Oregon Historical Society, Davies
Family Research Library
Mss 1496
Steiwer, Frederick, 1883-1939.
Frederick Steiwer Papers
1903-1938
1922-1938
25 cubic feet (18 records cartons and 10 v.)
Papers of a Republican United States
Senator from Oregon who served in Congress from 1927 to 1938. The collection
consists of official and personal correspondence; election materials, including
files on Steiwer's keynote speech at the Republican National Convention of
1936; materials relating to the Supreme Court controversy; files on speeches
and addresses; and subject files. The collection is a valuable source of
documentation for the Republican opposition to the Franklin D. Roosevelt
administration and its programs. Also included are records of the Butte Creek
Land, Livestock and Lumber Company of Fossil, Oregon.
The collection is in English
Biographical Note
Frederick Steiwer was born October 13, 1883, near the town of
Jefferson in Marion County, Oregon, the son of John F. and Ada May Steiwer. His
grandparents had come to Oregon by wagon train in the 1840s and 50s and had
settled in Marion County. Frederick entered Oregon State College at 15 and
graduated in 1902. After teaching school he entered the University of Oregon in
1903 and became active in student organizations. Graduating in 1906 he worked
in a bank and studied law briefly in Portland, passing the Oregon bar in 1908.
He then went to Pendleton, Oregon, to work in a law firm. From 1909 to 1910 he
served as the deputy district attorney of Umatilla County and in 1912 was
elected district attorney. His political career began in 1916 when he was
elected to the Oregon State Senate from Umatilla County. In 1911 he married
Freida Roesch, and the couple had two children.
With the U.S. entry into World War I, Steiwer enlisted in the army and
received a commission as First Lieutenant of Field Artillery. He served on the
front lines, first in the French army and then with the U.S. Army. After his
discharge in 1919 he returned to Pendleton to enter a law partnership, Raley,
Raley & Steiwer, remaining with the firm until its dissolution in 1927. In
that year he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served on the Oregon
delegation until 1938.
Steiwer quickly gained prominence as a defender of Republican policies
and a strong supporter of veterans. After the election of Democrat Franklin
Roosevelt in 1932, Steiwer devoted considerable effort to lambasting the
administration. He served on the Finance and Judiciary committees and was
especially critical of the New Deal and its related programs. In 1936 he worked
strenuously on behalf of the Republican presidential contender, Alfred Landon,
and in the summer of that year he was asked to deliver the keynote speech to
the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. His "Three long years" speech,
broadcast on national radio, won him many admirers as well as many enemies. In
1936 and 1937 he fought Roosevelt's legislation to expand the number of Supreme
Court judges. That year he fell ill and underwent a gall bladder operation that
removed him from the Senate for many months.
Although Steiwer returned to Capitol Hill and continued his active
legislative work, his health further deteriorated. In November of 1937 he
announced his resignation from Congress, saying he wished to return to private
law practice. He died at the age of 55 in Washington, D.C. on February 3, 1939,
and was buried in Arlington National Cemetary.
Although the collection covers most of Steiwer's public career, it is
the most comprehensive for his U.S. Senate activities from 1936 to 1938.
Included is a large body of correspondence relating to President Franklin
Roosevelt's attempt to increase the number of Supreme Court Judges in order to
override judicial resistance to the New Deal programs. Also well documented is
the public reaction to Steiwer's 1936 keynote address to the Republican
National Convention. The collection also contains records of the Steiwer family
ranch, the Butte Creek Land, Livestock, and Lumber Company of Fossil,
Oregon.
The collection is arranged into the following series
- Series A: Correspondence, 1925-1938
- Series B: Election materials, 1926-1938
- Series C: Supreme Court controvery, 1936-1937
- Series D: Speeches, addresses, and related materials,
1925-1938
- Series E: Ephemera, 1926-1938
- Series F: Butte Creek Land, Livestock & Lumber Company
records, 1891-1926
The collection is open to the public.
The collection is stored off-site. Researchers must contact the
repository a minimum of one week in advance of use. Arrangements can be made by
calling 503-306-5241 or sending email to libreference@ohs.org.
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 of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the
copyright owners.
Frederick Steiwer papers, Mss 1496, Oregon Historical Society Research
Library
Records of the Butte Creek Land, Livestock and Lumber Company, gift of
Jack P. Steiwer, 1973.
Photographs acquired with the collection are located in the Photograph
Self-Indexing Files, in files numbered 561, 570, and 1003.
The University of Oregon Library, Special Collections, holds a
collection of Frederick Steiwer papers, cataloged as collection Ax 80.
The collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings:
Steiwer, Frederick, b. 1883
Butte Creek Land,
Livestock and Lumber Company.
Republican
Party (Or. )—History—20th century.
Republican
Party (U.S. : 1854- )—History—20th century.
Fossil
(Or.)—History.
United States—Politics and
government—1933-1945.
Oregon—History—1859-
Oregon—Politics and
government—1859-1950.
New Deal,
1933-1939.
Government and
Politics
Pacific Northwest
History
Ledgers (account
books)—Oregon.
Letters—Oregon—20th
century.
Speeches—20th
century.
Contents List
Series A
Correspondence
1925-1938
The correspondence in divided into Official Correspondence and
Personal Correspondence. The Official correspondence relates to Steiwer's
legislative activities and is especially complete for the the period 1932 to
1938. Of special interest in the Official Correspondence is an exchange between
Steiwer and Fayra Kaadt in 1934 relating to the Nazi treatment of the Jews and
the proper political stance on this isssue.
Official Correspondence
1925-1938
1/1
A
Adams, John H.
1938
Addison, Francis G.,
Jr.
1938
Aitchison, Clyde
B.
1936
Air mail
regulations
1937
Albright, Charles
E.
1938
Allen, Jack E.
1938
Allen, Niel Richardson
1929-1937
American Automobile
Association
1938
American Forestry
Association
1938
American Distilling
Co.
1938
American Jewish
Congress
1938
American Legion
1930
American Sash and Door
Co.
1938
American Trucking
Association, Inc.
1938
Anderman, W. E.
1938
Anderson, Francis
M.
1938
Appleton, William Sumner
1938
Army Day
1937
Arnold, Thurman
W.
1938
Arundell, C
Rogers
1938
Arzberger, John
1938
Ash, J. M.
1927-1929
Ashurst, Edward
B.
1938
Associated Film Audiences
1938
Atlantic Coastwise Steamship
Association
1938
1/2
Agricultural Adjustment
Administration
1933-1934
1/3
Agriculture Credit
Corporation
1932-1935
1/4
Agriculture - Taxes
1930-1935
1/5
Air Base - Pacific
Northwest
1929; 1937
1/6
Anti-dumping Act, 1921;
amendment to
1932
1/7
Anti-injunction Act (labor and
courts jurisdiction)
1930-1932
1/8
Army bids, U.S. Army,
Philippines
1933-1936
1/9
Astoria, Bank of
[establishment]
1929
1/10
Ba - Bl
Bacon, G.
1938
Baer, George
1931-1935
Bakelite Corp.
1938
Baker, Carver &
Morrell
1938
Balfour, Guthrie & Co,
Ltd.
1937
Ball, Chester I.
1938
Bar Association of Baltimore
City, Inc.
1938
Bard, Samuel F.
1938
Barry, Alexander
G.
1933
Barry, J Neilson
1938
Baum, Sol J.
1937
Beelar, Helen
1938
Bell, Frank T.
1933
Belt, Phillip R.
1938
Benckenstein, L.
J.
1937
Bennet, William
S.
1935-1938
Benson, Arthur S.
1929; 1938
Benson, Rev.
Benney
1938
Bergman, Frank A.
1938
Biffle, Leslie L.
1937
Biggers, John D.
1938
Bilyeu, Thomas
1932-1938
Black, Hugo L.
1937
Blumenberg, H W.
1937
1/11
Bo - Bz
Bodfish, Morton
1933
Boots, Charles F.
1938
Botts, C. O.
1938
Bourne, Jonathan,
Jr.
1938
Bowerman, Jay
1933-1938
Boyd, Daniel
1937
Boyd, Henry T.
1930
Brady, Hugh E.
1933
Brewster, Kingman
1938
Bristoll, W.C.
1933
Brotherhood Locomotive
Engineers
1938
Brown, Ashmun
1936
Brown, Clifford
1926
Brown, Harry
1933
Brown, Katharine
1930-1931
Brown, Leo T.
1938
Brown, William
1928
"Sage Brush"
1937
Bryant, Randolph
1930
Buchanan, James
A.
1932
Bullis, W.F.
1938
Bunker, Homer W.
1933
Burch, Kathlyn
1937
Bridges, Harry
Bureau of
Reclamation
1933
Burke, Edward R.
