Reminiscences of Thor C. Tollefson : oral history, 1974.

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Reminiscences of Thor C. Tollefson : oral history, 1974.

Personal history; prosecuting attorney, 1938-1946; United States Congress, 1946-1964; relations with Eisenhower family; Eisenhower and Taft, 1952; Washington State gubernatorial campaign, 1956; Richard Nixon, Alger Hiss, Sherman Adams; Marine and Fisheries Commission: Columbia River ecology.

Transcript: 82 leaves.

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