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Politics and Politicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 171 Collections and/or Records:

Binger Hermann papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 743
Abstract

Papers of an Oregon congressman and U.S. General Land Office commissioner. The collection consists of a small group of correspondence relating to Binger Hermann's historical writings; two land patent documents from 1868 and 1897; news clippings; research notes; and typescripts of some of Hermann's historical writings.

Dates: 1868-1916

Rufus Cecil Holman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1396
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence and speeches by Rufus Cecil Holman, a Portland businessman who served as Oregon state treasurer and as a U.S. senator. Correspondence regards national politics relating to World War II, and the resources of the Pacific Northwest; correspondents include Philip H. Parrish, Harold L. Ickes, George C. Marshall, and Donald M. Nelson. Also included are certificates and photographs.

Dates: 1929-1944

Nan Wood Honeyman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 193
Abstract

The collection consists of scrapbooks, personal and political correspondence, clippings, invitations and announcements, pamphlets, and ephemera of Nan Wood Honeyman, the first woman from Oregon to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives (Democrat, 1937-1938).

Dates: 1901-1962; Majority of material found within 1935-1962

Mr. Herbert Clark Hoover of Oakland, California 1896

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 764
Abstract

Typescript document with biographical data of Herbert Hoover's earlier years in Iowa, in Oregon, and in Oakland, California. Also included is a photograph of Hoover's house in Oakland at the time he first registered to vote in 1896.

Dates: circa 1896; 1969

Oral history interview with Frank Ivancie

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2980
Abstract

Oral history interview with Frank Ivancie conducted by Clark Hansen on April 17 and April 18, 2001, as part of the Ira and Lauretta Keller Oral History Series. Ivancie discusses serving as a Portland city commissioner from 1966 to 1980 and as Portland mayor from 1980 to 1985, as well as his involvement with the Portland Development Commission.

Dates: 2001 April 17-18

Lee Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1833
Abstract

Unprocessed papers of Lee Johnson, dating from 1955 to 1978. Johnson represented Multnomah County in the Oregon House of Representatives, was Oregon Attorney General, and was a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court.

Dates: 1955-1978

Oliver Jory letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2928
Abstract

Letters from Oliver Jory to his first wife, Ella Jory, during their engagement and in the early years of their marriage. Subjects include the fruit-drying business, crops, the economy, politics, the temperance movement, and personal matters.

Dates: 1883-1907

George William Joseph papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1073
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, transcripts of court hearings, speeches and radio addresses, political notes, campaign materials and scrapbooks relating to political matters. George W. Joseph was a Republican senator who died while running for governor in 1930.

Dates: 1895-1934

Joseph R. Gerber Company scrapbook on Thomas Dewey's 1948 presidential primary campaign in Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 938
Abstract

Scrapbook of materials relating to Thomas E. Dewey's 1948 presidential primary campaign in Oregon compiled by the Joseph R. Gerber Company. The Gerber Company was an advertising agency in Portland, Oregon, that handled advertising for Dewey's campaign. Dewey won the Oregon primary and eventually became the Republican nominee, but lost the general election.

Dates: 1948 April-May

H. R. Kauffman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll887
Abstract

Papers of H. R. Kauffman, including ones relating to his medical career, his military service in World War I and later, and his career as an Oregon state senator. Kauffman was a medical doctor who lived in Toledo, Oregon, and who served as state senator from 1941 to 1943.

Dates: circa 1879-2012; Majority of material found within 1918-1960