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Politics and Politicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 176 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Lanman collection on congressional biography

 Collection
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

Dorothy McCullough Lee collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2772
Abstract

Dorothy McCullough Lee was a lawyer, a state legislator, and the first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon. Collection includes biographical sketches; photocopy of Lee's last will and testament, 1972; inventory of Lee's papers at the Schlesinger Library of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute; and ephemera.

Dates: circa 1972-1987

Oral history interview with Randy Leonard

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11025
Abstract Oral history interview with Randy Leonard, conducted by Jim Strassmaier in seven sessions, from January 12 to March 2, 2018, for the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Leonard discusses his experiences as an intern and staff member for Oregon State Representative Ed Lindquist during the 1975 and 1977 legislative sessions; his career as a Portland firefighter and as president of the Portland Fire Fighters Association; his tenure in the Oregon State Senate and Oregon House of Representatives...
Dates: 2018 January 12-March 2

Irvin H. Luiten papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2862
Abstract

Papers include documents relating to legislation; Public Affairs Bulletin, 1956-1974; and newspaper clippings regarding the Oregon Legislature. An unprocessed addition to the collection includes speeches, poems, and manuscripts by Luiten, as well as articles, clippings, correspondence, and a scrapbook. Luiten (1915-1997) did public relations work for Weyerhaeuser and then became a Weyerhaeuser lobbyist to the Oregon Legislature, serving from 1953 to 1978.

Dates: 1953-1974

Lutheran Schools Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 646
Abstract

Records compiled by the Lutheran Schools Committee of Portland, Oregon, largely as part of a 1922 political campaign to defeat the Compulsory Education Bill, which sought to make public school attendance mandatory in Oregon for children ages eight to sixteen. Materials include clippings, campaign literature, posters, correspondence, ephemera, and voter registration lists.

Dates: 1921-1925

Jack Lynch papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2713
Abstract

Jack Lynch (1896-1973) served as an Oregon state senator from 1943 to 1952. Collection includes correspondence, 1940-1973, regarding advice on campaign strategies to Douglas McKay and Bob Packwood; political speeches; legislative records regarding chiropractors, health professions, and small businesses; newspaper clippings and other papers regarding the "Fugitive Fathers Bill" and a bill prohibiting the sale of firecrackers, both of which were introduced by Lynch.

Dates: 1928-1973

Hector Macpherson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1376
Abstract

Correspondence, legislative records, speeches, and other materials relating to Hector Macpherson (1875-1970). Macpherson was a Canadian-American who taught at the Oregon Agricultural College (later Oregon State University) in Corvallis, and served in the Oregon Legislature as a representative for Linn County. As representative, he co-sponsored the unsuccessful Zorn-Macpherson School Moving Bill.

Dates: 1904-1961

Thomas R. Mahoney papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2522
Abstract

Thomas R. Mahoney (1896-1978) was an attorney and legislator, serving as an Oregon state senator from 1939-1952, 1961-1969, and 1971-1974. Papers consist of correspondence, 1952-1974, including a letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower and a letter from Washington Representative Margaret Hurley; newspaper clippings and ephemera; and scrapbooks regarding his political career.

Dates: 1943-1975

Photograph album on the dedication of the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center

 Collection
Identifier: Album 903
Abstract

Color photographs depicting the dedication of the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, including images of U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield, unidentified people at the event, and the dedication ceremony. Also included are photographs of staff and patients moving into the new center in April 2005, and a small quantity of materials related to the design and construction of the building.

Dates: 2004 September 22-2005 April

Lorna Marple collection on the Democratic Party of Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6042
Abstract

Unprocessed collection of materials relating to the Democratic Party of Oregon, the Clackamas County Democratic Party, the League of Women Voters, and the NAACP.

Dates: circa 1950-1991