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Jay Bowerman (1876-1957) was a Republican attorney, Oregon state representative for Gilliam County, and acting governor of Oregon, 1910-1911. Papers include correspondence regarding his activities in support of Republican candidates, his law practice and family; correspondence and research notes for a proposed history of eastern Oregon bench and bar; newspaper clippings and political ephemera regarding campaigns; and a scrapbook regarding the 1909 Oregon Legislature.

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Jane Cease was a Democratic politician who represented Multnomah County in the Oregon Legislature. Papers include include House and Senate bills; testimony and correspondence relating to bills; sponsored Senate bill "Seat Belt Use law."

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Ralph Penniwell Cowgill (born 1880) served as an engineer for the Oregon State Game Commission, president of the Oregon Game Protective Association, and in the Oregon Legislature. Collection includes correspondence and reports, 1922-1935, regarding his work with those organizations, as well as the Oregon Reserve Corps and National Guard, with emphasis on fish husbandry and river pollution.

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Robert Duncan represented Jackson County in the Oregon House of Representatives and served in the U. S. Congress. Papers include programs, ephemera, campaign materials, correspondence, and diaries.

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Robert Sylvester Farrell (1906-1947) was a Republican state representative, 1935-1942, and Oregon Secretary of State, 1943-1947. Collection includes correspondence, 1945-1947; memorial commemorations, 1947; and scrapbooks, 1937-1946, with clippings regarding Farrell's career in the Oregon government.

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Correspondence, legislative records, speeches, and other materials relating to Hector Macpherson (1875-1970). Macpherson was a Canadian-American who taught at the Oregon Agricultural College (later Oregon State University) in Corvallis, and served in the Oregon Legislature as a representative for Linn County. As representative, he co-sponsored the unsuccessful Zorn-Macpherson School Moving Bill.

Abstract Collection consists of materials relating to Grace Olivier Peck (1898-1979), her political career, and other activities, as well as some papers relating to other members of her family. Peck served in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1949 and again from 1957 through 1976. Materials relating to Peck include correspondence; minutes, letters, and other papers of organizations with which she was involved; and scrapbooks concerning her legislative career. The collection also...