Committee to Keep Firemen Police and Teachers on the Job records
Abstract
The Committee to Keep Firemen Police and Teachers on the Job, directed by Roy N. Vernstrom, was formed to defeat Oregon state ballot measure number 7 (the 1 1/2% tax limitation), on the ballot November 5, 1968. The collection contains campaign materials including correspondence, advertising, memoranda, statistics, financial accounting, opinion surveys, and a study of the campaign by Verstrom.
Dates
- 1968
Creator
- Vernström, Roy Nels (Person)
- Committee to Keep Firemen, Police, and Teachers on the Job (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
The Committee to Keep Firemen Police and Teachers on the Job was formed to defeat Oregon state ballot measure number 7 (the 1 1/2% tax limitation) on the ballot November 5, 1968. The campaign director was Roy N. Vernstrom. The measure was defeated.
Extent
1.5 linear feet (1 container) : 1 record storage box
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Material within this collection may have little to no intellectual or physical arrangement. Any arrangement may have derived from the records' creators or custodians. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
Other Finding Aids
Paper finding aid with additional information is available in Special Collections & University Archives.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff, 1974.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal to no organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Advertisements Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Campaign literature Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
- Committee to Keep Firemen, Police, and Teachers on the Job
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Oregon -- Politics and government -- 1951- Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Political campaigns Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Political campaigns -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Property tax -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Questionnaires. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Tax and expenditure limitations -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Taxation -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vernström, Roy Nels
- Title
- Guide to the Committee to Keep Firemen Police and Teachers on the Job Records
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet and Kira B. Homo.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
