Collection

Interviews with Wayne Morse campaign staff

• 1968 (Creation)

.1 cubic feet; 1 audiotape reel (42 min., 23 sec.) 7 in. open reel; 1.875 ips.

These audio recordings consist of interviews with staffers of Wayne Morse's 1968 re-election campaign for the U.S. Senate. The interviews were conducted by an unidentified woman. The interviewees include Ron Abell, Helen Johnson, and Phillip George. In these interviews, the staffers discuss Morse's accomplishments and the reasons why they believe he should be re-elected, including his senior position in the Senate, his stance on war and social issues, and his political acumen. They talk about Morse's plans to pursue legislation on health care, jobs, and poverty.

The recordings also include variations of political ads for Wayne Morse's 1968 re-election campaign, produced by Oregon legislator Ted Hallock's advertising and public relations company.

Collection is open for research.

In Copyright – Rights-Holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/

• English

Gift of Ted Hallock, July 2001 (Lib. Acc. 24523).

Oral history interview with Wayne Morse, by William Plymat, SR 779, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Preferred citation: Interviews with Wayne Morse campaign staff, SR 24523-1, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

These recordings were previously identified as SR 3908.

Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition.

Sarah Stroman

• United States--Politics and government--20th century
• Advertising, political--United States
• Political campaigns--Oregon

• Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974 (Subject)

• Interviews