ohy_mss1074.xml Guide to the Arthur Robert Smith papers Smith (Arthur Robert) papers Erica Goodwin Oregon Historical Society Research Library 2006
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-03-03. Finding aid is written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Oregon Historical Society Research Library Arthur Robert Smith papers Smith, Arthur Robert, 1925- Mss 1074 0.9 cubic feet 2 document cases; 1 reel microfilm 1931-1966 Papers relating to journalist Robert Arthur Smith's research and writing on Senator Wayne Morse. Includes copies of Morse's correspondence; Smith's correspondence and notes concerning Morse; materials relating to Morningside Hospital in Portland, Oregon; the Alaska Mental Health Bill of 1954; and typescript of Smith's 1962 book "The Tiger in the Senate." English

Arthur Robert Smith was an Oregon journalist and author whose book on U.S. Senator Wayne Morse, "The Tiger in the Senate," was published in 1962. In the mid-1950s, Smith wrote a number of investigative articles for the News-Miner newspaper of Fairbanks, Alaska, regarding the Morningside Hospital in Portland, Oregon. The hospital had housed mental health patients from Alaska, and its administration came under the scrutiny of the U.S. Senate as it debated a bill to fund mental health services in that state (then a U.S. Territory). The move for funding was championed by Oregon Senator Richard Neuberger, then in his first year in Congress.

The collection includes copies of correspondence to and from U.S. Senator Wayne Morse, and correspondence and notes of Arthur Smith regarding Morse. The microfilm contains copies of Morse's correspondence with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Also included in the collection are materials concerning the investigation of the Morningside Hospital in Portland, Oregon, and the related U.S. Senate effort to fund a mental hospital in Alaska in the mid-1950s. A typescript of Smith's book about Morse, titled "The Tiger in the Senate," is also included.

The collection is arranged in three series: Series 1. Wayne Morse research materials and correspondence, 1931-1966; Series 2. Morningside Hospital materials, 1954-1956; Series 3. Typescript of "The Tiger in the Senate," circa 1961.

Collection is open for research.

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Arthur Robert Smith papers, Mss 1074, Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Gifts of Arthur Robert Smith, January 1963 (Lib. Acc. 9930) and February 1971 (Lib. Acc. 11806).

The collection includes copies of papers housed at the U.S. National Archives, Washington, D.C., and at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York.

 Smith, Arthur Robert, 1925---Correspondence Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974 Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974--Correspondence Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence Morningside Hospital (Portland, Or.) Alaska--Politics and government--1867-1959 Oregon--Politics and government--1951- Psychiatric hospitals--Oregon--Portland--History Mental health--Oregon--History Mental health services--Law and legislation--United States Mental health services--Alaska--History Oregon Alaska Mental Health Politics and Politicians correspondence biographies (literary works) Tiger in the Senate : the biography of Wayne Morse Wayne Morse research materials and correspondence Series 1 1931-1966 Correspondence with Arthur Smith 1953-1968 1 1 Correspondence between Arthur Smith and Wayne Morse 1955-1960 1 2 Correspondence of Wayne Morse (carbon copies and photocopies) 1948-1969 1 3

Includes correspondence with President Harry S. Truman.

 General correspondence 1931-1966 1 4 Memoranda 1942-1964 1 5 Correspondence between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Wayne Morse 1933-1944 1 Morningside Hospital materials Series 2 1954-1956 Articles of incorporation of Morningside Hospital (typescript copies) 1955 1 6 Audit of hospital by the General Accounting Office, and related materials 1954-1956 1 7 Public opposition to Alaska mental health bill (typed summaries) 1956 1 8 Letters to and from Arthur Smith regarding articles on hospital 1955-1956 1 9 News clippings 1954-1956 1 10 Notes on hospital undated 1 11 Senator Richard Neuberger's press releases, reports, letters and recommendations 1954-1956 1 12 Typescript of "The tiger in the Senate" Series 3 circa 1961 Pages 1-109 circa 1961 1 13 Pages 110-232 circa 1961 2 1 Pages 233-435 circa 1961 2 2 Pages 436-end, and related materials circa 1961 2 3