speeches (documents)
Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:
Victor Atiyeh papers
Collection includes correspondence, 1965-1976, primarily from constituents, regarding various political issues, including abortion, field burning, taxation, education, and fluoridation. Also included are campaign materials; press releases; reports; materials regarding Oregon Senate committees, 1963-1965; materials relating to Victor Atiyeh's Oregon gubernatorial campaign, 1978; and speeches.
Charles Berg records
Charles F. Berg (1871-1931) owned Charles F. Berg Company, a major women's apparel store in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes biographical information, programs, advertising samples, newsletters, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks, ephemera and programs for KGW's "Hoot Owls" radio program club.
Beatrice Morrow Cannady draft speech for NAACP convention
Handwritten draft of a speech that Beatrice Morrow Cannady (1889-1974) delivered at the 1928 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) convention in Los Angeles, California. The draft is written in pencil. Cannady, a Black journalist and activist who lived in Portland, Oregon, from 1912 to 1938, edited the newspaper The Advocate, was a founding member of the Portland chapter of the NAACP, and advocated for Black Oregonians' civil rights.
Joseph K. Carson Jr. speech on the tuna industry
Typescript speech or report by Joseph K. Carson, Jr., circa 1954, on the history of the domestic tuna industry, with recommendations for action by the federal government. Carson (1891-1956) was mayor of Portland, Oregon, 1933-1941, an attorney, and an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Oregon.
Stephen Fowler Chadwick collection
Stephen James Chadwick speech
Typescript copy of a speech delivered by Stephen James Chadwick at the annual meeting of the Oregon Historical Society, October 25, 1930, containing reminiscences of his childhood in Roseburg, Oregon, his friendship with Jesse Applegate, and other topics. Chadwick (1863-1931) was born in Roseburg and later was a lawyer, judge, and state Supreme Court justice in Washington. He was the son of Stephen Fowler Chadwick, who served as Oregon secretary of state and Oregon governor.
Chronicles
Typescript address entitled "Chronicles," April 8, 1892, delivered by Harrison P. Holmes on Class Day at Portland High School, Portland, Oregon.
Frank G. Clement speeches
Mimeograph copies of speeches delivered by Tennessee Governor Frank G. Clement to Democratic Party meetings at Lewiston, Idaho, on March 19, 1954, and at Yakima, Washington, on March 20, 1954, regarding the potential development of hydroelectric power on the Snake River.
O. Edward Dagner papers
Collection consists of papers of O. Edward Dagner, an automotive engineer and maintenance specialist of the Office of Defense Transportation, Portland district, 1942-1944. The papers include correspondence; truck operating cost estimates, particularly for logging truck costs in Oregon and California; and speeches, including radio broadcasts of the Office of Defense Transportation.
John Buel Dimick papers
John Buel Dimick (1840-1903) was a member of the Company B Volunteer Cavalry and later the Oregon Infantry during the Civil War, and a state senator from Marion County from 1887 to 1890. Collection includes correspondence with his wife, Almira Dimick, during his time in the military; business correspondence; political correspondence and speeches; and correspondence with various family members.