This document describes two peace quilts created in Oregon as gifts for the Soviet Union. The Vose Quilt, created by students of Vose Elementary School in Beaverton, Oregon, was one of two matching quilts created for U.S. President Regan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. The Oregon Peace Quilt, created by the Forest Grove Stitchery Group, was created to "demonstrate to the women of the Soviet Union, especially, that the women of the U.S.A. stood for friendship and peace". See also PUA_MS147_116, PUA_MS147_125, PUA_MS147_126 for images of the quilts. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. It originally appeared in an AuCoin family scrapbook documenting U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright's visit to Spain, the Soviet Union, and the Federal Republic of Germany in April 1987. The congressional delegation included Representative Les AuCoin and his wife Sue. Other members of congress on the trip included Tony Coelho, Dick Cheney, Jim Howard, Les Aspin, John Paul Hammerschmidt, Jim Scheuer, Lawrence Coughlin, Ralph Regula, Carrol Hubbard, Tom Downey, Norm Dicks, Wes Watkins, Mickey Leland, Steny Hoyer, Esteban Torres, and Sherwood Boehlert. The AuCoin family loaned the scrapbook to Pacific University Archives in 2022 for digitization, and the scrapbook remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin speaks with Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In typed notes about the image, AuCoin writes: "Sue and I were members of Speaker Jim Wright's 1986 mission to Moscow. At the Kremlin, I talked briefly with Mikhail Gorbachev about a bill I helped pass that banned flight tests on anti-satellite weapons. It was the first form of arms control ever conceived in and passed by Congress." This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. It originally appeared in an AuCoin family scrapbook documenting U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright's visit to Spain, the Soviet Union, and the Federal Republic of Germany in April 1987. The congressional delegation included Representative Les AuCoin and his wife Sue. Other members of congress on the trip included Tony Coelho, Dick Cheney, Jim Howard, Les Aspin, John Paul Hammerschmidt, Jim Scheuer, Lawrence Coughlin, Ralph Regula, Carrol Hubbard, Tom Downey, Norm Dicks, Wes Watkins, Mickey Leland, Steny Hoyer, Esteban Torres, and Sherwood Boehlert. The AuCoin family loaned the scrapbook to Pacific University Archives in 2022 for digitization, and the scrapbook remains with the AuCoin family.
This scrapbook page includes two photos of Representative Les AuCoin and his wife Sue meeting Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. See also PUA_MS147_121 and PUA_MS147_37 for other images of the meeting. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. It originally appeared in an AuCoin family scrapbook documenting U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright's visit to Spain, the Soviet Union, and the Federal Republic of Germany in April 1987. The congressional delegation included Representative Les AuCoin and his wife Sue. Other members of congress on the trip included Tony Coelho, Dick Cheney, Jim Howard, Les Aspin, John Paul Hammerschmidt, Jim Scheuer, Lawrence Coughlin, Ralph Regula, Carrol Hubbard, Tom Downey, Norm Dicks, Wes Watkins, Mickey Leland, Steny Hoyer, Esteban Torres, and Sherwood Boehlert. The AuCoin family loaned the scrapbook to Pacific University Archives in 2022 for digitization, and the scrapbook remains with the AuCoin family.
