George Earle Chamberlain papers

George Earle Chamberlain papers, 1900-1928

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Chamberlain, George Earle, 1854-1928
Title: George Earle Chamberlain papers
Dates: 1900-1928 (inclusive)
19001928
Quantity: 3 cubic feet, (7 document cases, 4 custom boxes, 1 reel of microfilm, 1 oversize folder)
Collection Number: Mss 1025
Summary: Papers of a governor of Oregon, United States Senator from Oregon, and member of the U.S. Shipping Board. Includes extensive correspondence, including letters regarding Chamberlain's 1918 Senate speech on U.S. War Department efficiency. Also includes Chamberlain's diary from 1876-1877 (on microfilm), scrapbooks on the Panama Canal treaty and Oregon politics, and ephemera.
Repository: Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions: The collection is open to the public.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

George Earle Chamberlain was born in Natchez, Mississippi in 1854. He worked there as a clerk in a general goods store for 2 years before entering Washington and Lee University. Upon graduation in 1876, he migrated to Oregon where he taught school briefly in Linn County. His political career began with his appointment as deputy clerk of Linn County, Oregon, a position he held from 1877 to 1879. After studying law in Albany, Oregon, he was elected to the state legislature in 1880, serving there until he was elected district attorney of the third judicial district of Oregon in 1884. Retiring to his law practice after one two-year term, Chamberlain was named as the State's first attorney general by Governor Sylvester Pennoyer in 1891, an office he held until 1895.

From 1900 to 1903, Chamberlain served as Multnomah County's District attorney, and was then elected governor of Oregon, serving until 1909. In that year he entered the national political arena as senator to Oregon. In Washington he was a key player in the government's preparation for World War I, serving as chair of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, which presided over such issues as the selective service draft bill and food control measures. His speech of January 24, 1918 regarding War Department inefficiency received widespread notice, although it contributed to his alienation from President Wilson and the Democratic Party establishment.

Chamberlain was defeated for re-election in 1920, in part because of his progressive Democratic allegience in a year when conservative Republicans were in favor nationally. His last government post was as a member of the U.S. Shipping Board, serving from 1921 to 1923. Married twice in his life, Chamberlain had seven children with his first wife, Sallie N. Welch, whom he wed in 1879. Carolyn B. Shelton, Chamberlain's second wife, was married to the ex-senator two years before his death in 1928.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The papers include correspondence (1903-1909, 1912-1922), scrapbooks (1909-1922), speeches (1916-1918), articles, newspaper clippings (1910-1928) (mostly photocopied), and political ephemera covering his career in politics as governor of Oregon (1903-1909), as U.S. Senator (1909-1920), and as a member of the U.S. Shipping Board (1921-1923).

The largest portion of the correspondence is chronologically arranged and includes letters received from local and national political figures such as William U'Ren, Oswald West, and Gifford Pinchot. The correspondence is generally political in nature, and subjects include the state's adoption of the initiative and referendum processes (the Oregon system), wilderness conservation, prohibition, concerns about the conditions of military training camps, state elections, and messages of congratulations regarding Chamberlain's re-election.

The newspaper clippings are organized by subject both in scrapbooks and loose in file folders. They primarily chronicle Chamberlain's political opinions, his actions as a member of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, and his death in 1928.

Also included are six bound volumes of indexed correspondence. These relate to Chamberlain's Senate speech on January 24, 1918, which concerned his support of the War Cabinet Bill and his comments on the nation's lack of training and preparedness for the War; along with letters regarding his defeat in the 1920 election. There are also two volumes of reports regarding Selective Service Act of 1917 and the Food and Fuel Control Bill -- bills of which Chamberlain was instrumental in drafting.

The scrapbooks are arranged chronologically and mostly contain newspaper clippings on Chamberlain's involvement on the Military Affairs Committee, the political situation in Oregon (1909-1919), the Panama Canal Treaty (1912-1913), Chamberlain's concerns about the management of the War Department (1918-1919), and his involvement on the U.S. Shipping Board (1920-22).

The microfilm contains speeches, invitations, newspaper clippings, a transcript of an incomplete autobiography, articles about Chamberlain and Oregon's political situation and Chamberlain's diary (1876-77). Subjects include Oregon's adoption of the initiative and referendum political systems, and Chamberlain's involvement in the Senate Military Affairs Committee.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

Portions of the collection are available on Mss 1025 Microfilm, Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Restrictions on Use

The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright holders.

Preferred Citation

George Earle Chamberlain papers, Mss 1025, Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in the following series:

Series A: Correspondence, 1902-1922
Series B: General files, 1908-1928
Series C: Scrapbooks, 1909-1922

Acquisition Information

The origin of the collection is unknown

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series A: Correspondence, 1903-1922Return to Top

Container(s)

Description

Dates

Letters received, chronological

Files primarily contain letters, unless designated "telegrams."

Box/Folder

1/1

•	Allen, Mary E. (Women's Christian Temperance Union)
•	American Flag Protective Society
•	Clarke, S.A.
•	Day, Joseph (Portland Police Dept.)
•	Dell, Sidney (Oswald West; George Flavel)
•	Donnelly, J.T. (Oregon Penitentiary)
•	Douthit, J.A.
•	Eakin, Robert
•	Ellis, M.M. (Lewis and Clark Centennial)
•	Gaston, J. (Taxation)
•	Harry, G.Y. (Oregon Legislature)
•	Henderson, Dr. H.L. (George Flavel; Russian-Finns in Oregon)
•	Hofer, E.
•	Holmes, D.J.
•	Howell, T.J. (Democrats in Oregon)
•	Howorth, Samuel (Taxation; Mines and Mining)
•	Jackson, C.S.
•	Lancaster, Thomas
•	Lathrop, John E.
•	Mack, Billie
•	Mason, R.W. (Democratic Party) telegram
•	Mellis, Frederick R. (Forest Reserves)
•	Morrow, J.W. (Land-Oregon)
•	National Assn. of Democratic Clubs
•	Riley, Harry (Oregon Penitentiary)
•	Ryan, William S.
•	Schell, Joseph (Railroads-Oregon)
•	Seufert, F.A. (Salmon Canneries)
•	Sewell, Russell E. (School Lands)
•	Smith, W. Compton (Forest Reserves)
•	Thomas, Warren E.

