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Collection includes photostat of "The Laws and Resolutions Passed at the Annual Council of the Hawaiian Nobles …," 1843, and newspaper clippings from the Oahu Spectator, 1824, regarding excessive alcohol use.

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Unprocessed papers of John F. Kilkenny (1901-1995), who served as Senior Circuit Judge for the U. S. Court of Appeals in Portland, Oregon.

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Papers of Bob Kouns and Dee Dee Kouns, primarily relating to their organization Crime Victims United and their activism in the anti-crime movement. Bob Kouns and Dee Dee Kouns were Portland, Oregon, residents who, following the murder of their daughter, became active in lobbying for crime victims' rights and mandatory sentencing laws during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Collection includes minutes, financial statements and other administrative documents regarding Klan activities in Oregon, including its involvement in Walter M. Pierce's successful gubernatorial campaign in 1922 and the passage of the Compulsory Education Bill of 1922.

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Jack Lynch (1896-1973) served as an Oregon state senator from 1943 to 1952. Collection includes correspondence, 1940-1973, regarding advice on campaign strategies to Douglas McKay and Bob Packwood; political speeches; legislative records regarding chiropractors, health professions, and small businesses; newspaper clippings and other papers regarding the "Fugitive Fathers Bill" and a bill prohibiting the sale of firecrackers, both of which were introduced by Lynch.

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The text of Oregon House Bill 2787, signed by state officials including Governor John Kitzhaber. The bill, which passed in 2013, granted in-state college tuition rates to undocumented students in Oregon.

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Collection includes bills and petitions relating to: Indian problems and war expenses, 1873-1908; adjournment of legislature, 1897; tolls on Barlow Road, 1906; public library law, 1901; and list of members, Oregon Legislative Assembly 1896 and 1931.

Abstract Collection consists of original and transcribed records of the Oregon Provisional Government, which existed from 1843-1849, and of the Oregon Territorial Government, which existed from 1849-1859. Original records include promissory notes, court documents, land claim documents, a tax assessment roll, and a book of laws, while transcribed documents include records and correspondence about legislation, as well as the estate of Ewing Young, whose death without a will highlighted the need for a...

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Typescript carbon copy of a report by the Oregon State Bar Committee on Law Enforcement concerning changes in the criminal code.

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Documents relating to cases that Portland lawyer Steven R. Schell worked on in the areas of environmental law, land use, energy, real estate, and construction in Oregon.