page_title: Elliott R. Corbett
section_title: Alta. S. Corbett (wife)
hierarchical_section_title: Elliott R. Corbett / Alta. S. Corbett (wife)
caption_attribution_description: English: Elliott R. Corbett And his wide Alta S. Corbett in the garden of their home in Dunthorpe, Portland, Oregon. Family Photo (Elliott R. Corbett Archives)
context_page_description: Elliott Ruggles Corbett was a Portland, Oregon banker, business leader, owner and builder of a number of the city's buildings, as well as civic leader and benefactor. He was born 29 June 1884 in Portland Oregon and died 2 May 1963 at his home in Dunthorpe, Portland, Oregon, aged 78. He and his two brothers, Henry Ladd Corbett and Hamilton Forbush Corbett were required at a young age to take on the burdens of the businesses, banking and real estate holdings that their grandfather Henry W. Corbett had developed, as their father Henry Jagger Corbett had both died, predeceasing their own father.
context_section_description: Elliott Corbett and Alta Rittenhouse Smith married In Portland. She was born 10 June 1886 in Portland, Oregon, and died 9 September 1976 in Portland, aged 90. She was the daughter of Albert T. Smith (1833-1913) and Laura Rittenhouse (1852-1928) who moved to Portland in 1870. They built the first house in Portland Heights at what is now SW Carter Lane and Vista Avenue and gave Portland Heights its name (after their house The Heights).
  Alta graduated from the Portland Academy and was a graduate of Smith College at Northampton, Massachusetts. After graduation and before her marriage she became a teacher. That led to her life-long interest in education and to furthering women's rights.
caption: Elliott and Alta Corbett in their garden
  (Elliott R. Corbett Archives)
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