1903

1/2

•	Atley, Fred (Democratic Party)
•	Campbell, J.R.
•	Clarke, S.A. (Binger Hermann)
•	Currin, George J.
•	Dalrymple, J.N. (Conservation)
•	Dugger, T.L. (Santiam News)
•	Fanning, Joseph T. (Democrats)
•	Harry, G.Y. (Democrats)
•	Hazzard, George
•	Hogan, Frank P.
•	Howell, T.J.
•	Ihmsen, M.F.
•	Kaiser, E.J.
•	Lane, Franklin K.
•	McDaniel, E.A. (Elections, Oregon, 1904)
•	McKercher, F. (Direct Primary Nominations League)
•	Mason, R.W.
•	Mattock, J.D.
•	Mears, Annie W. (Chinese; Negroes)
•	Mint, A.M. ?
•	Mitchell, R.W. (Lewis and Clark Expo)
•	Nees, Deland
•	New York Times telegram
•	Reames, C.L. (Democrats)
•	Rice, E.H.
•	Riely, Charles S. (Oregon Penitentiary)
•	Rielly, Joseph F.
•	Scott, S.W.
•	Susman, M.
•	Sweek, Alexander
•	Tarpey, M.F. (Democrats)
•	Teal, J.N. (Railroads, Oregon)

1904

1/3

•	Baker, J.A. (Land, Oregon)
•	Bilyeu, L.
•	Burkhardt, F.W. (Oregon Railway and Navigation Co.)
•	Campbell, P.L. (W.J. Bryan)
•	Cawthorn, A.W. (Oregon Penitentiary)
•	Clarke, S.A. (Forest Congress; Negroes; Pinchot, Gifford)
•	Eakin, Robert
•	Fanning, N.O.
•	Fletcher, J.N.
•	Friedel, Charles
•	Fulton, C.W.
•	Harris, Phil
•	Kelliher, A.T. (Timber; Land Frauds)
•	Lane, Franklin K. (Admin of Justice)
•	LaFourette, C.D. telegram
•	McAllen, D. (Lewis and Clark Expo)
•	McCulloch, J.W.
•	Mattock, J.D. (Republicans in Oregon)
•	Mitchell, Robert W. (Cox, L.B.)
•	Nees, Deland
•	Olsen, John F.
•	Pinchot, Gifford (Forest Reserves)
•	Salvo, N. (Governor Chamberlain cigars!)
•	Seabrook, E.B. (Taxation, Oregon)
•	Sears, Alfred F. Jr.
•	White, Samuel
•	Wise, Herman
•	Yates, Joseph

1905 January-August

1/4

•	Hawkins, J.E. (Land-Oregon)
•	Hogan, Lewis J.
•	Hooper, C.E. (Railroads)
•	Huntington, J.B. (Bush, Asa)
•	Kelliher, A.T. (Land Frauds; J.W. Morrow; R.M. Bush)
•	Lathrop, John E.
•	McCulloch, C.H.
•	Noland, George (Columbia River-Navigation)
•	Odell, W.H. (Land Frauds)
•	Pinchot, Gifford telegram
•	Raley, J.H. (Mitchell, J.H.)
•	Reames, A.E.
•	Reames, C.L. (Missing)
•	Richmond, F.L. telegram
•	Thomas, G.H. (Immigration)
•	West, Oswald (F.I. Dunbar)

1905 September-December

1/5

•	Barton, Joseph (Railroads-Oregon)
•	Bryan, William J.
•	Daly, J.D.
•	Eakin, Robert
•	Hayes, George W.
•	Hutchin, George L.
•	Irvine, B.F.
•	Jones, D.M.
•	Lathrop, John E. (Gearin, J.N.)
•	Morrow, J.W.
•	Sampson, C.B. (East Oregonian Pub. Co)
•	Seufert, F.A.
•	Shelley, Roswell
•	White, Samuel

1906

1/6

•	Bourne, Jonathan
•	Brown, Henrietta (Women's Christian Temperance Union)
•	Gilfrey, Henry H.
•	Griffin, J.C.
•	Irvine, B.F. (Public Utilities)
•	Jackson, C.S. (Banks and Banking; Wildlife-Conservation)
•	Lathrop, John E.
•	Mosessohn, M. (Portland Chamber of Commerce)
•	Ryan, William S.
•	Saunders, W.F.
•	Shibley, George H.
•	Talmage, Charles W.
•	Teal, J.N.
•	Treiber, D.J. (Oregon-Politics and Government)
•	Ueland, L.A.
•	Wallis, M.S.
•	White, Samuel
•	Young, F.G.

