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Legislators -- Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:

Binger Hermann papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 743
Abstract

Papers of an Oregon congressman and U.S. General Land Office commissioner. The collection consists of a small group of correspondence relating to Binger Hermann's historical writings; two land patent documents from 1868 and 1897; news clippings; research notes; and typescripts of some of Hermann's historical writings.

Dates: 1868-1916

Nan Wood Honeyman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 193
Abstract

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).

Dates: 1901-1962; Majority of material found within 1935-1962

Oral history interview with Becky Johnson

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1115
Abstract Oral history interview with Becky Johnson conducted by Rick Harmon and Jim Strassmaier from June 25, 1986, to March 31, 1993, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Johnson, who was the wife of Oregon State Representative Samuel S. Johnson, discusses her family background; her experiences during the Depression, Prohibition, and in college; her experiences serving with the WAVES during World War II; her husband and his work in the timber industry and as an Oregon legislator;...
Dates: 1986 June 25-1993 March 31

Oral history interview with Lee Johnson

 Collection
Identifier: SR1116
Abstract

Oral history interview with Lee Johnson conducted by Clark Hansen from April 20 to September 29, 1992, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Johnson was an Oregon state representative, Oregon attorney general, and a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge.

Dates: 1992 April 20-September 29

Lee Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1833
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1955-1978

Oral history interview with Sam Johnson

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9454
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1980 July 2-1981 June 25

Oral history interview with Denny Jones

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Identifier: SR1117
Abstract

Oral history with Denny Jones conducted by Clark Hansen from July 27-30, 1992, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Jones was an Oregon state representative from 1973 to 1994.

Dates: 1992 July 27-30

George William Joseph papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1073
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, transcripts of court hearings, speeches and radio addresses, political notes, campaign materials and scrapbooks relating to political matters. George W. Joseph was a Republican senator who died while running for governor in 1930.

Dates: 1895-1934

Oral history interview with Vera Katz

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Identifier: SR9044
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1982 April 28-May 19

H. R. Kauffman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll887
Abstract

Papers of H. R. Kauffman, including ones relating to his medical career, his military service in World War I and later, and his career as an Oregon state senator. Kauffman was a medical doctor who lived in Toledo, Oregon, and who served as state senator from 1941 to 1943.

Dates: circa 1879-2012; Majority of material found within 1918-1960