Oral history interview with Barbara Hanneman
Scope and Contents
This oral history interview with Barabara Hanneman was conducted by Vinita Howard at Hanneman’s home in Turner, Oregon, from March 26 to April 1, 1991. In the interview, Hanneman discusses her family history and early life, including meeting her husband, Gene Hanneman, his career as a forester, and moving to Salem, Oregon. She also discusses the lives of her three children, as well as her grandchildren. She then talks about working in the offices of the Oregon Legislature, starting with the Board of Control before her children were born, then returning to work as a desk clerk for the Legislature in 1955. She describes working for Maurine Neuberger, Bob Holmes, Bob Duncan, Al Ullman, Bob Straub, and others. Hanneman discusses clerking for various committees, campaigning, and legislative procedures. She also talks briefly about other clerks at the Legislature, including Cecil Edwards. Hanneman then discusses working for the Neil Goldschmidt administration. She closes the interview by discussing changes in state government during her career.
Dates
- 1991 March 26-April 1
Creator
- Hanneman, Barbara Lewis, 1922-2017 (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"
Biographical note
Barbara Lewis Hanneman was born in Alberta, Canada, in 1922. Her family returned to the United States nine months later. She met Gene Hanneman through her brother, Bill, and they were married in 1946. They moved to Salem, Oregon, for Gene’s career as a forester. She worked in the offices of the Oregon Legislature and governor from 1955 to 1983. She then was executive secretary for Oregon legislator Ed Fadeley from 1984 to 1985. She retired in 1985, but returned to work for Neil Goldschmidt’s administration. She died in 2017.
Extent
.1 Cubic Feet (4 audiocassettes (3 hr., 18 min., 42 sec.))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Oral history interview with Barbara Hanneman conducted by Vinita Howard from March 26 to April 1, 1991, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Hanneman worked in the offices of the Oregon Legislature and governor.
Existence and Location of Copies
General
Forms part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series.
- Goldschmidt, Neil E., 1940-
- Governors -- Oregon
- Hanneman, Barbara Lewis, 1922-2017
- Hanneman, Gene D. (Eugene Doerfler), 1918-1976
- Legislators -- Oregon
- Neuberger, Maurine B. (Maurine Brown), 1907-2000
- Oral Histories
- Oregon
- Oregon -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Oregon. Legislative Assembly
- Oregon. Legislative Assembly -- Officials and employees
- Political Campaigns -- Oregon
- Secretaries
- Straub, Robert W.
- interviews
Creator
- Hanneman, Barbara Lewis, 1922-2017 (Interviewee, Person)
- Howard, Vinita M., 1928- (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Barbara Hanneman
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Stroman
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Sponsor
- This project is supported in whole or part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of Oregon.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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