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Gift of Reuben Lenske, May 1978 (Lib. Acc. 14472).
Willis Mahoney (June 13, 1895-June 2, 1968) was a frequently controversial mayor of Klamath Falls, serving two terms in 1930s, winning a write-in campaign in 1932 after living in the area less than a year. Scott Bullitt was a lawyer, aspiring politician and prominent Democrat who died of liver cancer in 1932. Dorothy Stimson Bullitt, his widow, took charge of her family's finances after Scott Bullitt's death.
Willis E. Mahoney papers regarding a debt to Scott Bullitt, Mss 2502, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Correspondence and other documents, 1931-1951, regarding a debt of $5,000 owed to Scott Bullitt that Willis Mahoney was unable to pay, and legal action brought by Dorothy S. Bullitt, Scott Bullitt's widow, in an attempt to collect.
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