Tom McCall photographs collection

Tom McCall photographs collection, 1905-1984

Overview of the Collection

Title: Tom McCall photographs collection
Dates: 1905-1984 (inclusive)
19051984

1966-1975 (bulk)
19661975
Quantity: 4.07 cubic feet : 2734 photographs, 134 slides, and 400 negatives in 6 document boxes, 3 oversize boxes, and 1 oversize folder
Collection Number: Org. Lot 353 (collection)
Summary: Images in this collection document the family of Tom McCall (1913-1983), as well as McCall's careers in journalism, radio and television broadcasting, politics, and Oregon state government from 1905-1984, most notably his two terms as governor of Oregon from 1966-1975.
Repository: 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: The collection is open to the public. Photographic reproductions are available by contacting the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Tom McCall (1913-1983) was born in Egypt, Mass., to Henry McCall and Dorothy Lawson McCall, who moved to Portland in 1909 and soon after to a ranch near Prineville on the Crooked River in central Oregon. McCall was graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in journalism in 1936. He started his career in journalism at the Moscow, Idaho, News Review and subsequently worked at The Oregonian and for KGW radio in Portland. McCall served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to January 1946 as a war correspondent.

McCall was married to Audrey Owen in 1939, and they had two sons, Thomas, Jr. (Tad), born in 1944, and Samuel, born in 1949. After his war service, McCall returned to Portland, where he hosted a nightly radio talk show on KEX. He continued to work in broadcasting until 1964, using his work as a way to keep in touch with public issues and as a forum for his own ideas. McCall started his political career by joining the Young Republicans. He came to the attention of Gov. Douglas McKay, who hired him as an assistant in 1949, a position he held until 1952. McCall ran for a U.S. Senate seat in 1954, losing to Edith Green. He ran for Oregon Secretary of State and won, serving from 1965 to1967.

McCall then served two terms as Governor of Oregon (1967-1975). He was a popular governor, largely because of his attention to public concerns and his determination to preserve quality of life in Oregon for future generations. He was best known for promoting the nation's first Bottle Bill, cleaning up rivers by controlling industrial pollution, promoting land use controls, and zoning beach areas to preserve public access. McCall also made famous the quote, "Visit, But Don't Stay," a catchphrase intended to keep Oregon's growth at a moderate pace. His words backfired, however, and Oregon population grew rapidly during his two terms.

After leaving the governor's office in January 1975, he returned to KATU television in Portland as a news analyst and traveled around the nation supporting bottle bills in other states. In 1978, he tried once again for the governor's office but lost the Republican primary to Victor Atiyeh. McCall died in 1983.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Images in this collection document the family of Tom Lawson McCall (1913-1983) and his career in journalism, radio and television broadcasting, politics, and the Oregon state government, most notably his two terms as Governor, 1966-1975. In addition to photographs of McCall, the collection includes images of his wife, Audrey, and various family members, including his parents, Samuel W. and Dorothy Lawson McCall, among others; and numerous local, state, and national politicians and government officials, including but not limited to Victor Atiyeh, Neil Goldschmidt, Edith Green, Mark O. Hatfield, Douglas McKay, Wayne Morse, Richard Neuberger, Bob Packwood, Oswald West, and Wendell William Wyatt.

In addition to photographs that came from Tom and Audrey McCall, the collection includes images from the Oregon Journal collection and others that were made for the biography, Fire at Eden's Gate, published by the Oregon Historical Society Press. The Oregon Journal photographs are identifiable by the newsprint captions attached to the verso, and the photographs from the book are marked "FAEG" on the verso. Photographers represented in this collection include Allen J. DeLay, Frank L. Allman, Alfred A. Monner, Nick Mills, and Carl E. Vermilya, among many others.

The photographs in the collection range from small black-and-white and color snapshots to oversize mounted and framed images or collages. Most of the photographs are loose, individual items, but the collection also includes seven albums assembled for various governors' conferences that Tom and Audrey McCall attended or hosted, as well as a few negatives and slides.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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 reproduction useage. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Photographers and publications hold copyright to many images in this collection. Identity of the photographer or publication may be found on the verso of such photographs.

Preferred Citation

Tom McCall photographs collection, Org. Lot 353, Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in the following series and subseries:

Series A: Family and Personal Images, 1905-1982
Series B: Radio and Television News Analyst, 1944-1964
Series C: Assistant to Gov. McKay, 1949-1952
Series D: Political Activities, 1954
Series E: Secretary of State, 1965-1967
Series F: Governor, 1967-1975
- Subseries 1: Campaigns and Issues
- Subseries 2: Gov. McCall Portraits and Photographs
- Subseries 3: Gov. McCall with Staff, Legislators, Officials, and Groups
- Subseries 4: Gov. McCall with Individuals
- Subseries 5: Conferences
- Subseries 6: Building/Dam Designs, Groundbreakings, and Dedications
- Subseries 7: Fairs, Festivals and Parades
- Subseries 8: Awards, Ceremonies, Speeches, and Special Visits
- Subseries 9: Trade Missions
Series G: Post-Governorship, 1976-1984
Series H: Locations, 1935-circa 1976, n.d.

