Clarence M. Barton collection, circa 1890-1965.

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Clarence M. Barton collection, circa 1890-1965.

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Papers and photographs of Clarence Barton (1910-1967) , Oregon State Representative from Coos County and president of the West Coast Title Company in Coquille. Includes: clippings, drafts of Barton's newspaper column "From where I sit"; hand-colored photograph of the family farm; original cartoon drawings; a reel-to-reel audio tape of the inauguration of Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield; reel-to-reel tape of Oregon House of Representatives, Feb. 20, 1967, and 1963 roll call; and various Oregon-related publications.

3 cubic feet (1 record carton, 2 flat boxes, and 1 oversized photograph)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Oregon. Legislative Assembly

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Barton, C. M. (Clarence M.)

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Clarence M. Barton (1841-1893), newspaper writer and editor, was born in New Jersey, and served in the Civil War from 1865-1869. After the war, he lived in Washington, D.C. with his wife Virginia before settling in Tacoma, in what was then Washington Territory, around 1886. In Washington, he wrote articles for many local papers and magazines on a variety of topics, but mainly about the Pacific Northwest, including the great Seattle fire of 1889 and Washington's transition to statehood in that sa...

West Coast Title Company (Coquille, Or.)

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