Partial typescript transcript of an article by Frona Eunice Wait that was published in the Sunday Oregonian newspaper on May 25, 1890. The transcript itself is undated, omits some portions of the source article, and includes misspellings and places where words have been struck out. The transcript and source article list some of the people who attended the ball and describe the decorations; scenes of conversation and dancing; and the gowns worn by a number of the women who attended.

Records of the company that built and owned the Portland Hotel in Portland, Oregon. The hotel operated from 1890 to the 1940s and was, for a time, the city's grandest. The collection includes minutes of board meetings, stock records, articles of incorporation, a color brochure from the 1890s, and a hotel register from 1890.

Lithograph depicting the Portland Hotel in Portland, Oregon, and horse-drawn vehicles traveling by in the foreground.

Watercolor reproductions of Newman Myrah's "Portland Scenes" series. Scenes include the Pioneer Courthouse, the Skidmore Fountain, the U.S.S. Oregon, the Portland Hotel, streetcars, and the Morrison Bridge.