Oral history interview with Cleveland C. Cory

Oral history interview with Cleveland C. Cory [Session 1, Recording 01] Oral history interview with Cleveland C. Cory [Session 1, Recording 02] Oral history interview with Cleveland C. Cory [Session 2, Recording 01] Oral history interview with Cleveland C. Cory [Transcript]

Identity elements

Reference code

SR 1205

Name and location of repository

Level of description

Series

Title

Oral history interview with Cleveland C. Cory

Date(s)

  • 1990 (Creation)

Extent

.1 cubic feet; 2 audiocassettes (1 hr., 6 min., 37 sec.) + transcript (17 pages)

Name of creator

(1918-1991)

Biographical history

Cleveland Cady Cory was born in 1918 and grew up in New Jersey. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1943 and joined the Davis & Polk law firm in New York City, where his clients included Prince Edward, the Duke of Windsor. In 1948, he and Jean Crenshaw were married; they later had six children. In 1949, he moved to Oregon, where he joined a law firm in Portland now known as Stoel Rives. He died in 1991.

Content and structure elements

Scope and content

This oral history interview with Cleveland C. Cory was conducted by George Fraser as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. The interview was conducted in two sessions.

In the first interview session, conducted at Cory's home in Portland, Oregon, on June 19, 1990, Cory discusses his family background and early life in Englewood, New Jersey. He then discusses his college experience, including attending Yale Law School from 1940 to 1943. He talks about working for the Davis & Polk law firm in New York, including representing Prince Edward, the Duke of Windsor, as well as various railroads. He then discusses relocating to Oregon in 1949 and his reasons for doing so, including seeking an improved quality of life and the difficulty of becoming a partner at a New York law firm. He talks about his career at a law firm in Portland, now known as Stoel Rives, including many of the cases he tried. He also briefly discusses his renowned memory for cases.

In the second interview session, conducted at a later, unidentified date at the Crestview Convalescent Home in Portland, Oregon, where Cory was recovering from a broken shoulder, Cory further discusses his early employment in Portland.

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use elements

Conditions governing access

Copyright for this interview is held by the estate of Cleveland C. Cory. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Physical access

Technical access

Conditions governing reproduction

Languages of the material

  • English

Scripts of the material

Language and script notes

Finding aids

Acquisition and appraisal elements

Custodial history

Immediate source of acquisition

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

Accruals

Related materials elements

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related archival materials

Related descriptions

Notes element

General note

Preferred citation: Oral history interview with Cleveland C. Cory, by George Fraser, SR 1205, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

General note

Forms part of the United States District Court Oral History Project.

Specialized notes

Alternative identifier(s)

Description control element

Rules or conventions

Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition.

Sources used

Archivist's note

Sarah Stroman

Access points

Place access points

Name access points

Accession area