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Thomas Brues Neuhausen papers , 1850-1936
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Neuhausen, Thomas Brues, 1872-1944
- Title
- Thomas Brues Neuhausen papers
- Dates
- 1850-1936 (inclusive)18501936
- Quantity
- 28.5 linear feet, (46 containers, 12 volumes) : 45 manuscript boxes, 1 record storage box, 12 volumes
- Collection Number
- Ax 084
- Summary
- Thomas Brues Neuhausen (1872-1944) was a newspaper correspondent and editor, an agent and inspector for US government agencies, a real estate broker in Oregon, and a leader in the Oregon Progressive Party. The collection contains Neuhausen family records, general, business and political correspondence (about 15,000 letters), U.S. Land office files, scrapbooks on early Oregon politics, Oregon Progressive Party files and scrapbooks, normal school information, and timber files.
- Repository
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University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
UO Libraries--SCUA
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 5413463068
spcarref@uoregon.edu - Access Restrictions
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- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Thomas Brues Neuhausen (1872-1944) was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, with his father, who became editor of Die Volkszeitung. Neuhausen was educated in Minnesota and at the Lyceum, Bamberg, Bavaria. In 1895 he became city editor of Die Volkszeitung and in 1899 was the Washington D.C. correspondent of the St. Paul Globe.
In 1900 he married Maude Lyon. Neuhausen was appointed special agent of the U. S. Land Office, Ashland, Wisconsin in 1900, and transferred to The Dalles, Oregon in 1903, where he was a land fraud investigator. He had various titles and promotions, finally becoming confidential inspector for Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1906) and later for James R. Garfield. He was especially useful to Francis J. Heney, government prosecutor.
Neuhausen resigned his inspectorship in 1908 and went into the brokerage business in Portland, Oregon, dealing in real estate, timber lands, and other investments. He retained strong interest in government and politics and became one of the leaders of the Progressive Party in Oregon in 1912. He was later campaign manager for Charles L. McNary, for Hiram Johnson's Oregon campaign, and for Robert N. Stanfield, and managed the 1918 Oregon Normal School campaign. His political activity diminished after 1933.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains Neuhausen family records, general, business and political correspondence (about 15,000 letters), U.S. Land office files, scrapbooks on early Oregon politics, Oregon Progressive Party files and scrapbooks, normal school information, and timber files.
The Neuhausen family papers include personal correspondence, legal documents and notebooks, (1850-1933).
The general correspondence is organized by title or name. The major correspondents are: Tracy C. Becker, Claude Bristol, Henry Waldo Coe, Lem E. Dever, Charles T. Early, Colon R. Eberhard, Charles W. Eberlein, Francis J. Heney, Oscar Lawler, L. H. McMahan, Malcolm Moody, Charles R. Pierce, Charles M. Thomas, and Oswald West.
The business correspondence is also organized by title and the main correspondents are: Baby Joe and Kimmel Mine, Leodore, Idaho; Bimetallic Mine, Grant County, Ore.; Black Butte Mining Co.; Collumbia Chemical Co.; Furnish-Coe irrigation project, Stanfield, OR; Oro-Fino Gold Mine; Portland, OR; Realty Board; Sumter Valley Railroad; Mozier Timber Co.
The political correspondence includes letters, pamphlets, and other documents. Major correspondents are: Alfred E. Clark, O. H. Fithian, Charles Hall, Elizabeth Hanley, William Hanley, Hiram Johnson, Sam Kozer, A. W. Lafferty, Mrs. George McGrath, Charles L. McNary, Alvin A. Muck, Ben W. Olcott, Gifford Pinchot, Miles Poindexter, Benjamin C. Sheldon, Nicholas J. Sinnott, Robert N. Stanfield, Frederick Steiwer, and Ralph E. Williams.
There are also membership lists, financial records, and two scrapbooks relating to the Progressive Party, (1913-1917), files on the Normal School campaign (1918) and nine scrapbooks with clippings on early Oregon politics and politicians.
The U. S. General Land Office files include case reports, (1900-1916). Major cases are: Alvin A. Muck; Pacific Lumber and Furniture Co.; Oregon Lumber Co.; Hyde-Benson; William C. Bristol.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Description |
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| Neuhausen (Thomas Brues) papers |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Businessmen--Oregon
- Businessmen--Oregon--Correspondence
- Political campaigns--Oregon
- Politicians
Personal Names
- McNary, Charles Linza, 1874-1944
- Neuhausen, Thomas Brues, 1872-1944
- Stanfield, Robert Nelson, 1877-1945
Corporate Names
- Progressive Party (U.S. : 1912)
- United States. General Land Office
Geographical Names
- Oregon--Politics and government--1859-1950
- United States--Officials and employees
- United States--Officials and employees--Correspondence
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Office files
- Scrapbooks
Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Tanya Parlet. Finding aid updated by Maggie Dobson, November 2024.
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