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Politics and Politicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 176 Collections and/or Records:

Donald J. Sterling collection on the Velde Committee

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2883
Abstract The Velde Committee, or Committee on Un-American Activities, met in Portland, Oregon, in June 1954 to investigate the political affiliations of three Reed College professors, who refused to answer questions put to them by the committee. Collection consists of documents gathered by Donald Sterling Jr., who covered the hearings for the Oregon Journal newspaper. Among the materials in the collection are an open letter by Reed College Professor Stanley Moore; the prepared text of a speech to be...
Dates: 1953-1989; Majority of material found within 1954
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

John Daniel Stevens letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1187
Abstract John Daniel Stevens (1847-1932) was a civic and political leader, socialist organizer, and lecturer in Portland, Oregon. Collection consists primarily of manuscript and typescript correspondence, circa 1895-1930. Some of the correspondents include George C. Brownell; George E. Chamberlain; Abigail Scott Duniway; Jack London; Charles L. McNary; Edwin V. O'Hara; C. E. S. Wood; James Withycombe; Jacob Calvin Cooper; Clarence Darrow; Rabbi Stephen S. Wise; and others concerned with progressive...
Dates: circa 1895-1932
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Frank A. Stewart papers

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Identifier: Mss 2810
Abstract

Photocopies of original documents, consisting of love poems, political essays and speeches written by Frank A. Stewart; certificates; compositions by others; and records of the Ellensburg Mite Society. Stewart (born 1843) emigrated to Oregon with his family in 1854. He became a farmer and served in the state Legislature.

Dates: 1862-1895
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Tom Stimmel scrapbooks

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Identifier: Mss2818
Abstract

Thomas S. Stimmel was a staff writer and Oregon Legislature correspondent for the Oregon Journal newspaper. Collection includes scrapbooks with calendars of notes on legislative proceedings and clippings of Stimmel's articles reporting on the legislative sessions of 1973, 1975, 1977, and 1981.

Dates: 1973-1981
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Ken Stoller photographic collection on Donald E. Clark

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 838
Abstract

Collection consists of 19 black and white photographs of Multnomah County Commissioner Donald E. Clark, taken by Ken Stoller over the course of one day in 1975, with an accompanying document by Stoller.

Dates: 1975
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Letters to Hal Stoltz from Mark Hatfield and Wendell Wyatt

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Identifier: Coll 1055
Abstract Letters from U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield (1922-2011) and U.S. Representative Wendell Wyatt (1917-2009) to Hal Stoltz of Portland, Oregon, regarding the possible impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon for his actions in the Watergate scandal. In October 1973, Nixon's attempt to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox led to the resignation of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus before Solicitor General Robert Bork carried out Cox's dismissal....
Dates: 1973 November 16
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Oral history interview with Helen W. Stone

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Identifier: SR 9508
Abstract

Oral history interview with Helen W. Stone conducted by Deborah M. Frosaker on October 26, 1978. Stone discusses the legal and political career of her father, Oswald West, who served as governor of Oregon.

Dates: 1978 October 26
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

William Swindells invitation to reception for General U. S. Grant

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Identifier: Mss2409
Abstract

Printed invitation to Reverend William Swindells to a reception for General Ulysses Simpson Grant at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 20, 1879.

Dates: 1879
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Littleton Dennis Teackle letters

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Identifier: Mss 670
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, 1823-1834, to Littleton Dennis Teackle from John Adams, Henry Clay, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Mentor Johnson, Edward Livingston, James Madison, and Roger Brooke Taney. Teackle (1777-1848) was a Maryland businessman and member of the Maryland House of Delegates.

Dates: 1823-1834
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Oral history interview with Dorothy H. Thornton

 Collection
Identifier: SR1076
Abstract

Oral history interview with Dorothy H. Thornton conducted by Nancy Hawver from September 10 to December 13, 1991. Thornton talks about the Tillamook Creamery Association, about the legal and political career of Robert Y. Thornton, and about her career as a painter.

Dates: 1991 September 10-December 13
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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