Acquisition Information

Library accession nos. 16983, 18771, and 24601 and Photo accession no. 1984D160.

Processing Note

Initial processing incorporated photographs from the Oregon Journal newspaper held by the Oregon Historical Society and reproductions of photographs from many sources made for the biography, Fire at Eden's Gate, published by the Oregon Historical Society Press. These additions were retained in the collection during final arrangement and description.

The collection originally included many duplicate images, which were removed. Albums were removed from damaging bindings for preservation, but the album pages were retained in original order. Most framed photographs were unframed for preservation.

Separated Materials

The Tom Lawson McCall Papers are located in MSS 625 in the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Manuscript Collections.

Related Materials

The official records of Tom McCall's service as Secretary of State and Governor are held by the Oregon State Archives in Salem. A guide to the records is available on the agency's website.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series A: Family and Personal, 1905-1981, undatedReturn to Top

398 items

The series is organized around the chronology of Tom McCall's life, members of his extended family, and his favorite recreational pursuits, primarily golfing and fishing. Includes black-and-white and color photographic prints, 35-mm color slides, and 35-mm black-and-white negatives.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/1	Childhood and education McCall Ranch near Redmond, Oregon, on Crooked River University of Oregon	1925-1937
1/2	Navy, World War II	1944-1946
1/3, 8/1	Tom and Audrey McCall Dog, Puffy Election, 1964 Election, 1966 Republican Governor's Conference, 1968 National Governor's Conference, 1971, undated Roast, 1975 Release of Tom McCall from hospital, 1981	1964-1981; undated
1/4	Audrey McCall Mann Home tea, 1968 Meier and Frank fashion show, 1968 Republican Women's luncheon, 1968 Modeling gown for President Nixon's inaugural, 1969 Inaugural ball gown, 1973 Christening tanker, Chevron Oregon, 1974 Color slide portrait, undated	1967-1973; undated
1/5, 6/1, 8/1	Tom McCall and Family Dog, Puffy Inaugural ceremonies, 1967 Audrey McCall Heather McCall Samuel McCall Thomas McCall, Jr. (including wedding to Barbara Jean Pyle), 1971 Wedding (35-mm black-and-white negatives--see contact sheets for 4 of 5 film rolls in Box 1, Folder 5; no contact sheet for 1 of the 5 film rolls.)	1967-1982; undated
1/6	Samuel Walker McCall Includes family crest (35-mm color slide)	1909-1917; undated
1/7	Thomas W. Lawson Includes Dreamwold, the Lawson estate in Scituate, Massachusetts, and images from Lawson's political career, including Massachusetts governor	1917, undated
1/8	Dorothy Lawson McCall Includes McCall Ranch and autographing her book, Ranch Under the Rim Rock	1905-1981; undated
1/9	Tom McCall and Dorothy Lawson McCall Includes Tom and Dorothy at signing of her book, The Copper King's Daughter	1969-1972
1/10	McCall Ranch and Relatives Includes Smith Rock Park	1970-1971; undated
1/11, 7/1	Tom McCall-- recreation (primarily golfing and fishing) Identified locations include Hawaii and various Oregon locations, including Cape Kiwanda, Eugene Golf and Country Club, Johnson's Ranch, Oregon State Game Commission's Sand Creek Camp, Waverly Country Club (Portland)	1966-1973, undated
6/31	Tom McCall--fishing trip (35-mm color slides), location unidentified	July 1973
1/12	Tom McCall--Hawaiian Open golf tournament	1973

Series B: Journalism Career, 1942, 1948-1964, 1972, undatedReturn to Top

19 items

Covers highlights of Tom McCall's career, with the Oregonian newspaper and then in radio and television, as well as his participation in a 1972 celebration of KGW television's 50th anniversary. Also included are images documenting his participation in community life during this period. The series includes one color photographic print; the remainder are black and white.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
7/2	The Oregonian newspaper sports department Al Stump, Holly Goodrich, and Tom McCall	1942
1/13	Radio and television career Young Republican Convention, 1948 Crusade for Freedom campaign, 1951, 1956 Portland American Veterans Committee Freedom Award, 1957 Oregon Centennial Van of History christening, 1958 "Tom McCall's Viewpoint" radio program, 1961 Metropolitan Youth Commission (Tom McCall, chairman), 1961 Trade Forum, 1962 National Retarded Children's Week honorary chairman, 1963 National Council of Christians and Jews Brotherhood Award, 1964 February Interviewing Robert F. Kennedy, then chief counsel of U.S. Senate Racketeering Committee, undated	1948-1964, undated
1/14	KGW 50th Anniversary	1972 March 15

Series C: Assistant to Gov. McKay, 1951, 1953Return to Top

5 items

Consists of one folder covering Tom McCall's activities with the Crusade for Freedom during his service with Gov. Douglas McKay and portraits of Gov. McKay, some dating to his service as Secretary of the Interior in President Dwight D. Eisenhower's cabinet All prints in this series are black and white.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/15	Assistant to Gov. McKay	1951, 1953, undated

