Politics and Politicians
Found in 166 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Don E. Clark
Oral history interview with Don E. Clark conducted by George M. Joseph from August 30, 1994, to March 27, 1998. Clark served as Multnomah County sheriff from 1963 to 1965, and as Multnomah County commissioner from 1971 to 1983.
Oral history interview with Frank C. Cook
Oral history interview with Frank C. Cook conducted by Clark Hansen from November 29-30, 1989, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Cook was an aide to Hatfield from 1969 to 1973.
Jacob Calvin Cooper correspondence
Correspondence, 1896-1907, regarding politics of the 1898 primary election in Oregon and the Oregon Girls' Drill Company at the Jamestown Exhibition.
Kenneth L. Cooper papers
Kenneth L. Cooper (1884-1972) served with the 364th Infantry during World War I and was elected to the Portland City Commission in 1940. Collection includes papers related to his tenure as Portland City Commissioner, 1940-1945; typescript and manuscript correspondence, 1914-1970, some from World War l; and personal papers and ephemera.
Corbett family papers
Correspondence, property and financial records, photographs, and ephemera of the Corbett family of Portland, Oregon, primarily the family of Henry L. Corbett (1881-1957) and Henry L. Corbett's brother Hamilton F. Corbett (1888-1966). Members of the family represented in this collection are descendants of Henry Winslow Corbett (1827-1903), an early emigrant to Oregon.
Coronation of Womanhood posters
Two copies of a poster entitled “The Coronation of Womanhood,” and the corresponding identification key. The poster was commissioned and designed by Abigail Scott Duniway in 1884 to honor supporters of the equal-suffrage movement.
John Buel Dimick papers
John Buel Dimick (1840-1903) was a member of the Company B Volunteer Cavalry and later the Oregon Infantry during the Civil War, and a state senator from Marion County from 1887 to 1890. Collection includes correspondence with his wife, Almira Dimick, during his time in the military; business correspondence; political correspondence and speeches; and correspondence with various family members.
Robert Duncan papers
Robert Duncan represented Jackson County in the Oregon House of Representatives and served in the U. S. Congress. Papers include programs, ephemera, campaign materials, correspondence, and diaries.
Oral history interview with Nancie P. Fadeley
Oral history interview with Nancie P. Fadeley conducted by Linda S. Dodds on April 2, 1981. Fadeley discusses serving in the Oregon House of Representatives, and talks about her husband, Ed Fadeley, and his career as a lawyer and a state legislator.
Robert S. Farrell papers
Robert Sylvester Farrell (1906-1947) was a Republican state representative, 1935-1942, and Oregon Secretary of State, 1943-1947. Collection includes correspondence, 1945-1947; memorial commemorations, 1947; and scrapbooks, 1937-1946, with clippings regarding Farrell's career in the Oregon government.