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Politics and Politicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 171 Collections and/or Records:

William Dean Kendall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2875
Abstract William Dean Kendall (born 1914) worked for Pacific Telephone, was president of American Bank Building and ran for Portland city commissioner in 1974. He was a prolific writer of letters, most in protest of the rapid growth of government. Collection includes correspondence with Oregon senators and representatives, U.S. presidents, city and county officials, editors of the Oregonian newspaper, and various organizations and companies, primarily regarding taxes, inflation, and government size...
Dates: 1904-1990

Oral history interview with J. Keith Kennedy

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Identifier: SR1339
Abstract

Oral history interview with J. Keith Kennedy conducted by Jim Strassmaier on June 8, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Kennedy was staff director for the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Dates: 1988 June 8

Poster advertising talk by Robert F. Kennedy

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Identifier: Coll 995
Abstract

Undated poster advertising a talk by Senator Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) in the Britt Ballroom (possibly referring to a space at Southern Oregon College in Ashland, Oregon).

Dates: circa 1968

John Kerry 2004 campaign materials

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Identifier: Coll 282
Abstract

Materials related to John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign that were created or collected by Mark Kronquist. Collection includes nine photographs by Kronquist of John Kerry campaigning in Portland, Oregon; a press schedule, August 12-16, 2004, for Kerry'svisit to Oregon; and a compilation of news clippings and media reports of Kerry's "Believe in America" tour.

Dates: 2004

Franklin F. Korell papers

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Identifier: Mss2197
Abstract

Franklin F. Korell was an Oregon state representative from 1921 to 1922 and a United States congressman from 1927 to 1931. Papers include correspondence, 1931-1959, regarding editorials on the Pact of Paris; military leave of absence, 1918; speeches, 1921, regarding the Pact of Paris, postal reform, agriculture, veterans legislation and national defense; and election materials, circa 1930.

Dates: 1918-1959

KPTV interview with Jackie Kennedy and John F. Kennedy

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Identifier: SR3904
Abstract

Interview with John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy conducted by John A. Salisbury and broadcast on the Portland, Oregon, channel KPTV in 1958.

Dates: 1958

Ku Klux Klan La Grande, Oregon Chapter records

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Identifier: Mss2604
Abstract

Collection includes minutes, financial statements and other administrative documents regarding Klan activities in Oregon, including its involvement in Walter M. Pierce's successful gubernatorial campaign in 1922 and the passage of the Compulsory Education Bill of 1922.

Dates: 1922-1923

Abraham Walter Lafferty papers

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Identifier: Mss2252
Abstract Abraham Walter Lafferty (1875-1964) practiced law in Portland and was elected as a Republican to the sixty-second and sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915). He moved to New York City in 1919 and continued the practice of law there until 1933. He returned to Portland and later unsuccessfully ran for political office several times. Papers include letters to E. B. MacNaughton, January 1949, urging Reed College to purchase Calvert Mansion in Riverdale, Maryland; and miscellaneous...
Dates: 1949-1991

Harry Lane statement about the armed neutrality bill

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Identifier: Coll 930
Abstract

Autographed statement of U.S. Senator Harry Lane (1855-1917) regarding his position on the armed neutrality bill. The statement was written in response to criticisms of his position and claims that he had supported a filibuster of the bill. Lane was mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1905 to 1909, and was a U.S. senator for Oregon from 1913 to 1917. Lane opposed the United States' entry into World War I, and he died while in office.

Dates: 1917 March 20

Charles Lanman collection on congressional biography

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Identifier: Mss 2202
Abstract

Correspondence from members of the U.S. Congress to Charles Lanman, providing him with their biographical information. Correspondents include Joseph Lane, John Rogers McBride, James Willis Nesmith, Joseph Showalter Smith, Benjamin Stark, and George Henry Williams.

Dates: 1858-1869