Charles Orlando Porter papers , 1954-1961

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Porter, Charles Orlando, 1919-2006
Title
Charles Orlando Porter papers
Dates
1954-1961 (inclusive)
Quantity
78.5 linear feet, (57 containers)
Collection Number
Ax 088
Summary
Charles Orlando Porter was a lawyer in Oregon and a congressional representative of the fourth district of Oregon from 1957-1961. The collection contains his political and congressional papers from 1954-1961. Included are materials on bills introduced in the 85th and 86th Congresses. The majority of the collection consists of subject files. Porter's 1954 campaign materials are also included.
Repository
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
UO Libraries--SCUA
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 5413463068
spcarref@uoregon.edu
Access Restrictions

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Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Charles Orlando (C.P.) Porter was born on April 4, 1919 in Klamath Falls, Oregon and spent most of his childhood in Eugene, Oregon where his father, Frank J. Porter, worked as a railroad yardmaster. He attended the Eugene High School and edited a newspaper, which won state and national honors. Upon graduation he attended Northwestern University on scholarship and worked at the same time as a special correspondent for the New York Times. In 1937 a merit scholarship allowed C.P. to transfer to Harvard University from which he graduated cum laude.

In 1941 C.P. was inducted into the U.S. Army. He served during World War II in Europe and in Latin America where he was the first Caribbean correspondent for the Yank, an Army weekly news publication.

Reentering Harvard University as a law student at the end of the war, C.P. completed the three-year law program in two years and received his LL.B. degree in 1947. After working for one year as a law clerk for Judge William Healey of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (San Francisco), he was admitted to the Oregon bar in 1948. From 1948 to 1951 C.P. published articles on the courts system in Cincinnati and on surveys by the American Bar Association on the legal profession in the U.S. In 1954 he co-authored the book The American Lawyer, published by the University of Chicago Press.

C.P. returned to Eugene, Oregon in 1951 and with Skelton set up the law firm of Porter and Skelton. Between 1957 and 1961 Charles Porter served as a congressional representative of the fourth district of Oregon.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection contains political and congressional papers from 1954–1961. Included are materials on bills introduced in the 85th and 86th U.S. Congresses. The majority of the collection consists of subject files. Porter's 1954 campaign materials are also included.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Legislators--Oregon
  • Political campaigns--Oregon

Personal Names

  • Porter, Charles Orlando, 1919-2006

Corporate Names

  • United States. Congress. House

Geographical Names

  • United States--Politics and government--1953-1961

Form or Genre Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Moving images
  • Sound recordings