, Mss38, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
-
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.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
- Physical description:
- 1.5 linear ft.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1998
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Date of source: 1998.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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
- Location of this collection:
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University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University LibraryStockton, CA 95211, US
- Contact:
- (209) 946-2404