1907

1/7

•	Fulton, C.W.
•	Harvey, E.M. (Railroads-Oregon; Francis J. Heney)
•	Irvine, B.F. (Oregon-Legislature)
•	Lathrop, John E. (Francis J. Heney; C.W. Fulton)
•	Leelef, William (Resources-Conservation)
•	Ryan, William S. (John W. Kern)
•	Shibley, George H.
•	Stewart, J.F.
•	Strain, C.P.
•	Sweek, Alex
•	Trowbridge, George M. (F.J. Heney)
•	Waldo, Clara H. (Grange)
•	Walker, H.B. (Oregon System)
•	White, Samuel (Oregon System; S.R. U'ren)
•	Wise, Herman

1908 January-February

1/8

•	Cole, L.D. (Elections-Oregon, 1908)
•	Eaton, Allen H.
•	Fisk, Fred
•	Fletcher, J.H.
•	Foster, George H. (Oregon-Legislature)
•	Horner, J.B.
•	Lathrop, John E. (C.W. Fulton)
•	McKnight, C.F.
•	McKnight, Thomas E. (Oregon System)
•	Nelson, N.F.
•	Palmer, Eugene
•	Ryan, William S.
•	Settem, A.J.
•	Shibley, George H. (National Federation for People's Rule)
•	West, Oswald
•	White, Samuel

1908 March

1/9

•	Anderson, O.
•	Archer, George F. (Archaeology)
•	Avery, D.
•	Bain, N.D. (C.W. Fulton)
•	Bailey, A.C.
•	Booth, J.A.
•	Brown, Charles V.
•	Carney, F.J.
•	Catterlin, S.B.
•	Cauthorn, A.W. (Progressive Party)
•	Curtis, C.J. (Oregon Elections, 1908)
•	Dammasch, Louis
•	Doyle, M.
•	Driscoll, J.H. (Elections, 1908)
•	Epper, Francis (Oregon System)
•	Fletcher, J.H.
•	Foster, George H.
•	Gay, Charles B.
•	Haner, William (Oregon Elections, 1908)
•	Hayes, Jeff W.
•	Horner, J.B.
•	Jewell, Stephen
•	Jones, Alvin
•	Kuhn, J.O. (Oregon Elections, 1908)
•	McAllen, D.
•	McColloch, C.H.
•	McKnight, Thomas E. telegram
•	Malone, W.H.

1908 April

1/10

•	Betterworth, A.P. (Elections, 1908)
•	Bly, C.D.
•	Burke, John
•	Burleight, H.F.
•	Campbell, Joseph
•	Chance, Charles
•	Conrad, W.G. (Ladd and Tilton Bank)
•	Dammasch, Louis
•	Dooly, Frank E.
•	Dugger, T.L.
•	Edmundson, Leon R.
•	Evans, Charles W.
•	Fanning, Joseph R.
•	Fletcher, J.H. (Pardons)
•	Gallagher, Andrew
•	Gish, H.C.
•	Gravely, Julian S.
•	Guerin, W.E. Jr.
•	Harris, R.A. (Portland Labor Press)
•	Harris, R.L.
•	Harvey, E.M.
•	Horner, J.B. (Oregon System)
•	Howe, J.M.
•	King, A.
•	Lewis, Josaphine C.
•	Lieuallen, J.T.
•	McCorkle, Walter L.
•	McWilliams, D.S.
•	Matlock, J.D.
•	Mayer, Ben R.
•	Mayer, Buffington S.
•	Neuhausen, Thomas B.
•	Norman, I.J.
•	Norton, H.D.
•	Portland Federated Trades Council (Anti-Trust Law)
•	Reed, Henry D.
•	Robertson, J.R. (Pardons)
•	Rummel, H.
•	Scott, W.B. Sr.
•	Seal, A.B.
•	Seel, G.A.
•	Settem, A.J.
•	Sigurdson, A. (Oregon System)
•	Soliss, A.N.
•	Steffens, Lincoln (Oregon System)
•	Strong, E.W.
•	Sweek, Alex
•	Teal, J.N.
•	U'ren, W.S. (Oregon System)
•	Wadsworth, F.M.
•	Wall, John M.
•	Young, F.G. (Conservation)

1908 May 1-25

1/11

•	Allen, W.E.
•	Allison, Joseph
•	Bailey, W.S.
•	Belcher, J.M.
•	Blackman, Henry
•	Boder, John
•	Botts, H.T. (Oregon Election, 1908)
•	Bowlby, E.R.
•	Brock, William H.
•	Brunk, Thomas W.
•	Burnett, A.D.
•	Campbell, W.P.
•	Collet, George H.
•	Galloway, William
•	Gwin, John
•	Grass, Jake
•	Harvey, E.M.
•	Hastings, C.R.
•	Hermann, Schiller B.
•	Horner, J.B.
•	Imbler, E.W.
•	Johnson, R.F. (H.M. Cake)
•	Lake, E.R.
•	McCann, H.L. (John A. Collier)
•	McKnight, C.F. (Pardons)
•	Mills, J.E.
•	Morrison, C.L.
•	Morrow, Andrew
•	Reese, H.J.
•	Richmond, F.L.
•	Ridehalgh, W.R. (Fishing)
•	Riggin, George
•	Ritan, O.A.
•	Rush, John A.
•	Rust, W.J.
•	Sherwood, A.J.
•	Sibesend, James
•	Smith, J.S.L.
•	Stoddard, George (Land-Oregon)
•	U'ren, W.S. (Oregon System; Populists)
•	Vernen, T.B.
•	Wann, William H.

