Scrapbook on politics in Portland, Oregon

Collection

Identifier: Coll853

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to city politics in Portland, Oregon between 1915 and 1917. Many of the clippings are about or refer to City Commissioner George L. Baker or Portland Mayor Harry Russell Albee. The mayoral election of June 4, 1917, which Baker won, is also the topic of many clippings. The front page of the scrapbook reads, "Baker File / Remove no clippings." The scrapbook also contains the Portland Woman's Club 1969 Christmas letter, written by President Marjorie L. Lindvall; the letter's relationship to the rest of the scrapbook is unknown.

Dates

Creation: 1915-1969
Creation: Majority of material found within 1915-1917

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

George Luis Baker was born in 1868 in The Dalles, Oregon, but spent most of his adult life in Portland. As a young man he worked in theater, and he ran the Baker Theatre in Portland. He intermittently served on the Portland City Council from 1898 to 1913, and from 1915 to 1917, he was Portland's commissioner of public affairs. Baker was elected mayor of Portland in 1917, an office he held for 16 years before retiring in 1933. He died in May 1941.

Biographical Note

Harry Russell Albee was born in Rockford, Illinois, in 1867, and came to Portland, Oregon, in 1895. He served as mayor of Portland from 1913 to 1917, and was the first person to hold that office under the commission form of city government. In 1914, Albee and two city commissioners were the subject of a failed recall campaign. Albee died on December 31, 1950.

Extent

0.69 Cubic Feet (1 flat box (19x25))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings that cover political issues in Portland, Oregon, from 1915 to 1917, including the 1917 mayoral election, as well as City Commissioner George L. Baker (1868-1941) and Mayor Harry Russell Albee (1867-1950). Albee was mayor of Portland from 1913 to 1917. Baker won the 1917 mayoral election, and remained in office until 1933.