Series D: Political Activities, 1954Return to Top

16 items

Consists of two folders covering Tom McCall's 1954 campaign for the Third District Congressional seat, which he lost to Democrat Edith Green, and his work as executive secretary to the Legislative Committee on Retirement and Compensation the same year. All prints in this series are black and white.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/16	Third District Congressional campaign Includes McCall's work with Citizens for Eisenhower, appearance with President Eisenhower at McNary Dam dedication, and photographic reproduction of campaign ad featuring Eisenhower	1954
1/17	Legislative Committee on Retirement and Compensation	1954

Series E: Secretary of State, 1964-1967Return to Top

44 items

This series includes two folders of black-and-white photographic prints and 11 black-and-white 2x2-inch negatives for which there are no corresponding prints. The series covers Tom McCall's successful primary and general election campaigns in 1964 for the office of Secretary of State. He defeated Alfred E. Corbett in the general election. Portraits and images of public events represent his service as Secretary of State.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/18	Secretary of State campaign Includes photographic reproductions of campaign ads. Negative Lot 359-6 (no print)	1964
1/19	Secretary of State With Chet Huntley, 1965 July 12 Press conference, 1966 Jan. 5 Portland Rainmakers, accepting award for Gov. Mark Hatfield, 1966 April Presentation of carving of Great Seal of Oregon by artist Gordon Watkins, 1966 Ribbon cutting, Western Savings and Loan, Portland, Or., 1966	1965-1967

