Fred Harrison legislative speeches
Scope and Contents
The collection (1935-1937) contains legislative speeches, and (political) poetry.
His writings indicate he was a supporter of Roosevelt's "New Deal" programs. There are handwritten and also typed speeches, including drafts.
Topics of speeches include proposals: for a lieutenant governor; for public funding of school textbooks; against advertising of tobacco and liquor; for adoption of the Townsend [retirement] Plan; and against Sunday closing laws.
There are two poems, one against Sunday closing laws, and one made into a song titled, "The Governor's Sale's Tax Song."
Dates
- 1935-1937
Creator
- Harrison, Fred, 1883-1963 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.025 linear feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Fred Harrison, of Brownsville, Oregon, served in the Oregon State House of Representatives as a Democrat, from 1935 to 1937, representing Linn County. The collection (1935-1937) contains legislative speeches, and (political) poetry.
Physical Description
1 folder.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Tanya Parlet, 2013.
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.
- Harrison, Fred, 1883-1963
- Legislators -- Oregon -- Linn County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon -- Politics and government -- 1859-1950 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives
- Poetry Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Politicians -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Fred Harrison Legislative Speeches
- 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 is 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
