Richard Ward Montague papers 1820-1953

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Richard Ward Montague papers 1820-1953

Papers of Richard Ward Montague and the Montague and Burton families of Portland, Oregon, including materials relating to Richard Ward Montague's wife Ellen Burton Montague, and other members of the Montague family, including Margaret Montague Payne. Materials include correspondence; personal papers and letters; articles, addresses and speeches; essays; wills; financial statements; documents and certificates; course work; scrapbook items; and other materials. Also included is correspondence of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise to Richard Ward Montague.

1 cubic foot; 3 document cases, 1 oversize folder

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SNAC Resource ID: 6373511

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Barton (Ellen B. Montague) family

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Payne, Margaret Montague

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Montague, Richard Ward, 1862-1935

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Lawyer and civic leader, of Portland, Or. From the description of Papers, 1820-1985. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 30891995 Richard Ward Montague was born in Charles City, Iowa in 1862 and received his law degree from the University of Iowa in 1884. He married Ellen Barton and moved to Portland, Oregon in 1890 where he became an attorney with the law firm Wood, Montague & Matthiessen and a civic leader. He was President of the Oregon B...

Wood, Montague & Matthiessen.

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Montague, Richard Ward, 1862-1935

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Lawyer and civic leader, of Portland, Or. From the description of Papers, 1820-1985. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 30891995 Richard Ward Montague was born in Charles City, Iowa in 1862 and received his law degree from the University of Iowa in 1884. He married Ellen Barton and moved to Portland, Oregon in 1890 where he became an attorney with the law firm Wood, Montague & Matthiessen and a civic leader. He was President of the Oregon B...

Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949

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Stephen Samuel Wise was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States the following year. He graduated with honors from Columbia University and in 1893 he was ordained in Austria "The People's Rabbi," as Wise would later be known, developed his deep concern for the less fortunate at an early age. Wise fought for housing projects, the abolition of child labor, the improvement of working conditions, securing rights for female workers and equal rights for African Americans. He founded th...

Montague (Richard Ward) family

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Montague, Ellen Barton

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