Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Clackamas County Records Inventory
County Commissioners Administrative Journals
1847-[ongoing]
Series documents all administrative actions of the board of county commissioners and the county court. In most counties, the board of county commissioners has assumed the administrative duties and responsibilities of the county court. Administrative actions include levying taxes; budgeting; approving appropriations; appointing county officials; approving officials bonds and annual reports; receiving petitions and remonstrances concerning county roads; defining and establishing county roads; calling bond elections for the construction of county buildings; compiling jury lists and conducting hearings; approving salaries and expenses of county officials; confirming elections; and issuing licenses for such things as liquor, ferries, warehouses, and groceries. The series may be referred to as the County Court Administrative Journal, Commissioner's Minutes, County Court Docket, or Board of Commissioners Meeting Records.
Since 1991 the Commissioners Journal has been indexed as part of the Recording Index (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings).
Records at the Oregon State Archives:
Commissioners Journal [County Commissioners Administrative Journal-title
varies], vol. 25-34, 1911-1939 (10 volumes);
County Commissioners Court Record, 1847-1848 (1 reel of microfilm);
County Commissioners Record, 1859-1864 (1 volume);
County Court Process Records [Administrative-includes road reports, county
officials reports, correspondence, bills, etc.], 1861-1925 (21 cu.ft.);
Daybook County Court, 1850-1859 (1 volume).
Records at the Clackamas County Public Services Building, Clerk's Recording Office:
Commissioners Board Orders [and Journals-title varies-volumes 4-34 with
index], vol. 4-285, 1871-2001 (159 reels of microfilm);
[Commissioners Orders and Journals Alphabetical and Numerical Index],
1939-1978 (.75 inch of microfilm jackets).
Records at the Clackamas County Public Services Building, Clerk's Recording Office,
File Room:
Board of Commissioners Orders [Order Number Report-includes journal information],
1992 (1 volume).
Records at the Clackamas County Public Services Building, Board of Commissioners Office,
Reception Area:
[Board of Commissioners Administrative Records-includes meeting minutes, attachments,
correspondence, and related records], 2004-present (4 cu.ft.).
Records at the Clackamas County Public Services Building, Board of Commissioners Office,
File Room:
[Board of Commissioners Administrative Records-includes meeting minutes, attachments,
correspondence, and related records], 1959-2004 (5.50 feet of microfilm jackets).
Records at the Clackamas County Archives:
Commissioners County Court Minutes, vol. 4, 1890-1898 (1 volume);
[Commissioners Journal Index], ca.1911-1950 (1 volume);
Commissioners' Journal Index, vol. 1, 1950-1966 (1 volume);
Commissioners Journal, vol. 45, 1947-1948 (1 volume);
Commissioners Journal [with index], vol. 11-22, 1889-1905 (12 volumes); vol.
24, 1908-1911 (1 volume);
Comm. Journals [Commissioners Journal Administrative Records-includes orders],
1932-1934 (.50 cu.ft.);
County Commissioners Journal, 1847-1849 (1 volume);
County Court [Commissioners Journal Administrative Records-includes orders
and road petitions], 1927-1929, 1941-1942 (1 cu.ft.);
County Court Journal County Business [with index], 1905-1908 (1 volume);
County Court [Journal-with index], vol. 10, 1886-1889 (1 volume);
County Court Record [Journal-title varies-with index], vol. 4-8, 1871-1885
(5 volumes);
Minutes County Commissioners, vol. 1, 1908-1911 (1 volume);
[Minutes of the Commissioners Court], 1912-1923 (1 volume);
Record [County Court Journal-with index], vol. 9, 1884-1887 (1 volume).
Records at the Clackamas County Archives, Security Microfilm Storage:
[Board Minutes-County Commissioners-primarily related to land use issues],
1959-1988 (9 reels of microfilm);
[Commissioners Journals and Orders], vol. 2-286, 1859-2002 (135 reels of microfilm).