1938
Burke, W. E.
1936-1938
Oregon Legislation
Butler, D.K.
1938
Butterfield, Aubrey
G.
1931
Naturalization
Byles, Axtel J.
1936-1937
1/12
Banks and Banking
1932
Banking Act, 1932
1/13
Black (Hugo L) Nomination
[Supreme Court]
1937
Bonneville Power
Administration
1922-1938
7 folders
1/14
J.D. Ross
appointment
1/15
Administration of
1/16
Ship Locks
1/17
Navigation
facilities
1/18
Commerce
1/19
Recommendation of Pacific NW
Regional Planning Commission
1/20
Power Facilities
2/1
Bonus Legislation -
Veterans
1931-1932
Includes lists of Oregon Bonus marchers
2/2
Borah-O'Mahoney
Bill
undated
Licensing of businesses
2/3
Bourne, Jonahan Jr.
1928-1938
2/4
Burlew (Ebert K)
Conspiracy
undated
2/5
Ca - Cl
California-Oregon Power
Co.
1933
Klamath irrigation project
Canton (Ohio) Chamber of
Commerce
1936
Award
Carothers, Howard
1927
Casteel, E. B.
1933
Pilot Rock Lumber Milling & Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Castle, William
R.
1936
Foreign policy
Cavanagh, J. E.
1938
New Deal
Cavey, Arthur T.
1938
Chapman, C.
1934; 1938
Agricultural legislation
Chapman, R .E.
undated
Charpie, I.H.
1938
Veterans' compensation
Chessman, Merle
R.
1929-1935
USS Constitution (frigate); Tongue Point
Chisholm, J. J.
1936-1937
Chicago Bar
Association
1938
Bankruptcy law
Cleveland, J. L., Jr. (to
Senator Robert F. Wagner)
1938
2/6
Co - Cz
Coen, John R.
1938
Collins, C. A.
1937
Portland General Electric
Collins, Henry W.
1934-1938
Agricultural Adjustment Act; railroads; Maritime strike
Colorado attorneys, list of
undated
Commercial National Bank,
Lakeview, Or.
1934-1935
Agriculture loans
Compton, Wilson
1937
Lumber industry
Comptroller
General
1935
Federal audit
Cook, Floyd
1920-1931
Copeland, Royal
S.
1937
Elections
Corbett, Hamilton
F.
1937-1938
Cordon, Guy F.
1935
Conservation
Cottrell, Newman
H.
1938
Spalding, Marie A.
Coverdale, W.
1938
Airlines
Cramer, T.P, Jr.
1938
Crawford, James
1938
Cravath, DeGersdorff, Swaine
& Wood
1938
Creque, Viola V.
1932-1933
Critchlow, Harry
1929
Critchlow, Walter
E.
1937
Crow, Carl C.
1932-1938
Cunning, Tom
1938
Lumber
Cunningham, F .G.
undated
Cutting, Ruth M.
1938
Widow's pension
2/7
Carlton & Coast Railroad
Co.
1932
Loan
2/8
China Wheat Sales
1930-1934
2/9
Choctaw Indian
claim
1932-1934
Indian removal
2/10
Clatsop County Relief
claim
1929-1934
Tongue Point Naval base
Columbia River
1929-1936
6 folders
2/11
Open River
Proposition
2/12
Navigation, Flood
control
2/13-14
Irrigation and
reclamation
2/15
Power
2/16
Jetties
2/17
Columbia Gas & Electric
Corp.
1931-1934
2/18
Columbia River
Highway
1934
2/19
Crop Control
1937
Grange
3/1
D
Dant, Charles E.
1933-1937
Lumber; tariffs; war debts; Philippine Lumber
Association
Degan, Thomas F.
1938
Deich, Richard
1937
Oregon - politics and government
Delzell, Thomas
1936-1937
TVA
Dennis, Bruce
1938
Dick, Fairman
1938
Railroads
Dick, William
1938
Treaties - Canada
Dixon, Frank
1936
Patents
Dockendorff, J.
E.
1931
American Diamond (Steamship) Lines
Done, George W.
1938
Oregon - politics and government
Donnelly, F. A.
1938
Agricultural prices
Doten, John S.
1931
Indian depredations
Douglas, L .W.
1933
Unemployment
Down S. G.
1938
[Doyer, J. B.?]
1938
Doyle, J. B.
1930-1937
Bank closure; Lewis River project
Doyle, Paul.
1937
DAV
Driggs, Edmund
Fletcher
1935-1937
Court case: Jones, James Calvin
Dunbar, F. I.
1903
Gilliam Co. Telephone Company
Duncan, Ethel
1938
Employment
Duncan, Robert
1929-1937
Radio investigation; Taylor Grazing Act
Dunne, Joe E.
1932-1938
Oregon penitentiary; unemployment
Dunning, Carroll
1932
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Dye, Alexander V.
1937
Lumber
3/2
The Dalles First National
Bank
1933-1937
Loans; bank investigation
3/3-8
Dawson, Kenneth D.
1927-1934
Shipping; mail contracts; merchant marine; seamen strikes;
tariffs; lumber; China trade; bimetalism; foreign commerce; longshoremen'
strike; Philippine Island imports; collective bargaining
3/9-10
Dawson, Kenneth D.
1935-1938
Shipping; commerce; strikes in NW; McNary election; bonus
bill; mail contracts; Interstate commerce; Oregon land
3/11
Deschutes Irrigation
Project
1928-1930
3/12
E
Eastman, Elbert
1937
Townsend movement in Oregon
Eben, Ed
1938
Naturalization
Ebinger, John B.
1938
Eccles, Marriner
1934-1936
Federal Reserve Bank
Eddy, B. L.
1937
Edgerton, Henry
W.
1937
Judgeship
Ekwall, William
A.
1938
Oregon politics
Elder, Clarence
L.
1938
West Point
Elderkin, Flora
J.
[1938]
War opposition
Ellis, Rex
1937
Townsend plan
Ellis, W. R.
1908
Ellsworth, Harris
1938
Cordon, Guy
Elrod, D. W.
1938
Oregon politics
Ely, Northcutt
1938
Maritime Commission
3/13
Economy Bill
1933-1934
Vets organizations; lumber; Depression; American Legion
3/14
Emergency Relief
Act
1934-1936
Credit; Government spending
3/15
Evans, Walter H.
1929-1931
U.S. Customs Court
3/16
F
Fairchild, V. E.
1932
Taxes
Farrell, Robert
S.
1937
Patrons of Husbandry; taxes
Farrell, Vincent
C.
1938
Mortgage
Federal Building, Portland
1932
Politics [W.D.B. Dodson]
Fee, James Alger.
1932; 1937-1938
District court procedures; character reference
Ferland, A.
1935
Canadian hunting including regulations
Finn, J Waldo
1938
Air Corps commission
Fisher, Irving
1937-1938
Banking
Fisher, Sterling
1938
Pan-American Union
Fleagle, Robert N., Jr.
1938
Maritime interests
Fleming, Thomas
S.
1937
Flora, J. C.
1927-1928
Lumber tariffs
France, Joseph I.
1934-1936
Election of
Frease, Harry
1938
Steel strike
French, Ida R.
1938
Welfare appeal
Fulton, C.W.
1903
Politics
3/17
Farm Relief Bill
1932-1934
Federal land bank; agriculture; Forestry; Prices; Pendleton
Grain Growers, Inc.
3/18
Federal Salaries
1931-1933
AFL; Wages in Oregon
3/19
Federal Housing Act
1934
Lumber
3/20
Federal judgeship, 9th
Circuit
1926-1932
Vacancy
3/21
Federal Land Banks
1931-1936
Agriculture loans
3/22
Federal Patronage
1934-1936
3/23
Fish Culture
Stations-Hatcheries-Or
1937
3/24
Fisher, Ben S.
1929-1931
Federal Radio Commission appointment
3/25
Fort Stevens
1936-1938
Harbor defense; restoration
4/1
G
Gaines, Collins
1936
Family relationship
Gallagher, P. J.
1927-1938
Steiwer's senatorial election; politics; Ku Klux Klan in
Oregon
Gardner, George
L.
1936
Pulp manufacturing
Garford Corp.
1938
Auto production
Garner, John
Nance
1938
Senatorial resignation
Gates, Louis J.
1937
Government controls
Gerlinger, George
T.
1929
Politics
Gerstein, Lillian
1938
Library of Congress
Gerlinger, Irene
H.
1929
Politics
Giannini, A. P.
1935
Increase in reserve requirements
Gill, Ruth C.
1932
Taxes; travel expenses for government officials
Goodman, Dean T.
1933
"Heppner Sheepskin Scrip"
Gould, Anthony R.