1908 May 26-31

1/12

All relate to the election of 1908

•	Baldwin, Tom M.
•	Barkley, Henry L.
•	Barlow, A.J.
•	Baty, A.S.
•	Beeman, J.H.
•	Belt, George W.
•	Bilyeu, W.R.
•	Blanks, A.L.
•	Butterworth, Charles.
•	Caufield, George S.
•	Cauthorn, A.W.
•	Chadwick, S.J.
•	Chambers, Henry
•	Charlton, J.R.
•	Coshow, O.P.
•	Coshow, R.H.
•	Cowan, Jas. L. (telegram)
•	Crosfield, George N.
•	Curtis, C.J.
•	Danredsay, W.B.
•	Davenport, W.J.
•	Deisch, Peter
•	Dobbins, H.H.
•	Dodson, S.H.
•	Eakin, J.H.
•	Finton, B.
•	Gilbert, A.T.
•	Gist, H.C.
•	Gorman, John O.
•	Grant, Robert M.
•	Harder, William
•	Hazen, George W.
•	Hedges, Gilbert L.
•	Hedges, P.H.
•	Houston, C.P.
•	Hudson, E.G.
•	Huston, J.F.
•	Hyde, V.R.
•	Johns, James
•	Lane, Harry
•	Laugill, Nat
•	Lee, Frank
•	Lee, H. Embert
•	Louis, C.W.
•	Lowengart, I.
•	Lynch, Patrick J.
•	McCorkle, Walter L.
•	McNaught, J.F.
•	McParland, James
•	McWilliams, H.L.
•	Mason, R.M.
•	Miller, D.H.
•	Mitchell, William R.
•	Montague, Richard W.
•	Moore, J.F.
•	Morris, A.L.
•	Morrow, A.
•	Mulit, L.L.
•	Murphy, J. Hennessy
•	Nelson, D.R.
•	Niusfield, John
•	Oregon City Mfg. Co.
•	Page, Charles H.
•	Peters, Lee F.
•	Peterson, Will M.
•	Pentz, S.S.
•	Prague, Otto
•	Reames, C.L.
•	Reynolds, H.R.
•	Ridehalgh, W.W.
•	Saunders, W.W.
•	Schneider, Maxwell
•	Shelby, Eugene
•	Shelton, R.
•	Smith, C.J.
•	Smith, Edwin
•	Steffens, Lincoln
•	Stevenson, John H.
•	Stewart, McCants
•	Stiles, T.J.
•	Teal, J.N.
•	U'ren, W.S.
•	Van Stralen, Charles J.
•	Walden, C.E.
•	Wann, W.A.
•	White, Samuel
•	Williams, John S.
•	Wilson, A. King
•	Wilson, John D.
•	Wise, Hermann

1908 June 1-4

1/13

All relate to the election of 1908.

•	Alexander, Z.W.
•	Allen, George E.
•	Bailey, Thomas
•	Baird, Charles E.
•	Bergman, Isaac
•	Botts, H.T.
•	Bragg, E.E.
•	Brown, R.W.
•	Casey, Jas.
•	Chance, Charles. H.
•	Coleman, R.R.
•	Craig, George. S.
•	Dale, William
•	Daly, B.
•	Dugger, T.L. (Oregon System)
•	Dunbar, Erroll
•	Egan, P.G.
•	Epper, Friar (Mt. Angel College)
•	Evans, Sarah A. (Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs)
•	Fitchett, William F.
•	French, J.A.
•	Friedlander, S.H.
•	Fuchs, Mose
•	Gravely, J.S.
•	Gray, George B. and W.T.
•	Hammack, E.E.
•	Harris, R.L.
•	Headen, John W.
•	Hendricks, H.H.
•	Howe, John D.
•	Jackson, C.C. (Navigation)
•	Kelly, D.M.
•	Lafrent, F.W.
•	LaRoche, Walter
•	McChesney, J.T.
•	McKinney, C.F.
•	McKnight, C.F.
•	McLain, Hugh
•	Maloney, Thomas
•	Moody, Malcolm A.
•	Moore, F.E.
•	Nye, Ad
•	Olney, William
•	Olson, B.W.
•	Parks, M.R.
•	Pence, J.T.
•	Ryan, William S.
•	Savage, J.C.
•	Shelby, A.B.
•	Shibley, George H.
•	Smith, William
•	Sovey, Percy B. (Oregon System)
•	Spencer, Arthur C.
•	Straw, E.E.
•	Taylor, H.J.
•	Thacker, George A.
•	Thomas, Abbot
•	Tichenor, F.B.
•	Trowbridge, George M. (Conservation)
•	Troy, P.M.
•	Turner, R.R.
•	Wallace, J.S.
•	Wilson, W.H.
•	Wimer, W.J.

1908 June 5-7

1/14

All relate to election of 1908

•	Allen, Charles W.
•	Barkdull, J.D.
•	Barrett, John
•	Berkeley, Florence L.
•	Buck, Samuel H.
•	Burns, Robert
•	Caples, R.A. (Oregon System, Democrats)
•	Carney, F.J.
•	Conrad, W.G.
•	Cross, H.E. (Chautaguas)
•	Crump, T.A. (Land-Oregon)
•	Dominic, Friar.
•	Doyle, M.
•	Foster, George H.
•	Gerber, Louis
•	Guiles, Capt.
•	Graham, Frederick
•	Henderson, J.T.
•	Henry, Benjamin F.
•	Hughes, Sam A.
•	Ivers, R.J.
•	Jack, J.E.
•	Jackson, James
•	Johnston, C.W.
•	Jones, Alvin
•	Kerr, W.J.
•	Kuhn, J.O.
•	Lee, W.H.
•	Lukens, G.R.
•	McCusker, Thomas
•	McDaniel, E.A.
•	McFadden, W.S.
•	Melvin, Henry A.
•	Montanye, S.H.
•	Moody, Ralph E.
•	Moore, R.H.
•	Myers, Jefferson
•	Norris, Charles
•	Phillips, W.W.
•	Prague, Otto
•	Reynolds, H.R. (Business-Portland)
•	Romeike, Alb.
•	Rountree, N.W.
•	Scott, Edwin
•	Simon, H.S.
•	Smith, Edward Chambers
•	Sorenson, S.C. (Black Eagle Mining and Milling Co.)
•	Spencer, F.A.
•	Stevenson, R.O.
•	Walker, Guy M.
•	Wall, John M.
•	Weatherby, Walter H.

