University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon 97403-1299 USA
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Guide to the Claude R. Butcher Papers, 1920-1967


Coll. 137





Finding aid prepared by Randy McGeough

Finding aid encoded by Linda J. Long, 2007
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Overview of the Collection
 
Repository Name:
 

University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

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

Coll. 137
 
Creator:
 

Butcher, Claude R. (Claude Raymond), d. 1983
 
Title:
 

Claude R. Butcher Papers
 
Dates:
 

1920-1967 (inclusive)
 
Quantity:
 

33.75 linear feet
42 containers
 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English. 

 
Summary:
 

Claude R. Butcher was an architect. The collection contains original drawings, layouts on tracing paper, blueprints, correspondence, and reference material.
 

Biographical Note

Claude Raymond "Butch" Butcher graduated with a B.S. in Architecture from Kansas State College in 1924, where he was awarded a medal of honor for scholarship by the American Institute of Architects. After graduating, he worked for several architects, including Charles W. Shaver of Salinas, Kansas, J. M. Pehrson of Spokane, Washington and Whitehouse & Price of Spokane. Later he worked with Whitehouse & Church in Portland, Oregon and with Stanton & Johnson of Portland.

From 1926-1928 he was a designer in the office of the College Architect at Washington State College and taught architecture there for two years. During the Depression he worked for the Public Administration Works as a field representative and construction inspector. In 1935 he moved to Portland and began doing design work there, specializing in residences. Many of his designs during this period are considered outstanding.

Butcher's interest in drawing developed while teaching at Washington State College. The series of renderings by Hugh Ferris depicting Solomon's temple greatly influenced him and led to his experimenting with carbon pencils. He uses all grades of Wolff's pencils in his renderings, usually with a very fine point. Values are built up by scumbling until they correspond to previously worked out value studies done on tracing paper. He almost always laid out the perspectives himself. In 1952, The Oregon Chapter of the A.I.A. made a special award to him "in recognition of his exceptional achievements as an architectural delineator."

Content Description

The collection includes finished renderings as well as preliminary drawings and layouts on tracing paper and some blueprint floorplans and elevations used in the process, of various Northwest architects from the 1920s to the 1960s in Folders #1-22. Folders #23-41 contain Butcher's own designs, mostly working drawings and preliminary sketches, and mostly undated. The letter-number configuration appearing in brackets following the date of a project denotes the initial catalog number assigned. The number of sheets in a project follows in parentheses. Seventeen photographs are included and housed separately under PH042.

Arrangement

Collection is organized into the following series:

  • Series: Renderings by Butcher of Other Architects Designs
  • Series: Renderings of Designs by Butcher
  • Series: Oversize Drawings
  • Series: Correspondence
  • Series: Boxed Material
    • Subseries: Project-Related Materials
    • Subseries: Reference Material
    • Subseries: The Society of American Registered Architects
  • Series: Photographs

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information 

Gift of Claude R. Butcher in 1970.

Processing Note 

Collection processed by Randy McGeough, Manuscripts Processor.

Separated Materials 

Photographs in this collection are stored separately under call number PH042.

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], Claude R. Butcher Papers, Coll. 137, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

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.

 
Davis, C. Gilman (Charles Gilman), 1918-1979
Jacobberger, Francis Benedict, 1898-1962
Sundeleaf, Richard, 1900-1987
Lawrence, Tucker & Wallman
Society of American Registered Architects
Sutton, Whitney & Aandahl
Whitehouse & Price
Architects--Northwest, Pacific
Architectural rendering
Architecture--Northwest, Pacific--Designs and plans
Architectural drawings

Detailed Description of the Collection

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


 

Series:  Renderings by Butcher of Other Architects' Designs
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
American Oil Company, Portland, Oregon
  
 
folder
1

Service Station, Portland, Oregon; [T-68] (4)
   February 8, 1963
   
Ball, Percy G., Tacoma, Washington
  
 


Market Bldg., Tacoma, Washington; [T-112] (1)
   May 4, 1961
   
Barnes and Holman, Portland, Oregon
  
 


Concord School Bldg., Milwaukie, Oregon; [T-174] (2)
   April 14, 1955
   
Blaesing Granite Co., Portland, Oregon
  
 