1938
News magazine
Gram, Fred P.
1932-1938
Lumber tariffs; banking system; vets; gold standard;
airplane construction
Grange, Oregon
State
1936
Politics
Granigan, Maxine
1935
Loan
Gray, Chester H.
1937
American Farm Bureau Federation
Greeley, W. B.
1935
Lumber; WCLA
Green, B. A.
1937
U.S. Supreme Court
Griffiths, Farnham
P.
1938
Law firm
Griggs, M. W.
1938
Undistributed profits tax
Groseclose, A. M.
1938
Interstate Commerce Act
Grundy, Joseph R.
1938
U.S. Supreme Court
4/2
Gold Coast Railroad
1935-1936
Construction of railroad from Port Orford to Leland, Or.
4/3
Guaranty Trust Co.,
Portland
1926-1929
Reorganization; insurance coverage
4/4
H
Halpern, Leonard
M.
1938
Historical volume on U.S. Senate
Halzell, H. E.
1933-1934
Timber; personal loan
Hamilton, Gay
1938
Personal reference
Hammersley, Joseph
L
1938
Will of John B. Doyle
Handee, H. G
1938
Government war risk case
Hanley, William
1037
Harney County Pioneer Association
Hawley, D. A.
1938
New Deal
Hartman, Sam E.
1938
Court petition
Henderson, Alec I
1935
Phelps Dodge Company
Henderson, Wilber
1928-1930
Constitutional voting; child labor amendments; appoint to
radio commission; prohibitionists
Higgins, John
1938
Payment
Hill, Joseph A.
1935
Junior unit, ROTC, Hill Military Academy
Hiller, Stanley
1937
American Fisheries Association Coop
Hilles, Charles
D.
1937-1938
Republican National Committee
Hilt, James J.
1938
Centralized control by government
Hoblitzelle,
Harrison
1934
Praise of senatorial debates
Holloman, Reed
1935
Politics
Holt, Rush D.
1938
Holtman, Dudley
F.
1938
Depression
Hook, Charles R.
1938
Politics
Hoover, Herbert
(President)
1928-1930; 1936
Various recommendations and appointments; prohibition;
National Defense Act
Hoover, Mrs. Hill
C.
1937
Personal adversity
Houston, Holland
H.
1938
Hovey, Ford E.
1936-1937
Union Stock Yards Co., Omaha
Hurst, W. R.
1938
Hatchery, Clackamas County
4/5
Hanley, Frank C.
1933-1934
Hibernia Securities Company liquidation
4/6
Harris, Lawrence T.
1926-1937
FDF and court reform; Oregon politics
4/7
Herington, George
B.
undated
Personal loan; job assistance
4/8
Hibernia Savings
Bank
1932
Reorganization; Reconstruction Finance Corp.
4/9
Hoffstatter, Mrs.
George
1927
Military service in Indian wars by husband
4/10
Holt, Rush D
1934-1935
Eligibility for Federal office (West Virginia)
4/11
Home Loan
Banks/Support
1931-1933
Interest payments; business conditions; home ownership
4/12
I
International LWU Local #28
1938
Wards labor dispute
Ireland, Reade
1938
Candidate for Steiwer's unexpired term
Irish War Veterans
1938
St. Pat's celebration
Irvine Edna
1927-1937
Fort Rock project; bad investments; loan requests
Irvine, Ward
1933; 1936
Vets hospital reorganization at Roseburg;
Journal position on WPA
Irwin, Mrs. Frances Maurine
1938
Autograph request
4/13
Inflation
1933
Efforts to curb depression through controlled inflation,
varying gold parity, etc.
4/14
Indian Affairs - General
[American Indian Federation; ACLU]
1935-1936
Deficiency Appropriation Bill; Cherokee protest; Sioux tribe
vs USA; Indian Claims Commission
4/15
Indian Affairs -
Klamath
1930-1934
Timber lands; Klamath incorporation bill; allotments; timber
contracts
4/16
Indian Affairs - Paiute School,
Burns, Or.
1927-1934
Public school segregation; John Collier; Indian diseases; lack
of food, education, etc.
4/17
J
Jackson, C M (Umatilla
Project Farm Bureau)
1938
Tariff on dairy products
Jackson, Robert
H.
1938
Portland labor problems
Johns, J.S.
1936
Flood control appropriations; Charles Linza McNary
Johnson, C. D.
1938
National Labor Relations Act
Johnson, Mrs.
Harry
1937
Institute of International Relations, Reed College;
lobbying
Johnston, Lemon &
Co.
1938
Financial status of General Foods Corp.
Jolitz, A. A.
1938
WPA
Jones, Alex J.
1938
VFW membership
Jones, J. M.
1938
Postmaster appointment
Jones, Willard N.
1909
Timber lands
4/18
John Day Irrigation
District
undated
Warrants; Charles H. Martin; Morrow Grazing Association
4/19
K
Kaadt, Mrs. Fayra
1934
Nazi persecution of Jews
Kaadt, P. S.
1938
Appointment
Kappeuf, Betty
1936
Marion County Farmers Union
Kean, Hamilton F.
1937
Speech writer
Keefer, A. B.
1938
Deposition request, U.S. vs Clyde H. Walker & Justin B.
Sheeby
Kelly, John W.
1925-1931
Hoover election; minority groups; Oregon politics; Indian
affairs
Kelty, Paul (Editor,
Oregonian)
1933-1937
Pros and cons of government relief; WPA; keynoter address;
Oregonian political support;
Supreme Court
Kerr Investment
Company
1937
Taxes
Kiddle, Fred E.
1927-1931
Julius Meier candidacy; Oregon politics; veterans'
rights
Kilkenny, John F.
1934; 1938
Forest rights; relief claim of James Crawford
Kingsley, G. A.
1937-1938
Labor crisis; FFC loan
Kletzer, Mrs.
William
1938
Personal
Kliks, B. A.
1938
Labor problems
Knowles, J. W.
1930
Additional judgeship needed for Oregon
Korell, Franklin
F.
1927-1931
Oregon politics; relief bills; Federal Power Commission
position
4/20
KGW Radio
1931-1934
Federal regulation; power increase for KGW;
Oregonian Publishing Company
4/21
King Coal Company, San
Francisco
1932-1933
Claim against Federal government for coal delivery to
Honolulu
4/22
Kinzua Pine Mills Co., Kinzua,
Or.
1936
Timber lands; Umatilla National Forest
4/23
Klamath County, Or.
1936
Relief taxes; Indian lands; prisons; Umatilla Indian
Reservation expenditures
5/1
L
Landon, Alf M.
1937
1937 Republican Convention
La Porte, Cloyd
1938
NY Bar Association reports on judicial retirement, number of
Supreme Court judges, etc.
Laterette, Earl
C.
1938
Prison record of Sam E. Hartman
Leib, George
1938
Lerch, John G.
1938
Reciprocal tariff court case; Trade Treaty Act of 1934
Lewinson, Joseph
L.
1938
Tax, exempt salaries
Libby, Harley
1938
Tax opposition of Farmers Coop
Library of
Congress
1938
Use privileges
Lieuallen, Fred
A.
1937-1938
Pendleton banks closure
Lodge, Cabot, Jr.
1938
Legislative actions
Logan, W. Hume
1938
Criticism of government actions toward business
Logan, John F.
1938
West Point appointment
Loggers, Timber & Sawmill
Workers' Union
1934-1935
4L representation on Labor Board
Lonergan, Joseph
M.
1934-1935
World Court; League of Nations
Long-Bell Lumber
Company
1938
Timber contracts; taxes
Louderback,
Harold
1933
Personal
Lord, William
Paine
1934-1937
Sand Island; labor problems; politics; alien citizenship;
jury verdicts
Loyd, John Bross
1938
Government reorganization
Lumber and Sawmill
Workers
1938
Opposition to national parks
Lusk, Hall S.
1937
Appointment to Oregon Supreme Court
Lyon, C. E.
1937
Roosevelt and packing of U.S. Supreme Court
5/2
Labor
1930-1938
Correspondence re: Walter Bayse and Sec. of Labor position;
boycotts; 4L; anti-trust labor court cases; Wagner Act; Kendall Bill (convict
labor).
5/3
LaGrande First National
Bank
1932-1936
Liquidation; LaGrande Credit Association
5/4
Latourette, Earl C.
1935; 1937
Judge Edward B. Ashurst of Klamath County; new district
judgeship
5/5
Latourette, John R.
