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Politics and Politicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 171 Collections and/or Records:

A few hurried glances at Portland's justly celebrated city council

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5328
Abstract

Pen and ink cartoon by Harry Daniel Murphy depicting the members of the Portland City Council, circa 1900. Councilmen include W. T. Branch, Earl C. Bronaugh, Frank B. Holbrook, William Y. Masters, Fred T. Merrill, Henry S. Rowe, and George W. Weidler.

Dates: circa 1900

Howard Fisher cartoons

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Identifier: Mss1702
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Original pen and ink editorial cartoons by Oregonian cartoonist Howard Fisher.

Dates: circa 1930-1980

Irving H. Fletcher papers

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Identifier: Coll 418
Abstract

Papers of Irving H. "Irv" Fletcher, an Oregon labor union leader who served as president of the Oregon AFL-CIO for 18 years. Included are Fletcher's personal and political correspondence, AFL-CIO convention materials and booklets, information about affiliated political and labor union leaders, materials for Fletcher's own campaign, and both personal- and AFL-CIO-related photographs.

Dates: 1949-2013

Steve Forrester columns for Northwest Newspapers

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Identifier: Coll 1052
Abstract Nine volumes containing printouts and photocopied typescripts of Steve Forrester's columns for Northwest Newspapers. Northwest Newspapers was a news bureau in Washington, D.C., that Forrester owned from 1978 to 1987, and through which he distributed a news column to newspapers in Oregon, Washington state, and Idaho. The columns discussed U.S. Congress members from those states and legislation or political issues that related to the Pacific Northwest. Some of the columns are drafts that...
Dates: 1978-1987

Aaron M. and Gerry Frank family papers

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Identifier: Mss 2832
Abstract

Papers of and relating to Aaron M. Frank (1891-1968), his son Gerry Frank (1923-2022), their family, and the Portland, Oregon, department store Meier & Frank. Aaron M. Frank was president of Meier & Frank from 1937 to 1964. Gerry Frank managed a Salem, Oregon, branch of Meier & Frank from 1955 to 1965, and later served as U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield's chief of staff.

Dates: 1866-1966

Gerry Frank scrapbooks and memorabilia

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Identifier: Coll 855
Abstract

Scrapbooks, photograph albums, photographs, papers, and ephemera compiled by or relating to Gerald W. "Gerry" Frank (1923-). Frank is a businessman from Oregon who worked at the department store Meier & Frank; opened a dessert shop in Salem, Oregon, named Gerry Frank's Konditerei; and was U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield's chief of staff.

Dates: circa 1880-2018

Giles French papers

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Identifier: Mss132
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, notes, speeches, scrapbooks and reports of Giles French, a legislator and author from Sherman County, Oregon.

Dates: 1929-1974

M. C. George papers

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Identifier: Mss 680
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, and ephemera of and relating to M. C. George (1849-1933). George came to Oregon in 1851, worked as a lawyer and a judge, and served in the Oregon Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.

Dates: 1860; 1882-1933

Edward J. Georgeff papers

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Identifier: Mss1857
Abstract

Edward J. Georgeff served as Assistant U. S. Attorney in Portland, Oregon, from 1954 to 1970. Papers consist of a typescript letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower; a Northwestern School of Law diploma; and a certificate of appointment to Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Dates: 1952-1954

Oral history interview with Marty B. Gold

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Identifier: SR1325
Abstract

Oral history interview with Marty B. Gold conducted by Clark Hansen from June 13-16, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Gold was a legal assistant to Hatfield.

Dates: 1988 June 13-16