Arthur Robert Smith papers, 1931-1966.

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Arthur Robert Smith papers, 1931-1966.

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The collection includes copies of correspondence to and from 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, Or., and the related U.S. Senate effort to fund a mental hospital in Alaska in the mid-1950s. A typescript of Smith's book on Morse, titled The tiger in the Senate (1962) is also included.

.9 cubic feet (2 document cases, 1 reel microfilm)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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