Politics and Politicians
Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Abraham Walter Lafferty papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss2252
Abstract
Abraham Walter Lafferty (1875-1964) practiced law in Portland and was elected as a Republican to the sixty-second and sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915). He moved to New York City in 1919 and continued the practice of law there until 1933. He returned to Portland and later unsuccessfully ran for political office several times. Papers include letters to E. B. MacNaughton, January 1949, urging Reed College to purchase Calvert Mansion in Riverdale, Maryland; and miscellaneous...
Dates:
1949-1991
Donald J. Sterling collection on the Velde Committee
Collection
Identifier: Mss2883
Abstract
The Velde Committee, or Committee on Un-American Activities, met in Portland, Oregon, in June 1954 to investigate the political affiliations of three Reed College professors, who refused to answer questions put to them by the committee. Collection consists of documents gathered by Donald Sterling Jr., who covered the hearings for the Oregon Journal newspaper. Among the materials in the collection are an open letter by Reed College Professor Stanley Moore; the prepared text of a speech to be...
Dates:
1953-1989; Majority of material found within 1954