Oregon Trail Monument, Salem, Oregon; [T-198] (2)
   November 21, 1955
   
Burns, Bear & McNeil, Inc., Architects, Portland, Oregon
  
 


General Petroleum Bldg., Portland, Oregon; [T-77] (3)
   May 10, 1947
 


Bonneville Bldg., Portland, Oregon; [T-72] (5)
   July 29, 1948
 


Food Technology Bldg., Oregon State College (OSC), Corvallis, Oregon; [OX] (4)
   Undated
 


Oswego Apartments, Oswego, Oregon; [T-144](2)
   Undated
 


Masonic Temple, Salem, Oregon; [T-48](1)
   Undated
   
Burns, Bear, McNeil, and Schneider, Inc., Architects, Portland, Oregon
  
 
2

Home Economics Bldg., Oregon State College (OSC), Corvallis, Oregon; [T-214] (5)
   June 7, 1951
 


Biology Bldg., OSC, Corvallis, Oregon; [T-208] (9) and [T-235] (2)
   October 1, 1954
 


Physics Bldg., OSC, Corvallis, Oregon; [T-213] (6)
   December 8, 1955
 


Science Bldg., OSC, Corvallis, Oregon; [T-215] (1)
   January 9, 1956
 


Doernbecker Hospital, Portland, Oregon; [T-128] (3)
   April 19, 1956
 


International Airport, Portland, Oregon; [T-189] (14)
   April 19, 1956
 
3

Women's Dormitory, OSC, Corvallis Oregon; [T-203] (7)
   December 2, 1957
 


Research Bldg., UO Med., Portland, Oregon; [T-224] (7}
   December 18, 1957
 


Gresham High School, Gresham, Oregon; [T-164] (2) (See also folder #39)
   August 12, 1958
 


Dormitory Bldg., OSC, Corvallis, Oregon; [T-210] (3)
   January 2, 1959
 


Dormitory Bldg., Monmouth College, Monmouth, Oregon; [T-207] (2)
   December 10, 1960
 


Food Store Bldg. OSC, Corvallis, Oregon; [T-211] (3)
   February 17, 1960
 


Apartment Group Housing, Lake Oswego, Oregon; [T-100] (6)
   March 14, 1960
 


Chemistry Bldg., OSC, Corvallis, Oregon; [T-209] (6)
  Undated
 


Student Activities Bldg., UO Medical School, Portland, Oregon; [T-225] (2)
   Undated
   
Cain, Morton, Portland, Oregon
  
 
4

Woodmere Elementary School, Portland, Oregon; [R-13] (3)
   January 11, 1954
   
Carpenter, Charles, Spokane, Washington
  
 


Fraternity House, Moscow, Idaho; [T-217] (1)
   May 1, 1930
   
Church, Newberry and Roehr; Portland, Oregon
  
 


State Office Bldg., Salem, Oregon; [T-201] (3)
   May 17, 1949
 


Emanuel Hospital Addition, Portland, Oregon; [T-129] (7)
   January 29, 1952
 


Woodmere Elementary School, Portland, Oregon; [T-155] (5)
   July 16, 1952
 


Benjamin Franklin Bldg., Portland, Oregon; [T-71] (4)
   February 26, 1953
 


Presbyterian Church Addition, Portland, Oregon; [T-67] (1)
   March 16, 1953
 


Pacific Power Bldg., The Dalles, Oregon; [T-104] (2)
   March 26, 1953
 


Men's Dormitory; University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon; [T-227] (2)
   April 27, 1953
 
5

J. C. Penney Store, Coos Bay, Oregon; [T-106] (3)
  June 1, 1953
 


First National Bank, Portland, Oregon; [T-7] (2)
   June 9, 1953
 


Marylhurst Dormitory, Lake Oswego, Oregon; [T-205] (3)
   September 28, 1953
 


U.S. National Bank, Medford, Oregon; [T-9] (2)
   November 16, 1953
 


Field Residence, Lake Grove, Oregon; [T-141] (6)
   December 21, 1953
 


Art and Home Economics Bldg., Marylhurst; Lake Oswego, Oregon; [T-206] (3)
   April 26, 1954
 


