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Oral history interview with Richard G. Montgomery
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- 1976-05-16 (Creation)
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0.1 cubic feet; 1 audiocassette (33 min., 31 sec.)
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Biographical history
Richard Gill Montgomery was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1897. He studied medicine at the University of California at Berkeley, and at the University of Oregon Medical School. He later studied business administration at Harvard University. In 1926, he and Dorothy Frances Haradon were married; they later had two children. From 1922 to 1942, Montgomery worked for J. K. Gill Company, where his father was president. After World War II, he founded the Richard G. Montgomery and Associates advertising firm. He was also an author, best known for "The White Headed Eagle." He reviewed books for the Oregonian newspaper and hosted a book review radio program on the station KEX until 1979. He died in 1980.
Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Montgomery in his interview.
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This oral history interview with Richard G. Montgomery was conducted by Charles Digregorio at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon, on May 16, 1976, as part of the oral history program at the society's research library.
In this interview, Montgomery discusses his Montgomery and Gill family background and talks about the history of J. K. Gill Company. He talks about studying medicine at the University of California at Berkeley and at the University of Oregon Medical School, describes his involvement in the J. K. Gill Company, and discusses his career in advertising. He closes the interview by talking about the books he wrote.
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Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the estate of Richard G. Montgomery. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/
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- English
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J. K. Gill Company collection, Mss 754, Oregon Historical Society.
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Preferred citation: Oral history interview with Richard G. Montgomery, by Charles Digregorio, SR 9569, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
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An incomplete transcript (11 pages) is available for in-person use at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
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Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition.
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Archivist's note
Sarah Stroman
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- Digregorio, Charles (Contributor)
- J.K. Gill & Co. (Subject)
- Montgomery family (Subject)
- Gill family (Subject)