Oregon -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Found in 107 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Robert E. Jones
Oral history interview with Robert E. Jones conducted by Clark Hansen from September 12 to October 14, 2005, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Jones served as a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court, a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court, and a judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon. He also represented Washington County in the Oregon House during the 1963 legislative session.
Oral history interview with Vera Katz
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 Sidney Leiken
Oral history interview with Sidney Leiken conducted by Clark Hansen on June 8, 1992, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Leiken was an Oregon state representative from 1961 to 1967.
Oral history interview with Jean L. Lewis
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 Michael S. Lincicum
Oral history interview with Michael S. Lincicum conducted by John P. Strassmaier from January 11 to April 6, 2011, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Lincicum was a budget analyst for the state of Oregon.
Oral history interview with Irvin Luiten
Oral history interview with Irvin Luiten conducted by James Strassmaier from March 16, 1988, to January 18, 1990, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Luiten was a lobbyist for the Weyerhaeuser Company from 1953 to 1978.
Lutheran Schools Committee records
Records compiled by the Lutheran Schools Committee of Portland, Oregon, largely as part of a 1922 political campaign to defeat the Compulsory Education Bill, which sought to make public school attendance mandatory in Oregon for children ages eight to sixteen. Materials include clippings, campaign literature, posters, correspondence, ephemera, and voter registration lists.
Hector Macpherson papers
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.
Oral history interview with L. Jean Markham
Oral history interview with Lotus Jean Markham conducted by Jim Strassmaier on May 8, 1997, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Markham was secretary and legislative aide to her husband, Oregon legislator Bill Markham.
Lorna Marple collection on the Democratic Party of Oregon
Unprocessed collection of materials relating to the Democratic Party of Oregon, the Clackamas County Democratic Party, the League of Women Voters, and the NAACP.