Politics and Politicians
Found in 176 Collections and/or Records:
James Harvey Slater papers
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.
Arthur Robert Smith papers
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."
Elmo Smith papers
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.
Portrait of Elmo Smith
Pencil sketch portrait of Oregon statesman and Governor Elmo Smith, by an unidentified artist.
Arthur C. Spencer III term papers
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."
Charles A. Sprague papers
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.
Charles A. Sprague photographs collection
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.
Oral history interview with Vera M. Springer
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.
Isaac E. Staples scrapbook
Collection consists of a scrapbook, circa 1914-1940, with clippings, correspondence and ephemera regarding Isaac Staples' career as an Oregon state senator and businessman.
William H. Steiwer letters
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.