Scope and Contents
The collection (1915-1918; 1923-1927) contains personal and political correspondence files, and correspondents include:
Ozro S. Blanchard;
Edwin R. Bryson;
Prince Lucien Campbell (UO President);
George W. Chamberlain;
Jerome Devine;
the Republican State Central Committee (Oregon);
W. Carlton Smith;
Frederick Steiwer;
Frederic G. Young.
Correspondence is filed by date, 1915-1927.
Within the 1924-1927 correspondence file are mimeographed transcripts of testimony involving members of the Marion County Taxpayers Equalization League, who supported the Zorn-McPherson bill.
Dates
- 1915-1918, 1923-1927
Creator
- Bryson, Edwin R. (Person)
- Campbell, Prince Lucien, 1861-1925 (Person)
- Republican Party (Or.). State Central Committee (Organization)
- Smith, W. Carlton, 1874-1929 (Person)
- Harris, Lawrence T. (Lawrence Thomas), 1873-1960 (Person)
- Blanchard, Ozro S. (Person)
- Steiwer, Frederick, 1883-1939 (Person)
- Chamberlain, George E. (George Earle), 1854-1928 (Person)
- Young, Frederic G. (Person)
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
Lawrence Thomas Harris (1873-1960) was born in Albany, Oregon, and educated at the University of Oregon and the University of Michigan.
He worked as a lawyer in Eugene, Oregon and served as District Attorney for Lane County from 1896-1901. He then served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1901-1903) and was Speaker of the House in 1903.
He was appointed in 1905 as a Circuit Court Judge, 2nd District and in 1914 he was elected to the Oregon Supreme Court and served until 1924.
He was also active in University of Oregon matters, especially in times of crisis.
[Source: Oregon Blue Book online]
Extent
1.5 linear feet (1 container)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Lawrence Thomas Harris (1873-1960) served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1901-1903) and as a justice in the Oregon Supreme Court (1914-1924). The collection (1915-1918; 1923-1927) contains personal and political correspondence files and testimony from the Taxpayers Equalization League, a group that supported the Zorn-McPherson bill to consolidate higher education in Oregon.
Physical Description
1 clamshell box.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
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 organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Blanchard, Ozro S.
- Bryson, Edwin R.
- Campbell, Prince Lucien, 1861-1925
- Chamberlain, George E. (George Earle), 1854-1928
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Education, Higher -- Law and legislation -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Education, Higher -- Oregon -- Eugene Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Education, Higher -- Oregon -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Harris, Lawrence T. (Lawrence Thomas), 1873-1960
- Judges -- Oregon -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lawyers -- Oregon -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marion County Taxpayers Equalization League (Marion County, Or.)
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon -- Politics and government -- 1859-1950 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon State System of Higher Education
- Political campaigns -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Politicians -- Oregon -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Politics and Politicians Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Republican Party (Or.). State Central Committee
- Schools -- Centralization -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Smith, W. Carlton, 1874-1929
- Steiwer, Frederick, 1883-1939
- Testimonies Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- University of Oregon
- Young, Frederic G.
- Title
- Guide to the Lawrence T. Harris Correspondence
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet
- 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