1927-1938
Appointment for A.E. Clark; bank fraud; local politics; land
sales; new Portland Federal bldg.; Giesy vs First National Bank; RFC; George
Joseph
5/6
"Lost Battalion"
1929-1931
Membership list; efforts for recognition by Congress
5/7
Love-Lea Girls
1928-1929
Lorna Lea, re: bill to honor Linnie Love who died at Camp
Lewis entertaining troops
5/8
Lumber Production
Control
1931-1933
Sherman anti-trust law; oil industry
5/9
Lumber Tariffs - Pro and
Con
1929-1937
Foreign lumber imports forcing U.S. unemployment; 4L; need for
import tariff; ICC; National Recovery Board
5/10
Lumber Tariffs -
Japanese
1929
H.L. Stimson
5/11
Lumber - Russian Convict
Labor
1930-1932
Kendall Bill prohibiting importation of goods made by convict
labor; lumber
5/12
Mc
McCall, J. S.
1938
Desire to relocate in Oregon
McCamant, Thompson, King
& Wood
1937
Lumber court case (Ethel E. Fisher); National Labor
Relations Board
McCarran, Pat
1938
New law office
McClain, Mabel E.
1938
Contributions to University of Oregon archives 1938
McConahey, S. C.
1938
Opposition to National Economic Council
McDonald, W. A.
1937
11equest for jury excuse
McElvenny, Ralph
T.
1938
Victor DeVilliers disbarrment
MacFadden,
Bernard
1938
Criticism of New Deal
Mackey Radio &
Telegraph
1938
Telegraph rates
McKenny, Lola
1938
WPA assistance
McKenzie, Emerson
1934-1935
Appointment to Naval Academy of West Point
McKenzie, H. S.
1934-1935
Son's academy appointment
McKew, Patrick
1938
Salaries for customs inspectors
McNary, Charles
Linza
1927-1931
Farm relief; D.C. politics; AFL support of McNary
5/13
McCormick, L.W.
1936-1937
Criticism of New Deal; National Republican Club
5/14
McColloch, Claude
1933-1934; 1937
Appointment as U.S. district judge; Indian revision bill;
lumber
6/1
M.
Macgregor, John
M.
1938
Mackay, D. N.
1931-1932
Intermediate Credit Bank; livestock credit
Maguire, Jeremiah
D.
1938
AFL and taxation; annual report of Federation Dank and Trust
Co.
Mallory, D. S.
1938
Repeal of profits tax
Mandell, Robert
E.
1938
New wool corporation
Maritime Association of Port
of New York
1938
History of Association
Marsh, George H.
1938
Dinner honoring Marsh as clerk, U.S. District Court,
Portland
Marshall, F R et.
al.
1933
Reduction of Bureau of Biological Survey and Market News
Service
Marshall, Verne
1938
Investigation of Interior Department
Martin, Charles
Henry
1934-1935; 1938
Biographical information; retirement allowance; interest in
Sam E. Hartman case
Mayhew, Allen
1938
Old age pension
Mearns, David
1938
Introduction for Lillian Gerstein
Mercill, William
1938
Wyoming park system
Metschan, Phil
undated
Metschan, Philip L (son)
1929; 1937
Census organization in Oregon; position as bank examiner
Meyer, Herman H.B.
1931-1932
Committee on Executive Expenditures (Senate); foreign debts;
Monroe Doctrine
Miller, Dwight
1938
Military service
Miller, O. J.
1938
Position at Bonneville Power Admin.
Mining Association of the
Southwest
1938
Protest against public land withdrawal (Wilcox Bill)
Moffat, Thomas P.
1938
Steiwer for president; state of the nation
Montgomery, Robert
H.
1938
Agricultural appropriations
Moore, Frank M.
1932-1934
Efforts to obtain position with Federal Home Loan Bank, RFC,
etc.; veterans and politics
Morgan, Keith
1938
National Foundation for infantile paralysis
Mofitt, Neil
1935
Lovell Auto Company
Morton, Harold W.
1937
Mutual military service
Moses, George H.
1937
Urges Steiwer to run for reelection
Moynihan, M.
Clifford
1937
Request for job reference
Mulholland, D. C.
1937-1938
Claim for sandblasting loss at Bonneville Dam
Murdock, Katharine
G.
1938
Lincoln Day speech
Murray, Sam
1938
Death of Jack Doyle
Myers, Jefferson
1931; 1933
Reappointment to U.S. Shipping Board
Myers, John
1938
Political suggestions
6/2
Mackenzie, Victor
1933-1938
American Legion financial affairs; convention plans; Oregon
politics; oil deposits offshore and Gilmore Oil Company
6/3
Maguire, Robert F.
1934-1938
Court appointments; criticism of New Deal; McNary candidacy;
Alaska mining laws; oil and gas leases (Calif., Montana, Wyoming); Federal
Housing Bill; Jack Doyle beneficiary
6/4
Mahoney, Willis E.
1937
Tekoa, Washington, city funds embezzlements; Home Owners' Loan
Act
6/5
Maritime Strike, Pacific
NW
1936-1937
Complaints of businessmen, etc., concerning economic effects
of strike; copies of telegrams to FDR
6/6
Mellon, Andrew W (Secretary of
Treasury)
1929
Arguments pro and con on appointment of Mellon as Secretary of
Treasury because of stock ownership (including material of previous Treasury
officials)
6/7
Mileage Question (for members
of Congress)
1933
Protests against amounts allowed for mileage
6/8
N
Nakamura,
Shouemon
1937
Immigration of young son from Japan
National Federation of Post
Office Clerks
1938
Overtime law
National Lumber Manufacturing
Association
1938
Excise tax on imported lumber
National Press
Club
1938
National Wool Growers
Association
1937
Investigation of wool futures exchange
Newell, J. P.
1937
State control of liquor manufacture and sale
New Kensington (Pa.) Chamber
of Commerce
1938
Support of American aluminum manufacturers
Newstrand, Clyde
F.
1937
Balance of power question
Nicholson, Antoinette
Wheeler
1937-1938
Oregon child welfare abuses; home foreclosure; Jewish
criticism
6/9
National Defense
1934-1936
Efforts toward Protection of Oregon coast; commercial aviation
and defense (including memo from War Department on development of foreign and
U.S. air transport)
6/10
National Economy
League
1934
Leader "privilege" list; educational role; income tax evasion
of League
6/11
National Recovery
Administration
1933-1935
State recovery boards; political makeup of boards; support by
Oregon Auto Dealers' Association
6/12
Neubauer, Dr.
Hichard
1934-1936
Efforts for parole after conviction for violating narcotics
law; criticism of judge in case (James Alger Fee)
6/13
Newsprint Prices
1937
6/14
North Pacific Emergency Export
Association
1934-1937
Chinese market for wheat; carrying charges against Chinese
government; explanation of surplus agreement; Agricultural Adjustment Act
6/15
O
O'Connor, J.F.T.
1938
Comptroller of Currency report.
Ogburn, Charlton
1937
Federal employers' liability law (railroads)
Ogg, C. N.
1938
Request for assistance in acquiring position with City of
Portland
Oregonian
1930
Notes on views printed in
Oregonian and
Journal on tariffs, Clatsop Co.
relief, water contract, Tillamook Bay improvement.
Oregon State Bar
1937
U.S. Sesquicentennial Committee
Oregon State
Grange
1931-1933; 1938
Agricultural market act; support of League of Nations;
mining stock (Chas. C. Hulet); tariff revision
Oregon State Motor
Association
1938
Courtesy membership
Otis, Merrill E.
1938
Criticism of judicial legislation
Oregon Voter
(magazine)
1938
Subscription
6/16
Olmstead-Wheeler (Prison
sentence commutation)
1929-1930
Efforts for commutation on behalf of Emery Olmstead and John
E. Wheeler (Banking illegalities)
6/17
Oregon vs United
States
1931-1932
Suit to recover monies furnished by state of Oregon during
Civil Iffar
6/18
P
Pacific National Lumber
Co.
1938
New law partner
Pace, Charles F.
1931-1938
Committee on audit and control; expense allowances
Padway, Joseph A.
undated
Law practice announcement
Page, John C.
1937
Reclamation bureau appointment
Paget, Lowell C.
1938
Lincoln Day banquet
Pague, Mrs. Hazel
1938
Roseburg, Oregon, politics
Parker, Delbert
H.
1937
Support of Roosevelt's Supreme Court changes; 4L support
Parkman, Robert
B.
1936
Mississippi Valley drought problem; Resettlement
Administration
Patterson, Carl
G.
1937
Masonic Lodge
Peabody, Walter
R.
1936
Tariff problem
Pearson, M.
undated
Death of Jack Doyle
Pease, Edward C.
1937
Bonneville Dam
Pell, Sarah T.
1938
Steiwer's resignation from Senate
People's Lobby
1938
Against war sentiments
Perkins, H. A.
1937
Corn imports
Pershing, A. N.
