Oral history interview with Cecil L. Edwards conducted by Linda S. Dodds on May 14, 1982. Edwards was chief clerk of the Oregon House of Representatives, secretary of the state Senate, and legislative historian.

Oral history interview with Carl Hillmer Francis conducted by Linda S. Dodds on June 2, 1982. Hillmer was an Oregon state representative and senator.

Oral history interview with Earl R. Goodwin conducted by Linda S. Dodds on July 22 and August 24, 1982. Goodwin discusses his career as a sportswriter for the Oregonian and the Oregon Journal in Portland, Oregon, and his experiences as a congressional private secretary for U.S. Representative Charles H. Martin.

Oral history interview with Beulah J. Hand conducted by Linda S. Dodds on September 1, 1981. Hand was an Oregon state representative for Clackamas County from 1957 to 1966.

Oral history interview with Sam Johnson conducted by Linda S. Dodds from July 2, 1980, to June 25, 1981. Johnson discusses his career in the timber industry in California and Oregon; his service as a state legislator in Oregon from 1964 to 1978; and his service as mayor of Redmond, Oregon, from 1978 to the time of the interview.

Oral history interview with Vera Katz conducted by Linda S. Dodds from April 28 to May 19, 1982. From 1973 to 1990, Katz served in the Oregon House of Representatives, and she became the first woman speaker of the house in 1985. She then served as Portland mayor from 1993 to 2005.

Oral history interview with Jean L. Lewis conducted by Linda S. Dodds on March 5, 1981. Lewis was a state legislator and the first woman to become a Circuit Court judge in Oregon.

Oral history interview with Connie McCready conducted by Linda S. Dodds from April 1 to June 17, 1981. McCready was an Oregon state representative and mayor of Portland.

Oral history interview with Norma Paulus conducted by Linda S. Dodds on January 14, 1982. Paulus was a state legislator, Oregon secretary of state, and superintendent of public instruction.

Oral history interview with Betty Roberts conducted by Linda S. Dodds from October 29 to November 14, 1980. Roberts served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1965 to 1968, and in the Oregon Senate from 1969 to 1977.