Guide to the Edward Franklin Sox and Carlton Edward Sox Papers
1893-1930

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Table of Contents
  Overview of the Collection
   
  Biographical Note
   
  Content Description
   
Use of the Collection
   
   
Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Papers

  Subjects

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Sox, Carlton EdwardSox, Edward Franklin
Title: Edward Franklin Sox and Carlton Edward Sox Papers
Dates: 1893-1930 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 1 linear foot (2 containers)
Collection Number: Ax 168
Summary: Collection includes corporate records and legal and personal documents from 1893-1930 relating to Edward Franklin Sox and his son, Carlton Edward Sox, of Albany, Oregon.
Repository: University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html

Languages: Collection materials are in English. 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Edward Franklin Sox was a merchant in Albany, Oregon, associated with the Stewart and Sox Hardware Company and the Linn County Orchard Colony. Carlton E. Sox, his son, was an attorney with Hewitt and Sox of Albany, Oregon.

Content Description

The papers include miscellaneous legal and personal documents of Albany, Oregon merchant Edward Franklin Sox and of his son, Carlton Edward Sox, an attorny in Albany, Oregon.

The business records in the collection reflect the Stewart and Sox hardware company and the Linn County Orchard colony (1910-1913); the legal records are those of Carlton Sox and reflect the legal case of missionary W. A. Matthews at Warm Springs Indian reservation (1925) and other cases; also included are materials concerning the United Presybyterian church, Albany, Oregon (1930).

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use :  

Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation :  

[Identification of item], Carl E. Sox Papers, Ax 168, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Papers
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
1 Loose papers relating to several court cases involving the Linnhaven Orchard Company
1 Minute Book of the Linn County Orchard Colony. Meeting minutes, corporate records and several stock certificates
1 1 Green v. Linnhaven Orchard Company, et al 1918
1 2 Cusick v. Linnhaven Orchard Company, et al 1916
1 3 Linnhaven Orchard Company documents and correspondence to 1917
1 4 Linnhaven Orchard Company miscellaneous correspondence 1914-1915
2 Journal of the Stewart and Sox Hardware Company 1900-1913
2 Loose papers relating to the Lincoln Mines Company 1914-1915
2 1 Lincoln Mines Co., Albany. Records 1914-1915
2 2 W. A. Matthews case (Warm Springs Reservation missionary) 1925
2 3 United Presbyterian Church, Albany. Correspondence concerning new minister 1930

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Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

  • Personal Names :
  • Matthews, W. A.
  • Sox, Carlton Edward--Archives
  • Sox, Edward Franklin--Archives
  • Corporate Names :
  • Linn County Orchard Colony--Records and correspondence
  • Linnhaven Orchard Company--Records and correspondence
  • Stewart and Sox Hardware Company--Records and correspondence
  • United Presbyterian Church (Albany, Or.)--Records and correspondence
  • Subject Terms :
  • Merchants--Oregon--Albany

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    Finding aid prepared by Rose M. Smith
    ©2004