University of Oregon Libraries
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Eugene, OR 97403-1299
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Guide to the Richard Neuberger Papers, 1930-1960


Ax 078





Finding aid prepared by Vida Germano

Finding aid encoded by Xiaotong Wang, November 2003
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Overview of the Collection

 
Repository Name:
 

University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html

 
Collection Number:
 

Ax 078

 
Creator:
 

Neuberger, Richard L. (Richard Lewis), 1912-1960

 
Title:
 

Richard Neuberger Papers

 
Dates:
 

1930-1960 (inclusive)

 
Quantity:
 

77.5 linear feet
58 containers

 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English. 

 
Summary:
 

Richard Lewis Neuberger (1912-1960), an Oregon native, was a U.S. Senator (D-OR) from 1954 to 1960. The Richard Neuberger collection consists of correspondence, legislation, published articles, and newspaper articles which pertain to the literary and political career of Richard Lewis Neuberger.

 

Biographical Note

Richard Lewis Neuberger was born in Portland, Oregon on December 26, 1912 to Isaac and Ruth Neuberger. In 1928, he began writing articles for various newspapers and magazines. He attended the University of Oregon in Eugene as an undergraduate and during that time he published his first article in the New York Times. Neuberger attended classes at the University of Oregon Law School in the 1930’s. In time Neuberger became a regular correspondent for the Pacific Northwest. By 1940, Neuberger’s name was well known to the readers of The New Republic, Harper’s Magazine, Collier’s, The Christian Century, Forum, Current History, American Magazine, and Reader’s Digest. In his lifetime, Richard Neuberger wrote a total of six books and over 300 articles for various newspapers and magazines. In 1940, he was elected as representative to the Oregon Legislative Assembly. He resigned in 1942 to fight in World War II, where he earned the rank of captain.

Richard Neuberger married Maurine Brown on December 20, 1945. In 1946 he was asked to run for governor of Oregon. He declined but instead ran for the state senate and was defeated. He continued writing articles until 1948 when he again ran for state senate, and was this time elected. In 1950, Maurine Neuberger was elected to the state House of Representatives. They were the only husband and wife pair in American history to hold political positions at the same time.

In 1954, Richard Neuberger ran for the United States Senate and became the first Democratic senator from Oregon since 1914. He held the position of U.S. Senator until his death in 1960, when his wife was chosen to complete his term.

Content Description

The Richard Neuberger collection comprises correspondence, legislation, published articles, photographs and newspaper articles which pertain to the literary and political career of Richard Lewis Neuberger. The Senatorial files include correspondence, legislation, and reports given to or written by Neuberger as well as sound recordings. Neuberger's Personal files cover specific issues. The Manuscripts series contains manuscripts, published materials, and literary correspondence, and is a record of most of Neuberger's literary articles. This series contains original published articles and unpublished drafts. The Biographical series is not very large. It contains articles written about his personal life and career. The Scrapbooks series includes newspaper clippings, pictures, and sound recordings that relate to Neuberger in some way. The Oversize Material series contains scrapbooks, films, sound recordings and speech index.

Arrangement

Collection is organized into the following series:

  • Series I. Senatorial files
  • Series II. Personal files
    • Subseries A. General correspondence
    • Subseries B. Oregon Legislature correspondence
    • Subseries C. Presidential election, 1940
    • Subseries D. U.S. Senate campaign, 1954
    • Subseries E. Literary career
  • Series III. Manuscripts, published pieces, editorial correspondence
  • Series IV. Biographical material
  • Series V. Scrapbooks
  • Series VI. Miscellaneous papers
  • Series VII. Oversize material
  • Series VIII. Photographs.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information 

The collection was a gift of the Neuberger family.

Separated Materials 

Photographs in this collection are stored separately under call number PH085.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use 

Property rights reside with the Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation 

[Identification of item], Richard Neuberger Papers, Ax 078, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

 
Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974
Neuberger, Maurine Brown, 1907-
Neuberger, Richard L. (Richard Lewis), 1912-1960--Archives
United States. Congress. Senate
Oregon--Politics and government--1951-
United States--Politics and government--1953-1961
Conservation of natural resources--United States
Indians of North America--Government relations--1934-
Journalists--United States
Legislators--Oregon
Public health--United States
Manuscripts for publication

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.


 

Series I:  Senatorial Files

Correspondence files, arranged by broad subject, as filed by Senator Neuberger’s staff. The correspondence and accompanying documents relate to problems of constituents, bills pending in Congress, long-range issues, and questions of the moment that concerned or might concern Congress. The correspondence is with persons having particular interest in specific legislation or issues. Much of it is from Oregon and Pacific Northwest sources.
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box
1
folder
1-9

Agriculture. Forest Service. General
 
 
10
Agriculture. Forest Service. General. Miscellaneous
 
 
11
Agriculture. Forest Service. Budget. Corvallis Lab
 
 
12
Agriculture. Forest Service. Pulp Mills
  1957
 
Ownership of mills, and pollution problems.
 