Series F: Governor Tom McCall, 1966-1975Return to Top

1,683 items

This series, which includes the bulk of the collection, is organized into nine subseries: 1) Campaigns and Issues, 2) Governor McCall Portraits and Photographs, 3) Gov. McCall and Staff, Legislators, Officials, and Groups (including children), 4) Governor McCall and Individuals, 5) Conferences, 6) Building/Dam Designs, Groundbreakings, and Dedications, 7) Parades and Festivals, 8) Awards, Ceremonies, Speeches, and Special Visits, and 9) Trade Missions.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1: Campaigns and Issues 239 items Covers Tom McCall's gubernatorial campaigns and some of the major issues and events of his governorship. Arranged chronologically, with undated images at the end, the subseries includes black-and-white and color original prints, twenty-seven 35-mm black-and-white negatives, and prints made from the negatives at the Oregon Historical Society. The collection also includes a color slide show (without script) that covers consequences of growth in Oregon.
Box/Folder
1/20, 7/3, 8/2, C/1	Campaign for governor Debate with Robert Straub (includes oversize display board with series of photographs) Portland City Club Press conference, Sheraton Motor Inn, Portland, Or. Roseburg (Or.) parade, riding elephant, 1966 August Tektronix plant Teen coffee house, Portland, Or.	1966
1/21	Inauguration Includes swearing-in ceremony and inaugural ball	1967 January
1/22	Extradition of Arkansas prison escapees Meeting with Robert Scott, Arkansas state legal counsel	1967 February
6/20	Apprenticeship program and tax bill--television appearance--35-mm color slides	1967 March
1/23	Public vs. private beach controversy Tom McCall surveying Rockaway Beach and visiting other beaches, including Cannon Beach	1967 May
1/24	Ballot Measure 7--property tax campaign Campaign billboards, Portland, Or.	1968
1/25	March on Salem Includes Cesar Chavez, Walter Cronkite, Eugene McCarthy	1968 May 25
1/26	Willamette Valley Air Pollution poster contest	1969 Oct. 17
1/27	Cleaner Air Week	1969 October
2/1	Campaign for re-election as Governor	1970
2/2	Confrontation command center for National American Legion convention Contact prints made from negatives owned by photographer, Allan J. deLay	1970 Aug. 30
2/3	Umatilla nerve gas shipment petition	1970
2/4	Oregon Bottle Bill campaign	1971
2/5	Hellgate Canyon, Rogue River--Wild and Scenic Rivers dedication Land donated by Pacific Power and Light Co. to the Bureau of Land Management	1971 Aug. 27
2/6	Propane-fueled automobile	1971
2/7	Snake River and Hells Canyon--Game Commission trip	1972 July 30
2/8	House Bill 2273--bill signing with optometrists Mandated continuing education for optometrists	1973 June
2/9	Energy-efficient car for governor	1974 January
2/10	Environmental campaigns Anti-litter campaign Beach clean-up day (first) Clean water campaign	undated
6/33	Growth in Oregon--35-mm color slide show (no script)	undated
2/11	Political cartoons by William Sanderson	undated
	Subseries 2: Gov. McCall Portraits and Photographs 294 items Includes images in which Gov. McCall is the total or primary focus. Arranged chronologically, the subseries includes original black-and-white and color photographic prints, 35-mm color slides, 35-mm black-and-white negatives and black-and-white prints made at the Oregon Historical Society from the original negatives.	1966-1975, undated
Box/Folder
2/12	Gov. McCall Rainmakers celebrity roast, 1967 April Signing proclamation closing forest land due to fire danger, 1967 August Tillamook, Or., Kiwanis luncheon, 1967 August Oregon State Penitentiary riot, 1968 March Governor's office, 1968 May Campaigning for Clay Myers for Secretary of State, 1968 May-November Portland International Airport, 1968 June Inspecting Mountain View Hospital, Madras, Or., 1968 September Albina Neighborhood Service Center tour, Portland, Or., 1969 July	1966-1969
Box/Folder
6/34	Color slides	1967
2/13	Gov. McCall Checking debris collected by Bay Area Environmental Committee from Coos Bay, Or., roadsides, 1970 February Voting, with wife Audrey and son Sam, 1970 May Interviewed for Soviet Union documentary, 1972 October Flying Goodyear blimp, 1974 August Governor's office, 1975 January "Tom McCall for President" literature (photographic reproduction), undated	1970-1975
Box/Folder
6/34	Color slides	1970, 1972, 1973
6/35	Tom and Audrey McCall on "AM Northwest," KATU television, Portland, Or.--35-mm color slides	1975 March
2/14	Color portraits and photographs Includes Gov. McCall in front of Oregon state capitol building	undated
2/15-16, 7/4, 8/3	Black-and-white portraits and photographs Bill signing Football game On horse, "Duke," Oregon Volunteer Posse Governor's Guard Portland Mavericks baseball Stable School Finance initiative petition kickoff With tall stack of papers	undated
	Subseries 3: Gov. McCall and Staff, Legislators, Officials, and Groups (including children) 242 items Documents Gov. McCall's interaction with people in government and various constituents. Includes black-and-white and color prints, 35-mm black-and-white negatives and prints made from them at the Oregon Historical Society
Box/Folder
2/17	Gov. McCall's staff members Includes Robert Davis assisting Gov. McCall in hospital, August 1973, and portrait of Ed Westerdahl, undated	1973, undated
2/18	Ron Schmidt (press secretary and administrative assistant to Governor McCall)	1967, undated
2/19	Swearing-in Ceremonies Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dale Parnell, 1968 July Port of Portland Commission, 1969 Oregon State Fair Commission, 1971 April	1968, 1969, 1971, undated