1908 June 8-15

1/15

All relate to the election of 1908

•	Allen, Benjamin F. (C.W. Fulton; J.H. Mitchell)
•	Babcock, Charles C.
•	Barrett, John
•	Blanks, A.L.
•	Caldwell, F.H.
•	Caples, R.A. telegram
•	Cary, Melbert B.
•	Cassell, W.C.
•	Chamberlain, L.M.
•	Collier, John A.
•	Derby, A.J. (Banks and Banking)
•	Derby, George
•	Dugger, T.L.
•	Eaton, S.A.D.
•	Fairweather, John
•	Gibbons, John T.
•	Graham, Samuel J.
•	Jackson, C.S.
•	"Leslies' Weekly"
•	Lockwood, Myrtle M.P. (Land Claims)
•	London, Charles W.
•	Lowell, Joseph A. (Oregon System)
•	Miller, H.J.
•	Miller, M.A.
•	Mitchell, Hiram E.
•	Morgan, L.B. (John B. Easter)
•	Morrow, J.L.
•	Norris, Charles
•	Pickett, C.E.
•	Reynolds, H.R.
•	Roberts, C.L.
•	Ryan, Williams S.
•	Scotford, Frederick E.
•	Stedman, N.A.
•	Steffens, Lincoln
•	Stoy, Sam. B. (Land-Oregon)
•	Shelton, J. Frank.
•	Shibley, George H.
•	Sweek, Alex
•	Sweek, Thad T.
•	Swett, James G.
•	Terry, Frank T.
•	Wise, Herman (Astoria Regatta)

1908 June 16-30

1/16

Telegrams of congratulation

1908 June

2/1

All related to Oregon politics

•	Abbey, P.M.
•	Brown, R.W.
•	Bryant, John Cullen (authors)
•	Byrd, Julian
•	Callahan, B.J.
•	Caples, R.A.
•	Cauthorn, A.W.
•	Glenn, John J.
•	Hartog, John H.
•	Holder, J.F.
•	Horner, J.B. (Oregon system)
•	Hutchin, George L.
•	Jones, C.C.
•	Lavey, P.C.
•	Lea, J.E.
•	Matlock, J.D.
•	Maxwell, W.A.
•	Montagne, R.R.
•	Peterson, Charles R.
•	Pratt, Sophia C.
•	Reynolds, H.R.
•	Schwarzkopf, A.B.
•	Shibley, George (Initiative and Referendum League of America)
•	Stedman, N.A.
•	Strain, C.P.
•	Thayer, John Alden
•	Thomas, Warren E.
•	Travis, L.M. (Oregon system)
•	Trowbridge, George M. (L.M. Davis, C.K. Henry)
•	U'Ren, W.S. (Public utilities)
•	Wagner, L.E.
•	Wells, Amos R. (Oregon system)
•	Wright, W.T.

1908 July

2/2

All related to Oregon politics

•	Culberson, C.A.
•	Curran, John J.
•	Dauphine, T.T.
•	DeCon, E.E.
•	Fitchett, W.F.
•	Flower, B.O.
•	Gay, Charles B.
•	Huff, J.W.
•	Irvine, B.F.
•	James, B.O.
•	Jeffrey, John H.
•	John, J. Anton
•	Johnson, J.G.
•	Jones, Richard S.
•	Mack, Norman E.
•	Palmer, Eugene
•	Peterson, Will M.
•	Smith, C.J.
•	Stanley, J.J.
•	Steel, Will G.
•	Strain, C.P.
•	U'Ren, W.S. (Public Utilities)

1908 August

2/3

All related to Oregon politics

•	Archer, John W.
•	Avery, P.
•	Barlow, A.J.
•	Baty, A.S.
•	Bryson, E.R.
•	Canon, W.H.
•	Cauthorn, A.W.
•	Chadwick, William
•	Chance, Charles H.
•	Conn, P.R.
•	Cook, W.J.
•	Coshow, O.P.
•	Covey, C.C.
•	Harder, Ethel M.
•	Hyde, V.R.
•	Irvine, B.F.
•	Kline, S.L.
•	Kuhn, J.O.
•	McAllister, H.C.
•	McDaniel, E.A.
•	Mack, Norman E.
•	Martin, Carey F.
•	Matlock, J.D.
•	Matthews, W.B.
•	Montanye, L.H.
•	Noland, George
•	Oliver, Turner
•	Page, W.A.
•	Platt, T.C.
•	Rice, May
•	Roche, M.J.
•	Scottman, O.
•	Steiner, R.E.
•	Sweek, Alex
•	Thomas, George H.
•	Thomas, Warren E.
•	Thresher, W.E.
•	Trowbridge, George M.
•	Wehring, W.H.
•	Wetmore, Moses C.
•	White, Samuel
•	Wilson, B.F.

1908 September-December

2/4

All related to Oregon politics, no month specified

•	Adelhelm, Prior of Mt. Angel.
•	Cannon, A.M.
•	Cave, R.
•	Champlin, J.D.
•	Hailey family
•	Hapgard [?], Norman
•	Jackson, E.H.
•	"Johnny" (The Lorraine, Norfolk, Virginia)
•	Kaiser, E.J.
•	Mendelsohn, Morris P.
•	Meyer, Eli
•	Ratliff [?] ( Appeal to reason)
•	Reed, George
•	Walker, Herman B.
•	Wise, Herman

