"Some Personal Observations on the Wayne Morse Re-Election Campaign of 1968" memoir

Title

"Some Personal Observations on the Wayne Morse Re-Election Campaign of 1968" memoir

Description

A 32-page memoir by Oregon journalist and author Ron Abell titled "Some Personal Observations on the Wayne Morse Re-Election Campaign of 1968," written in September 2005. In his memoir, Abell detailed his experiences and what he witnessed as a salaried employee of the 1968 Re-Elect Wayne Morse Committee for the US Senate, including the campaign's finances, the primary election, how Vietnam was viewed as a campaign issue, how the press treated the campaign, his perspective of the Bob Packwood campaign, and how the Morse campaign ultimately failed. The Robert "Bobby" Kennedy presidential campaign is notably mentioned.
This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

Creator

Abell, Ronald F.

Date Created

September 2005

Subject

United States. Congress. Senate.
Legislators--United States
Morse, Wayne L.
Elections--United States.
Political campaigns--United States.
Abell, Ron, 1932-2012

Place

United States
Oregon

Identifier

PUA_MS147_547

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Type

Text

Collection