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Urban League of Portland (Portland, Or.)

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Susannah P. Malarkey

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9473
Abstract

Oral history interview with Susannah P. Malarkey conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 12, 1976. Malarkey discusses her involvement with the Urban League of Portland and with the Willamette Learning Center, an alternative school in Portland.

Dates: 1976 February 12

Oral history interview with Russell Peyton

 Collection
Identifier: SR473
Abstract

Oral history interview with Russell Peyton conducted by Dan Malone from July 28 to August 12, 1987. Peyton worked as an investigator for the Civil Rights Division of the Oregon State Bureau of Labor, and later was executive director of the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission.

Dates: 1987 July 28-August 12

Lee Owen Stone papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2423
Abstract

Reverend Lee Owen Stone (1903-1977) served as vicar of St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church in Portland, Oregon, from 1936 until his retirement in 1972. Collection includes correspondence, sermons, awards and certificates, meeting minutes from the St. Philip Men's Club, missionary reports, and files from Stone's activity in the Urban League of Portland and other civil and philanthropic associations.

Dates: 1930-1977

Urban League of Portland flyer refuting housing myths

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 963
Abstract

Flyer from the Urban League of Portland providing evidence against claims that Black people moving into or attending church in majority-white neighborhoods would cause property values to decrease. The Urban League of Portland is a civil rights and advocacy organization for Black residents of Portland, Oregon, that was founded in 1945.

Dates: circa 1952

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Portland 3
African Americans 2
Discrimination in housing -- Oregon -- Portland 2
Oral Histories 2
interviews 2