Smith, William J. (William John), 1929-

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/William J. Smith">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/William J. Smith</a>.

From the guide to the William J. Smith Diary, 1937, (Special Collections Research Center)

Little is known about William J. Smith. He was a member of a family that ran the Smith & Smith Mill in the early days of Detroit, Oregon. Detroit was named by families who emigrated from Michigan, and the Smith family was probably one of them. Smith did business in Detroit as W.J. Smith, dealer in lumber, poles and piling, and timber lands, selling out eventually to Gareck [?]. (The original site of Detroit and Macky Place was drowned in 1955 by the construction of Detroit Dam and Detroit Lake.) Information about Smith is primarily derived from annotations provided by Mrs. Grace Ruth Smith in 1991.

From the guide to the William J. Smith photographs, 1900-1911, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)

Epithet: scribe

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x000248