Oregon -- Politics and government -- 1859-1950

Oral history interview with Marjorie K. Sailors conducted by Linda S. Dodds from June 26-July 7, 1989. Sailors discusses the life and legal career of her father, E. E. Kelly (1867-1938), the Ku Klux Klan presence in early 20th-century Medford, and her father's opposition to the Klan.

Papers of a Jewish American clothier and philanthropist of Portland, Oregon. Includes personal account books, scrapbooks containing correspondence and clippings, and some materials relating to Selling's business activities. Most materials relate to Selling's unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate in 1912 and to his charitable activities.

Papers of Oswald West include a small amount of correspondence and other papers from his term as Oregon governor, 1911-1915, and materials relating to his research and writing of political and historical articles, 1942-1960. Included is correspondence with prominent Oregonians and other political figures, such as James A. Farley, Wayne Morse, and Richard L. Neuberger.