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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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Papers of Irving H. "Irv" Fletcher, an Oregon labor union leader who served as president of the Oregon AFL-CIO for 18 years. Included are Fletcher's personal and political correspondence, AFL-CIO convention materials and booklets, information about affiliated political and labor union leaders, materials for Fletcher's own campaign, and both personal- and AFL-CIO-related photographs.

Abstract Marion Stafford Hansell was born just outside Athena, Oregon, in 1913. He grew up on a farm in Umatilla County, Oregon, and later ran a hog farm with his brother, Bill Hansell. He represented Umatilla County in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1957 to 1974 and was an early advocate for the decriminalization of marijuana. Papers include correspondence, memoranda, campaign materials, speeches, notes, press releases, and scrapbooks regarding agriculture, farming, Eastern Oregon,...

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Thomas F. Hartung (born 1927), a Republican, was a longtime Oregon state legislator, primarily representing Washington County. Papers date from 1967 to 1974 and consist of correspondence and notes, including letters on public issues addressed to Hartung by constituents and political colleagues. Includes substantial material pertaining to agriculture, education, and taxation.

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The collection consists of scrapbooks, personal and political correspondence, clippings, invitations and announcements, pamphlets, and ephemera of Nan Wood Honeyman, the first woman from Oregon to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives (Democrat, 1937-1938).

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Unprocessed papers of Lee Johnson, dating from 1955 to 1978. Johnson represented Multnomah County in the Oregon House of Representatives, was Oregon Attorney General, and was a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court.

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Records of a progressive political organization headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Includes meeting minutes, financial records, news releases, research materials, publicity, position papers, and a history of the organization. The Oregon Alliance for Progressive Policy was established in 1989 and ceased operation in 1994.

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...

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Unprocessed papers of Eugene Debbs Potts, a Democrat who served in the Oregon Senate in legislative sessions from 1961 to 1984, representing first Josephine County and later Josephine and Jackson counties.

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Collection of photographs, clippings, ephemera, and related materials documenting the career of Gail Shibley, who worked in local, state, and federal government, and was the first openly LGBTQ person to serve in the Oregon State Legislature.