Franklin F. Korell was an Oregon state representative from 1921 to 1922 and a United States congressman from 1927 to 1931. Papers include correspondence, 1931-1959, regarding editorials on the Pact of Paris; military leave of absence, 1918; speeches, 1921, regarding the Pact of Paris, postal reform, agriculture, veterans legislation and national defense; and election materials, circa 1930.

Papers relating to Harry Lane (1855-1917), who was mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1905-1909 and a U.S. senator for Oregon from 1913 until his death. Papers include a small amount of original correspondence from and to Lane; drafts and research materials for a biography by the Federal Writers' Project, circa 1940; news clippings about Lane; and writings and notes by Lane's daughter Nina Lane McBride (later Nina Lane Faubion).

Carl Laub (born 1898) came to Oregon at the age of 7, worked as a salesman, newspaperman, publisher, editor, and radio producer, and wrote the newspaper column "I Ain't Mad at Nobody." Collection includes drafts of a biography of Laub; radio show scripts for KUIK and KWJJ; writings, including Oregon histories, human interest, humor, poetry, news commentary, and Laub's column; and correspondence.

Dorothy McCullough Lee was a lawyer, a state legislator, and the first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon. Collection includes biographical sketches; photocopy of Lee's last will and testament, 1972; inventory of Lee's papers at the Schlesinger Library of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute; and ephemera.

Papers include documents relating to legislation; Public Affairs Bulletin, 1956-1974; and newspaper clippings regarding the Oregon Legislature. An unprocessed addition to the collection includes speeches, poems, and manuscripts by Luiten, as well as articles, clippings, correspondence, and a scrapbook. Luiten (1915-1997) did public relations work for Weyerhaeuser and then became a Weyerhaeuser lobbyist to the Oregon Legislature, serving from 1953 to 1978.

Jack Lynch (1896-1973) served as an Oregon state senator from 1943 to 1952. Collection includes correspondence, 1940-1973, regarding advice on campaign strategies to Douglas McKay and Bob Packwood; political speeches; legislative records regarding chiropractors, health professions, and small businesses; newspaper clippings and other papers regarding the "Fugitive Fathers Bill" and a bill prohibiting the sale of firecrackers, both of which were introduced by Lynch.

Draft copy of the introduction for a book about the history of Portland, Oregon's development, and a speech about significant Jewish people in Oregon's history, both by E. Kimbark MacColl (1925-2011). MacColl was an educator and historian who, in the 1970s and 1980s, wrote three books about the history of Portland's development as a city.

Thomas R. Mahoney (1896-1978) was an attorney and legislator, serving as an Oregon state senator from 1939-1952, 1961-1969, and 1971-1974. Papers consist of correspondence, 1952-1974, including a letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower and a letter from Washington Representative Margaret Hurley; newspaper clippings and ephemera; and scrapbooks regarding his political career.

Unprocessed papers belonging to Roger E. Martin, who represented Clackamas County in the Oregon House of Representatives in legislative sessions and special sessions from 1967 to 1978.

Miscellaneous office files and correspondence of Fred Meek, who was a pharmacist in Portland, Oregon, and an Oregon state representative.