Gail Shibley collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains photographs, clippings, ephemera, and related materials documenting Gail Shibley's public career through 2007. Most of the collection relates to her election campaigns and her years in the Oregon State Legislature. Included are photographs of Shibley with Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts.
Dates
- 1990-2007
Creator
- Shibley, Gail R. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Biographical note
A native of Oregon, Gail Shibley was educated at the University of Oregon, Harvard University, and the Lewis and Clark Law School, where she received her law degree in 2009. She served on the staff of U.S. Representative Jim Weaver of Oregon from 1980-1986, was the program manager of the city of Portland's Bureau of Traffic Management from 1990-1996, and was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1991, where she served until 1997 -- the first openly LGBTQ person to serve in the state Legislature. After an unsuccessful campaign for Portland City Council in 1996, she served as the development director of LINK CDC in Portland from 1997-1998, the director of external communications at the Federal Highway Administration from 1998-2000, was the senior advisor to the secretary of labor from 2000-2001, international liaison for the Saxony Parliament in Germany from 2001-2002, and was the political director of John Kulongoski's campaign for Oregon governor in 2001-2002. Shen then served as the administrator of Environmental Public Health for the state of Oregon, and in 2013 became chief of staff for Portland Mayor Charlie Hales. She returned to state government in 2015, serving as assistant director for business services at the Oregon Youth Authority, and retired in 2017.
Extent
0.9 Cubic Feet (2 document cases)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of photographs, clippings, ephemera, and related materials documenting the career of Gail Shibley, who worked in local, state, and federal government, and was the first openly LGBTQ person to serve in the Oregon State Legislature.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series: Series 1, Papers; Series 2, Photographs.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Gail R. Shibley, September 2011 (Lib. Acc. 27437).
Separated Materials
Video recordings received with this collection were separated to moving image collections at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Processing Information
Collection guide was revised in December 2023 to conform to current standard and to update biographical information about Gail Shibley.
- Gay legislators -- Oregon
- Gay legislators -- Oregon -- Photographs
- Gay rights -- Oregon
- Gays and Lesbians
- Legislators -- Oregon
- Legislators -- Oregon -- Photographs
- Lesbians -- Oregon
- Oregon
- Oregon -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives
- Photographs
- Political campaigns -- Oregon
- Politics and Politicians
- Roberts, Barbara, 1936- -- Photographs
- Shibley, Gail R. -- Photographs
- clippings (information artifacts)
- photographs
- printed ephemera
Creator
- Shibley, Gail R. (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Gail Shibley collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Geoffrey B. Wexler
- Date
- 2011; revised 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2023-12-18: Minor revisions to conform to current standard and update biographical information.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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