1908

2/5

•	Allen, George E.
•	Anderson, D.H.
•	Barlow, C.U.
•	Barnes, A.S.
•	Bell, J.R.S.
•	Bensell, R.A.
•	Bilyin, Margaret
•	Bragg, E.E.
•	Bramwell, F.S.
•	Brock, L.T.
•	Buchanan, Andrew
•	Carsoll, Fred D.
•	Chance, Charles H.
•	Christie, A.
•	Clough, E.J.
•	Cohen, D. Solis
•	Crawford, T.H.
•	Davison, F.B.
•	Dealey, Thomas
•	Devers, A.H.
•	Embree, T.V.B.
•	Fear, W.H.
•	Fenton, B.
•	Fields, C.E.
•	Fields, Frank
•	Garner, A.D.
•	Greenewald, J.J.
•	Hackleman, C.C.
•	Haner, William
•	Harden, William
•	Harper, William J.
•	Harris, R.L.
•	Healy, P.D.
•	Hogue, Edna
•	Holmes, William M.
•	Hoyt, George W.
•	Hume, Hugh
•	Irvine, J.P.
•	"J.M.J." (St. Benedicts' Abbey)
•	Jackson, Carl H.
•	James, A.L.
•	Johnson, A.J.
•	Johnson, William C.
•	Kline, S.L.
•	Lauryy, N.L.S.
•	Lieuallen, J.T.
•	London, Charles
•	Lowell, Stephan A.
•	McCorkle, William P.
•	McDaniel, E.A.
•	Mangum, C.L.
•	Mason, Flora
•	Merrill, H.F.
•	Mock, Fred G.
•	Munday, J.A.
•	Nye, A.W.
•	Peterson, Will M.
•	Powell, Kate Price
•	Reid, William
•	Richard, Florence
•	Roach, W.H.
•	Sherman, Charles W.
•	Soliss, A.N.
•	Steel, Will G.
•	Strain, C.P.
•	Tanner, Albert H.
•	Toevs, Frank F.
•	Van Zante, John
•	Viereck, Harry Jr.
•	Walden, C.E.
•	Walters, Joseph D.
•	Wilson, G.N.W.
•	Young, F.L.

1909 January 1-19

2/6

Telegrams of congratulation

1909 January 18-19

2/7

•	Anderson, Alden
•	Anderson, Olaf
•	Bain, John
•	Beard, George F.
•	Beckett, James A.
•	Benson, E.S.
•	Blackman, Henry
•	Blakely, George C.
•	Blanchard, N.C.
•	Bradley, Matthews S.
•	Bramwell, F.S.
•	Bronaugh, Earl C.
•	Brown, Henrietta
•	Caufield, George S.
•	Cheshire, W.P.
•	Cobaugh, C.H.
•	Cochran, Charles E.
•	Coffey, Alex L.
•	Condon, Aaron M.
•	Cowan, S.E.
•	Dalton, J.M.
•	Davis, R.H.
•	Deisch, Peter
•	Dominic, Friar
•	Durrer, Bertholdus
•	Elliott, George W.
•	Fallows, B.
•	Farrar, Floyd
•	Fisk, Fred
•	Frame, Eliza S.
•	Greenewald, J.J.
•	Gregory, Fr.
•	Grover, L.F.
•	Habersham, Robert A.
•	Hammer, Thomas J.
•	Harris, L.T.
•	Hedges, B.F.
•	Hembree, W.L.
•	Hudelson, A.B.
•	Hutchin, George L.
•	Hyde, Charles F.
•	Jack, Fred D.
•	Jenkins, J.V.
•	Jordan, W.T.
•	Kerr, W.J.
•	Knut, S.P.
•	Ladue, William N.
•	Lake, E.R.
•	Lane, Harry
•	Lanick, A.
•	Leedy, G.B.
•	Lincoln, R.L.
•	Long, L.A.
•	Lutton, B.H.
•	Mack, W.A.
•	Mahoney, F.J.
•	Meserve, Charles
•	Morelock, E.B.
•	Morgan, Tom
•	Neer, Delos D.
•	Nelson, D.R.
•	Nelson, L.M.
•	Nesbitt, W.H.
•	New, Helen
•	Ofner, J.B.
•	Oldakea, J.R.
•	Phillips, W.W.
•	Queener, W.H.
•	Querner, J.P.
•	Reed, H.D.
•	Roos, Julius W.
•	Shea, George
•	Simmons, J.A.
•	Small, Sam W.
•	Snow, B.L.
•	Stewart, C.H.
•	Sweek, C.A.
•	Taylor, Marion E.
•	Thayer, John A.
•	Trowbridge, L.M.
•	Turner, R.R.
•	Versteeg, E.
•	Watson, Hugh
•	White, W.P.
•	Williams, John S.
•	Woodworth, Horner V.

1909 January 20

2/8

•	Abbot, Florence
•	Bardon, James
•	Barlow, A.J.
•	Baty, A.S.
•	Bews, V.
•	Blalock, N.G.
•	Bradshaw, W.L.
•	Butler, J.F.M.
•	Chambers, Henry
•	Charlton, J.K.
•	Chase, John M.
•	Clor, D.O.
•	Craig, George S.
•	Dennis, W.B.
•	Ellis, DeLancey M.
•	Fish, Merrill
•	Galbrait, J.P.
•	Garcia, James [?]
•	George, A.F.B.
•	Gilbert, A.T.
•	Gilkey, J.A.
•	Goldman, William
•	Halford, A.J.
•	Hammersly, J.L.
•	Hopkins, O.G.
•	Howe, John D.
•	Hughes, S.A.
•	Jeffries, S.T.
•	Jones, J.A.
•	Kelley, J.J.
•	McGuire, Sylvia W.
•	McKnight, C.F.
•	Matthews, William B.
•	Melzer, Emil
•	Metcalfe, J.B.
•	Mitchell, Hiram E.
•	Montanye, L.H.
•	Moody, Malcolm A.
•	Noland, George
•	Ogden, David B.
•	Pardee, George C.
•	Patterson, C.C.
•	Perkins, H.C.
•	Pye, James J.
•	Raley, J.H.
•	Reed, Cyrus A.
•	Shenoman, W.A.
•	Sheridan, T.R.
•	Singleton, T.J.
•	Smith, Alan W.
•	Smith, Edwin
•	Stein, Phillip
•	Sweek, Alex
•	Tuttle, B.B.
•	Wadsworth, F.M.
•	Walker, Guy M.
•	Walker, Jas. W.
•	Watson, D.B.
•	Westlake, W.C.
•	Wiggins, F.A.
•	Willis, Percy
•	Wilson, B.F.
•	Wise, Stephen S.