1938
Taxation
Peterson, Elmer
1938
NLRB and Remington Rand Corp.
Peterson, Will M.
1938
CCC position for Larry D. Mytinger
Pettit, Wayne A.
1937
4-H projects
Platt, Harrison
G.
1938
L=suit involving Gilpin Construction Company
Posture Research
Corp.
1938
Chair advertising
Powell, H. S.
1938
Opposition to inflation
Prescott, A. W.
1938
Criticism of military
Priaulx, Arthur
1935-1937
Complaints on operation of radio station in Klamath Falls;
politics
Price, Elizabeth
1938
Efforts to have her hired by Steiwer
Pro America
1937
Republic politics; contribution
Proebstel, C. C.
1938
Criticism of New Deal
Purvis, Edwin S.
1938
Customs duties
6/19
Parker Nomination
1930
Parker (John J) nomination to Supreme Court and Steiwer's vote
against him
6/20
Patents, Commissioner
of
1931-1932
Court cases involving patents (Burns, Walter W); Zographos
application
6/21
Pendleton (Or.) National
Bank
1933-1935
Reorganization
6/22
Pendleton Round-Up
Association
1934-1937
Tax exemption status
6/23
Portland Federal
Bldg.
1927-1930
Delays in construction [photos and map to RE]
6/24
Portland Electric Power
Co.
1929-1930
Bill for refund; land patent to company
6/25
Portland Police
Department
1935-1936
Beneficiary Association
6/26
Prohibition
1932-1933
Repeal of 18th Amendment
6/27
Public Lands
1927-1930
Forest lands appraisal; state sovereignty; public domain;
flood control; (F.G. Young)
6/28
Public Roads
1937
Cascades Lakes highway; forest funds for highways
6/29
Q
Quinn, John R.
1938
Tide Land Oil Drilling resolution
'Quoddy' Project
1935
Public works project in Eastport, Maine, involving power
& stainless steel plants
7/1
R
Radio
undated
Newspaper ownership of stations
Raley, J. H.
1930-1931
Bank organization; appointment of Judge James Alger Fee
Raley, J. R.
1927-1928; 1936; 1938
Inland Construction Co. vs City of Pendleton; collections
made; LaGrande National Bank; advertising for Pendleton Roundup
Rankin, Robert R.
1937-1938
Oregon district court appointment; Lazinka Ranch, Inc.
Rathbun, S. L.
1931
Labor and tariffs
Reames, Alfred
Evan
1933-1938
Appointment to U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th district
Reed, Bernard
1938
Undistributed profits tax
Reed, Stanley
1935
Salary received as attorney general
Remington, W. E.
1938
Criticism of Roosevelt government
Remington Arms Company,
Inc.
1936
Rifle advertising
Resettlement
Administration
1936
Expenditures
Reynolds, Charles
1935
Foreclosure suits
Rich, C. J.
1938
Excise tax on corned beef
Richards, Barry
W.
1938
Opinion requested on WPA
Richardson, Seth
W.
1933; 1936
Personal
Richfield
Reporter
1933
Compromise on vets compensation
Roberts, George
R.
1927
Last will and testament
Roberts, George
W.
1938
Federal Banking Laws
Robertson, A. B.
1932-1936
Reconstruction Finance Corp.; job position; farm loans;
presidential candidacy for Steiwer
John Robertson
Company
1938
Taxes, TVA; government reorganization
Robertson, O. B.
1937
Tariff on imported corn
Robison, Jesse
1938
Spanish embargo
Roettinger, Stanley
C.
1938
Law practice
Roos, C. F.
1938
Business discrimination
Ross, J. D.
1938
Bonneville power lines; O.J. Miller
Rowland, William
S.
1938
Veterans' claim
Ruddick, M. V.
1938
Hospitalization for servicemen
Ruhl, Robert W.
1937
Amendment of Wagner Act
7/2
Railroad
Legislation
1927-1932
Labor and mediation board; Couzens resolution (for financial
assistance to railroads); employment practices of railroads in Or.; Mt. Hood RR
Co.; Valley and Siletz Railroad
7/3
Revenues (Taxes)
1932; 1934-1935
Manufacturers' sales tax; Crow Tax League; holding companies;
depreciation allowances
7/4
Revenues - Coconut
Oil
1934
Political status of Philippines; excise tax
7/5-6
Reciprocal Tariffs
1933-1936
Sweden; lumber; Britain; Canada; Oriental labor; trade
agreements act (FDR signature)
7/7
Reciprocal Trade
Agreements
1933-1938
Tariffs on wool; Canadian treaty; Lumber Manufacturers'
Association; France; Norway
7/8
Relief Legislation
1932-1937
Work relief; Artisans' Coop Community, Bayocean, Or.; WPA;
Oregon programs
7/9
Rivers and harbors
1933-1936
Forestry bill;Harold Ickes; reclamation fund
7/10
Roesch (William) Family
[relative]
1927-1938
Levee deed; loan on Sacajawea Inn, LaGrande; lease of
Pendleton land; prohibition; taxes due IRS
7/11
Ruby Mountain Mine
1930; 1934
Prospectus; engineering report; involvement of Jonathan
Bourne, Jr.; subscription blank
7/12
S
St. Lawrence
Treaty
1934
[W.S. Nelson] - development of waterway and electric
power
Saladino, Juan B.
1938
Request for agricultural yearbooks
Sauter, Ray
1938
Law practice
Sawyer, Robert
1932-1937
Position for Frank McGarvey; 30-week bill; work relief;
highway development; nomination of Landon; reclamation
Schaeffer, Donald
1938
Exams for military academies
Schley, Julian L.
1938
Schmalz, Frederick
H.
1938
Oregon politics
Schmalz, Herman
V.
1931-1935
Drug addiction and violation; election violations
Schmitt, A. O.
1936
Roosevelt family tree
Schulz, George J.
1937
Dismissal from Library of Congress
Schultz, Jack
1938
Gresham post office
Schwellenbach, Lewis
B.
1938
House bill on salmon stations
Scott, Leslie M.
1933
Bridge construction on Oregon Coast Highway
Scott, Walter
1938
Oregon Feed Dealers meeting
Sexton, W. T.
1937
Law practice
Shambrook, D. R.
1937
Townsendites
Shea, Edward L.
1938
Tidewater Associated Oil Co. and conviction on fixing of gas
prices
Shedd, E. E.
1938
Far East involvement
Sheehy, Marguerite
E.
1938
WPA project
Siegel, John
Edward
1938
Reorganization plan
Sigma Nu
Fraternity
1937
Singer, Harold
1937
RFC salary basis
Sixty-fifth Regiment
Reunion
1928-1932
includes list of members
Smith, A. A.
1938
Law practice
Smith, David H.
1937
Journal subscription
Smith, Eugene E.
1937
Oregon politics; cooperative police system
Smith, Genevieve
Thompson
1933
Position for Leland L. Smith
Smith Leland L.
1933
Position reduction - consul office Czechoslovakia
Smith, R.
1938
Taxation
Smith, Richard
Shore
1932-1937
Changes in National Banking Act; postal savings banks;
branches of national banks
Smith, Robert E.
1938
Law practice; railroad reorganization
Snowden, Betty
19118
Correspondence while Steiwer in hospital
Soule, J. L.
1937
Criticism of Roosevelt
Speaks, Charles
E.
1938
Cotton and its relation to tire trade
Stanfield, Robert
N.
1934
Request for position on Home Owners Bank Loan Corp.
Stange, A. J.
1937
Tax destruction of industry
Stewart, Isaac
1938
Stewart, Mary
Agnes
undated
West Point appointment for son
Stone, Dee W.
1934
Criticism of New Deal
Strassburger, Ralph
Deaver
1937
British trade invasion
Studley, George
W.
1938
Military insignia
Sundlun, Walter I
1936
Praise of speech
7/13
Salmon
1934-1938
Commercial development in Alaska; Japanese fishermen;
Bonneville fisheries; Bristol Bay fisheries; (Wm. P. Lord); Alaska Fishermens
Union
7/14
Sand Island Relief
1934-1938
Prohibition for seining use; reaction of fishermen's union;
Columbia River Fishermen's Protective Union; re leasing of Island
8/1
Senate Committees
1927-1931
Banking and Currency (McNary); Appropriations
8/2
Shingles
1935-1937
Quotas; importation from Canada; D.C. shingle mill employees;
collective bargaining
8/3
Shipping
1931-1936
Deportation of immigrant seamen; Chinese stewards; Panama
Canal tolls; method of measurement of vessels using Panama Canal; ship
subsidies and salaries; anti-trust legislation; domestic intercoastal trade
8/4
Shipping - Mail
Contracts
1930-1934
Postal appropriations; air service to South America
8/5
Ship Sales
1929-1930
New shipping line, Pacific Coast European service; bids for
purchase of U.S. Lines and American Merchant Line
8/6
Silver
1931; 1933-1934
Credit expansion; bimetallism-pros and cons; world trade
8/7
Spencer, Arthur C
1933-1938
Appointment of Frank A Spencer to Shipping Board; title to
submerged oil lands; limitation on length of freight trains; government aid for
railroads; Emergency Transportation Act of 1933
8/8
Starek, Fred
1932-1937
Election predictions, 1936; New Deal; Oregon politics; Supreme
Court packing; Court of Claims and case involving international Arms & Fuze
Co.