2/20	Oregon State Legislators	1969, undated
2/21	Local, state, national, and international officials, organizations, and politicians Rep. Walter Judd of Minnesota--Governor's Prayer Breakfast, 1967 March Fire chiefs, 1967 May National School Boards Association convention, 1967 April Oregon State Board of Control--investigating Fairview Home, 1967 August Nguyen Cao Ky, South Vietnamese premier, 1967 September Sen. Mark O. Hatfield, 1967 Intergovernmental Coordination Committee, 1968 January Republican Governors' Task Force, Portland, Or., 1968 May Charles A. Sprague (former Oregon governor), funeral, 1969 March Oregon State Multi-Service Center, Portland, May 1969 Education Commission of States, 1969-1970 Columbia River Nitrogen Super Saturation Tri-State Meeting, Portland, Or., 1971 March Gov. William Milliken of Michigan, 1972 October Neil Goldschmidt, Portland mayor--tax reform-school finance campaign, 1973 April, undated Victor Atiyeh, undated Gov. Jimmy Carter of Georgia-- "Meet the Press" television program, undated Sen. Edmund Muskie of Maine, undated Oregon State Board of Governors, undated Oregon State Vocational and Rehabilitation Division, undated Gov. Ronald Reagan of California, undated	1967-1972, undated
2/22	McCall Appointees Borden F. Beck, Jr. (Port of Portland Commission), 1969 June Gil W. Bellamy (Exec. Sec. of Oregon Traffic Safety Commission), 1969 June Raymond A. Damerell (purchasing agent, State of Oregon), 1966 May Marko Haggard, undated Leonard G. Hicks (director, State Selective Service), 1967 December Terry Johnson (Parole Board), 1969 Charlie Mack (director, Department of Revenue), 1969 June Barney McPhillips (board member, State Sanitary Authority), 1967 April Ursel Narver (Oregon Racing Commission), 1969 January William Newell (Parole Board), 1969 Ron Schmidt (McCall's press secretary), undated Kenneth H. Spies (secretary, State Sanitary Authority), 1967 April Jack Wiseman (Parole Board), 1969	1966-1969
2/23	McCall and the Press Includes filming for NBC "Today Show,"1974 January	1969-1975
2/24, 7/5	Children with Gov. McCall Color slide: unidentified group, 1967 May Kammedy Elementary School, Keizer, Or., 1971 May Oregon State Cystic Fibrosis Chapter--poster children Mike Norman, Lonye and Lee Gwynn; executive director, Larry Nolder, 1974 October Richmond School Beauty Bugs with teacher Janet Wing and aide Ellane Grim, 1970 April Mike Sims, 1969 April Youth Temperance Education Week, 1969 April	1969-1974
2/25	Children with Gov. McCall Children in wheelchairs Cub Scouts Hispanic group March of Dimes Pendleton Roundup, with Indian girl Peruvian exchange student, Max Aquers Portland Boys Choir Scholarship recipients: Plumbing and Heating Scholars, Valarie Jean McGary, Gervais; Rachael Scott, Lebanon; and Ronald Swisher, Salem, Or. School groups Yamhill County 4-H, Katy Hansell and Paul Raven	undated
2/26	Gov. McCall and identified groups American Legion Beaver Boys State, 1969 Bank Women's Week Committee, 1973 September Lewis and Clark Expedition re-creation, 1968 August Oregon Council of the Blind, Willamette Chapter, undated Oregon Day of Bread Committee, undated Oregon Mother of the Year reception, 1971 April Oregon State Elks Association, 1968 May Oregon Turkey Improvement Association, 1968 March Oregonians for Go 19 (reducing voting age to 19), 1969 June Pacific Northwest Bell, undated Portland Rainmakers, 1968 December Rotary Club, undated Umatilla Cow Belles, 1971 May University of Portland Board of Governors (photograph mounted on wood plaque), 1967 April	1968-1973, undated
Box/Folder
7/7	Gov. McCall with American Legion group (print with glass cover sheet)	undated
2/27	Gov. McCall with Guide Dogs for the Blind, San Rafael, Calif.	undated
3/1	Gov. McCall with military personnel National Guard Association of the State of Oregon--40th general conference, Gearhart, Or., 1967 April Navy Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher, skipper, USS Pueblo, 1969 April Navy Rear Admiral Emmett H. Todd, Southern Oregon Naval Co.--enlistment ceremony, 1972 July	1967-1972
3/2, 8/4	Unidentified Groups	1967-1973
	Subseries 4: Gov. McCall and Individuals 137 items Includes portraits and photographs of individuals, shown with and without Gov. McCall and some with Audrey McCall. People represented include actors and other show business celebrities, astronauts and flyers, politicians, government officials, constituents, personal friends, and family members. A few studio portraits of individuals prominent during McCall's governship predate 1966. A number of portraits are autographed to Tom McCall.
	Identified individuals
Box/Folder
3/3	Actors, entertainers, and other celebrities Rod Anders (KPTV), undated Nova Begay (Miss Indian America), undated Bob Hope (including Portland Rose Festival appearance), undated Paul Newman, 1970 Nitty Gritty Direct Band, undated Arnold Palmer, undated Robert Redford, undated Raquel Welch, 1972 May	1970, 1972, undated
3/4	Aerospace pioneers--Frank Borman and Charles Lindbergh	1971
3/5	Constituents--business and business related W.D. Hagenstein (Industrial Forestry Assoc., Portland, Or.), undated Fred Meyer, 1972 Portland Chamber of Commerce representative [unidentified man], undated	1972, undated
3/6	Constituents--others (and various friends and acquaintances) Dick Barney, 1973 Evelyn Cook, 1967 February D. L. Davies (Astoria, Or.), 1972 August Bill Harvey, 1973 June 26 Dr. E. W. Harvey (Astoria, Or.), 1972 August Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hunter [?], 1974 July Kress, E. Vern (and family) from Canada, undated Lois Martz and children, undated James V. Moore, undated Ida McClendon, undated Parent-Teacher Association representative [unidentified woman], undated Paul, Sue, and Pat Podste [?], undated Nita Sandner (Stayton, Or.), undated Lenore Stenbock (Portland, Or.)--artist presenting portrait, 1968 March 28	1967-1974, undated