Agriculture. Forest Service. Sustained Yield
 
 
Various sustained yield units, and Neuberger legislation concerning sustained yield.
 
13
Agriculture. Forest Service. Timber Sales
 
 
Cutting practices, and sales of timber land.
 
14
Agriculture. Forest Service. Timberline Lodge
 
 
Forest Service programs in the Mt. Hood, Ore. Area, and the development of Timberline Lodge.
 
15
Agriculture. Forest Service. Vincent Creek Forest Fire Legislation
  1951-1956
 
Question of compensation for fighting Vincent Creek fire, 1951, by the U.S. government to Oregon Forest Fire Association. S. 1153, 86th Cong., and S. Res. 327, 86th Cong. Also, Memorandum, Oregon State Board of Forestry, July 12, 1956 on Vincent Creek fire.
 
16
Agriculture. Mice
 
 
17
Agriculture. Soil Conservation
 
 
Bureau of Land Management; Soil Conservation Service. Budgets, specific programs, and request.
 
18
Alcohol
 
 
Liquor on army posts; liquor laws and legislation.
 
19
Animal Welfare
 
 
Cruelty to animals; anti-vivisection; animals in laboratories.
 
20
Armed Services. Air Force
 
 
Use of military personnel in construction work on Air Force bases.
 
21
Armed Services. Coast Guard
 
 
Radar equipment proposed for Coast Guard stations in Oregon.
 
22
Armed Services. Installations
 
 
Posts, camps and stations, especially in Oregon. Specifically, Tongue Point Naval Station, Astoria.
 
23
Armed Services. Installations. Boardman Bombing Range
  1960
 
Disposition of the bombing range.
 
24
Armed Services. Installations. Housing
  1959-1960
 
Transportation of household goods of military personnel by private moving firms.
 
25
Armed Services. Selective Service
  1959
 
Extension of Selective Service Act.
 
26
Campaign Spending
 
 
27
Campaign Spending
  1955
 
28-29
Campaign Spending
  1956
 
30
Campaign Spending
  1957
 
31-32
Campaign Spending
  1958
 
33
Campaign Spending
  1959
 
34
Campaign Spending. Miscellaneous
 
 
35
Campaign Spending. Legislation
 
 
“Case-Neuberger bill,” S. 1332, and other bills.
 
2 1
Campaign Spending. Conflict of Interest
 
 
Congressional ethics as related to obligations of congressmen to contributors.
 
2
Civil Rights
 
 
Anti-Semitism, segregation, states’ rights.
 
3
Civil Rights. J. Robert Oppenheimer
  1955
 
The appearance of Oppenheimer on campus in Oregon and Washington.
 
4
Claims. Robert Stroud
 
 
Efforts toward release of Stroud from prison; the “Birdman of Alcatraz”.
 
5
Commerce. Exports
 
 
Export of Oregon products; the question of export of scrap metal.
 
6
Commerce. Reciprocal Trade
  1955
 
7
Commerce. Sugar
 
 
Amendments to sugar import regulations, especially as effecting sugar beet industry.
 
8
Commerce. Tuna Fish
 
 
Tariff on import of frozen tuna for processing.
 
9
Commerce. Foreign
 
 
Trade and tariff policies in general.
 
10
Committees and Commissions. General
 
 
11
Committees and Commissions. General
 
 
Public and governmental.
 
12
Committees and Commissions. Agriculture and Forestry Committee
  1958
 
Neuberger declines membership.
 
13
Committees and Commissions. Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Commission
 
 
14
Committees and Commissions. Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
 
 
15
Committees and Commissions. National Monuments Commission
 
 
Interior Department. National Park Service.
 
16
Committees and Commissions. National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission
 
 
17
Committees and Commissions. National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission
  1958
 
18
Committees and Commissions. National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission
  1958-1959
 
19-21
Committees and Commissions. National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission
  1959
 
22
Committees and Commissions. National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission
  1960
 
23
Committees and Commissions. National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission. Miscellaneous
 
 
24
Committees and Commissions. New York University Hall of Fame
 
 
25
Committees and Commissions. Post Office and Civil Service Committee
 
 
26
Committees and Commissions. Public Works Committee
 
 
27
Committees and Commissions. Select Committee on Small Business
 
 
28
Committees and Commissions. Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission
 
 
29
Congressman
 
 
Letters of approval, requests, letters of welcome.
 
30
Conservation. General
  1954-1955
 
31
Conservation. General
  1955
 
32
Conservation. General
  1955-1956
 
33
Conservation. General
  1956-1957
 
34
Conservation. General
  1958-1959
 
3 1
Conservation. General
  1959-1960
 
2
Conservation. General. Miscellaneous
 
 
3
Conservation. General. Colorado River Basin
 
 
Upper Colorado project.
 