8/9
Steiwer, Mrs. Freda
1937-1938
American Legion Auxiliary
8/10
Steiwer, William H
1929-1935
Steiwer & Carpenter Bank, Fossil, Or.; loans for emergency
drought areas; wool prices
8/11
Stock Exchanre
1933-1934
Investigation of practices
8/12
T
Takamine, E. T.
1938
Undistributed profits tax
Taylor,
Huntington
1935-1937
Removal of agent at Klamath Reservation (Wade Crawford);
findings of investigation; timber contracts with Indians; (J. Arthur Moore)
Taylor, John
Thomas
1938
California oil
Tebbetts, Frank
P.
1932; 1938
Position request
Tennessee Valley
Authority
1933
Employment notice
Tharalson, Paul
1934; 1937
FDR and Supreme Court; labor support of John L. Lewis
Thornton, James
M.
1937
Membership in Lotos Club of ITYC
Thompson, W. L.
1930; 1932
Oregon politics; position for Thompson with RFC
Thornton, Robert
undated
Examples of work forwarded
Tipton, A. A.
1937
Administration of Taylor Grazing Act
Tooze Walter L.
1937-1938
Criticism of Roosevelt administration-freedom of
press-Supreme Court
Torkko, Rev. Evert
E.
1938
Speech request from Finnish People of America
Townsend, John G.
1938
8/13
Tariffs
1929-1933
Wool tariffs, statistics, compensation duties; McKinley tariff
of 1890; Italian competition; importation of coconut oil and copra; imports
from Russia; fruit industry and Canada; wood pulp imports; depreciated foreign
currencies
8/14
Taylor Grazing Act
1935-1937
Revised water and land rules; opinions on its effectiveness;
CCC camps; (Gov. Charles H. Martin)
8/15
Tongue Point Dirigible
Base
1929; 1937
Attempts to establish Astoria base in opposition to
California
8/16
Topographic mapping -
Oregon
1936-1937
Mapping of Oregon areas in progress or planned by U.S.
Geological Survey
8/17
Tuscania (Steatriship)
Survivors Bill
undated
To present medals to survivors after torpedo attack in 1918;
national survivors association
8/18
U
Underwood, W. G.
1938
Primary election laws
University of Oregon
Library
1937-1938
Historical documents
Untermyer, Samuel
1938
House bill support
8/19
Utility Legislation
1935
Columbia River power; holding companies
8/20
Umatilla Indians -
Leases
1928-1933
RFC loans on reservation; wheat financing
8/21
Universal Draft
1936
American Legion support of
8/22
Upton, Jay H.
1933-1936
Relief administration; disability pensions for
Spanish-American War vets; 'Upton Clubs'; (Walter M. Pierce); Oregon
politics
9/1
V
Vandenburg, Arthur
H.
1937-193-193
Constitutional speech; Republican National Convention;
undistributed profits tax
Van Dyke , Frank
J.
1938
Lincoln Club of Jackson County; case before Mexican Claims
Commission
Van Horn, Edward
W.
1934-1936
Efforts f or early prison release or commutation;
(embezzlement of postal funds)
Van Petten, E. C.
1935-1937
New Deal policies; taxes-consumer prices; delinquent account
of Bureau of Air Commerce, Pendleton; Oregon politics
[Van Winkle,
I.H.]
[1937]
Commerce, Pendleton; Oregon politics
Vaughan, Daniel
1936
Veterans' benefits
Vaught, John M.
1938
Location of Mrs. W.H. Williams
Veness, H. E.
1938
Industrial Employees' Union and 4L
Vichas George
1927-1935
Railroad practices involving hotel at Rieth, Oregon (Or-Wash
Railroad & Navigation Co.); Zographos vs Vichas
9/2
Veterans'
Administration
1931-1938
Contributions for Bonus Expeditionary Forces; Oregon unit, 1st
regiment; AFL and unemployment; vets bonus march on Washington; list of Oregon
vets and occupations; War Risk insurance act; officers' retirement
9/3
W
Walker, George F.
A.
1938
United Spanish War Vets encampment
Walker, Vilas S.
1938
Job recommendation request
Walls, C. W.
1933; 1935-1936
Fire insurance for armories; mail restrictions; Oregon
politics
Walla Walla National
Bank
1933
RFC and reorganization of bank
Waltman, Franklyn
1937-1938
Washington Post (newspaper) and Supreme Court
reorganization
Ward, R. A.
1938
Pacific Wool Growers Association and tariff rates
War Department
1935
Projects suggested for Oregon
Warford, L. E.
1938
Steiwer's resignation from Senate
Warmelin, Alden
1938
Classification of barbers, hairdressers
Washington (D.C.) Athletic
Club
1938
Membership
Washington State
Grange
1938
Resolution favoring Umatilla Rapids Dam
Watkins, Capt.
Charles
1937
West Coast politics
Watkins, Kennedy
C.
1937
Undistributed profits tax
Watson, John J.
1936; 1938
Criticism of New Deal; Supreme Court opinions on Guffey Act;
licensing bill
Wells, Walter S.
1929-1932
Job assistance request
Wendell, Harold
F.
1938
Senate resignation
Wendt William
1938
Operation of Virtue Gold Mine and SEC permit
West, Herbert G.
1935
Umatilla power development
Wheeler, Burton
K.
1938
White, George A.
1933
Fire insurance proposal for ONG
White, H. A.
1938
Undistributed profits tax
White (James T.)
Co.
1938
Biography for NCAB
Whitney, A. F.
1937
Railroad union support of Steiwer
Widdicomb (John)
Company
1938
Wilcox, Frank D.
1938
Wilkerson, James
H.
1932
Pros and cons on appointment as judge, U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals
Wilkinson, Ernest
1938
Klamath tribe court decision
Williamson, W. F.
1938
Wilson, Bert C.
1937
Request for assistance in appointment as deputy U.S.
Marshall
Wilson, G.
1938
Resume of Jean L. Vincenz
Wilson, J. B.
1933-1937
Wyoming Wool Growers Association and Farmers National Grain
Corp. indebtedness; wool marketing
Wilson, Robert Gage,
Jr.
1937
Reference requests
Wise, J. M.
1937
Private utilities and Columbia power development
Witt, Charles E.
1937
Oregon Liquor Commission
Wolfe, Graff F.
1938
Senate resignation
Wolf, Sylvester
G.
1938
Request for assistance as attorney
Wright, C. F.
1932
Appointment of James H. Wilkerson
Wright, Will T.
1937-1938
Emergency credit relief for Agricultural and Livestock
Credit Corp. of Portland
9/4
Walla Walla Wheat
Plan
1931
Surplus control; reduction in productive land
9/5
Warner, Harold J.
1927-1938
Oregon and national politics; land bank. operations;
Anti-Saloon League; veterans affairs; American Legion; World Court pros and
cons; judicial appointments
9/6
Washington Creamery
Co.
1935-1938
Purchase of foreign eggs (Chinese); bids for supplying
Navy
9/7
Water Survey
1930-1932
Oregon Reclamation Congress; water shortage; irrigation
9/8
Whaling Industry
1934; 1937
Government loans to industry
9/9
Whitbeck, Walter W.
undated
Position in Labor Dept.; reorganization of government
agencies; political endorsements; election efforts
9/10
Williams, Ralph
1926-1938
Appointment of solicitor general; Oregon politics; liquor
bills; RFC; weakness of Hoover
9/11
Wool Investigation
1934-1937
Futures market detailed report on S. Silberman and Sons,
Chicago; National Wool Growers Association: Agricultural Adjustment Act;
amendment of Packers and Stockyards Act
9/12
Work Progress
Administration
1935-1936
Graft and waste transfer of employees; list of approved
projects for NYC
9/13
World Court
1930-1932
Pros and cons; attitude of Charles H. Carey
9/14
XYZ
Yates, Frank L
1934; 1936
Qualifications for Comptroller General
Young, W J
1938
Supreme Court packing; criticism of New Deal.
Zenith Radio Corp.
1938
Great Lakes waterways proposal
Zerbe, Clarence
E.
