George Earle Chamberlain papers, 1900-1928
Table of Contents
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
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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
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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 Note
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 Description
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 Collection
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 Information
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
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
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Series A: Correspondence, 1903-1922
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Letters received, chronological
Files primarily contain letters, unless designated "telegrams."
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Description:
• 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. Dates: 1903Container: Box/Folder 1/1 -
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• 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) Dates: 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/2 -
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• 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 Dates: 1905 January-AugustContainer: Box/Folder 1/3 -
Description:
• 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) Dates: 1905 September-DecemberContainer: Box/Folder 1/4 -
Description:
• 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 Dates: 1906Container: Box/Folder 1/5 -
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• 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. Dates: 1907Container: Box/Folder 1/6 -
Description:
• 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 Dates: 1908 January-FebruaryContainer: Box/Folder 1/7 -
Description:
• 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 Dates: 1908 MarchContainer: Box/Folder 1/8 -
Description:
• 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. Dates: 1908 AprilContainer: Box/Folder 1/9 -
Description:
• 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) Dates: 1908 May 1-25Container: Box/Folder 1/10 -
Description:
• 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. Dates: 1908 May 26-31Container: Box/Folder 1/11 -
Description:
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 Dates: 1908 June 1-4Container: Box/Folder 1/12 -
Description:
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. Dates: 1908 June 5-7Container: Box/Folder 1/13 -
Description:
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. Dates: 1908 June 8-15Container: Box/Folder 1/14 -
Description:
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) Dates: 1908 June 16-30Container: Box/Folder 1/15 -
Description: Telegrams of congratulationDates: 1908 JuneContainer: Box/Folder 1/16
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Description:
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. Dates: 1908 JulyContainer: Box/Folder 2/1 -
Description:
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) Dates: 1908 AugustContainer: Box/Folder 2/2 -
Description:
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. Dates: 1908 September-DecemberContainer: Box/Folder 2/3 -
Description:
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 Dates: 1908Container: Box/Folder 2/4 -
Description:
• 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. Dates: 1909 January 1-19Container: Box/Folder 2/5 -
Description: Telegrams of congratulationDates: 1909 January 18-19Container: Box/Folder 2/6
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• 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. Dates: 1909 January 20Container: Box/Folder 2/7 -
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• 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. Dates: 1909 January 21-22Container: Box/Folder 2/8 -
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• 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. Dates: 1909 January 23-30Container: Box/Folder 2/9 -
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• 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. Dates: 1909 FebruaryContainer: Box/Folder 2/10 -
Description: Telegrams of congratulationsDates: 1909 January 18-25Container: Box/Folder 2/11
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Description:
• Baker, Newton D. • Callahan, Charles H. • Joseph, George W. • McCain, H.P. • McCombs, W.F. • Parker, Alton B. • Reed, Jas. et al. Dates: 1912-1917Container: Box/Folder 3/1 -
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• 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 Dates: 1918 January 1-27Container: Box/Folder 3/2 -
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• 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 Dates: 1918 January 28-31Container: Box/Folder 3/3 -
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• 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 Dates: 1918 February 1-14Container: Box/Folder 3/4 -
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• 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 Dates: 1918 February 15-28Container: Box/Folder 3/5 -
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• Anonymous letters (complaints relating to soldiers during WW I) • Badger, Mary H. • McCombs, William F. • Purdy, J.W. • Wallace, E.H. • Watson, Ralph Dates: 1918 March-December; 1920-1922Container: Box/Folder 3/6 -
Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 3/7
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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.
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Description: Book I, letters #1-209Dates: 1918Container: Box/Folder 3/8
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Description: Book II, letters #210-419Dates: 1918Container: Box/Folder 3/9
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Description: Book III, letters #420-626 and complete indexDates: 1918Container: Box/Folder 4/1
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Description: Book IV, letters #627-780Dates: 1918Container: Box/Folder 4/2
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Description: Letters of congratulation from OregonDates: 1918Container: Box/Folder 4/3
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Description: Letters received regarding war cabinet, etc., 1918; opposing speech, January-February; and regarding defeat in 1920 electionDates: 1918; 1920Container: Box/Folder 5/1
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Description: Telegrams regarding war cabinet, munitions, and other departments; approval of speech, etc.Dates: 1918Container: Box/Folder 5/2
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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.
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Dates: 1903-1904Container: Box/Folder 5/3
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Dates: 1905-1906Container: Box/Folder 5/4
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Dates: 1907Container: Box/Folder 5/5
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Dates: 1908 January-MarchContainer: Box/Folder 5/6
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Dates: 1908 April-MayContainer: Box/Folder 5/7
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Dates: 1908 June 1-15Container: Box/Folder 5/8
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Dates: 1908 June 16-30Container: Box/Folder 5/9
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Dates: 1908 JulyContainer: Box/Folder 5/10
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Dates: 1908 August-SeptemberContainer: Box/Folder 6/1
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Dates: 1908 OctoberContainer: Box/Folder 6/2
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Dates: 1909 January-FebruaryContainer: Box/Folder 6/3
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Dates: 1912-1913; 1917Container: Box/Folder 6/4
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Dates: 1918; 1920Container: Box/Folder 6/5
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Series B: General Files, 1908-1928
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Description: General letters and reportsDates: circa 1900-1908Container: Box/Folder 6/6
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Description: Notes, letters, lists, and other documentsDates: 1908-1910Container: Box/Folder 6/7
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Description: Bills and receiptsDates: 1908Container: Box/Folder 6/8
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Description: Reports: Realty Associates of PortlandDates: 1908Container: Box/Folder 6/9
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Description: Addresses, speeches, articles relating to ChamberlainDates: 1917-1923Container: Box/Folder 6/10
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Description: News clippings on Chamberlain's political activitiesDates: circa 1908-1919Container: Box/Folder 6/11
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Description: News clippings on Chamberlain's deathDates: 1928Container: Box/Folder 6/12
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Description: Political essays, speeches, and ephemeraDates: 1916-1921Container: Box/Folder 6/13
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Description: Scrapbook pages (also on Mss 1025 Microfilm) and copy of Forum, June 1918, with article by Chamberlain,Dates: circa 1917-1919Container: Box/Folder 6/14
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Description: 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)Dates: 1917-1918Container: Box/Folder 6/15
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Description: 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)Dates: 1917-1918Container: Box/Folder 7/1
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Description: Diary of George Earle Chamberlain, and autobiographyDates: 1876-1877; 1925Container: Box/Folder Mss 1025 Microfilm
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Description: Poster for Chamberlain's senatorial election campaignDates: circa 1908Container: Box/Folder Oversize folder
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Series C: Scrapbooks, 1909-1922
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Description: Book I: Oregon politicsDates: 1909-1919Container: Volume 1
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Description: Book II: Panama Canal treaty; Chamberlain's indictment of War Department,Dates: 1912-1913; 1918-1919Container: Volume 2
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Description: General scrapbookDates: 1914-1921Container: Volume 3
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Description: General scrapbookDates: 1920-1922Container: Volume 4
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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
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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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