Talk:Donald Macleay

Trying to connect the dots
This is a fantastic bit of history, thanks Finetooth! If you haven't seen it, please take a look at Henry Failing, an article I wrote a while back (and the sources I cited). Curious on two points: (1) Is that the same First National Bank? and (2) is William Corbitt perhaps a relative of Henry Corbett? Also, notice the interlocking corporate leadership of the ORNC..fascinating. -Pete (talk) 23:18, 1 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Pete. I read Henry Failing just now, and it's impressive. I had thought to check the Oregon Encyclopedia for Macleay material but forgot about Harvey Scott's book until seeing your note above about sources. I read the Macleay entry in the Scott book just now, and it sounds remarkably like Gaston's entry. Nothing that I've read suggests that Corbett and Corbitt were related. I don't think the First National Bank and the U.S. Bank were the same (unless they merged after the latter formed in about 1890). The First National was organized much earlier. McColl says (on p. 104 of Merchants, Money and Power) that Henry W. Corbett and Henry Failing bought the First National Bank in 1869 from the merchants who started it. I will have to do a lot more reading before I can really get my mind around the interlocking leadership, the subgroups, and the generational differences. I wrote a short piece about the Portland City Club about a year ago, and I think the Arlington Club might be next. A lot of the old boys hung out there, it seems. Finetooth (talk) 00:49, 2 February 2010 (UTC)