1909 January 21-22

2/9

•	Barbur, A.L.
•	Barrett, J.W.
•	Benedictine Sisters
•	Benoist, L.A.
•	Beswick, S.J.
•	Binns, A.E.
•	Bourne, Jonathan
•	Bramwell, F.S.
•	Burlew, Joseph. M.
•	Carney, F.J.
•	Carter, R.D.
•	Covington, T.T.
•	Dasent, B.I.
•	Dean, B.W.
•	Defenbaugh, J.E.
•	Denny, George
•	Dibble, Watson C.
•	Dick, E.
•	Diers, J.H.
•	Dinsmore, D.A.
•	Doyle, M.
•	Duniway, Abigail Scott
•	Evans, Sarah A.
•	Finch, James D.
•	Fitzsimmons, J.J.
•	Flanagan, J.H.
•	Fleming, J.S.
•	Fletcher, J.H.
•	Flexner, A.W.
•	Francis, D.R.
•	Freeman, M.F.
•	Gilfry, H.H.
•	Gore, T.P.
•	Graham, F.A.
•	Greene, Lucy
•	Handsaker, T.S.
•	Hart, J.N.
•	Heney, Francis J.
•	Hughes, J.B.
•	Hughes, W.H.
•	Isom, Mary Frances
•	Jewell, Stephen
•	Johnson, J.A.
•	Johnson, R.F.
•	Jones, F.A.
•	Jordan, H.C.
•	Lieuallen, J.T.
•	Losekamp, J.D.
•	McCusker, Thomas
•	McWilliams, H.L.
•	Mason, Flora
•	Mears, Annie W.
•	Mills, Thomas B.
•	Moore, George
•	Morgan, Tom
•	Murphy, A.C.
•	Nelson, L.M.
•	O'Brien, William J.
•	Page, Ellen G.
•	Randolph, Tom
•	Reid, D.V.
•	Reilly, Charles J.
•	Rush, J.A.
•	Schade, Fred
•	Schmitt, A.C.
•	Sewell, J.H.
•	Sherman, W.J.
•	Shibley, George H.
•	Sloan, B.M.
•	Stiles, T.J.
•	Stuart, George S.
•	Teal, J.N.
•	Travis, L.M.
•	Wall, John M.
•	Watson, D.B.
•	Whyte, J.H.
•	Wilcox, D.F.
•	Winner, W.J.

1909 January 23-30

2/10

•	Bailey, Thomas
•	Barnes, Rose B.
•	Bean, V.C.
•	Benham, C.M.
•	Bennett, J.W.
•	Benoist, L.A.
•	Bourne, Jonathan
•	Breck, C.H.
•	Brownell, George C.
•	Byram, Ralph J.
•	Byrd, Julian
•	Caples, R.A.
•	Chamberlain, Z.R.
•	Culberson, C.A.
•	Ely, B.E.S.
•	Farley, Henry
•	Friedenhof, J.
•	Gilfry, H.H.
•	Grant, Samuel
•	Harrima, E.H.
•	Hassler, J.M.
•	Holman, F.V.
•	Hughes, C.H.
•	Landers, Harry
•	Leslie, John M.
•	McCusker, Thomas
•	McDonald, Donald
•	Mass, E.
•	Moses, P.A.
•	Nickell, Charles
•	O'Connor, George
•	Palmer, Eugene
•	Pennebaker, H.F.
•	Reid, R.T.
•	Reid, William
•	Rice, Franklin P.
•	Savage, H.H.
•	Schneider, M.
•	Sherman, Charles W.
•	Smith, Edwin
•	South, Lewis
•	Spencer, Arthur C.
•	Teal, J.N.
•	Weatherred, E.L.
•	West, Oswald
•	White, Samuel
•	Wilson, R.A.
•	Wise, Herman
•	Wise, Stephen S.
•	Wonacott, G.W.
•	Wright, C.S.
•	Yearsley, W.S.

1909 February

2/11

Telegrams of congratulations

1909 January 18-25

3/1

•	Baker, Newton D.
•	Callahan, Charles H.
•	Joseph, George W.
•	McCain, H.P.
•	McCombs, W.F.
•	Parker, Alton B.
•	Reed, Jas. et al.

1912-1917

3/2

•	Betts, H.M.
•	Caccia, Regina L.
•	Clark, J.S.
•	Dawson, N.N.
•	Dunbar, E.W.
•	Dunlap, J.S.
•	Elliott, M.A.
•	Evans, W.J.
•	Faris, J.M.
•	Fitzhugh, George R.
•	Geist, Irene
•	Hanna, W.A.
•	Haskell, Mary E.
•	Hrosbush, L.J.
•	Humphreys, Lester W.
•	Jones, Waldo H.
•	Josephson, Emanuel M.
•	Lake, M.H.
•	Lamb, E.C.
•	Lucas, Jay P.
•	McCallum, Mary
•	Manchester, G.E.
•	Merriam, Lewis Jr.
•	Miller, A.S.
•	Mooney, Belle
•	New York Medical Journal
•	Pinney, W.J.
•	Reynolds, E.E.
•	Rood, William A.
•	Rust, H.P.
•	Schilansty, Frank
•	Scott, Charles F.
•	Smithson, A.J.
•	Van Alstine, Mary
•	Wallace, E.H.
•	Warren, Frank

