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Politics and Politicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 166 Collections and/or Records:

Meeting of the Republican State Central Committee

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5323
Abstract

Pen and ink sketch by A. R. Slaymaker, Oregon Journal artist, depicting scenes of the July 1930 Republican State Central Committee meeting. The sketch was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal newspaper on July 27, 1930, under the headline "Impressions of Republican Nominating Convention — By Slaymaker."

Dates: 1930 July

Julius Meier photograph album

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Identifier: Org. Lot 1108
Abstract

One album with black and white photographs of Julius Meier with Grace Meier, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and others. Julius L. Meier (1874-1937) was a businessman in Portland, Oregon, and served one term as governor of Oregon, 1931-1935.

Dates: circa 1931

Julius Meier speech written for Oregon Diamond Jubilee

 Collection
Identifier: Coll842
Abstract

Autographed copy of speech written by Oregon Governor Julius Meier for the Oregon Diamond Jubilee in 1934. It's probable that Meier never gave the speech, as he was forced to cancel the appearance where he was scheduled to deliver it.

Dates: 1934 June 6

Interview with Thomas H. Mercer

 Collection
Identifier: SR3974
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1976

Frank J. Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2238
Abstract

Frank J. Miller was a state senator from Albany in the Oregon Legislature, commissioner of the Railroad Commission of Oregon, and chairman of the Public Service Commission of Oregon, 1916-1917. Collection includes membership cards, tickets, ID cards, and other ephemera, 1904-1917; correspondence and documents, 1904-1913, regarding Masonic activities; newspaper clippings, circa 1900-1914, regarding his nomination as railroad commissioner and his Masonic activities.

Dates: circa 1900-1917

John H. Mitchell speeches and correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 831
Abstract

Speeches and three items of correspondence of U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell (1935-1905). Mitchell was a U.S. senator for Oregon who servered at various points from the 1870s to the 1900s. In 1905, he was convicted of having accepted bribes, and he died while awaiting an appeal for his conviction.

Dates: 1869-1905

Al Monner news negatives

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1284
Abstract Includes work by photographer Al Monner for the Oregon Journal newspaper from 1936 to 1974. A small selection of pre-1938 photographs were likely taken for the Oregonian newspaper, where Monner worked from 1936 to 1938. The photographs cover a wide variety of people and topics, primarily in the greater Portland area. Of particular interest are photographs documenting World War II efforts in Portland, as well as large dam-building projects. Large-format negatives from 1936 to 1959 have been...
Dates: 1936-1974

Moody family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 699
Abstract Papers of the Moody family include correspondence, financial records and other documents of Malcolm A. Moody and Zenas F. Moody, as well as miscellaneous family correspondence and records. Also included are correspondence, financial records, and genealogical material (including the Nesmith family) of Anne and Elizabeth Lang, employees of Malcolm A. Moody; and correspondence, diaries, and other materials of Thomas and Mary Lang. Zenas Ferry Moody was an Oregon merchant and governor,...
Dates: 1820-1950

Oral history interview with Howard Morgan

 Collection
Identifier: SR1136
Abstract

Oral history interview with Howard Morgan conducted by Clark Hansen from August 25 to October 7, 1992, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Morgan represented Clackamas and Multnomah counties in the Oregon House of Representatives in 1949; was chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon in 1955; was Oregon Public Utility Commissioner from 1957 to 1959; and was a member of the Federal Power Commission in 1961.

Dates: 1992 August 25-October 7

Caricature of Wayne Morse

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5314
Abstract

Pen and ink caricature of Wayne Morse by Dan Mindolovich.

Dates: circa 1945-1974