3/7	Foreign dignitaries Robert A. Bitar (and wife, Mabel), Portland consul for Lebanon, undated No. Dogakina, undated Group portrait of representatiaves from Austria, Costa Rica, Denmark, El Salvador, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Senegal and Sweden.	1971, undated
3/8, 7/8	Oregon government officials and politicians Mercedes Diez (Circuit Judge, Multnomah County)--Great Kids Campaign, undated Edith Green (U.S. Congresswoman, Or.), undated Mark O. Hatfield (Oregon Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and former Oregon governor), 1958, undated Robert Holmes (former Oregon governor), undated Frank Ivancie (Portland, Or., mayor), undated Glenn L. Jackson (chairman, Oregon Highway Commission), undated Clay Meyers, 1966 Nov. 21 Monte Montgomery (Oregon Speaker of the House), 1965, undated Wayne Morse (U.S. Senator, Or.), undated Richard Neuberger (U.S. Senator, Or.), undated Bob Packwood (U.S. Senator, Or.), undated Ron Schmidt, undated Elmo Smith (former Oregon governor), undated) Ken Smith, undated Robert F. Smith (Oregon House Majority Leader), 1965 Charles Sprague (former Oregon governor), undated Robert Straub (Oregon Governor-elect), 1974 December-January 1975 Wendell Wyatt (U.S. Congressman, Or.), undated	1958, 1965-1966, 1973-1975, undated
Box/Folder
3/9	West, Oswald Campaign literature (photographic reproductions)	1910
3/10, 7/9, 8/5	United States government officials and politicians John Dellenback (Peace Corps director), 1969 Gerald Ford Walter Hickel, undated Malcolm Lovell (U.S. Manpower Commissioner), undated Roger L. MacBride (Libertarian Party presidential nominee), undated Eugene McCarthy, undated Richard Nixon and family (as candidate and president), 1968, undated Charles Percy, 1967 November Eliott Richardson (Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare), 1972, undated	1967-1971, undated
Box/Folder
3/11	First Lady Audrey McCall with spouses of elected officials Mrs. James Bedingfield (Legislative wife), 1965 May 1 Mrs. John Dellenback (Legislative wife), 1965 May 1 Mrs. Floyd H. Hart (Legislative wife), 1969 April 25 Mrs. Bruce King (wife of New Mexico governor), 1973 Sept. 25 Mrs. Douglas McKay (wife of Secretary of State, Or.), 1965 May 1 Mrs. Robert E. McNair (wife of South Carolina governor), 1970 March 20 Mrs. F.F. Montgomery (wife of Oregon Speaker of the House), 1965 May 1 Mrs. Kenneth O'Connell (wife of Oregon Supreme Court justice), 1965 May 1 Mrs. William C. Perry (wife of Oregon Supreme Court chief justice), 1967 Jan. 25 Mrs. E.D. Potts (Legislative wife), 1969 April 25 Mrs. Joe Richards (Legislative wife), 1965 May 1 Mrs. Jack Williams (wife of Arizona governor), 1973 Sept. 25	1965-1973
3/12	Individuals, unidentified	undated
	Subseries 5: Conferences 374 items Primarily consists of souvenir albums and loose prints, mostly in color but some black and white, documenting national, Republican, and Western governors' conferences that Tom and Audrey McCall attended. These include a sample souvenir album created for the Western Governors' Conference they hosted at Salishan in 1974. The subseries also documents a few other conferences in which Gov. McCall participated.	1966-1974
	Government and Political Conferences
Box/Folder
3/13	National Governors' Conferences	1969-1974
3/14	National Governors' Conference, Lake Tahoe, Nev. photograph album	1973
3/15, 7/10	Republican Governors' Conferences	1966-1968, 1974
3/16	Republican Governors' Conference, Hot Springs, Ark. photograph album	1969
4/1	Republican Governors' Conference, Sun Valley, Idaho photograph album	1970
4/2	Republican Governors' Conference, French Lick, Ind. photograph album	1971 winter
4/3	Republican Governors' Conference, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. photograph album	1974 spring
4/4	Republican Governors' Conference, St. Louis, Mo. photograph album	1974 winter
4/5	Republican National Conventions	1968, 1972
4/6	Western Governors' Conferences	1969, 1974
7/11	Western Governors' Conference, Salashan, Or. Sample of souvenir album Gov. McCall presented to attendees	1974
	Other Conferences
Box/Folder
4/7	Associated General Contractors of America Conference, Monterey, Calif.	1968
4/8	Citizens' Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality, Portland, Or.	1971 September
4/9	Education Commission of the States, San Diego, Calif.	1970
4/10	National Urban League Conference	1967 Aug. 23
	Subseries 6: Building/Dam Designs, Groundbreakings, and Dedications 61 items Documents Gov. McCall's participation in the ceremonies celebrating construction of industrial, business, and public buildings and projects. Includes dedication of the Gov. Tom McCall Oregon Friendship Forest in Israel, 1973.	1968-1974, undated
Box/Folder
5/1	John Day Dam dedication	1968 September
5/2	Norwest Publishing Co. plant groundbreaking, Portland, Or.	1968 September
5/3	New industrial site groundbreaking, McMinnville, Or.	1968 October
5/4	Western Forest Center design (by John Storis and Associates) and groundbreaking	1969 July
5/5	Lane Community College dedication, Eugene, Or.	1969 October
5/6	Georgia Pacific Building dedication, Portland, Or.	1970
5/7	West Linn-Oregon City Bridge dedication	1970 May
5/8	Dedication of Gov. Tom McCall Oregon Friendship Forest, Israel	1973
5/9	Timber Operators Council Building dedication--black-and-white prints	1974 December
