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Politics and Politicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 180 Collections and/or Records:

Oregon voter digest records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1790
Abstract

Unprocessed collection of records of the publication Oregon Voter Digest, consisting primarily of clippings and research materials on Oregon politicians.

Dates: circa 1934-1981

Oral history interview with Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain

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Identifier: SR 11214
Abstract

Oral history interview with Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain conducted by Michael O'Rourke from June 20, 2008, to April 10, 2010. O'Scannlain discusses his service as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, beginning in 1986.

Dates: 2008 June 20-2010 April 10

Grace Olivier Peck papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2503
Abstract Collection consists of materials relating to Grace Olivier Peck (1898-1979), her political career, and other activities, as well as some papers relating to other members of her family. Peck served in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1949 and again from 1957 through 1976. Materials relating to Peck include correspondence; minutes, letters, and other papers of organizations with which she was involved; and scrapbooks concerning her legislative career. The collection also...
Dates: 1914-1977

Grace Olivier Peck photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 105
Abstract

Photographs of and relating to Grace Olivier Peck (1898-1979), who served in the Oregon House of Representatives for more than 20 years. The collection includes photographs documenting the Olivier family, Peck's life and legislative career, and her friends and associates.

Dates: circa 1890-1977

People For A Better Oregon campaign comic book and original artwork

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 258
Abstract

Collection consists of three copies of a color comic book made for bulk mailing to voters by the organization People For A Better Oregon in 1985, along with paste-ups of the original artwork. The comic book, titled "Oregon's Balanced Tax Plan: Ballot Measure #1" describes and advocates for a ballot measure that would have created a sales tax to fund education in Oregon.

Dates: 1985

Oral history interview with Fred L. Peterson

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9600
Abstract

Oral history interview with Fred L. Peterson conducted by Linda S. Dodds from February 11 to April 28, 1982. Peterson discusses serving on the Portland City Council from 1940 to 1952, and as Portland mayor from 1953 to 1956.

Dates: 1982 February 11-April 28

Walter Marcus Pierce papers

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Identifier: Mss 2558
Abstract

Collection related to Walter M. Pierce, an educator, rancher, and politician who served as Oregon governor and in the U.S. House of Representatives. Materials include correspondence, primarily with family members and with J. A. Churchill, superintendent of public instruction, as well as minutes of the State Textbook Commission's meetings. Also included are Dictaphone belts made by Pierce's biographer, Arthur H. Bone, regarding Bone's research about Pierce and other topics.

Dates: 1916-circa 1965

Eugene Debbs Potts papers

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Identifier: Mss1827
Abstract

Unprocessed papers of Eugene Debbs Potts, a Democrat who served in the Oregon Senate in legislative sessions from 1961 to 1984, representing first Josephine County and later Josephine and Jackson counties.

Dates: 1963-1984

Radio news report on the death of Charles Sprague

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Identifier: SR9505
Abstract

This audio recording consists of an announcement, delivered by Robert Bruce, regarding the death of Charles Sprague on March 13, 1969. The announcement was recorded from the radio broadcast of an unidentified news program. Sprague was governor of Oregon from 1939 to 1943.

Dates: 1969 March 13

Referred to Judiciary!!!

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5357
Abstract

Pen and ink cartoon depicting Speaker of Oregon House Robert S. Farrell as a ventriloquist's dummy sitting on Representative Frank Lonergan's lap.

Dates: 1941