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Oregon -- Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Elmo Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1830
Abstract

Elmo Smith (1909-1968) established the Eastern Oregon Observer newspaper and served in the Oregon Legislature and as governor. Papers date from 1932 to 1956 and include diplomas, business cards, an appointment book, and a letter from C. T. Caulfield, commander of the U.S. Navy Training Center.

Dates: 1932-1956

Charles A. Sprague papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2407
Abstract

Charles Arthur Sprague (1887-1969) was a newspaper editor and publisher, and served as governor of Oregon from 1939 to 1943. Collection includes correspondence, 1896-1968; documents relating to committees and commissions, 1949-1969, including Colleges for Oregon's Future, the Oregon Geographic Names Board, the Commission on the Rights, Liberties and Responsibilities of the American Indian, and the Oregon State Constitutional Revision Commission; and a last will and testament.

Dates: 1895-1969

Isaac E. Staples scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1342
Abstract

Collection consists of a scrapbook, circa 1914-1940, with clippings, correspondence and ephemera regarding Isaac Staples' career as an Oregon state senator and businessman.

Dates: circa 1914-1940

William H. Steiwer letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2277
Abstract

William H. Steiwer (1896-1972) was a member of the Steiwer family of Fossil, Oregon. He was a rancher and served as a state senator, 1935-1943, and as president of the Oregon Senate, 1943. Collection consists of typescript correspondence, 1942-1943, regarding Steiwer's campaign for presidency of the Oregon Senate, and manuscript notes, 1942-1943, regarding committee assignments.

Dates: 1942-1943

John Daniel Stevens letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1187
Abstract John Daniel Stevens (1847-1932) was a civic and political leader, socialist organizer, and lecturer in Portland, Oregon. Collection consists primarily of manuscript and typescript correspondence, circa 1895-1930. Some of the correspondents include George C. Brownell; George E. Chamberlain; Abigail Scott Duniway; Jack London; Charles L. McNary; Edwin V. O'Hara; C. E. S. Wood; James Withycombe; Jacob Calvin Cooper; Clarence Darrow; Rabbi Stephen S. Wise; and others concerned with progressive...
Dates: circa 1895-1932

Tom Stimmel scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2818
Abstract

Thomas S. Stimmel was a staff writer and Oregon Legislature correspondent for the Oregon Journal newspaper. Collection includes scrapbooks with calendars of notes on legislative proceedings and clippings of Stimmel's articles reporting on the legislative sessions of 1973, 1975, 1977, and 1981.

Dates: 1973-1981

Thomas Nelson Strong papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2382
Abstract

Collection consists of addresses to civic groups, 1888-1911, including the Central Municipal League, Associated Charities, the Civic Federation Committee, the Committee of One Hundred, and the Taxpayers League. Also included are letters to editors, 1888-1911.

Dates: 1888-1911

Tony Van Vliet papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1815
Abstract Antone "Tony" Van Vliet became a member of the Oregon State University faculty in 1955, the director of University Placement, and an associate professor. He represented District 35 in the Oregon House as a Republican in legislative sessions from 1975 to 1993. Papers include reports, minutes, agendas and memoranda relating to various Oregon state legislative committees; correspondence regarding prospective bills, funding issues and educational programs; and budget proposals for public...
Dates: 1975-1987

Harold F. Wendel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 196
Abstract

Papers of a businessman and civic leader of Portland, Oregon, who headed the Lipman Wolfe department store from 1927 until his death in 1967. Materials include correspondence; files on the Oregon State Sanitary Authority, a pollution control agency; files on the University of Oregon; and biographical materials.

Dates: 1927-1967

Charles Wolverton papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1661
Abstract

Charles Wolverton was a lawyer in Albany, Oregon, a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court, and a judge on U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, 1894-1926, regarding state and national politics, Wolverton's judicial career, personal and business matters with John H. Mitchell, Reuben P. Boise, and Benjamin F. Mulkey; speeches regarding initiative and referendum; and ephemera.

Dates: 1894-1926