ORU_Coll191.xml Guide to the Jefferson Myers Papers 1898-1932 Myers (Jefferson) Papers Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Tanya Parlet. Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2011
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Jefferson Myers papers Myers, Jefferson, d. 1943 Coll 191 1.5 linear feet 3 containers 1898-1932 Jefferson Myers (c.1860-1943) was a native Oregonian born of pioneer parents, who served as Oregon State Senator, on state commissions, and as a Board of Regent for Oregon Agricultural College. The collection contains material from the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and the Jamestown Tri-Centennial Exposition, as well as personal correspondence, some Oregon state documents, and photographs. 2 clamshell boxes; Photo boxes - 1 oversize English .

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 Myers, Jefferson, d. 1943 Myers, Jefferson, d. 1943--Correspondence Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907) Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (1905 : Portland, Or.) Oregon--Politics and government--1859-1950 Politicians--Oregon Legislators--Oregon Politics and Politicians Photographic prints Photographs Correspondence

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Jefferson Myers (c.1860-1943) was a native Oregonian born of pioneer parents, who began his political career as a democratic State Representative almost four years before receiving his B.A. from Willamette University. By the time he graduated in 1893 he had already been a state senator for two years. Meyers also served as chairman of the State Commission for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, held in Portland from 1902-1905.

Sent by the Oregon state legislature, Meyers was also president of the State Commission for the Jamestown Tri-Centennial Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia in 1907. In 1914 Meyers was appointed to serve on the Board of Regents of Oregon Agricultural College. He was elected State Treasurer in 1924. His final public duties were as a member of the U.S. Shipping Board.

Meyers was married twice. His first wife Annie F. Jeffery died in 1910 after eleven years of marriage. In 1914 Myers married Helene Rowe. Neither union produced children. Jefferson Meyers died on December 30, 1943.

The collection contains material from the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and the Jamestown Tri-Centennial Exposition, as well as personal correspondence, some Oregon state documents, and a large collection of photographs. The correspondence is filed by date, from 1906-1932.

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