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Correspondence, notes, drafts, research files, printed material, etc.

This collection consists of journalist William G. Lambert's (1920-1998) collected investigative materials such as correspondence, news clippings, notes, notebooks, photographs and transcripts related to his award winning reporting for The Oregonian, Portland, and for Life magazine. In 1957, Lambert and his college Wallace Turner received the Pulitzer Prize for their reporting, which uncovered widespread vice and corruption within the municipal Portland city government that involved labor union officials of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Western Conference. In 1970, Lambert accepted the George Polk Award for his Life magazine reporting, which revealed that Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas accepted and later returned a suspect $20,000 fee, spurring Fortas' resignation.

"Work - Personal": Books, files "Work and Printed Work": books, magazines, reviews, files "Wilma's Desk #1": files "Work": files "Wilma's Desk #2": files "Work and Printed Work": files "Wilma's Desk #3": files "Scrapbooks and Published".

Letters, diaries, albums, photographs, and printed material.