As part of a project for Hannon Library's Historic Plastics Digital Collection, E. Breck Parkman looks at the vinyl records left behind after a fire at Burdell Mansion in California in 1969. The mansion had been home to an intentional community associated with the band the Grateful Dead.
Are you interested in learning more about financial contributions from individuals and interest groups to politicians and hot political issues? Campaign expenditures data sheds light on how committees and candidates spend the money they raised and highlights who may benefit the most from those expenditures. Lobbyists and Super PACs are often viewed by Americans as having too much influence on members of Congress making transparency in donations critical to address reform. To learn more about money in politics, visit these non-partisan websites, OpenSecrets.org and OregonVotes.gov.
