Interview with Oregon Republican Thomas H. Mercer circa 1976, the year Mercer ran unsuccessfully for the Oregon House of Representatives. Also on the audiocassettes with the Mercer interview are a question-and-answer session with Mercer; a speech by an unidentified man; and a panel discussion by Oregon legislators.

Oral history interview with Bob Packwood conducted by Clark Hansen from January 26, 1996, to August 20, 2003, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Packwood was a U.S. senator from Oregon from 1969 to 1995. Packwood resigned from his seat after the Senate Ethics Committee recommended his expulsion following an investigation of allegations that he committed sexual misconduct.

Oral history interview with Betty Roberts conducted by Katherine Huff O'Neil from October 24, 2005, to February 27, 2007, as part of the Women Trailblazers series of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Roberts was an Oregon state representative, a state senator, a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals, and a state Supreme Court justice.

Oral history interview with Judge Betty Roberts conducted by Clark Hansen as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Roberts was an Oregon Court of Appeals judge and state Supreme Court justice.

Oral history interview with Maggie St. James conducted by Jann Mitchell on June 26, 1985. St. James was the daughter of Ruth Barnett, an abortion provider in Portland, Oregon.