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Pittock Mansion remembered
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- 1983-08-15 - 1984-03-26 (Creation)
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online resource (14 audio files (6 hr., 21 min., 23 sec.)
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Marjorie Forbes Skene Wright (1920-2012) was born in Portland, Oregon. She lived in the gatehouse of Pittock Mansion from 1920 to 1945, where her father worked as head gardener. She worked at the main office of U.S. National Bank in Portland where she was a supervisor in the commercial banking division for 25 years.
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Elizabeth "Betty" Leadbetter Meier (1904-2014) was born in Portland, Oregon. She was a granddaughter of Henry L. Pittock.
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Phyllis Louise Van Houten Barry, nee Gallien (1896-1986) was born in Portland, Oregon. She was a niece of Henry and Georgiana Pittock.
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Robert "Peter" Pittock Gantenbein (1914-1984) was born in the Pittock Mansion in Portland, Oregon. He was a grandson to Henry and Georgiana Pittock. He was a founder the World Affairs Council of Oregon.
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Allyn R. Staley (1903-1986) was an engineer working for the city of Portland. He was involved in the restoration of Pittock Mansion after the city purchased it from the Pittock family in the 1960s.
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Alexander Bolton Pierce II (1924-2003) was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a Portland architect and civic activist.
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Eric Ladd (1920-2000) was born as Leslie Carter Hansen. He was a historic preservationist in Portland, Oregon.
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Linda Sue Dodds, nee Paisley, was born in Astoria, Oregon, in 1945. A short time later, her family moved to the Eugene, Oregon, area. She studied journalism at the University of Oregon. In the late 1970s, she continued her college education at Portland State University and earned a bachelor's degree. She also co-authored a book on the history of Cedar Mill, Oregon, where she resided. In 1979, she became the oral historian at the Oregon Historical Society. After leaving the historical society in 1982, she continued to do contract work as a historian, and also co-authored additional history books. In the 1990s, she earned a master's degree from Oregon State University.
She married twice, first to John Stuart Brody, with whom she had two children, in 1966. She worked professionally under the name Linda S. Brody until 1982, when she married Gordon B. Dodds.
Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Dodds in her interview.
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A series of interviews conducted by Linda Brody regarding Pittock Mansions.
Tape 1: Marjorie Wright discusses her time living in the gatehouse of Pittock Mansion with her parents from 1920 to 1945, including the work her father did as head gardener.
Tape 2: Betty L. Meier discusses her childhood as a granddaughter of Henry L. Pittock and her memories of visiting Pittock Mansion.
Tape 3 and 4: Louise Barry discusses her relationship to the Pittock family and her memories of Pittock Mansion.
Tape 5: Robert "Peter" Gantenbein discusses the Pittock family and living in the Pittock Mansion. Eric Ladd is also present.
Tape 6: Allyn Staley discusses the restoration of the Pittock Mansion in the 1960s.
Tape 7: Alexander Bolton Pierce discusses the political process involved in the purchase of the Pittock Mansion by the City of Portland and its restoration in the 1960s.
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In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Joint Copyright is held by Marjorie Wright, Betty Meier, Louise Van Houten Barry, Peter Gantenbein, Eric Ladd, Allyn Staley, and Alexander Bolton Pierce.
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- English
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Pittock Mansion remembered, by Linda Dodds, 1983 August 15 - 1984 March 26, SR 9319, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
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Digitization funded by the James F. Miller Endowment.