1938
Northwest apples
Zimmerman, Peter
1933
Seeking position as National Hydroelectric Commissioner
Zographos, George
1929
Patent application; [James Alger Fee]
Personal
Correspondence
9/15
Correspondence A
undated
9/16
Adjusted Compensation
Certificate
undated
9/17
American Legion - Klamath
Falls
undated
9/18
American Legion -
Portland
undated
9/19
American National
Company
undated
9/20
Ancestry and
Biography
undated
9/21
Appointments
undated
9/22
Correspondence B -
D
undated
9/23
Briggs (Edison W)
Company
undated
9/24
Camping Equipment
undated
9/25
Church of the
Redeemer
undated
9/26
Condon National
Bark
undated
9/27
Connell, Mrs. Elmer
T.
undated
9/28
Denver Club
undated
9/29
Direct Presidential
Primary
undated
9/30
Douglas Downs
undated
9/31
Correspondence E -
H
undated
9/32
Eagles Lodge
undated
9/33
Elks Lodge
undated
9/34
Family
correspondence
undated
9/35
Farm Land
undated
9/36
First National of
Pendleton
undated
9/37
Fishing Licenses
undated
9/38
Guarantee Mutual
Life
undated
9/39
Ginecheis note
undated
10/1
Correspondence I through
K
undated
10/2
Income tax
undated
10/3
Invitations
undated
10/4
Knights of Pythias
undated
10/5
Correspondence L through
N
undated
10/6
Lane County, Oregon
undated
10/7
Letters on
retirement
undated
10/8
Lodges - general
undated
10/9
Maguire, Shields and
Morrison
undated
10/10
Masonic Lodge
undated
10/11
Military Order - WW
I
undated
10/12
Moose Lodge
undated
10/13
Multnomah Amateur Athletic
Club
undated
10/14
Multnomah Bar
Association
undated
10/15
Nepotism
undated
10/16
Correspondence O through
R
undated
10/17-18
Orchid Street house
undated
10/19
Oregon State Bar
undated
10/20
Oregon State Memorial
Union
undated
10/21
Panama Trip
undated
10/22
Portland Community
Chest
undated
10/23-26
Press Releases (4
folders)
undated
10/27
Raley, Raley and
Steiwer
undated
10/28
Receipts
undated
10/29
Resignation from
Senate
undated
10/30
Rust (H.L.) and
Company
undated
10/31
Correspondence S through
T
undated
10/32
Scottish Rite
undated
10/33
Security Loan and Investment
Company
undated
10/34-35
Sigma Nu
undated
10/36
Stanfield Land
undated
10/37
Steiwer, Karl
undated
10/38
Sympathy letters
1936-1937
Steiwer's gall bladder peration
10/39
Taxes
undated
10/40
Trips
undated
10/41
Correspondence U through
Z
undated
10/42
Unidentified
undated
10/43
Union Savings and Loan
Association
undated
10/44
Vacation
undated
10/45
World War Veterans'
Aid
undated
Series B
Election Materials
1926-1938
This series includes files on various campaign issues such as
labor, prohibition, and women's issues. Of special note is a large body of
correspondence and related materials concerning Steiwer's 1936 keynote address
at the Republican national convention. Filed here also are three ledger volumes
containing day to day calendars of Senate bills, with handwritten annotations.
The volumes cover the 72nd, 73rd, and 74th Congresses, 1931-1936.
11/1-10
Correspondence A through
Z
circa 1926-1938
11/11-13
Congratulatory letters,
election
1932
11/14
Campaign filing and
finances
1932
11/15
Campaign filing and
finances
1936
11/16
Precinct count
1932
11/17
Republican Service League,
Inc.
undated
11/18
Smith-Vare Election
Controversy
undated
Issues
undated
11/19
Agriculture
11/20
Education
11/21
Labor
11/22
Lumber
11/23
Miscellaneous
11/24
Oregon Counties
11/25
Prohibition
11/26
Electoral College
11/27
Women
12/1
Oregon Republican
Committee
undated
12/2
National Republican
Committee
undated
12/3
Lincoln Day messages
1937-1938
12/4-8
Correspondence, Keynoter address,
Republican National Convention
1936
Daily legislative calendars
(bound volumes)
1931-1936
12/9
72nd Congress
1931 Dec. 9-1933 Jan. 14.
13/1
73rd Congress
1933 Mar. 10-1934 Apr. 24.
13/2
74th Congress
1935 Jan. 7-1936 May 18.
Series C
Supreme Court controversy -
judicial reform
1936-1937
This series documents Steiwer's involvement with the 1936-1937
effort of President Franklin Roosevelt to increase the number of Supreme Court
justices in the face of the Court's blocking of New Deal legislation. The
letters are divided into those supporting and those opposing the change, along
with statistics on the levels of support.
13/3
Addresses, bills,
etc.
1937
13/4
President's views
1937
13/5
Statistics
undated
Opposition correspondence from
other states
1936-1937
13/6-9
Out of town correspondence, pro
and con
1937
13/10-16
Opponents
1936
14/1-6
Opposition correspondence from
Oregon
undated
14/7-9
Proponents from
Oregon
undated
14/10
Judgeship for Steiwer
undated
14/11
Bill
undated
14/12
District Courts
undated
14/13
Senate hearings
undated
Series D
Speeches, addresses, and related
materials
1925-1938
The series is arranged chronologically by the date the speech was
given by Steiwer. Included are all manner of speeches, including those related
to political campaigns, national holidays, Republican Party events, and
speeches given on the U.S. Senate floor. Some news releases are also included.
Many files include drafts with corrections as well as correspondence, notes,
and research materials. Most of the Senate speeches are documented by excerpts
from the
Congressional Record.
Although all of Steiwer's political career is represented, the
largest group of speeches dates from 1936 at the time of the presidential
contest between Franklin Roosevelt and Alfred Landon. Other large groups date
from Steiwer's initial Senate campaign of 1926, and his 1928 speaking tours in
support of Herbert Hoover's presidential campaign. Most speeches after 1932 are
highly critical of President Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. Steiwer's
famous 1936 keynote address to the Republican National Convention is
represented here in printed form only, but more extensive files can be found in
the series
Election Materials.
Subjects of the speeches include: the Panama Canal tax, search and
seizure, relief legislation, abuse of cotton payments, the Reciprocal Trade Act
extension, primary elections for president, labor disputes, the American
Legion, the lumber tariff, convict labor, the Federal gasoline tax, monetary
devaluation, the Security and Exchange bill, the Electoral College, the World
Court, wages, and the veterans' bonus.
15/1
Bend, Or., Armistice
Day
1925
Nov. 11
15/2
Eugene, Or.
1926
Feb. 18
15/3
Statement for radio
1926
Apr. 7
15/4
Radio speech
1926, May 20
15/5
The Dalles, Or.
1926
July 5
15/6
Portland, Or., KGW
Radio
1926
Oct. 20
15/7
Portland, Or. [?], election radio
address
1926, Nov. 1
15/8
Pendleton, Or., Armistice
Day
1926
Nov. 11
15/9
Radio campaign speech
circa 1926, Nov
15/10
Election speeches,
general
1926
15/11
Portland, Me., text of
speech
1928
Feb. 11
15/12
Portland, Me.,
correspondence
1928
Feb. 11
15/13
Immigration issues
1928 Sept.-Oct.
15/14
Idaho Springs, Colo.
1928
Oct. 26
15/15
Denver, Colo., Lincoln
Club
1928
Oct. 27
15/16
Presidential campaign,
general
1928
15/17
Washington, D.C., Daughters of
the American Revolution
1929
Jan. 29
15/18
Philadelphia, Pa., Lincoln
Day
1929
Feb. 12
15/19
Martinsberg, W. Va., Armistice
Day
1929
Nov. 10
15/20
Portland, Or., Lincoln Day (did
not speak)
1930
Feb. 12
15/21
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate.
