Giles French papers
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence and reminiscences regarding the Sherman County fishing club, circa 1950-1959; historical notes on Wheeler County, July 28, 1946; speeches and campaign correspondence for Speaker of the House, 1949, and Senate, 1963-1964; correspondence regarding the Cowboy Hall of Fame, 1965-1971, and reapportionment, 1950-1956; reports regarding the Oregon Tax Commission, 1945-1946, Oregon Centennial Commission, 1951-1958, and Land Use Committee, 1938; and scrapbooks.
Dates
- 1929-1974
Creator
- French, Giles (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
Giles French was a legislator and author from Sherman County, Oregon.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (1 record carton)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection includes correspondence, notes, speeches, scrapbooks and reports of Giles French, a legislator and author from Sherman County, Oregon.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material formerly designated Mss 132-1, gift of Mrs. Giles French, February 1978.
General
Includes material formerly designated Mss 132-1.
- Elections -- Oregon -- History
- French, Giles
- Hunting and fishing clubs -- Oregon -- Sherman County
- Land use -- Oregon
- Legislators -- Oregon
- National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center
- Oregon
- Oregon Centennial Commission
- Oregon. State Tax Commission
- Political campaigns -- Oregon -- History
- Politics and Politicians
- Sherman County (Or.) -- History
- Wheeler County (Or.) -- History
- administrative records
- correspondence
- reminiscences
- reports
- scrapbooks
Creator
- French, Giles (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Giles French papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012
- 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.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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