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Politics and Politicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 176 Collections and/or Records:

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

Multnomah County Democratic Central Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1844
Abstract

Records date from 1960 to 1985 and include correspondence, administrative documents, financial records, campaign materials, and pamphlets.

Dates: 1960-1985

Robert Nash papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2806
Abstract

Robert Nash was active in various liberal and radical groups in Portland dealing with housing, crime prevention, and socialism. Collection includes programs, ephemera, minutes, and other papers relating to Alcoholics Anonymous, the Central Area Crime Prevention Committee, the Democratic Party, the Downtown Community Association, the Portland Tenants Union, the Rainbow Coalition, I.W.W., and the Socialist Party.

Dates: 1962-1988

Steve Neal collection on Oregon politicians

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1807
Abstract

Unprocessed papers collected by Steve Neal regarding Oregon politicians, especially Charles L. McNary, circa 1965-1989.

Dates: circa 1965-1989

"Ned" Baker: friend of Lincoln

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1348
Abstract

Typescript monograph, "'Ned' Baker: Friend of Lincoln," by Edgar I. Stewart, circa 1963, about the life of Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861), a senator from Oregon, 1860-1861, and friend of Abraham Lincoln.

Dates: circa 1963

Oral history interview with Maurine B. Neuberger

 Collection
Identifier: SR1141
Abstract

Oral history interview with Maurine B. Neuberger conducted by Clark Hansen from August 26 to December 12, 1991, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Neuberger served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1951 to 1955 and in the U.S. Senate from 1960 to 1964.

Dates: 1991 August 26-December 12

Charles G. North papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll833
Abstract

Documents and campaign ephemera relating to Charles G. North of Portland, Oregon. North was Multnomah County constable from 1933 until his death in 1952. The collection also includes an account of how, as a young man, North was abducted in San Francisco and forced into service on a whaling ship for over three years.

Dates: 1929-circa 1940