Harry Lane papers, 1891-circa 1940.

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Harry Lane papers, 1891-circa 1940.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71013991

The collection includes a small amount of original correspondence from and to Lane; drafts and research materials for a biography by the Federal Writers' Project, circa 1940; news clippings about Lane, primarily relating to his death; and writings and notes by Lane's daughter Nina Lane McBride, who was active in the Socialist Party around 1912-1920. Among the original correspondence are two letters from William ("Big Bill") Haywood, head of the International Workers of the World.

.7 cubic feet (2 document cases)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8071884

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Lane family.

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Haywood, Big Bill, 1869-1928

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Federal Writers' Project (Or.)

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McBride, Nina Lane

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Lane, Harry, 1855-1917

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Harry Lane, a colorful figure in Oregon politics, was the grandson of General Joseph Lane, a pioneer politician and territorial governor. Harry Lane was born in Corvallis, Oregon, in 1855. He graduated from Willamette University in 1876 and took a medical degree there in 1878. After post-graduate work in New York and a private practice in San Francisco, he settled in Portland, Oregon and eventually became the superindendent of the State Insane Asylum. He served as mayor of Portland from 1905-190...