This scrapbook page includes a photo of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and a memorandum about a congressional visit to the site. The memorandum, from Mark Nelson to the Foreign Desk, describes how Representatives Les AuCoin (OR), Norm Dicks (WA), and Richard Cheney (WY) were invited to visit the site of the nuclear disaster. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. It originally appeared in an AuCoin family scrapbook documenting U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright's visit to Spain, the Soviet Union, and the Federal Republic of Germany in April 1987. The congressional delegation included Representative Les AuCoin and his wife Sue. Other members of congress on the trip included Tony Coelho, Dick Cheney, Jim Howard, Les Aspin, John Paul Hammerschmidt, Jim Scheuer, Lawrence Coughlin, Ralph Regula, Carrol Hubbard, Tom Downey, Norm Dicks, Wes Watkins, Mickey Leland, Steny Hoyer, Esteban Torres, and Sherwood Boehlert. The AuCoin family loaned the scrapbook to Pacific University Archives in 2022 for digitization, and the scrapbook remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin meets with Ukrainian politicians at a banquet in the Mariyinsky Palace in Kiev. Representative Ralph Regula appears to the left of Representative AuCoin. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. It originally appeared in an AuCoin family scrapbook documenting U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright's visit to Spain, the Soviet Union, and the Federal Republic of Germany in April 1987. The congressional delegation included Representative Les AuCoin and his wife Sue. Other members of congress on the trip included Tony Coelho, Dick Cheney, Jim Howard, Les Aspin, John Paul Hammerschmidt, Jim Scheuer, Lawrence Coughlin, Ralph Regula, Carrol Hubbard, Tom Downey, Norm Dicks, Wes Watkins, Mickey Leland, Steny Hoyer, Esteban Torres, and Sherwood Boehlert. The AuCoin family loaned the scrapbook to Pacific University Archives in 2022 for digitization, and the scrapbook remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin and his wife Sue at a banquet held in the Mariyinsky Palace in Kyiv. Sue AuCoin's place card appears above the photo. The banquet was held on April 16th, 1987. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. It originally appeared in an AuCoin family scrapbook documenting U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright's visit to Spain, the Soviet Union, and the Federal Republic of Germany in April 1987. The congressional delegation included Representative Les AuCoin and his wife Sue. Other members of congress on the trip included Tony Coelho, Dick Cheney, Jim Howard, Les Aspin, John Paul Hammerschmidt, Jim Scheuer, Lawrence Coughlin, Ralph Regula, Carrol Hubbard, Tom Downey, Norm Dicks, Wes Watkins, Mickey Leland, Steny Hoyer, Esteban Torres, and Sherwood Boehlert. The AuCoin family loaned the scrapbook to Pacific University Archives in 2022 for digitization, and the scrapbook remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin presents a peace quilt sewn in Forest Grove, Oregon to a group of politicians in the Soviet Union. PUA_MS147_122 offers a description of the quilt: "This quilt was stitched by the women of the Forest Grove Stitchery Group. In the fall of 1983, this group began planning an Oregon peace quilt that would demonstrate to the women of the Soviet Union, especially, that the women of the U.S.A. stood for friendship and peace between our two countries." This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. It originally appeared in an AuCoin family scrapbook documenting U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright's visit to Spain, the Soviet Union, and the Federal Republic of Germany in April 1987. The congressional delegation included Representative Les AuCoin and his wife Sue. Other members of congress on the trip included Tony Coelho, Dick Cheney, Jim Howard, Les Aspin, John Paul Hammerschmidt, Jim Scheuer, Lawrence Coughlin, Ralph Regula, Carrol Hubbard, Tom Downey, Norm Dicks, Wes Watkins, Mickey Leland, Steny Hoyer, Esteban Torres, and Sherwood Boehlert. The AuCoin family loaned the scrapbook to Pacific University Archives in 2022 for digitization, and the scrapbook remains with the AuCoin family.
President Jimmy Carter celebrates signing a bill into law, surrounded by clapping legislators. The photo was probably taken in 1980, based on the people in the photo. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. See also PUA_MS147_65.
President Jimmy Carter signs a bill into law, surrounded by clapping legislators. Representative Les AuCoin is the fourth person from the right. The photo was probably taken in 1980, based on the people in the photo. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. See also PUA_MS147_66.
Letter to Representative Les AuCoin from Tony Coelho, Chairman of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The letter identifies Representative AuCoin as "one of thirty-five Democratic Congressmen targeted by Republican Party leaders for defeat in 1986." In 1986, AuCoin ran against Tony Meeker in the election for U.S. Representative of Oregon's First District. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives and can be found in Box 25, Folder 7.