4
Conservation. Echo Park
 
 
5
Conservation. Echo Park
  1955
 
6
Conservation. Echo Park
  1955-1956
 
7
Conservation. Echo Park. Miscellaneous
 
 
8
Conservation. George Washington Memorial Parkway
 
 
9
Conservation. Mineral Claims and Rights
 
 
10
Conservation. National Forests
  1954-1956
 
11
Conservation. National Forests
  1957-1959
 
12
Conservation. National Forests. Miscellaneous
 
 
13
Conservation. National Parks
  1955
 
14
Conservation. National Parks
  1956-1957
 
15
Conservation. National Parks
  1958-1960
 
16
Conservation. National Parks. Miscellaneous
 
 
17
Conservation. National Parks. “Mission 66.” Miscellaneous
 
 
18
Conservation. National Parks. Olympic National Park
 
 
Proposals for expanding, contracting, timber sales.
 
19
Conservation. National Parks. Seashore and Dunes
 
 
20
Conservation. National Parks. Seashore and Dunes
  March 1959-April 18, 1959
 
21
Conservation. National Parks. Seashore and Dunes
  April 1959-May 1959
 
22
Conservation. National Parks. Seashore and Dunes
  June 1959-July 1959
 
23
Conservation. National Parks. Seashore and Dunes
  August 1959
 
24
Conservation. National Parks. Seashore and Dunes
  September 1959
 
25
Conservation. National Parks. Seashore and Dunes
  October 1959
 
26
Conservation. National Parks. Seashore and Dunes
  November 1959-December 1959
 
27
Conservation. National Parks. Seashore and Dunes
  1960
 
28
Conservation. National Parks. Seashore and Dunes. Miscellaneous
 
 
29
Conservation. National Parks. Shoreline Bill
  1959
 
S. 2010. Also, Indian Dunes Park.
 
4 1
Conservation. National Resources
 
 
Conservation of water.
 
2
Conservation. Rock Creek Park, District of Columbia
 
 
Proposals to add to, change, and improve.
 
3
Conservation. Soil
 
 
Soil conservation districts in Oregon. Budgets, proposals, reports and problems.
 
4
Conservation. Waldo Lake Proposals
 
 
Access to and improvement of Waldo Lake, Ore. region.
 
5
Conservation. Wilderness Area Proposals
 
 
6
Conservation. Wilderness Area Proposals
  1956-1957
 
7
Conservation. Wilderness Area Proposals
  1957
 
8
Conservation. Wilderness Area Proposals
  1957-1958
 
9
Conservation. Wilderness Area Proposals
  1958 (April 3, 1958-August 28, 1958)
 
10
Conservation. Wilderness Area Proposals
  1958 (September 5, 1958-November 26, 1958)
 
11
Conservation. Wilderness Area Proposals
  1958-1959
 
12
Conservation. Wilderness Area Proposals
  1959
 
13
Conservation. Wilderness Area Proposals
  1959-1960
 
14
Conservation. Wilderness Area Proposals. Miscellaneous
 
 
15
Conservation. Wilderness Area Proposals. Three Sisters Wilderness Area, Oregon
 
 
16
Conservation. Wilderness Area Proposals. Three Sisters Wilderness Area, Oregon
  1955
 
17
Conservation. Wilderness Area Proposals. Three Sisters Wilderness Area, Oregon
  1956
 
18
Conservation. Wilderness Area Proposals. Three Sisters Wilderness Area, Oregon. Miscellaneous
 
 
19
Conservation. Youth Conservation Corps
  1959
 
Proposed S. 812.
 
20
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife
  1955
 
21
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife
  1956
 
22
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife
  1956-1957
 
23
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife
  1957-1958
 
24
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife
  1958
 
25
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife
  1958-1959
 
26
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife
  1959 (February 5, 1959-April 16, 1959)
 
27
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife
  1959 (April 17, 1959-July 29, 1959)
 
28
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife
  1959 (August 3, 1959-December 1959)
 
29
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife
  1960
 
5 1
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife. Miscellaneous
 
 
2
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife. Hearing Statements
 
 
3
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife. Hearings
  November 10, 1959
 
Hearing of special subcommittees on fisheries of the Senate committee on interstate and foreign commerce, Astoria, Ore. Correspondence and documents.
 
4
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife. Humane Trapping
 
 
5
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife. Salmon Runs
 
 
Conflict between power dams and salmon interests.
 
6
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife. Refuges. National Wildlife Refuges
 
 
7
Conservation of Fish and Wildlife. Refuges, Wichita Refuge
 
 
8
Confirmations and Appointments. General
  1958
 
9
Confirmations and Appointments. General
  1959-1960
 
10
Confirmations and Appointments. Ankeny, Marlin J. (Director, U.S. Bureau of Mines)
 
 
11
Confirmations and Appointments. D’Ewart, Wesley. (Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Public Management)
 
 
12
Confirmations and Appointments. East, William G. (U.S. District Judge, District of Oregon)
 
 
13
Confirmations and Appointments. Hall, John A. (Director, Bureau of Locomotive Inspection)
 
 
14
Confirmations and Appointments. Harlan, John. (Supreme Court Justice)
 
 
15