George Earle Chamberlain papers 1900-1928

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George Earle Chamberlain papers 1900-1928

Papers of a governor of Oregon, United States Senator from Oregon, and member of the U.S. Shipping Board. Includes extensive correspondence, including letters regarding Chamberlain's 1918 Senate speech on U.S. War Department efficiency. Also includes Chamberlain's diary from 1876-1877 (on microfilm), scrapbooks on the Panama Canal treaty and Oregon politics, and ephemera.

3 cubic feet; 7 document cases, 4 custom boxes, 1 reel of microfilm, 1 oversize folder

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SNAC Resource ID: 6364400

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