Letter to Representative Les AuCoin from Christopher Brown, Conservation Director at American Rivers. The letter thanks Representative AuCoin and his staff member Kevin Lynch for their work supporting the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area Bill. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives and can be found in Box 25, Folder 7.
Letter to Representative Les AuCoin from David Cohen, President of the Professionals' Coalition for Nuclear Arms Control. In the letter, Cohen thanks Representative AuCoin for his opposition of MX missiles and contributions to arms control. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives and can be found in Box 25, Folder 7.
Press release from Representative Les AuCoin's 1986 campaign for office. The release announces an upcoming event, "AuCoin's Birthday Spaghetti Feed", featuring then-Senator Joe Biden. At the time, Biden was also running for U.S. President in the 1988 election. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. See also PUA_MS147_40 for an image of the event.
This is one of a pair of press releases from Representative Les AuCoin's 1992 campaign for the U.S. Senate. The releases describe and denounce the Oregon Republican Party's advertising campaign aimed at influencing the 1992 Democratic primary. The radio advertisements attacked AuCoin and promoted his opponent, Harry Lonsdale. The AuCoin campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission accusing the Oregon Republican Party of making illegal campaign contributions. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives and can be found in Box 33, Folder 6. See also PUA_MS147_59
This is one of a pair of press releases from Representative Les AuCoin's 1992 campaign for the U.S. Senate. The releases describe and denounce the Oregon Republican Party's advertising campaign aimed at influencing the 1992 Democratic primary. The radio advertisements attacked AuCoin and promoted his opponent, Harry Lonsdale. The AuCoin campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission accusing the Oregon Republican Party of making illegal campaign contributions. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives and can be found in Box 33, Folder 6. See also PUA_MS147_60
Letter from Bill Moshofsky to Representative Les AuCoin on November 9th, 1984. Bill Moshofsky ran against Representative AuCoin in the 1984 election for U.S. Representative for Oregon's first congressional district. In the letter, Moshofsky congratulates AuCoin on his reelection to the House of Representatives and highlights issues he hopes AuCoin will address in office. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives and can be found in Box 18, Folder 8.
Typed testimony of Representative Les AuCoin before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs on October 18th, 1983. The testimony was in support of a bill to restore federal recognition to the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde after the U.S. Congress terminated their federal status in 1954. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives and can be found in Box 8, Folder 11.
Typed speech by Les AuCoin declaring his candidacy for the US Senate against Senator Bob Packwood. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS 147) at the Pacific University Archives.
Typed index of speeches and statements given by Representative Les AuCoin between 1975 and 1992. The index reflects the speeches present in the Les AuCoin Papers (MS 147) at the Pacific University Archives.
Typed index of speeches and statements given by Representative Les AuCoin in the Oregon state legislature between 1970 and 1974. Contents are listed by date and subject. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin papers (MS 147) at the Pacific University Archives.
Sticker advertising Eugene McCarthy's 1968 campaign for president. Representative Les AuCoin campaigned for Eugene McCarthy in Oregon, and the experience inspired him to run for state representative two years later. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives.
Certificate recording the nomination of Les AuCoin as the "Democratic candidate for Representative in Congress, First District, at the Primary Election held May 20, 1986". Signed by Barbara Roberts, Secretary of State, on June 19th, 1986. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives and can be found in Box 25, Folder 7.
Certificate recording the nomination of Les AuCoin as the "Democrat candidate for Representative in Congress, First District, at the Primary Election held May 15, 1990". Signed by Barbara Roberts, Secretary of State, on June 14th, 1990. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives and can be found in Box 50, Folder 1.
Portrait of Eugene McCarthy, Democratic candidate for the 1968 presidential election. Representative Les AuCoin campaigned for Eugene McCarthy in Oregon, and the experience inspired him to run for state representative two years later. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives and can be found in Box 49, Folder 13.
