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Fred Lockley Papers

Call Number

MS 389

Date

1839-1958 (bulk 1930-1955), inclusive

Creator

Extent

2.6 Linear feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

This collection documents the career and family life of journalist, author, and rare book dealer Fred Lockley. Much of the material pertains to the history of the Pacific Northwest, and to Oregon, in particular. The Fred Lockley Papers primarily contain correspondence, essays and interviews, and diaries.

Biographical Note

Missing Title

1871 March 19 Fred Lockley born to Frederic E. Lockley and Elizabeth Metcalf Campbell, Leavenworth, KS.
1895 Lockley receives B.S. from Willamette University, OR.
1897 June 16 Marries Hope Gans, who dies in [1928]. Their children are Frederick Llewelyn, Lawrence Campbell, and Hope.
1900 Lockley works as a postal clerk and for the Nome Nugget newspaper in Nome, Alaska.
1905-1910 Lockley is general manager of Pacific Monthly magazine.
1911 Lockley joins the newspaper the Oregon Journal, where he serves as a columnist into the 1950s.
1917-1918 Serves as a war correspondent in France for the Oregon Journal, New York Herald, and London Globe.
1930 Feb. 19 Marries Laura Simpson.
1958 Lockley dies, [Portland].

Fred Lockley was a journalist and author of numerous books on Oregon and Pacific Northwest history. His columns in the Oregon Journal drew from thousands of interviews of Northwest residents. He also worked as a rare book dealer, specializing in the American West.

See Who's Who in America, 1950-1951, Vol. 26.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into three major series: Correspondence, Essays and Interviews, and Diaries and Volumes. There are also nine single folder series, including genealogical and family material, financial records, photographs, prints, poetry, ephemera, certificates, clippings, and notes.

Missing Title

  1. Series I: Correspondence, 1839-1958, undated
  2. Series II: Essays and Interviews, 1919, 1951-1955, undated
  3. Series III: Diaries and Volumes, 1880-1939
  4. Single Folder Series

Scope and Content Note

This collection documents the career and family life of journalist, author, and rare book dealer Fred Lockley. Much of the material pertains to the history of the Pacific Northwest, and to Oregon, in particular. The Fred Lockley Papers primarily contain correspondence, essays and interviews, and diaries. Correspondence includes letters from Lockley's friends, family members, colleagues, and readers; letters and copies of letters from Lockley; and letters between various family members. The bulk of letters concern personal matters, Lockley's columns and publications, rare books and book sales, Western history and reminiscences, and travels. This collection also contains copies of Lockley's essays and interviews with Northwest residents, some of which were presumably published in his column in the Oregon Journal. In addition, several date books for Fred Lockley and his second wife, Laura Simpson Lockley, detail daily life for the couple in the 1930s. The Fred Lockley Papers also contain a small amount of genealogical material, financial records, prints and photographs, ephemera, poetry, clippings, and notes.

Access Restrictions

Open to qualified researchers.

Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to twenty exposures of stable, unbound material per day. (Researchers may not accrue unused copy amounts from previous days.)

Use Restrictions

Permission to quote from this collection in a publication must be requested and granted in writing. Send permission requests, citing the name of the collection from which you wish to quote, to

Library Director
The New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024

Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as the Fred Lockley Papers, The New-York Historical Society.

Provenance

Numerous donations by Lockley, 1950s.

Collection processed by

Processed by Melissa Haley

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 15:49:14 -0400.
Language: Description is in English.

Edition of this Guide

This version was derivedfrom lockley.xml

Repository

New-York Historical Society
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024