Legislative, 1967 January-1997 July

Please note: portions of this collection are still being processed. Work-to-date has focused on the Legislative, Media and Constituent Services sections. Work in these and the remaining sections is ongoing. As a result, gaps in subjects or date ranges currently exist, which will be filled in as processing and data entry continue. The finding aid will be updated as materials are processed. Please contact the University Archivist with any questions (archives@willamette.edu)

The Mark O. Hatfield Senatorial papers house the personal and professional records of Senator Hatfield. These materials document Hatfield’s long career in public service and offer unique insights into his legislative priorities, various roles in Senate Committees, and contributions to the state of Oregon. The Senator’s aides and staff maintained an integrated, topical filing system, and files often include related correspondence, memoranda, and gray literature. We have preserved original order wherever possible and hope this will offer additional insight into the day-to-day workings of the Senator’s office.

The collection, which dates from 1967 to 1996, includes correspondence, speeches, floor statements, press releases, bill drafts, Senate Committee proceedings, gray literature, press clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, newsletters, memoranda, legislative summaries, Congressional Records and indexes, voting and attendance records, newspaper columns and op-eds written by Senator Hatfield, audiovisual and sound recordings, memorabilia, and artifacts.

The processing of this collection was generously funded by federal grants from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.