Re: lumber tariff
1930
Feb. 27
15/22
Speech on the Hoover
administration, unidentified place
1930
May 3
15/23
Pendleton, Or., Oregon Bar
Association
1930
Sept. 27
15/24
Speech on women, possibly in
jest, unidentified place
1930
Oct. 6
15/25
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: products of slave labor
1931
Feb. 12
15/26
Portland, Or., Lincoln Day (did
not speak)
1931
Feb. 12
15/27
Portland, Or., KEX Radio, re:
veterans' legislation
1931
Apr. 8
15/28
Portland, Or., KGW Radio
interview
1931
Apr. 9
15/29
Portland, Or., Commercial
Club
1931
April 15
15/30
Speech on development of Pacific
Northwest rivers, unidentified place
1931
June 8
15/31
Vancouver, Wash., Flag
Day
1931
June 24
15/32
Portland, Or., KTBR Radio, re:
Veterans of Foreign Wars
1931
Aug. 13
15/33
Portland, Or., Armistice
Day
1931
Nov. 11
15/34
Portland, Or., Chamber of
Commerce
1931
15/35
General
1931
15/36
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: opposition to gas tax
1932
Feb. 12
15/37
Various cities in Oregon, Lincoln
Day (did not speak)
1932
Feb. 12
15/38
Radio address re: economic
situation
1932
May 12
15/39
Portland, Or., KGW Radio, re:
Hoover campaign
circa 1932
15/40
General
1932
15/41
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: executive power
1933
Mar. 3
15/42
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: legislative functions
1933
Mar. 14
15/43
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: monetary policy
1933
Apr. 26
15/44
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: veterans
1933
June 12
15/45
Portland, Or., KGW Radio, re:
accomplishments of the 73rd Congress
1933
July
15/46
Klamath Falls, Or., American
Legion
1933
Aug.
15/47
Speech for Armistace Day,
unidentified place
circa 1933 Nov. 11
15/48
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: monetary policy
1934
Jan. 25
15/49
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: cost and presumptives
1934
Feb. 27
15/50
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: Spanish War veterans
1934
Feb. 26
15/51
Columbia, S. C., South Carolina
Bar Association
1934
Mar. 16
15/52
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: veterans' bonus
1934
Mar. 28
15/53
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: revenue
1934
Apr. 5
15/54
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: opposition to coconut oil tax
1934
Apr. 11
15/55
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: securities and exchange bill
1934
May 8
15/56
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: election of president and vice president
1934
May 22
15/57
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: reciprocal tariff speech
1934
May 28
15/58
Reno, Nev., re: criticism of New
Deal
1934
Oct. 12
15/59
Miami, Fla., American
Legion
1934
Oct. 22
15/60
Portland, Or., KEX Radio, re:
Congressional campaign
1934
Nov. 2
15/61
Salem, Or., Armistice
Day
circa 1934 Nov. 11
15/62
Pacific Northwest Livestock
Exhibition
1934
15/63
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: World Court
1935
Jan. 25
15/64
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: work relief program
1935
Feb. 14
15/65
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: prevailing wage
1935
Feb. 20
15/66
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: opposition to bill to extend "emergency"
1935
Mar. 23
15/67
NBC Radio, American Legion
convention
1935
Apr. 6
15/68
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: American Legion anniversary radio address
1935
Apr. 15
15/69
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: reciprocity
1935
Apr. 26
15/70
New York, N.Y., Republican County
Committee of New York
1935
May 2
15/71
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: opposition to joint session to hear bonus veto
1935
May 21
15/72
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: reply to bonus veto message
1935
May 23
15/73
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: reciprocal trade and AAA amendments
1935
July 23
16/1
Speech on administration's tax
policies, unidentified place
1935
July 29
16/2
Portland, Or., KGW Radio, re:
accomplishments of 73rd Congress
1935
July
16/3
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: patronage appointees in conventions
1935
Aug. 1
16/4
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: gold clause resolution
1935
Aug. 7
16/5
New York, N.Y., Women's National
Republican Club
1935
Sept. 17
16/6
Akron, Ohio
1935
Sept. 20
16/7
Portland, Or., KEX Radio, re:
French taxi ceremony
1935
Nov. 16
16/8
General speeches on
constitution
1935
16/9
Press release, re: work of the
Congress
1935
16/10
Lincoln, Jefferson, Jackson, and
Lincoln Day, research materials
1936
Jan.
16/11
Providence, R.I., Lincoln
Day
1936
Feb. 12
16/12
Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa.,
re: supreme court (notes and correspondence only)
1936
Feb. 29
16/13
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: Senate debate on Panama Canal issues
1936
Mar. 5
16/14
Pittsburgh, Pa., re: presidential
election
1936
Mar. 14
16/15
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: search and seizure
1936
Mar. 20
16/16
Raleigh, N.C., re: presidential
election
1936
Mar. 24
16/17
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: search and seizure
1936
Mar. 27
16/18
Bangor, Me., State Republican
Convention
1936
Apr. 2
16/19
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: compensation of officers of the Resettlement Administration
1936
Apr. 8
16/20
Jamaica, N.Y., Queens County
Republican Club
1936
May 2
16/21
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: relief
1936
May 28
16/22
Article for
The Challenge
1936
May
16/23
Cleveland, Ohio, Republican
National Convention, keynote speech
1936
June 9
16/24
Cleveland, Ohio, Republican
National Convention, statement
1936
June 10-11
16/25
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: abuse of cotton payments
1936
June 20
16/26
Chicago, Ill., notification
address to Frank Knox, Republican vice presidential candidate
1936
July 30
16/27
Denver, Colo., Veterans of
Foreign Wars
1936
Sept. 14
16/28
Cheyenne, Wyo., criticism of New
Deal
1936
Oct. 2
16/29
Portland, Or., re: presidential
campaign
1936
Oct. 8
16/30
Portland, Or., KEX Radio, re:
presidential campaign
1936
Oct. 14
16/31
Portland, Or., KGW Radio, re:
presidential campaign
1936
Oct. 15
16/32
St. Joseph, Mo., re: presidential
campaign
1936
Oct. 26
16/33
Anderson, Ind., re: presidential
campaign
1936
Oct. 28
16/34
Cincinnati, Oh., re: presidential
campaign
1936
Oct. 30
16/35
General speeches
1936
16/36
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: tariffs
1937
Feb. 25
16/37
Washington, D.C., American
Legion
1937
Mar. 15
16/38
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: primary elections
1937
May 10
16/39
New York, N.Y., American Defense
Society
1937
Dec. 4
16/40
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate,
re: Supreme Court bill
circa 1937
16/41
Greensburg, Pa. (?), Lincoln
Day
1938
Feb. 11
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., re: labor's
partnership
16/42
Text and
correspondence
1938 Feb. 26
16/43
Research materials
1938
16/44
Miami, Fla., re:
immigration
undated
16/45
Portland, Or. (?), re: Better
Home Movement
undated
16/46
NBC Radio, American Legion
convention
undated
16/47
Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate
(?), re: veterans' payment
undated
16/48
Portland, Or., State Teachers'
Association
undated
16/49
"Contemptuous utterances" :
speeches by Roosevelt and cabinet
1932-1935
16/50
Political speeches,
general
undated
16/51
General speeches
undated
Series E
Ephemera
1926-1939
This series includes general printed documentation, including
newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and mimeographed reports on subjects relating
to Senate legislation and politcal issues. Of special interest are publications
of the Communist Party and those relating to communications regulation.
17/1
Agriculture
1927-1938
17/2
American Tariff
League
1938
17/3
Anti-trust Action
1931-1932
17/4
Buy American
1932-1936
17/5
Communications
1928-1938
17/6
Communism
1930-1936
Includes Communist Party pamphlets
17/7
Constitutionality
1932-1937
17/8
Court of Claims
Jurisdiction
1931-1932
17/9
Dictatorships
1931-1936
17/10
Foreign Debt
1925-1935
17/11
House/Senate acts, amendments,
etc
1926-1937
17/12
Indians (Wheeler-Howard
Bill)
circa 1931
17/13
Judicial Reform
1937
18/1-2
Labor
1929-1937
18/3
Lumber
1929-1937
18/4
Merchant Marine
1929-1937
18/5
National Association of Wool
Manufacturers
1938
18/6
New Deal programs
(general)
1931-1938
18/7
Oregon History
circa 1931-1932
18/8-9
Power
1930-1938
18/10
Railroads
1935-1938
18/11
Reciprocal Trade
1932-1938
18/12
Securities and Exchange
Act
1934
18/13
Taxation
1932-1938
18/14
U.S. Courts
1930-1935
18/15
Veterans
1931; 1937
18/16
Personal ephemera and
biographical data on Senator Steiwer
1926-1939
Series F
Butte Creek Land, Livestock &
Lumber Company records
1891-1926
Contained in this series are bound volumes of financial records
detailing all manner of expenditures and income. The company's lands were
located near Fossil, Oregon.
Journals
Volume 1
Journal
1891-1996; April 1917
Volume 2
Journal
1898-1902
Volume 3
Journal
1903-1916
(partially damaged by
paint)
Volume 4
Journal
1917-1919
Volume 5
Journal
1918-1924
Daybooks
Volume 6
Daybook
1908-1917
Volume 7
Daybook
1917-1926
Ledgers
Volume 8
Ledger
1891-1898
Volume 9
Ledger
1898-1905
Volume 10
Ledger
1905-1919
Volume 11
Financial statements
1915; 1922-1924
Loose sheets.