5/10	Timber Operators Council Building dedication--color prints	1974 December
5/11	Pacific Power and Light Co. TERA One demonstration house, design by Skidmore Owings and Merrill	undated
5/12	SAIF building groundbreaking	undated
	Subseries 7: Fairs, Festivals, and Parades 101 items Covers Gov. McCall's participation in many Oregon parades and in President Nixon's 1969 inaugural parade. McCall appeared in some parades on horseback, most notably during campaign years, and often was accompanied by his wife, Audrey. Arranged chronologically, with unidentified events placed at the end. Includes black-and-white and color prints, 35-mm color negatives, and 35-mm color slides.	1968-1971, undated
Box/Folder
5/13	Oregon State University Centennial Parade	1968 October
5/14	President Nixon's inaugural parade	1969 January
5/15	Oregon State Fair	1969
5/16	Oregon Day, Washington, D.C.	1970 February
5/17	Strawberry Fair Festival, Lebanon, Or. Includes Gov. McCall campaigning on horseback	1970 June
7/12	Timber Carnival parade, Albany, Or. Gov. McCall campaigning on horseback	1970
5/18	Portland Rose Festival Parade	1971 June
5/19	Timber Carnival, Albany, Or.	1972
5/20	Lumber Festival princesses at Governor's Office, Salem, Or.	1973
5/21	St. Paul Rodeo Court	1973 July
5/22	Portland Junior Rose Festival Court	1973
5/23	Portland Rose Festival Court in Governor's Office, Salem, Or.	undated
5/24	Unidentified festival courts in Governor's Office, Salem, Or.	undated
6/36	Unidentified fairs--35-mm color slides By Robert W. Henderson of Oregon State University, Corvallis	1967 August
5/25, 8/6	Unidentified parades Possibly Pendleton Roundup parade, among others Color negatives (no prints), Gov. McCall and California Gov. Ronald Reagan on horseback, Lot 353-14, undated	1970, undated
	Subseries 8: Awards, Ceremonies, Speeches, and Special Visits 146 items Covers Governor McCall's ceremonial duties, speaking engagements, and duties as host to visiting dignitaries, most notably President Richard Nixon, presidential candidate Nelson Rockefeller, and California Gov. Ronald Reagan. Each category is arranged and described chronologically, with undated images at the end. Includes black-and-white and color photographs, 35-mm color slides, and an oversized, framed portrait.	1967-1975
Box/Folder
5/26, 9/1	Awards and proclamations--presenting and receiving American Association for Conservation Information Award of Merit, 1969 National Safety Council Association Safety Award, 1969 " Sunset" magazine Distinguished Westerners award (oversized framed portrait with great seal of Oregon, brass plaque), 1969 Livable Oregon award (first), Hood River, 1970 May Education Commission of the States Distinguished Service Award, 1974 June Special Civil Engineering Achievement Award, 1974 September Oregon Association of Broadcasters Annual Tom McCall Award, 1974 November Torch of Liberty Award, 1974 November Moore Scholarship, undated Toastmasters Communication and Leadership Award, undated	1969-1974, undated
5/27	Ceremonies and other events Governor's Prayer Breakfasts, 1967 March, 1968 March John Day Fossil Beds National Landmark plaque presentation, 1967 March Tree-planting (35-mm color slides), 1967 June Landmark of Quality breakfast, Portland, Or., 1969 April Lloyd Center anniversary, Portland, Or., 1970 July Beauty pageant, unidentified, undated	1967-1974, undated
Box/Folder
5/28, 7/13	Graduation ceremonies and other college events Linfield College, 1974, undated Reid College, 1974, undated University of Missouri, Columbia, 1968 February Unidentified colleges--35-mm color slides, 1967	1967-1974, undated
5/29	Musical groups Oregon State University Symphony Orchestra, Corvallis, 1969 February Portland Junior Symphony, undated	1969, undated
5/30	Farewell banquet roast and toast for Gov. McCall	1975 January
	Gov. McCall speaking
Box/Folder
5/31, 8/7	Events Convention Awards breakfast, Portland, Or., 1967 September Landmark of Quality conference, 1968 July Oregon's 110th birthday, Lloyd Center, Portland, Or., 1969 Feb. 14 Izaak Walton League of America state convention, 1970 April National Conference of Christians and Jews Oregon Region Brotherhood Awards, 1971 March Portland, Or., 1974 June Sam Wilderman funeral eulogy, 1975 January Oregon Ad Club, undated San Francisco, Calif., undated Unidentified, undated
5/32	Portland City Club	1972 October
5/33. 7/14, 8/8	Oregon State Legislature, Salem	1969-1975, undated
	Visits by Gov. McCall and others
Box/Folder
5/34	To Oregon by California Gov. Ronald Reagan	1967 February
5/35, 8/9	To Oregon by Nelson Rockefeller	1968
5/36	Gov. McCall visiting troops at Fort Lewis, Wash.	1969 August
5/37	Gov. McCall and Audrey McCall at Hillcrest Home	1969 December
5/38, 7/15	To Oregon by President Richard Nixon	1971 September
5/39	Gov. McCall at Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children	1972 May
5/40	Gov. McCall and Audrey McCall at Alabama Governor's Mansion	1974 April
	Subseries 9: Trade Missions 105 items Documents Gov. McCall's attention to economic development through trade, particularly with Japan, including a Japanese television interview. Includes black-and-white and color prints.	1968-1974
Box/Folder
6/1	Asian Trade Mission	1968 Nov. 14-Dec. 2
6/2	Japanese Governors' delegation	1969 October
6/3	Japanese-Oregon Dinner	1969
6/4	Trip to Japan	1970 February
6/5	Trip to Japan	1971
6/6	Oregon Trade Mission, New York City, N.Y.	1971 October
6/7	Japanese delegation	1971
6/8	Oregon Trade Mission to Japan	1972 February
6/9	McCall television interview, NHK Studio 192, Tokyo, Japan	1972 February
6/10	Dinner for Ambassador Yasukawa of Japan	1974 January