Franklin High School, Portland, Oregon; [CX] (1)
  Undated
 


Men's Dormitory, Oregon State College, Corvallis, Oregon; [R-19] (3)
   Undated
 


First National Bank, Medford, Oregon; [T-9a] (3)
   Undated
   
Clifford, Raymond, Portland, Oregon
  
 


Madras Rural High School, Madras, Oregon; [T-172] (3)
   July 4, 1953
 


Union High School #1, Maupin, Oregon; [T-259] (1)
   Undated
   
Codman and Despredelle [location unknown]
  
 


A.U.V. Chapter House, Andover, Massachusetts; [T-137] (2)
   Undated
   
Crawford, Harold E, Walla Walla, Washington
  
 


Library Bldg., Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington; [T-233] (3)
  November 14, 1955
 


Science Bldg., Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington; [T-234] (2)
  December 19, 1959
 


Dormitory Bldg., Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington; [T-232] (2)
   October 19, 1962
   
Davis, Charles Gilman, Portland, Oregon
  
 


Public Utilities District Bldg., White Salmon, Washington; [T-102] (3)
   July 9, 1951
   
Dugan, Heims and Johnson, Portland, Oregon
  
 


Portland Armory Bldg., Portland, Oregon; [T-196] (3)
   May 3, 1961
   
Edmundson, Donald, Portland, Oregon
  
 
6

Elementary School, Forest Grove, Oregon; [T-158a] (4)
   February 6, 1948
 


Oregon City Church; Oregon City, Oregon; [T-41] (1) Bethel Church, Portland, Oregon; 6-24-1948 [T-18] (5)
   March 8, 1948
 


Bethel Church, Portland, Oregon; [T-18] (5)
   June 24, 1948
 


Scapoose Church; Scapoose, Oregon; [T-49] (2)
   July 7, 1948
 


Elementary School, Gresham, Oregon; [T-162] (3)
  January 6, 1949
 


St. David's Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon; [T-46] (2)
   March 18, 1949
 


Methodist Church, Camas, Washington; [T-20] (1)
  April 16, 1949
 


Calvary Presbyterian Church, Portland, Oregon; [T-64] (6)
  
 


Willamette Grade School, Willamette, Oregon; [T-186] (4)
   October 21, 1949
 


Peace Lutheran Church, Portland, Oregon; [T-43] (2)
   March 1, 1950
 


Kern Park Christian Church, Portland, Oregon; [T-28] (2)
   April 6, 1950
 


Hinson Memorial Baptist, Portland, Oregon; [T-26] (2)
   March 16, 1951
 


Tenth Church of Christian Science, Portland, Oregon; [T-55] (4)
   July 25, 1951
 


Baptist Church, Olympia, Washington; [T-36] (3)
   October 11, 1951
 


Friends Church, Hillsboro, Oregon; [T-25] (1)
   October 31, 1951
 


Chapel for W.C.T.U., Portland, Oregon; [T-65] (2)
   December 18, 1952
 


Elementary School; Portland, Oregon; [T-156] (3)
   June 11, 1952
 


Prineville Church, Prineville, Oregon; [T-60] (4)
   November 11, 1952
 


Baptist Church, Springfield, Oregon; [T-51] (3)
   January 29, 1953
 


Church, [location unknown] [T-58] (2)
   Undated
 


Woodrow Wilson High School, [location unknown] [T-187] (3)
   Undated
 


Methodist Church, [location unknown] [T-33] (1)
  Undated
 


Church, The Dalles, Oregon; [T-23] (1)
   Undated
   
Edmundson and Kochendorfer, Portland, Oregon
  
 
7

Sellwood Baptist Church, Portland, Oregon; [T-50] (1)
   October 13, 1953
 


General Hospital, The Dalles, Oregon; [T-127] (3)
   January 27, 1958
 


Primary School, Gresham, OREGON; [T-163] (7)
   March 16, 1959
   
Foote, Cone and Belding, Portland, Oregon
  
 


Hyster Corporation Office Bldg. Nyemegan, Holland; [T-82] (2)
   April 1, 1953
   
Foster, John, Portland, Oregon
  
 


Oregon City Presbyterian Church, Oregon City, Oregon; [T-42] (2)
   April 20, 1953
 


