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Oregon Blue Book

Directory and fact book of Oregon

Summary

Directory and fact book of Oregon

FieldValue
nameOregon Blue Book
imageOrBlueBookCover.png
captionCover of the 2023 edition
editorOregon Secretary of State
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
subjectOregon history, government
genreReference
publishedBiennially, 1911–present
media_typePrint, online
external_urlhttps://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/default.aspx

The Oregon Blue Book is the official directory and fact book for the U.S. state of Oregon prepared by the Oregon Secretary of State and published by the Office of the Secretary's Archives Division.

The Blue Book comes in both print and online editions. The Oregon Revised Statutes require the Secretary of State to publish the print edition "biennially on or about February 15 of the same year as the regular sessions of the Legislative Assembly,"

Contents

The book contains information on the state, city, county, and federal governments in Oregon, educational institutions, finances, the economy, resources, population figures and demographics.

The 1919 edition contained a "statement of registered motor vehicles, chauffeurs, and dealers from 1905 to 1919", and "a general summary of in the taxable property in Oregon from 1858 to 1918".

History

Secretary of State Ben Olcott published the first edition in 1911 in response to an "increased demand for information of a general character concerning Oregon".

Early editions of the book were available free from the State.

In 1953, a legislative ways and means subcommittee, headed by Representative Francis Ziegler, was going to confer with Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry about how to improve the Blue Book. This was following complaints by Representative Monroe Sweetland that the book was "obsolete, carelessly edited, and only of limited use."

The 1993–94 edition of the book contained a four-page erratum. When Norma Paulus was Secretary of State, she would send a free copy of the book to the first person to find a mistake in each new edition. The 1995–96 edition was reduced in size from its predecessors.

Reviews

A 1995 Register-Guard editorial called the book "indispensable".

References

References

  1. "ORS 177.120". [[Oregon Legislative Counsel]].
  2. "About the Oregon Blue Book". Oregon Secretary of State.
  3. United Press International. (April 10, 1983). "New Oregon Blue Book Published". [[The Register-Guard]].
  4. (September 11, 1919). "Blue Book is Received Here". [[The Bulletin (Bend).
  5. (May 25, 1995). "Blue Book Indispensable". The Register-Guard.
  6. United Press International. (September 21, 1937). "Oregon Blue Book Being Distributed". The Register-Guard.
  7. United Press International. (April 27, 1981). "Oregon Blue Book Makes Biennial Appearance". The Bulletin.
  8. United Press International. (March 23, 1953). "Legislative Group to Study Revision of 'Blue Book'". The Register-Guard.
  9. Associated Press. (January 25, 1955). "Oregon Blue Book Printed But It Isn't Blue Any More". The Register-Guard.
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