The 1979 Oregon delegation stands for a group portrait in front of the U.S. Capitol. In typed notes about the image, Les AuCoin writes: "The only picture I believe ever taken of the Oregon delegation. Bob Packwood and Mark Hatfield, Republican senators, are on the lower steps on each side. I'm on the top step. From the left moving downward: Congressmen Bob Duncan, Al Ullman, and Jim Weaver. Duncan had run against Hatfield in a very oddly contested 1966 Senate race, but they became good friends. Ullman and Duncan would lose reelection in 1980. I ran and lost a race against Packwood in 1992." This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin sits in his congressional office, surrounded by his staff. In typed notes about the image, AuCoin writes: "An impromptu staff meeting in 1975, my freshman year. In the last 10 to 12 years of my career, my office had one of the lowest turnover rates in the House." This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin speaks with House Speaker Jim Wright on the House Floor. In typed notes about the image, AuCoin writes: "Conferring with House Speaker Jim Wright. I was 47, Dean of the Oregon House delegation, 84th in house seniority, a member of the Democratic whip organization, a veteran of the Appropriations Committee, and an official congressional observer to the US-USSR arms control talks in Geneva." Based on these notes, the photo was probably taken in 1989. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
The AuCoin family ice skates on the Capitol Mall in Washington D.C. In typed notes about the image, Representative Les AuCoin writes: "With Congress adjourned, Sue and I took Stacy (left) and Kelly (right) skating on the Capitol Mall. Interregnums between congresses offered a two-month breather every two years to focus on being a family." The photo was taken in the late 1970s. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
The six freshman of the 1975 House Banking Committee pose together for a group portrait. In typed notes about the image, Representative Les AuCoin writes: "Photo of me and my fellow freshman on the Banking Committee in 1975. This was on the cover of the American Banker magazine, illustrating the independent thinking of these bipartisan newcomers. Top to bottom: Millicent Fenwick (R-NJ), Phil Hayes (D-IN), Butler Derrick (D-SC), Bill Gradison (R-OH), me, Gladys Spellman (D-MD)" Each representative, save for AuCoin, has signed their name above their picture. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin is sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives by House Speaker Carl Albert. Photograph by A. Dev O'Neill, the official photographer for the U.S. House of Representatives 1956-1978. In typed notes about the image, AuCoin writes: "Taking my first oath of office as a U.S. Congressman. January 1975." This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin shakes hands with Anwar el-Sadat, President of Egypt. Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill stands behind them. In typed notes about the image, AuCoin writes: "In the late 1970s, after winning the Nobel prize (with Israel's Menachem Begin), Anwar el-Sadat addressed a joint session of Congress. Afterward, I met him at a reception on the hill. The most charismatic world leader I ever encountered. Years later, in the House Democratic Cloakroom, I watched his assassination in Egypt on CNN. For the longest time there wasn't a sound from the group of legislators gathered there." Based on these notes, this photo was probably taken between 1978 and 1979. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
The AuCoin family poses with House Speaker Carl Albert at the U.S. House swearing-in day. Photograph by A. Dev O'Neill, the official photographer for the U.S. House of Representatives 1956-1978. In typed notes about the image, Les AuCoin writes: "My family on swearing-in day at the U.S. Capitol, 1975. Sue and I were only 15 years out Redmond Union High School when I took the congressional oath for the first time at the U.S. Capitol. We enrolled Stacy and Kelly at John Eaton Grade School in northwest Washington's Cleveland Park neighborhood. Kelly, a second grader, was almost as tall as Speaker Carl Albert." This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Representative Les AuCoin poses with the current and former university presidents and with members of his staff who are alumni of Pacific University. In typed notes about the image, AuCoin writes: "Pacific University reunion in my congressional office. From the left, alumnus Bob Crane, my administrative assistant, Dr. Miller A. F. Richie, former president of the university who hired me as public information director at the school, myself, Dr. Robert Duvall, university president at the time, and Dan James, alumnus and later a member of my staff, and still later a member of Pacific's board of trustees." Based on the people present, the photo was probably taken between 1987 and 1989. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