Richland Baptist Church, Richland, Washington; [T-44] (3)
   July 15, 1953
 


Madras Baptist Church, Madras, Oregon; [T-32] (3)
  September 22, 1954
 


Englewood Christian Church, Portland, Oregon; [T-24] (2)
   April 14, 1958
 


Burlington Baptist Church, Portland, Oregon; [T-19] (6)
   June 11, 1958
 


Congregational Church, Lake Oswego, Oregon; [T-37] (4)
   June 11, 1958
 


Beaverton Presbyterian Church, Beaverton, Oregon; [T-17] (2)
   July 12, 1958
 


Chapel, [location unknown] [T-63] (1)
   Undated
   
Freeman and Hayslip, Portland, Oregon
  
 


Burns Elementary School, Burns, Oregon; [R-9] (4)
   September 5, 1947
 


Elks Temple Interiors, Lebanon, Oregon; [T-139] (3)
   October 10, 1947
 


Howard Cooper Bldg., Portland, Oregon; [HX] (2) and [T-262] (1)
   October 10, 1947
 


Lutheran Church, Salem, Oregon; [T-47] (1)
   September 5, 1948
   
Gambel, Ray L.
  
 
8

Kansas State Agriculture College, Manhattan, Kansas; 1921 (14)
   1921
   
Goodrich and Hodges, Portland, Oregon
  
 


Patten Central Methodist Church, Portland, Oregon; [T-38] (2)
   January 2, 1952
   
Haner, H. W. and Assoc., Portland, Oregon
  
 


Walula Port and Dock, Walula, Washington; [T-250] (3)
   March 3, 1963
 


Matson S. S. Dock, Portland, Oregon; [T-85] (1)
   January 4, 1965
   
Hayslip and Tuft, Portland, Oregon
  
 


Oregon Bank, Beaverton, Oregon; [T-2] (1)
   May 13, 1963
 


Bank, McMinnville, Oregon; [T-3] (3
   July 31, 1963
   
Heiler, Joseph, Portland, Oregon
  
 


Mausoleum, Portland, Oregon; [T-136] (3)
   July 12, 1947
   
Hemmingway, Roscoe, Portland, Oregon
  
 


McNamara Office Bldg., Portland, Oregon; [T-89] (1)
  February 16, 1956
 


Young's Gown Shop, Portland, Oregon; [R-7] (2)
  April 11, 1956
 


Security Bank of Oregon, Portland, Oregon; [T-8] (3)
   December 10, 1958
 


Insurance Office Bldg., Portland, Oregon; [T-83] (3)
  Undated
 


Office Bldg., Portland, Oregon; [T-88] (3)
   Undated
   
Hilborn, Day, Vancouver, Washington
  
 


St. James Parish Bldg., Vancouver, Washington; [T-61] (3)
   September 7, 1949
   
Hilgers, Albert W.
  
 


Buckley Residence, Portland, Oregon; (5)
   Febraury 25, 1940
   
Holman, Barnes and Hartzog, Portland, Oregon
  
 


Franklin High School, Portland, Oregon; [FX] (2)
   April 13, 1950
   
Huntington and Edmundson
  
 


Gladstone Elementary School, Gladstone, Oregon; [T-260] (1)
   1948
 


Oregon City Elevator, Oregon City, Oregon; [R-4] (2)
   April 9, 1953
   
Jacobberger and Stanton, Portland, Oregon
  
 
9

Bank, North Bend, Oregon; [R-2] (1)
   May 24, 1948
 


Holy Redeemer School, Portland, Oregon; [T-166] (3)
   June 25, 1948
 


St. Rose School, Portland, Oregon; [T-151] (5)
   August 15, 1948
 


Hospital, Roseburg, Oregon; [T-263] (2)
  October 1, 1948
 


Baseball Stadium, Portland, Oregon; [T-87] (6)
  April 28, 1949
 


Dallas School, Dallas, Oregon; [T-153] (2)
  June 22, 1949
 


Greek Church, Holy Trinity, Portland, Oregon; T-253] (2)
   April 22, 1950
 


Zeller Mortuary, Portland, Oregon; [T-135] (2)
   June 27, 1950
 


Parish Church, Albany, Oregon; [R-12] (1)
   April 8, 1952
 


St. John's School, Milwaukie, Oregon; [St. Jx] (2)
   August 12, 1952