1918 January 1-27

3/3

•	Anonymous (complaints relating to soldiers during WW I)
•	Ayres, George H.
•	Bosworth, Sara
•	Campbell, Guy E.
•	Cronin, C.J.
•	Dammasch, F.H.
•	Davis, Claude A.
•	Duncan, Perry
•	Field, Mrs. Flora
•	Gaylord, Harriet
•	Greenwalt, H.W.
•	Johnson, Chris
•	Knutson, Harold
•	McLaughlin, F.P.
•	Manschot, John H.
•	Penington, W.E.
•	Platt, A.J.
•	Ross, C.W.
•	Rossell,
•	Smith, Addison T.
•	Stevens, Frank S.
•	White, William
•	Wise, Emma

1918 January 28-31

3/4

•	Anonymous letters (complaints relating to soldiers during WW I)
•	Barnum, Mrs. N.M.
•	Brewster, Willis J.R.
•	Cronin, C.J.
•	Davis, George H.
•	Faris, J.M.
•	Hill, C.H.
•	Hodge, M.L.
•	Johnston, A.L.
•	Jones, D.Y.
•	Kerr, Frank
•	Lang, J.
•	Layton, H.E.
•	Melrose, P.G.
•	Newcomer, Celeste B.
•	Palmer, B.O.
•	Payne, J.R.
•	Pierce, J.J.
•	Richards, George L.
•	Roberts, John W.
•	Ross, A.R.
•	Sears, Schuyler E.
•	Sill, H.B.
•	White, Samuel

1918 February 1-14

3/5

•	Anonymous letters (complaints relating to soldiers during WW I)
•	Baker, Newton D.
•	Evans, Edgar H.
•	Furbush, C.L.
•	Glenn, E.F.
•	McCain, H.P.
•	Parr, E.V.
•	Reeher, Jennie A.
•	Shea, George F.
•	Sill, H.B.
•	Warren, Henry Kimball

1918 February 15-28

3/6

•	Anonymous letters (complaints relating to soldiers during WW I)
•	Badger, Mary H.
•	McCombs, William F.
•	Purdy, J.W.
•	Wallace, E.H.
•	Watson, Ralph

1918 March-December; 1920-1922

3/7

undated

Letters of congratulations on speech regarding the War Department

Letters bound into scrapbooks, with index at front of each volume. A complete index is at end of volume 3.

Box/Folder

3/8

Book I, letters #1-209

1918

3/9

Book II, letters #210-419

1918

4/1

Book III, letters #420-626 and complete index

1918

4/2

Book IV, letters #627-780

1918

4/3

Letters of congratulation from Oregon

1918

Box/Folder

5/1

Letters received regarding war cabinet, etc., 1918; opposing speech, January-February; and regarding defeat in 1920 election

1918; 1920

5/2

Telegrams regarding war cabinet, munitions, and other departments; approval of speech, etc.

1918

Letters sent by Chamberlain

Addresses are same as those listed individually under letters received and include the following: Jonathan Bourne, S.A. Clarke, N.O. Fanning, Henry H. Gilfry, B.F. Irvine, C.S. Jackson, Thomas E. McKnight, Gifford Pinchot, Theodore Roosevelt, William S. Ryan, A.N. Soliss, Lincoln Steffens, J.N. Teal, W.S. U'Ren, Samuel White, and Herman Wise.

Box/Folder

5/3

1903-1904

5/4

1905-1906

5/5

1907

5/6

1908 January-March

5/7

1908 April-May

5/8

1908 June 1-15

5/9

1908 June 16-30

5/10

1908 July

6/1

1908 August-September

6/2

1908 October

6/3

1909 January-February

6/4

1912-1913; 1917

6/5

1918; 1920

Series B: General Files, 1908-1928Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
6/6	General letters and reports	circa 1900-1908
6/7	Notes, letters, lists, and other documents	1908-1910
6/8	Bills and receipts	1908
6/9	Reports: Realty Associates of Portland	1908
6/10	Addresses, speeches, articles relating to Chamberlain	1917-1923
6/11	News clippings on Chamberlain's political activities	circa 1908-1919
6/12	News clippings on Chamberlain's death	1928
6/13	Political essays, speeches, and ephemera	1916-1921
6/14	Scrapbook pages (also on Mss 1025 Microfilm) and copy of Forum, June 1918, with article by Chamberlain,	circa 1917-1919
6/15	Report of the Provost Marshal General to the Secretary of War on the first draft under the selective service act, 1917(Chamberlain's personal copy, bound)	1917-1918
7/1	Food and fuel control record of Senator George E. Chamberlain of Oregon in charge of the bill (bound compilation of issues of the Congressional record)	1917-1918
Mss 1025 Microfilm	Diary of George Earle Chamberlain, and autobiography	1876-1877; 1925
Oversize folder	Poster for Chamberlain's senatorial election campaign	circa 1908

Series C: Scrapbooks, 1909-1922Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Volume
1	Book I: Oregon politics	1909-1919
2	Book II: Panama Canal treaty; Chamberlain's indictment of War Department,	1912-1913; 1918-1919
3	General scrapbook	1914-1921
4	General scrapbook	1920-1922

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Forest conservation--Oregon.
Forest reserves--Oregon.
Governors--Oregon--Correspondence.
Legislators--United States--Correspondence.
Military training camps--Oregon.
Prohibition--Oregon.
Referendum--Oregon.
World War, 1914-1918--Oregon.
World War, 1914-1918--United States.

Personal Names

Chamberlain, George Earle, 1854-1928--Archives
West, Oswald, 1873-1960--Correspondence

Corporate Names

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs.
United States. Shipping Board.
Democratic Party (Or.)

Geographical Names

Oregon--Politics and government--1859-1950.
Unites States--Politics and government--20th century.

Form or Genre Terms

Letters (correspondence)
Scrapbooks
Speeches

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Lane, Harry--1855-1917--Correspondence (creator)
- Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946--Correspondence (creator)
- Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936--Correspondence (creator)
- U'Ren, William Simon, 1859-1949--Correspondence (creator)
- Wise, Herman, 1862-1926--Correspondence (creator)

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