John Neilson Barry Papers

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John Neilson Barry was an Episcopal clergyman in Palouse, Washington and Spokane, Washington and in Baker City, Oregon. In 1922 he retired from the ministry and moved to Council Crest in Portland, Oregon, where he and his family built Barry Crest. He devoted the remainder of his life to studying Native Americans and early settlers of the Oregon Country (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington), and sharing this information in lectures, tours, and articles for the Oregon Historical Quarterly. This collection includes general correspondence, 1927-1960; correspondence, notes, and maps regarding the 1843 meeting in Champoeg and the formation of the Oregon provisional Government, 1928-1930; research notes regarding various aspects of Oregon history, circa 1920-1955; family genealogy; correspondence of Maud Mattley, associate of Barry, 1954-1961; clippings; and scrapbooks, 1903-1923 (5 volumes). Many maps of the Oregon Territory are included, such as maps by David Thompson, Donald McKenzie, Alexander Ross, and an 1814 map compiled through the journals of Lewis and Clark. Also included is a microfilm reel (positive) of "Notes on the Struggle for Astoria."