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Oral history interview with David S. Barrows conducted by James Strassmaier from January 31 to March 13, 2000, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Barrows was a lobbyist in Oregon.

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Oral history interview with Stephen M. Bloom conducted by Donna Sinclair from April 19 to May 2, 2005, as part of the U.S. District Court Oral History Project. Bloom discusses his career as a lawyer in Pendleton, Oregon, and as a magistrate judge on the U.S. District Court of Oregon.

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Oral history interview with Frank C. Cook conducted by Clark Hansen from November 29-30, 1989, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Cook was an aide to Hatfield from 1969 to 1973.

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Collection consists of correspondence from U.S. Secretary of War Charles M. Conrad and the Ordnance Office concerning a request for arms and ammunition under a U.S. Congress joint resolution of March 2, 1849, as well as a manuscript copy of the resolution, which authorized the secretary of war "to furnish arms and ammunition to persons emigrating to the Territories of Oregon, California, and New Mexico."

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Collection includes case files of Oscar Furuset, a Portland, Oregon, lawyer. Cases involve the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders & Helpers of America; the Western Bond & Mortgage Co.; Noble Lumber Co.; and Robert Dollar Co., circa 1930-1950.

Abstract Francis Galloway was born in McMinnville in 1885. He graduated from University of Oregon in 1907. He was admitted to the bar in 1911, and and in 1913, he moved to The Dalles, where he practiced law and was active in Democratic politics. Papers include correspondence, reports, memoranda and legal documents relating to the boundaries of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, self-government on the reservation, and federal Indian policy; correspondence relating to his political and business...

Abstract Dinshah P. Ghadiali (1873-1966) was a spiritualist and founder of the Spectro-Chrome Institute, Malaga, New Jersey. While giving lectures on spectro-chrome therapy in Portland, Oregon, he was arrested on allegations that he had violated the Mann Act. Collection consists of a typescript letter to the editor of the Morning Oregonian, June 16, 1926, regarding his innocence of violation of the Mann Act; a pamphlet, "Railroading a Citizen," 1926; and a newspaper clipping, June 3, 1927, regarding...

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John H. Hall, Sr. was U.S. District Attorney for Oregon. Papers include include correspondence, receipts, and documents relating to Auto Delivery Company and Ten Bar Ranch, and case files.

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Alfred Hampson was a Portland, Oregon, attorney active in lobbying for the Oregon Minimum Deposit Act (Bottle Bill), which went into effect in October 1972. Collection includes correspondence, articles, reports and testimony regarding state and national minimum deposit container legislation.

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Oral history interview with Mark O. Hatfield conducted by Clark Hansen from July 29, 1998, to May 22, 2002, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Hatfield was an Oregon state legislator, Oregon secretary of state, Oregon governor, and a U.S. senator.