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Speeches and three items of correspondence of U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell (1935-1905). Mitchell was a U.S. senator for Oregon who servered at various points from the 1870s to the 1900s. In 1905, he was convicted of having accepted bribes, and he died while awaiting an appeal for his conviction.

Abstract Papers of the Moody family include correspondence, financial records and other documents of Malcolm A. Moody and Zenas F. Moody, as well as miscellaneous family correspondence and records. Also included are correspondence, financial records, and genealogical material (including the Nesmith family) of Anne and Elizabeth Lang, employees of Malcolm A. Moody; and correspondence, diaries, and other materials of Thomas and Mary Lang. Zenas Ferry Moody was an Oregon merchant and governor,...

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Oral history interview with Maurine B. Neuberger conducted by Clark Hansen from August 26 to December 12, 1991, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Neuberger served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1951 to 1955 and in the U.S. Senate from 1960 to 1964.

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Oral history interview with Maurine Neuberger conducted by Cynthia Harrison on December 15, 1978. Neuberger served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1951 to 1955 and in the U.S. Senate from 1960 to 1964.

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Oral history interview with Bob Packwood conducted by Clark Hansen from January 26, 1996, to August 20, 2003, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Packwood was a U.S. senator from Oregon from 1969 to 1995. Packwood resigned from his seat after the Senate Ethics Committee recommended his expulsion following an investigation of allegations that he committed sexual misconduct.

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Materials relating to U.S. Senators for Oregon Richard L. Neuberger (1912-1960) and Maurine B. Neuberger (1906-2000) collected by Mary Jane Sills (née Christgau, 1922-2010), including correspondence from Maurine Neuberger, ephemera, a list of former staffers, and photographs. Sills worked as an aide to both senators from 1954 to 1967.

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James Harvey Slater was elected prosecuting attorney for the 5th Judicial District in 1866, served in the U.S. House from 1871-1873, and was a U.S. senator from Oregon from 1879-1885. Papers include correspondence; estate and family papers; reminiscences; and speeches, 1867-1885, on topics including economics, politics, tariffs, and slavery.

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Oral history interview with Vera M. Springer conducted by Mary Mead in seven sessions, from August 9 to September 20, 1990, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Springer discusses her work for U.S. Senators Dick Neuberger and Maurine Neuberger from 1954 to 1966.

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Papers, including correspondence, guest books, and photographs, relating to the life and political career of Oregon politician Wendell Wyatt (1917-2009). Wyatt was a U.S. Representative from 1965 to 1975.