Oregon Governors collection, 1869-1987.

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Oregon Governors collection, 1869-1987.

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This is an artificial collection created by the Oregon Historical Society. This collection includes miscellaneous materials related to six Oregon governors: Neil Goldschmidt (1987-1991), Theodore. T. Geer (1899-1903), Isaac L. Patterson (1927-1929), Sylvester Pennoyer (1887-1895), William W. Thayer (1878-1882), and George L. Woods (1866-1870). Goldschmidt's materials include a 1987 letter regarding Public Employee Unions; Geer's materials include a 1900 letter from Abigail Scott Duniway on behalf of the Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association; Patterson's materials include an invitation to a governor's conference, July 23-30, 1927, Mackinac Island, Michigan; Pennoyer's materials include a reply to criticisms of his Christmas letter, (no date); Thayer's materials include two letters: one 1878 letter to James Hendershott regarding requisition of civilian guns, and one 1878 letter to General Howard regarding Umatilla County troops; and Woods' materials include an 1869 letter to Schuyler Colfax regarding Woods' request to become U.S. Minister to China.

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Goldschmidt, Neil E. (Neil Edward), 1940-

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Neil Edward Goldschmidt (born June 16, 1940) is an American businessman and politician from the state of Oregon. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Mayor of Portland, Oregon from 1973 to 1979, as U.S. Secretary of Transportation from 1979 to 1981, and as Governor of Oregon from 1987 to 1991. Once considered the most influential and powerful figure in Oregon's politics, his career and legacy were severely damaged by revelations that he had raped a young teenage girl in 1973, during hi...

Duniway, Abigail Scott, 1834-1915

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A writer, newspaper publisher, and promoter for women's rights, Abigail Scott Duniway was Oregon's strongest voice for the cause of woman's suffrage. Born Abigail Jane Scott in 1834, she left Illinois for Oregon with her family in 1852, where she met her husband Ben Duniway. The couple settled in Yamhill County, but because of financial difficulties and Ben's permanent injury in a wagon accident, they had to sell their land. The couple moved to nearby Lafayette, where Abigail taught school and, ...

Patterson, I. L. (Isaac Lee), 1859-1929

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Geer, T. T. (Theodore Thurston), 1851-1924

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Thayer, William Roscoe

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Woods, George L. (George Lemuel), 1832-1890

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George Lemuel Woods (born July 30, 1832, died January 7, 1890), lawyer, judge, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Woods served as the third Governor of Oregon from 1866–1870. Failing to win renomination, Woods was then appointed Territorial Governor of Utah by President Ulysses S. Grant, serving in that position from 1871–1875. ...

Pennoyer, Sylvester, 1831-1902

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Sylvester Pennoyer (1831–1902) was an attorney, businessman, and politician in Oregon. Served as Governor of Oregon from 1886 to 1895 and major of Portland from 1896 to 1898. From the guide to the Sylvester Pennoyer scrapbook, 1852-1916, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) ...