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Politics and Politicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 176 Collections and/or Records:

James Harvey Slater papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2347
Abstract

James Harvey Slater was elected prosecuting attorney for the 5th Judicial District in 1866, served in the U.S. House from 1871-1873, and was a U.S. senator from Oregon from 1879-1885. Papers include correspondence; estate and family papers; reminiscences; and speeches, 1867-1885, on topics including economics, politics, tariffs, and slavery.

Dates: 1851-1977

Arthur Robert Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1074
Abstract

Papers relating to journalist Robert Arthur Smith's research and writing on Senator Wayne Morse. Includes copies of Morse's correspondence; Smith's correspondence and notes concerning Morse; materials relating to Morningside Hospital in Portland, Oregon; the Alaska Mental Health Bill of 1954; and typescript of Smith's 1962 book "The Tiger in the Senate."

Dates: 1931-1966

Elmo Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1830
Abstract

Elmo Smith (1909-1968) established the Eastern Oregon Observer newspaper and served in the Oregon Legislature and as governor. Papers date from 1932 to 1956 and include diplomas, business cards, an appointment book, and a letter from C. T. Caulfield, commander of the U.S. Navy Training Center.

Dates: 1932-1956

Portrait of Elmo Smith

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5315
Abstract

Pencil sketch portrait of Oregon statesman and Governor Elmo Smith, by an unidentified artist.

Dates: circa 1948-1968

Arthur C. Spencer III term papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 844
Abstract

Collection includes two typescript term papers by Arthur C. Spencer III: A 1960 paper titled "James W. Nesmith: Oregon Douglas-Union Democrat in the Civil War Period" and a 1966 paper titled "The First Congregational Church, Portland, Oregon."

Dates: 1960-1966

Charles A. Sprague papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2407
Abstract

Charles Arthur Sprague (1887-1969) was a newspaper editor and publisher, and served as governor of Oregon from 1939 to 1943. Collection includes correspondence, 1896-1968; documents relating to committees and commissions, 1949-1969, including Colleges for Oregon's Future, the Oregon Geographic Names Board, the Commission on the Rights, Liberties and Responsibilities of the American Indian, and the Oregon State Constitutional Revision Commission; and a last will and testament.

Dates: 1895-1969

Charles A. Sprague photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 3
Abstract

This collection contains photographs and negatives of Charles A. Sprague (1887-1969), governor of Oregon from 1938-1942, as well as of his wife, Blanche Chamberlain Sprague, and their children, Wallace and Martha. The images depict Sprague's political activities, as well as the Sprague family's private life.

Dates: 1911-1972

Oral history interview with Vera M. Springer

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1105
Abstract

Oral history interview with Vera M. Springer conducted by Mary Mead in seven sessions, from August 9 to September 20, 1990, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Springer discusses her work for U.S. Senators Dick Neuberger and Maurine Neuberger from 1954 to 1966.

Dates: 1990 August 9-September 20

Isaac E. Staples scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1342
Abstract

Collection consists of a scrapbook, circa 1914-1940, with clippings, correspondence and ephemera regarding Isaac Staples' career as an Oregon state senator and businessman.

Dates: circa 1914-1940

William H. Steiwer letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2277
Abstract

William H. Steiwer (1896-1972) was a member of the Steiwer family of Fossil, Oregon. He was a rancher and served as a state senator, 1935-1943, and as president of the Oregon Senate, 1943. Collection consists of typescript correspondence, 1942-1943, regarding Steiwer's campaign for presidency of the Oregon Senate, and manuscript notes, 1942-1943, regarding committee assignments.

Dates: 1942-1943