Series G: Post-Governorship, 1975-1984Return to Top

39 items

Covers McCall's political and other activities after he left the governor's office, including a failed attempt to win a third Republican gubernatorial nomination. Also included are many tributes to McCall, including the establishment of the Tom McCall Preserve at Rowena by the Nature Conservancy not long before his death from cancer. Includes black-and-white and color prints.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
6/11	Oregon State University--professor	1975 April
6/12	Political activities Multnomah County ballot measure No. 5, 1976 April Campaign for Republican gubernatorial nomination, 1978	1976, 1978
6/13	Other activities, awards, and events Outdoor Life magazine's conservation award, 1975 October View of tree planted in 1973 at Gov. Tom McCall Oregon Friendship Forest, Israel, 1976 October Broadcast tribute to Robert D. Holmes (former Oregon governor), KOAP studio, Portland, Or., 1976 Glenn L. Jackson tribute benefit dinner for Boy Scouts, 1980 Society of Native Oregon Born (S.N.O.B.), 1980 Karl Meninger speaking, 1981 Jan. 15 Northwest Power Planning Council, 1981 April Columbia River Girl Scout Council tour of Willamette and Columbia rivers, 1981 August Oregon Historical Society resolution honoring McCall, 1982 November	1975-1982
Box/Folder
6/14	The New Oregon Singers with Bob Hope	1977
6/15	Rene Dubos (author)	1981
6/16	Newberg, Or., parade	1982
6/17	Personal life McCall in his study at home in Portland, Or., 1977, 1982 Funeral of mother, Dorothy Lawson McCall, 1982 April McCall's cancer treatment, 1982	1977, 1982
6/18	Portraits Includes McCall with portrait by unidentified artist, undated	1978, 1982, undated
6/19	Tom McCall Preserve at Rowena Established by the Nature Conservancy in 1982	1982

Series H: Oregon Locations, circa 1890-1976Return to Top

36 items

Contains photographs that were made or collected from various sources, mostly during McCall's governship. Includes black-and-white and color prints, and one 35-mm color slide. Many of the images were made by photographer, Kay Porter.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
6/20	Clatskanie--steamboat G.W. Shaver	circa 1890
6/21	Coos Bay--South Slough Nature Conservancy sanctuary	circa 1976
6/22	Eugene--fall leaves by Kay Porter	1974
6/23	Mountains Broken Top, South Sister and Mt. Hood by Kay Porter	1974
6/24	Newport, by Kay Porter	1973
6/25	Oregon Coast Nestucca Spit, 1966 Haystack Rock, Seal Rock, and Yachats by Kay Porter, 1974	1966, 1974, undated
6/26	Oregon Coast--erosion series	1972 Dec. 28-1973 Feb. 4
6/27	Oregon Coast--Neskowin--art work by Bob Schlicting	undated
6/28	Salem Old Capitol Building burning, 1935 April Capitol Building and snowy grounds, circa 1955 Aerial view--35-mm color slide, 1967 June	1935, circa 1955, 1967
6/29	Unidentified locations--scenic views	undated
6/30	Willamette River West Linn--mills, 1905 Oak Grove beach, circa 1915 Portland--aerial view showing sewage effluent flowing into river under Burnside Bridge, 1938 Aerial view north of Albany, circa 1970	1905-circa 1970, undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Governors' spouses--Oregon--Photographs.
Governors--Oregon--Photographs.
Governors--Staff--Oregon--Photographs.
Political campaigns--Oregon--Photographs.
Secretaries of State (State governments)--Oregon--Photographs.
State governments--Officials and employees--Photographs.

Personal Names

Atiyeh, Victor--Photographs.
Goldschmidt, Neil E., 1940- --Photographs
Green, Edith, 1910-1987--Photographs
Hatfield, Mark O., 1922- --Photographs
McCall, Samuel W. (Samuel Walker), 1851-1923--Photographs.
McCall, Tom, 1913- --Photographs.
McCall, Audrey, 1916- --Photographs.
McCall, Dorothy Lawson, 1888-1982--Photographs.
McKay, Douglas, 1893-1959--Photographs.
Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974--Photographs.
Neuberger, Richard L., 1912-1960--Photographs.
Packwood, Bob--Photographs.
West, Oswald, 1873-1960--Photographs.
Wyatt, Wendell William, 1917- --Photographs.

Form or Genre Terms

Negatives.
Photograph albums.
Photographic prints.
Slides.

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Allman, Frank L. (photographer)
- DeLay, Allan J. (photographer)
- Mills, Nick, 1942- . (photographer)
- Monner, Alfred A., 1909-1998. (photographer)
- Vermilya, Carl E. (photographer)

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